Classic route
KTM ETS3
Kuala Lumpur → Johor Bahru · Malaysia
- Distance
- 330 km
- Fastest time
- 4 h 20 min
- Top speed
- 140 km/h
- Operator
- KTM
- Train
- KTM Class 94 ETS3 EMU
- Countries
- Malaysia
- In service since
- 2025
Page last updated 2026-07-22 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Electric at last to the peninsula’s tip: since December 2025 the ETS3 EMUs run Kuala Lumpur–Johor Bahru direct, ending a nine-year rail gap to Malaysia’s second city.
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