The Electric Train Service (ETS) which will reduce travel time between Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur to just two hours from three hours previously, is expected to be fully operational by mid-month although the exact date has been revealed yet.
Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) is targeting professional groups and businessmen, besides the regular users of public transport, to use the service and it will be a big boost for domestic tourism.
With a speed of 140km/h, ETS will definitely reduce travel time, and the service of stewards and stewardesses will also provide comfort to passengers.
In future, KTMB will also provide wi-fi facilities in the train and are in the midst of getting the right service provider.
Eventually the ETS would also be expanded to Seremban.
There will initially be five ETS trains which would provide eight return trips for the Kuala Lumpur-Ipoh route daily, with the first train leaving at 5am and the last, 11pm.
KTMB was still waiting for approval from the Ministry of Transport for the fare structure and it was expected to be between RM30 and RM35 per trip.
KTMB had prepared an organised maintenance system for the ETS to ensure that it would not face similar problems as its existing train services.
Each ETS train will also be equipped with close-circuit television cameras to monitor the safety of the passengers, besides having the capacity of 350 passengers per trip.
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