KTM ETS

KTM ETS
KTM Electric Train Service
KTM ETS; KTM Electric Train Service
	A KTM Class 93 (Platinum service) arriving in Kampar
Overview
Native name	Perkhidmatan Tren Elektrik (Malay); 电动列车服务 (Chinese); மின்சார ரயில் சேவை (Tamil)
Owner	Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB)
Locale	Padang Besar - Butterworth - Ipoh - Kuala Lumpur - Gemas - (Johor Bahru mid-2025)
Stations	36 (as of 15 January 2022)
Website	www.ktmb.com.my
Service
Type	Inter-city rail - Higher-speed rail
Operator(s)	KTM Intercity Division
Rolling stock	5 six-car trainset of KTM Class 91; 19 six-car trainset of KTM Class 93
Daily ridership	10,489 (Third quarter 2018)
Ridership	3.902 million (2019)
History
Opened	12 August 2010
Technical
Line length	Current:; 755 km (469 mi) (Padang Besar-Gemas); Under construction:; 197 km (122 mi) (Gemas-Johor Bahru Sentral)
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC catenary
Conduction system	With driver
Operating speed	145 to 160 km/h (90 to 99 mph)
Route map
	to Bangkok
	via International Express
	Thailand
	Malaysia
	international
	border
	Perlis
	Kedah
	state
	border
	Kedah
	Penang
	state
	border
	Penang
	Perak
	state
	border
	Perak
	Selangor
	state
	border
	Selangor
	Wilayah Persekutuan KL
	state
	border
	Wilayah Persekutuan KL
	Selangor
	state
	border
	Selangor
	Negeri Sembilan
	state
	border
	Negeri Sembilan
	Malacca
	state
	border
	Malacca
	Negeri Sembilan
	state
	border
	extension by 2025
	Negeri Sembilan
	Johor
	state
	border
	Malaysia
	Singapore
	international
	border
	to Woodlands Train Checkpoint
	via KTM Intercity

The KTM ETS, commercially known as ETS, an acronym derived from Electric Train Service, is an inter-city higher-speed rail in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM). The KTM ETS is the second electric train service to be operated by the Malaysian railway company after KTM Komuter, and the second inter-city rail service after KTM Intercity.

Having begun operations in 2010, the ETS is the fastest metre-gauge train service in Malaysia and operates along the historical West Coast Line (WCL) in western Peninsular Malaysia which has since been electrified and double-tracked, from the north at Padang Besar, close to the border with Thailand, and towards Gemas, at Negeri Sembilan. A southern extension from Gemas to Johor Bahru Sentral, close to the border with Singapore, is expected to begin operations in 2025, completing the rail electrification between the northern and southern borders.

The rail service is currently operated by the KTM Intercity. It was previously operated by ETS Sendirian Berhad, a fully owned subsidiary of Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad.

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