Classic route
KTM ETS3
Kuala Lumpur → Johor Bahru · Malaysia
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.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 14979747 (169 km), relation 20416723 (210 km) — 371 km of the route between 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 ETS3?
The KTM ETS3 runs 330 km from Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bahru.
How long does the KTM ETS3 take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 h 20 min for the 330 km. That is an average of 76 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 140 km/h.
Who runs the KTM ETS3?
KTM.
How old is the KTM ETS3?
The line has been in service since 2025. 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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