The transport ministry says it’s trying into the potential of having inter-state categorical prepare companies working regularly, not simply throughout festive seasons. Transport minister Anthony Loke stated he’ll talk about points of the matter with Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM).

He stated that he was trying ahead to having the extra categorical prepare companies launched as quickly as potential, the Malay Mail experiences. “Categorical trains aren’t one thing new. The electrical prepare service (ETS) has it (throughout festive intervals), the place it solely takes about two hours for the journey from Ipoh to Kuala Lumpur,” he stated.

“Nevertheless, we’ve got constraints within the Klang Valley as a result of the double monitor is being upgraded. We’re going to full Section 1 by the top of the primary quarter of this yr. The second Section 1 is accomplished, then we will look into on find out how to enhance the effectivity and frequency,” he stated.

Loke stated the intention is to have KTM present no less than one or two categorical prepare companies per day. “This might be very useful for people who find themselves staying in Ipoh and travelling to KL for work functions. They like day by day journeys as a substitute of placing up for the evening. Many individuals don’t need to spend the evening in one other place, irrespective of in KL or Penang, as they need to save value and be with their household,” he defined.

He added that day-trip journey is feasible with categorical prepare companies because the distances between states in Peninsular Malaysia aren’t far. “So if our public transport service system can assist this effort, then it can certainly assist lots of people and encourage extra to make use of public transportation,” he stated.

For CNY, KTM is operating 4 extra ETS trains day by day from February 7 to 13 between KL Sentral and Ipoh. Loke stated that every one the tickets for the extra trains, of which two are categorical prepare companies, had been offered out.

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