6,930 Additional ETS Tickets For Upcoming School Holidays
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KTMB will introduce two additional electric train services (ETS), making a total of eleven trips for the Padang Besar to KL Sentral route and vice versa in view of the upcoming first term school holidays from May 24 to June 3.
KTMB also announced that the extra train tickets would be available for purchase beginning at 8PM today (May 9). These extra services will create an additional 630 tickets every day, bringing the total number of available tickets to 6,930, including those for business class coaches.
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To avoid inconvenience, KTMB urge customers to book their tickets ahead of time and avoid last-minute transactions. Furthermore, KTMB also detailed the itinerary for the additional ETS trip, which departs from Padang Besar at 11 PM and arrives at KL Sentral at 4:36 PM while departures from KL Sentral will be at 5:05 PM, with arrivals at Padang Besar at 10:34 PM.
The decision behind these additional services is aimed to cater to the anticipated high demand during the school vacation travel season and to accommodate people returning to their hometowns.
KTMB encourages everyone to use the KTM Mobile application (KITS) or visit the KTMB website at www.ktmb.com.my for quick and easy cashless payments.
Written By
Kumeran Sagathevan
More then half his life spend being obsessed with all thing go-fast, performance and automotive only to find out he's actually Captain Slow behind the wheels...oh well!
JPJ Running Numbers
KUALA LUMPUR
VQS2544
SELANGOR
BSN6582
JOHOR
JYT8673
PULAU PINANG
PSA9741
PERAK
APG3249
PAHANG
CFF9744
KEDAH
KGE9606
NEGERI SEMBILAN
NEJ8951
KOTA KINABALU
SJR1563
KUCHING
QAB4845N
Last updated 01 Apr, 2026
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RM 5.00
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RM 3.04
+0.05
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RM 3.24
+0.05
Last updated 26 Feb, 2026
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