{"id":17929,"date":"2025-12-08T23:04:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17929"},"modified":"2025-12-08T23:04:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:04:42","slug":"malaysia-announces-30-discount-to-mark-start-of-new-electric-train-service-from-kl-to-jb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=17929","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia announces 30% discount to mark start of new electric train service from KL to JB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">KUALA LUMPUR \u2013 <!-- -->Malaysia\u2019s national railway operator<!-- --> Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) will offer a special 30 per cent discount to mark the launch of its electric train service (ETS) to JB <!-- -->Sentr<!-- -->al, beginning Dec 12. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">In a statement on Dec 8, KTMB said the discount applies to the KL Sentral-JB Sentral-KL Sentral sector for travel from Dec 12 to Jan 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">KTMB chief technical officer Ahmad Nizam Mohamed Amin said passengers <!-- -->can<!-- --> enjoy the offer by using the JBBEST p<!-- -->romotion code<!-- --> when purchasing tickets, with 5,000 promotion codes available, subject to the terms and conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">He said that access to the public transport not only facilitated daily mobility but also supported the growth of Johor\u2019s tourism industry and economy by attracting more tourists, including those from Singapore.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThis implementation is timely ahead of the school holiday season and the year-end period, a time when many Malaysians travel to Johor for their holidays, while residents of Johor can travel more easily to destinations outside the state via the ETS service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">\u201cThis facility will enhance domestic mobility and stimulate tourism and business activities in both directions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Tickets can be purchased via the KITS Style application, KTMB\u2019s official website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktmb.com.my\/?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular inline\" data-testid=\"paragraph-test-id\">www.ktmb.com.my<\/p>\n<p><\/a>, or at KTMB kiosk machines for the convenience and comfort of customers. THE STAR\/ASIA NEWS NETWORK<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"tags-test-id\">\n<p><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Malaysia\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Malaysia<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Singapore-KL high speed rail\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Singapore-KL high speed rail<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Railways\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Railways<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Tourism\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Tourism<\/span><\/button><button data-testid=\"button-test-id\" class=\"layer-one border-default border interactive-button text-primary disabled:layer-disabled hover:disabled:layer-disabled default\" aria-label=\"button for Public transport\"><span class=\"font-button-md-semibold\">Public transport<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/se-asia\/malaysia-announces-30-discount-to-mark-start-of-new-electric-train-service-from-kl-to-jb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR \u2013 Malaysia\u2019s national railway operator Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) will offer a special 30 per cent discount to mark the launch of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}