Express Rail to KLIA targets 11mil riderships this year, up 20%

Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz (second right) together with Tourism Malaysia director-general Datuk Mirza Mohammad Taiyab (left) Noormah Mohd. Noor, Chief Executive Officer of ERL (second left) and Tan Sri Mohd Nadzmi Salleh show the travel access card duirng the official launch of KL Travelpass-all transport tickets in one card in KLIA, Sepang. - MOHD SAHAR MISNI/The Star

SEPANG: Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL), the high-speed train service operator between KL Sentral and the KL International Airport (KLIA), targets 11 million riderships for this year, up 20% from last year.

Chief executive officer Noormah Mohd Noor said the ridership increased by 43% last year largely due to the opening of KL International Airport 2.