WITH the Electric Train Service (ETS) between Johor Baru and Kuala Lumpur up and running, many travellers are opting for the service to skip the hours-long gridlock during festive time. Singaporean civil servant Muhammad Syahmi Raidauddin, 24, said the ETS was a more practical option to go to his Malaysian wife’s hometown in Kuala Lumpur. Muhammad Syahmi usually takes a flight to his wife’s hometown in Kuala Lumpur. Flying from the island republic to Kuala Lumpur usually takes 45 minutes to an hour, whereas an ETS ride was four hours, he added. “My husband and I are travelling with our two-year-old son from here to Kuala Lumpur Sentral before taking another train from there to our hometown in Ipoh, Perak.

Source: The Star March 23, 2026 10:11 UTC