KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) has prepared an additional 186 trains for the Electric Train Service (ETS) and EMU Plus for Hari Raya Aidiladha and school holidays from May 22 to June 7.

KTMB said that the additional trains will create 58,380 seats for the increased passenger demand, with tickets being sold from noon tomorrow (May 9) via the KITS Style app, KTMB official website and KTMB kiosk tickets at selected stations.

The KL Sentral-Padang Besar-KL Sentral route will offer 15,702 tickets for journeys from May 22 to 26, May 29 to 31 and June 4 to7, while there will be 7,584 tickets for the KL Sentral-Butterworth-KL Sentral and KL Sentral-Ipoh-KL Sentral routes respectively for the same period.

Also, 18,960 tickets for the KL Sentral-JB Sentral-KL Sentral route are available for journeys from May 22 to 26, May 29 to 31 and June 1 to 7, while 9,180 tickets are available for the Klang-Ipoh-Klang EMU Plus route for journeys from May 22 to 24, May 29 to 31 and June 5 to 7.

KTMB group chief executive officer Datuk Azlan Shah Al Bakri said response for previous additional train service during Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Aidilfitri was encouraging, especially for high demand routes such as in the Johor Bahru sector.

He said the government initiative, through the Road to Rail campaign also had a positive impact in encouraging the public to use public transport, especially train services that are safer, comfortable and efficient.

“The rise in demand reflects passenger confidence towards the national rail service,” he said in a statement today.

Meanwhile sales for the Ekspres Lambaian Aidiladha (ELA) to the East Coast announced on April 24 was positively received with 447 out of 912 tickets being sold so far.

KTMB is also offering a 30 per cent discount for the ELA 1029 train from Tumpat to KL Sentral Superior Seater, limited to 274 seats from May 11, with tickets priced as low as RM56 compared to the original RM80. — Bernama