Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) has acquired two of 10 Electrical Practice Service (ETS) prepare units as a part of an acquisition train price RM400 million, and these are anticipated to be steadily deployed for operation from subsequent yr, Bernama has reported.
Each of the brand new ETS prepare units are at the moment present process testing and commissioning, and the acquisition of the brand new prepare units is geared toward enhancing the standard and capability of the ETS service, stated ETS and Intercity Providers normal supervisor Nurul Azha Mokmin.
“ETS passenger numbers grew by about 10% yearly, indicating excessive person satisfaction. With the upcoming completion of the Gemas (Negri Sembilan) to Johor Bahru (Johor) route, KTMB plans to increase ETS companies to a number of new locations,” Nurul Azha stated.
A complete of 10 prepare units for the service have been procured, and these will serve on the Gemas-Johor Bahru route beginning subsequent yr. New routes from Johor Bahru to Butterworth and Padang Besar (Perlis) will even be launched, she stated.
The primary of the brand new, third-generation ETS prepare units arrived in Malaysia in April this yr, transport minister Anthony Loke stated on the time. ETS at the moment makes use of Class 91 (first technology, Hyundai Rotem-Mitsubishi Electrical) and Class 93 (second technology, CRRC Zhuzhou) trainsets – in keeping with Railway Gazette Worldwide, the third-gen trains will likely be given the designation Class 94.
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