KUALA LUMPUR: Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad is providing an additional 46,000 EMUPlus train tickets to meet high demand during the Chinese New Year holiday period.
Its chief operating officer Afzar Zakariya said 132,000 tickets for travel from Feb 13 to 22 made available previously had all been sold out.
"A total of 46,000 EMUPlus tickets have been on sale since midnight to meet the needs of passengers in conjunction with Chinese New Year," he said on the Bernama TV's "Malaysia Petang Ini: Tambahan ETS Tampung Lonjakan Penumpang" programme on Wednesday (Feb 11).
Afzar said that the increased capacity was supported by the arrival of seven out of 10 new ETS3 train sets and the additional EMUPlus service for the KL Sentral-Ipoh route, which takes three hours and 15 minutes and costs RM35 per ticket.
He said that the JB Sentral-KL Sentral route, the newest in the ETS network, was among the most popular sectors, as it links key economic and tourism hotspots, including Iskandar Puteri, Johor Baru and Singapore. – Bersatu
