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Sentral KL-Ipoh-Sentral KL Route

Padang Besar-Gemas
Electric Train Service
 ETS 
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Overview
Native name Perkhidmatan Keretapi Elektrik
Type Inter-city rail
Locale Padang Besar - Butterworth - Ipoh - Kuala Lumpur - Gemas - (Opening in 2020) Johor Bahru
Stations 44
Daily ridership 9,740 (2016)
Ridership 3.565 million (2016)
(Increase 73.1%)
Website ktmb.com.my
Operation
Opened August 2010; 7 years ago (2010-08)
Owner KTM
Operator(s) KTM Intercity Division
Conduction system With driver
Rolling stock 5 six-car trainset of KTM Class 91
10 six-car trainset of KTM Class 93
Technical
Line length 755 km (Padang Besar-Gemas)
197 km (Gemas-Johor Bahru Sentral) u/c
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) metre gauge
Operating speed 140 km/h (87 mph)

The KTM ETS, commercially known as ETS which stands for "Electric Train Service", is an inter-city rail service operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad utilizing electric multiple units. The KTM ETS is the second electric train service to be operated by the Malaysian railway company, after the KTM Komuter service.

It is the fastest metre gauge train service in Malaysia that currently operates along the electrified and double-tracked stretch of the West Coast Line between Gemas and Padang Besar on the Malaysia-Thai border by the Malaysian national railway operator, Keretapi Tanah Melayu.

The trains travel up to 140 km/h (87 mph) on electrified metre gauge rail line which can be considered as higher speed rail (HrSR) based on passenger rail terminology instead of high speed rail (HSR). The speed is similar to that of the Kamome Express and Sonic Express in Japan, the Taroko Express and Puyuma Express in Taiwan, and the Tilt Train service in Australia.

However these services use the 1,067mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge. In view of this, there is high possibility KTM ETS service is the only one inter-city rail line recorded in the world using 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge at maximum speed of 140 km/h.


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