It was my first ride since the launching on 12 August 2010.Let's see what's new and unique with the train
Train set is made by Hyundai Rotem with Mitsubishi design .Below is the technical detail
Maximum operation speed : 140 km/h
Maximum design speed : 160 km/h
Passenger capacity : 350
Length : 138 m (6 car train)
Weight : 231.8 tons
Carriage dimensions
Length : 22.95 m
Width : 2.75 m
Height : 4 mThe journey started at Tanjung Malim where my destination is to Seremban.The departure time is 1506 .Train arrived late at about 1518 at Tanjung Malim Railway Station.
Entered the coach C and the coach was fully occupied where only one seat empty(That's my seat).The LED TV was nice and there was real-time speedometer displayed from the LED TV(impress).Seat and air-conditioning were nice considering this is a new train.
Along the way to Seremban,observed that the max speed reached was about 125km/h.Averagely, the speed reached 100km/h for almost all the route.
The train finally stopped at its last stop, Seremban at around 1730(30 minutes late then the scheduled time).
Overall, the service by KTM was moderate considering the expensive price of RM25 for the journey if compare to the same journey by Komuter(RM11.50).Total journey time which about 2 2 hour of 15 minutes can be beatable by car/bus.
Anyway please visit http://ets-train.com.my/ for further info.Kudos to KTM for its effort in providing better train services
