Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) will be offering free rides on its Klang Valley Komuter service for two days, on January 31 and February 1 in conjuction with Thaipusam this year, reported The Star.
The volume of passengers on the Komuter service on the free-to-ride days of January 31 and February 1 is expected to reach 450,000 passengers. In addition, the Komuter service will operate around the clock from January 30 until February 2, when the service is expected to see up to 700,000 passengers, said transport minister Anthony Loke.
“Our priority is to ensure that the movement of the public during Thaipusam is smooth, orderly and safe. This is part of the government’s effort to make Thaipusam more accessible and meaningful especially for Hindu devotees,” he said.
A total of 609 Komuter trips are planned for this period, comprising 302 services on the Batu Caves-Pulau Sebang line, 165 on the Batu Caves-Port Klang line and 142 on the Tanjong Malim-KL Sentral line, which represent an increase of 23% compared to last year, Loke said.
An additional 216 trips specifically for Batu Caves will be available compared to the regular scheduling of 98 trips daily, and the extra train services will run beyond the regular final service each night. The line from KL Sentral to Batu Caves will be improved to every 30 minutes, said the transport minister.
Additionally, 28 train stations will operate 24 hours daily in order to assist elderly passengers, persons with disabilities, pregnant women and families with young children, he said. Loke reminded users that all transactions will be cashless with options to use the KITS Style application, Komuter Link card, Touch ’n Go, debit or credit cards, ticket kiosks and counters.
To ease congestion at Batu Caves, members of the public are encouraged to use the LRT and MRT services before taking transfers with the KTM Komuter at nine key interchange stations, Loke said. These are KL Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, Putra, Bank Negara, Subang Jaya, Bandar Tasik Selatan, Kajang, Kampung Batu and Sungai Buloh.
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