Electric Train Services, connecting Ipoh to Kuala Lumpur and Seremban, will begin August 12.
There will be four return trips to Kuala Lumpur and one right up to Seremban daily.
Two of them are express services. The first express services, which leaves Ipoh at 4am, will stop only at Batu Gajah, Kampar. Tanjung Malim, Kuala Lumpur and KL Sentral, while the second express service at 2pm will proceed to Bandar Tasik Selatan, Nilai, and Seremban.
The express services from KL Sentral are at 6.20am , and 6.48pm. The travelling time between Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur is one hour and 50 minutes.
The three transit services, scheduled at 5.30am, 11.15am and 6.30pm, will stop at the following stations, Batu Gajah, Kampar, Tapah Road, Sungkai, Slim River, Behrang, Tanjung Malim, Rawang, Kuala Lumpur and KL Sentral.
Leaving KL Sentral at 8.30am, 2pm and 9pm. Travelling time is two hours and 15 minutes.
Each train service consists of six coaches with a seating capacity for 350 passengers.
The one way (Ipoh-KLSentral) ‘promotional fare’ valid for a period of six months is priced at RM30.
JAG
This post has been edited by Kampung2005: Aug 11 2010, 04:58 PM
Whoa! Nice trains! I hope next time when I'm in the car waiting for the train to pass, I won't hear "ZZZHHHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" but silent. Because it's electric right?
Yes, the sound should be similar to KTM Komuter trains.
More expensive than current train ticket for sure.
will ticket price be increaSED a bit? as if it happens soon, it will much a desired transportation mode among people due to it being a cheaper option than taking a bus
For sure, ETS ticket price should be more expensive than existing ones, as it is faster and electric, so in a way, this is considered to be premium service...
tat's y our quality sux... kena con by koreans into believing tat they r japanese...
No such question as being conned.
New Zealand bought electric trains from Mitsui (Japan), but the trains are manufactured by Hyundai in Korea.
QUOTE(berzerk @ Oct 9 2009, 08:43 AM)
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Presiden KTMB, Dr. Aminuddin Adnan berkata, pihaknya menempah lima set kereta api daripada syarikat pembuat kereta api elektrik dari Korea Selatan, Marubeni
Hyundai Rotem wasn't mentioned in the article. Some of the Komuter trains are also korean models (Hyundai or Samsung or something)
Tambah Aminuddin, ETS mempunyai reka bentuk dalaman yang menarik, dilengkapi pendingin hawa, televisyen LCD, ciri mesra pengguna kurang upaya dan ciri keselamatan Automatic Train Protection System.
"Untuk memastikan pemandu sentiasa peka dalam pemanduan, pemandu ETS dikehendaki menekan satu butang setiap 30 saat bagi menunjukkan mereka sedang memberikan sepenuh konsentrasi. Sekiranya mereka tidak menekan butang itu, tren akan bergerak perlahan dan berhenti," kata Aminuddin sambil memberitahu ETS berkapasiti 350 penumpang.
This post has been edited by Kampung2005: Nov 18 2009, 02:42 PM