KTM ETS Kuala Lumpur–Padang Besar

The world’s fastest metre-gauge service at 140 km/h, running the peninsula’s west coast to the Thai border at Padang Besar.

Stations

1. 0 kmKL Sentral (KTM) +1
2. 1 kmKuala Lumpur +1
3. 18 kmSungai Buloh (KTM) +1
4. 32 kmRawang +1
5. 84 kmTanjung Malim +1
6. 154 kmTapah Road +1
7. Show 12 more stations

   1. 169 kmKampar +1
   2. 190 kmBatu Gajah +1
   3. 206 kmIpoh +1
   4. 236 kmSungai Siput +1
   5. 258 kmKuala Kangsar +1
   6. 266 kmPadang Rengas +1
   7. 286 kmTaiping +1
   8. 330 kmBagan Serai +1
   9. 342 kmParit Buntar +1
   10. 346 kmNibong Tebal +1
   11. 383 kmTasek Gelugor
   12. 401 kmSungai Petani
8. 423 kmGurun
9. 458 kmAlor Setar
10. 466 kmAnak Bukit
11. 497 kmArau
12. 525 kmPadang Besar

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2893526 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 7 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 KTM ETS?

The KTM ETS runs 500 km from Kuala Lumpur to Padang Besar.

How long does the KTM ETS take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 5 h 30 min for the 500 km. That is an average of 91 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 140 km/h.

Who runs the KTM ETS?

KTM.

How old is the KTM ETS?

The line has been in service since 2015. 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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