Electric Train Service

Electric Train Service (ETS)
ETS Set 01 and 05 at Ipoh
Overview
Type	Commuter Rail
Locale	Ipoh - Kuala Lumpur
Stations	14
Colour on map	BLUE
Operation
Opening	June, 2010
Owner	KTMB
Operator(s)	ETS Sdn Bhd
Conduction system	With driver
Rolling stock	KTM Class 91
Technical
Line length	279.90 km
Track gauge	1432 mm
Route map Kuala Kangsar (2014) Salak Utara (2014) Sungai Siput (2014) Chemor (2014) Tasek (2014) Ipoh Batu Gajah Kampar Tapah Road Sungkai Slim River Behrang Tanjung Malim PK-SL border Kuala Kubu Bharu Rawang Sungai Buloh SL-KL border Kepong Sentral Kuala Lumpur  KTM1:KTM2   MRL1  KL Sentral  KTM1:KTM2   ERL1:ERL2   LRT2  SL-NS border Nilai (January 2014(Uncomfirmed)) Seremban (January 2014) Senawang (January 2014) Sungai Gadut (January 2014(Unconfirmed)) Rembau (January 2014) NS-MK border Tampin/Pulau Sebang (January 2014) Batang Melaka (January 2014 MK-NS border Gemas (January 2014)

The Electric Train Service (ETS) is an intercity train service that currently operates between the cities of Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh in Malaysia.^[1] Originally, the train line continued south of KL Sentral railway station to Seremban but is currently out of operation as of October 2012.^[2] The trains travel up to 140 km/h on an electrified line and are operated by ETS Sendirian Berhad, a fully owned subsidiary of Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad.

Interior of ETS train.

Background

It was introduced by Keretapi Tanah Melayu on 12 August 2010 on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia with the service being made possible under the Eighth and Ninth Malaysia Plans.^[3]

Train Services

ETS Website Trains operating on the ETS are currently classed as either Gold or Silver Service. Gold Service trains take 2 hours and 20 minutes between KL Sentral and Ipoh, stopping at 8 stations, whilst silver service trains take 2 hours 30 minutes and stop at 14 stations. Prior to October 2012, the Gold service trains did not stop at Tapah Road and Sungkai railway stations, taking 2 hours 15 minutes. A platinum service was also in operation which travelled directly from Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh in 1 hour 58 minutes, but was removed with the new timetable rescheduling.

† Prior to October 2012, no longer in operation.

Rolling Stock

Five KTM Class 91 train sets, each comprising six cars, were purchased by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad for $67 million (USD). The train sets were designed by Marubeni Corporation and jointly built by Hyundai Rotem of Korea and Mitsubishi Electric of Japan.^[4] The maximum operational speed of the ETS fleet is 140 km/h but is designed to travel up to 160 km/h.^[5] The total length of each train set is 138 m and weighs 231.8 tons. Each carriage is 22.95 m long, 2.75 m wide and 4 m high.^[6] Each train set has a passenger seating capacity of 350 and includes on-board facilities including toilets, a buffet car, power sockets per two seats and two LED Televisions per car.

Gallery

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  ETS Set 01 and 05 at Ipoh

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  Interior of ETS

Future

The service will be expanded from Ipoh to Kuala Kangsar early 2014. The service will also be expanded from KL Sentral to Gemas on 1 January 2014.

See also

• Keretapi Tanah Melayu
• Rail transport in Malaysia
• Public transport in Kuala Lumpur

References

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