KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) will be suspending its interstate and intercity train services, beginning Wednesday until the end of the Movement Control Order (MCO).
Its chief executive officer Datuk Kamarulzaman Zainal said during the period, only two services – Electric Train Services (ETS) and KTM Intercity – would operate daily, compared to eight in the normal situation.
He said KTM Komuter operation would be reduced to 49 services a day for the Klang Valley and north sector while services of several other trains would be continued to serve certain needs.
“This includes the transporting of medical and food supplies as well as the movement of staff of various critical services involved in the enforcement of the MCO,” he said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Kamarulzaman said Skypark Link train services between Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station and Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang would be reduced to four services daily, against eight before.
However, he said KTMB would fully suspend Ekspres Rakyat Timuran, Ekspres Selatan and Shuttle Tebrau services until the MCO enforcement ended.
“Passengers can make amendments or cancel their tickets via the website www.ktmb.com.my,” he said.
Meanwhile, Express Rail Link (ERL) in a separate statement, said it would limit its services, effective tomorrow (March 24) until further notice.
ERL said the KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport) Ekspres and KLIA Transit will run as a combined service at 30-minute intervals from 6 am to 10 am and 5 pm to 10 pm daily.
“Please note that there will be no train services at other times,” the statement said.
Also, the journey time between KL Sentral and KLIA will take 35 minutes, while all departures at the KL Sentral Station will be from KLIA Ekspres Departure platform.
— NNN-BERNAMA