ECRL fares will be affordable

By NST TEAM - November 28, 2017 @ 5:49pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Passengers will pay as little as 20 cents per kilometre for the 688km East Coast Rail Link (ECRL).

Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Othman Aziz said this is to ensure that the fare will not to burden the people.

"As an example, the fare for a trip from Gombak to Tumpat will cost about RM120.

"The fare will not burden the people," he said this in reply to Datuk Dr Ewon Ebin (BN-Ranau) in Dewan Rakyat today.

Ewon had asked the ministry to state the country's projected revenue from the ECRL project and whether the income would be sufficient to pay the cost of the project.

Othman said ECRL's revenue will not be focused on just passenger fares alone.

He said ECRL, which will cut travel time between the east and west coast from 12 hours on average to a mere four hours, will also harness freight charges to boost revenue.

In August, state federal action council chairman Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said the cost of operation for the train service would be high but the government was willing to subsidise it up to its capability.

He noted that no country makes a profit from public transport and just like the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), the ECRL is subsidised by at least 50 percent.

The Opposition had criticised that the high cost of the ECRL project would lead to an expensive fare. --Reporting by FERNANDO FONG, VEENA BABULAL and ARFA YUNUS

Mahal setan

can get AA from KL to KB for that price or less

For that, you have to do advanced booking. If you book early, one way on flight can be below RM 100, but that's if you book very early

Airport (KLIA 2) is still 60 km south of KL.

For that, you have to do advanced booking. If you book early, one way on flight can be below RM 100, but that's if you book very early

Airport (KLIA 2) is still 60 km south of KL.

Mahal setan

Yup true. But still RM120 is quite expensive for east coast people..they might stick with regular overnight bus.

Yup true. But still RM120 is quite expensive for east coast people..they might stick with regular overnight bus.

Not necessarily.

If the fare really at RM 120, we have to look at other examples...

Bus option is RM 50, but takes 8 hours.

Airline, fare itself can be more than RM 120 one way, if book last minute, but then KLIA 2 is very far from the city.

So, electric train, which takes 4 hours from Gombak to KB at RM 120 is pretty competitive.

if 3-4 fella take 1 car drive there from kl, is how long journey? will it be 6-7hours also ah? i dont think hwy cover all the way right?

if 3-4 fella take 1 car drive there from kl, is how long journey? will it be 6-7hours also ah? i dont think hwy cover all the way right?

driving kl-kb it would take roughtly 8-9 hours on casual driving. do not believe what google map say. 8 hour drive, u need to stop to pee, eat and so on.
those who make it in 6 hours either bluffing or driving macam babi.