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{{ETS Express Line}} |
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The '''ETS''' (Electric Train Service) '''Express Route''' is a new electrified high-speed [[commuter rail]] service from [[Ipoh]] to [[Kuala Lumpur]] and [[Seremban]] in [[Malaysia]]. It was introduced by [[Keretapi Tanah Melayu]] on 12 August 12 2010. This service runs through three [[States and federal territories of Malaysia|states]] and one [[States and federal territories of Malaysia|federal territory]], of which all are located on the west coast of [[Peninsular Malaysia]]. There are nine (no Sungai Buloh KTM station) stations along the route: three in [[Perak]], one in [[Selangor]], three in Kuala Lumpur, and two in [[Negeri Sembilan]]. |
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==Rolling Stock== |
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[[File:ETS at Ipoh.JPG|thumb|left|ETS Set 01 and 05 at Ipoh]] |
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All five train sets are by [[Marubeni]] Corperation, but it was built by [[Rotem]] of Korea and [[ Mitsubishi]] Electric of Japan. The design of the train sets follows very closely to the [[IE 22000 Class]] of Ireland's [[InterCity (Iarnród Éireann)|InterCity]] trains. Major diffrence between the trainsets in Ireland and Malaysia is Ireland is using [[broad gauge]] rail while Malaysia is using [[meter gauge]] rails. |
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The maximum operational speed of the ETS fleet is 140 km/h. However, the ETS trains are designed to travel up to 160 km/h. The passenger capacity of each train is 350. Each train consists of six carriages and it has a total length of 138m and weight of 231.8 tons. Each carriage is 22.95m long, 2.75m wide and 4m tall. |
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==See also== |
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*[[Rail transport in Malaysia]] |
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*[[Public transport in Kuala Lumpur]] |
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==External links== |
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{{Commons|KTM Komuter|KTM Komuter}} |
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*The [http://ets-train.com.my/ ETS Electric Train Service] |
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{{Rail transport in Klang Valley}} |
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[[Category:Keretapi Tanah Melayu]] |
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[[Category:Rail transport in Malaysia]] |
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{{Malaysia-rail-stub}} |
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[[ms:Laluan Ekspres ETS]] |
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