KTM Komuter Southern Sector

KTM Komuter Southern Sector

KTM Class 81 for KTM Komuter Southern Sector route.
Overview
Type Commuter Rail
System KTM Komuter
Locale Negeri Sembilan and Melaka
Termini Seremban
Pulau Sebang/Tampin or Gemas
Stations 7
Services KTM Komuter Southern Sector:
(1) Seremban-Pulau Sebang/Tampin
(2) Seremban-Pulau Sebang/Tampin-Gemas
Website www.ktmb.com.my
Operation
Opened October 10, 2015 (2015-10-10)
Owner Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Operator(s) KTM Komuter Division
Rolling stock KTM Class 81 EMU 3-car trainsets
Technical
Line length 102 km (63 mi)
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification Overhead
Operating speed Up to 120 km/h (75 mph)

KTM Komuter Southern Sector

Legend
 to Kuala Lumpur Sentral

 KB13 Seremban KTM ETS  1 
 KB14 Senawang
 KB15 Sungai Gadut
 KB16 Rembau
 KB17 Pulau Sebang/Tampin KTM ETS
 KB18 Batang Melaka
to Tumpat
 KB19 Gemas KTM ETS
 to Johor Bahru Sentral

The KTM Komuter Southern Sector is the fourth KTM Komuter service operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad and the second outside the Klang Valley after the KTM Komuter Northern Sector. The service was introduced on 10 October 2015.[1]

The service is branded as the KTM Komuter Southern Sector Shuttle Train, translated from Tren Shuttle KTM Komuter Sektor Selatan in Bahasa Malaysia), and runs between Seremban and Gemas. The service is being introduced following the completion of the Seremban-Gemas Electrified Double Tracking Project on 30 October 2013.

Line

The KTM Komuter Southern Sector consists of two lines:

The distance between Seremban and Gemas is 102 km and the train journey will take 38 minutes from Seremban and Pulau Sebang/Tampin, and an additional 27 minutes to Gemas.

The service runs 59 times a day, with 55 train services between Seremban and Pulau Sebang/Tampin, and another 4 train services being extended to Gemas. At the beginning of the service, the train frequency between Seremban and Pulau Sebang/Tampin is one train every 30 minutes during peak hours, and 1 hour on off-peak. First train departs at 5:00am and the last train at 11:00pm.

With the commencement of this service, all trains of the Seremban Line which ran between Rawang and Sungai Gadut as well as the extended services to Rembau, now terminate at Seremban. Passengers wishing to continue their journey to Senawang, Sungai Gadut and Rembau have to transfer to the KTM Komuter Southern Sector at Seremban.[2]

Line information

Stations

Trains stop at all 7 stations between Seremban and Gemas.

Station Name Platform type Stops Stops Interchange station/Notes
Seremban 1 Island and 1 Side
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 Interchange with Seremban - Batu Caves Line.
Senawang 2 Side
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Sungai Gadut 1 Island
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Rembau 1 Island and 1 Side
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Pulau Sebang/Tampin 1 Island and 1 Side
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 The station is 1 km from Tampin Bus Terminal as it is located at Pulau Sebang on the Melaka side of the border. Buses cost around RM5.00 between Melaka Sentral and Tampin and take around one hour, depending on traffic. Taxis cost RM35.00 upwards one way.
Batang Melaka 2 Side
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 Twice daily northbound, once daily southbound only.
Gemas 3 Island
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 Twice daily northbound, once daily southbound only.

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ↑ KTMB introduces new commuter service from Seremban to Gemas
  2. ↑ "Kenyataan Media: KTM Berhad Memperkenalkan Perkhidmatan Baharu Tren Shuttle KTM Komuter Di Sektor Selatan Bermula 10 Oktober 2015" (PDF). 1 October 2015. Retrieved 26 Nov 2015.

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