KUALA LUMPUR: Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTMB) will introduce two new ETS services for the Kluang - KL Sentral - Kluang sector, operating every weekend starting Oct 10.
KTMB stated that the new services would feature 315 seats per train, including a Business Class coach, and would operate specifically on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
"This initiative not only complements the existing daily schedule, but also provides a major convenience for residents in Kluang to travel to Kuala Lumpur faster, more comfortably and without having to deal with weekend traffic congestion.
"With the shorter ETS journey, users now have more options to plan work matters, meetings, or family holidays to the capital," KTMB said in a statement here on Tuesday (Sept 30).
According to KTMB, the schedule for the new service involves a journey departing Kluang at 9.33am and arriving at KL Sentral at 1.00pm, while the return trip would depart KL Sentral at 5.35pm and arrive in Kluang at 9.08 pm.
Tickets for the service would be available through the KTMB Mobile (KITS) app, kiosks, or KTMB's official website starting at 10 am on Wednesday (Oct 1).
On Aug 30, KTMB introduced the daily ETS service for the KL Sentral-Kluang sector, which received an overwhelming response with 4,461 passengers recorded on weekdays (Monday to Thursday) until Sept 28.
During the same period, 6,412 passengers were recorded using the service on weekends (Friday to Sunday), bringing the total to 10,873 passengers. – Bernama
