KUALA LUMPUR – Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) prepares an additional 186 trains for the Electric Train Service (ETS) and EMU Plus in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidiladha and the school holidays from May 22 to June 7.
KTMB said the additional trains would provide 58,380 seats to meet increased passenger demand, with tickets going on sale from noon tomorrow through the KITS Style application, KTMB official website and ticket kiosks at selected stations.
The KL Sentral-Padang Besar-KL Sentral route would offer 15,702 tickets for journeys from May 22 to 26, May 29 to 31 and June 4 to 7, while 7,584 tickets each would be available for the KL Sentral-Butterworth-KL Sentral and KL Sentral-Ipoh-KL Sentral routes during the same period.
KTMB said 18,960 tickets for the KL Sentral-JB Sentral-KL Sentral route would be available for journeys from May 22 to 26, May 29 to 31 and June 1 to 7, while 9,180 tickets would be offered for the Klang-Ipoh-Klang EMU Plus route for journeys from May 22 to 24, May 29 to 31 and June 5 to 7.
KTMB group chief executive officer Datuk Azlan Shah Al Bakri said response towards previous additional train services during Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Aidilfitri had been encouraging, especially for high-demand routes in the Johor Bahru sector.
He said the government initiative through the Road to Rail campaign had also positively impacted efforts to encourage the public to use public transport, especially train services which were safer, more comfortable and efficient.
"The rise in demand reflects passenger confidence towards the national rail service,” he said in a statement today.
Meanwhile, sales for the Ekspres Lambaian Aidiladha (ELA) service to the East Coast announced on April 24 had received encouraging response, with 447 out of 912 tickets sold so far.
KTMB is also offering a 30 per cent discount for the ELA 1029 train from Tumpat to KL Sentral Superior Seater, limited to 274 seats from May 11, with ticket prices starting from RM56 compared to the original RM80. – BERNAMA