Night train route
Ekspres Rakyat Timuran
Johor Bahru → Tumpat · Malaysia
Malaysia’s last sleeper: the overnight “Jungle Railway” through rainforest, limestone gorges and sleepy kampungs from Johor Bahru to the Thai border.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2893513 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 61 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 15 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: KTM — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Ekspres Rakyat Timuran?
The Ekspres Rakyat Timuran runs 725 km from Johor Bahru to Tumpat.
How long does the Ekspres Rakyat Timuran take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 17 h for the 725 km. That is an average of 43 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 100 km/h.
Who runs the Ekspres Rakyat Timuran?
KTM Berhad, with KTM Class 26 sleeper.
How old is the Ekspres Rakyat Timuran?
The line has been in service since 1931. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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