Free Train Rides Additional Rail Services For Thaipusam

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A total of 33 trains will be on the Batu Caves-Pulau Sebang-Batu Caves route, and 39 for the Batu Caves-Port Klang-Batu Caves route.KUALA LUMPUR: Klang Valley KTM commuters will enjoy free train rides on Jan 24-Jan 25 in conjunction with the Thaipusam celebration, which falls on Jan 25.
Transport minister Loke Siew Fook said some 250,000 passengers are expected to use the service during this period, peaking on Jan 25.
Loke said that additional KTM Komuter services would operate around the clock for four days from Jan 23-Jan 26, with 28 stations operating 24 hours throughout this period compared with 26 stations last year.
A total of 33 trains will be on the Batu Caves-Pulau Sebang route, and 39 on the Batu Caves-Port Klang route.
“The additional commuter services will begin at 9.55 pm from Pulau Sebang to Batu Caves on Jan 23, with a one-hour train frequency.
“The extra commuter services from the Port Klang station to Batu Caves will begin at 11.39pm, also with a one-hour frequency.
“There are no additional train services from Tanjung Malim to Batu Caves and vice versa. However, users of this route can take the commuter trains from Tanjung Malim station to Putra, Bank Negara, Kuala Lumpur, and KL Sentral stations and transfer to KTM Komuter trains to Batu Caves,” he said.
Loke said KTM will also run four additional ETS services between KL Sentral and Butterworth and Padang Besar with an additional 3,150 tickets from Jan 24 to Jan 28. The services will run twice a day on Jan 24-Jan 25 for the Butterworth-KL Sentral and KL Sentral-Butterworth routes, and twice a day on Jan 26-Jan 28 for the Padang Besar-KL Sentral and KL Sentral-Padang Besar routes.
Ticket sales for these additional electric trains would open on Monday (Jan 15) at noon.
Loke said Free RapidKL bus services will also be available in Kuala Lumpur and Penang on Jan 24 and Jan 25.
For Kuala Lumpur, the free bus services are from the Pasar Seni LRT station to Batu Caves; from the Gombak LRT station to Batu Caves; from the Kampung Batu MRT station to Batu Caves, and one route in Penang.
“There are three bus services in Kuala Lumpur and five in Penang that will pass through areas where Thaipusam celebration will take place. Information for these routes can be obtained by visiting the myrapid.com.my website,” he said. - FMT

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