KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 30): Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) will operate eight additional Electric Train Service (ETS) trips for Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Aidilfitri to meet public travel demand. In a statement, KTMB announced that 26,460 additional ETS tickets have been on sale since Jan 24 for the Chinese New Year, covering KL Sentral — Ipoh; KL Sentral — Butterworth — KL Sentral; KL Sentral — Padang Besar — KL Sentral; JB Sentral — KL Sentral — JB Sentral, and JB Sentral — Butterworth — JB Sentral. These services are scheduled from Feb 13 to 22, with key routes including Padang Besar — KL Sentral (11.05am); KL Sentral — Padang Besar (5pm); KL Sentral — JB Sentral (11pm, and JB Sentral — KL Sentral (5.30pm). Furthermore, from Feb 14 to16 and Feb 20 to 22, services will operate on the KL Sentral — Ipoh (10.50am), Ipoh — KL Sentral (5.25pm); Butterworth — KL Sentral (6.10am), and KL Sentral — Butterworth (7.55pm) routes. KTMB will also introduce its Electric Multiple Unit Plus (EMU+) service from Feb 13 to 15 and 20 to 22 for the KL Sentral — Ipoh — KL Sentral route.

Source: The Edge Markets January 30, 2026 07:49 UTC