ETS Senawang and Sg Gadut stations to start operating in May

THE Electric Train Service (ETS) and Komuter service, which was supposed to have started at the Senawang and Sg Gadut train stations in December last year, will now start in May.

Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said the commissioning of the rail services was delayed due to bad weather and land acquisition problems.

“The stations are as good as ready and track testing is already under way. The engineers are confident the services will be able to start as planned in May,” he said during a visit to both stations.

The south-bound ETS and Komuter service now ends in Seremban.

Modern: The ultra modern Senawang train station will be operational in May.

Passengers travelling on board the ETS — which now provides eight return trips from Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh and two from Seremban to Ipoh — can get to Ipoh from Seremban in three hours. Both the Senawang and Sg Gadut stations are located along the 98km Seremban-Gemas rail route.

The project is part of the RM3.45bil Seremban-Gemas double tracking and electrification project which is due for completion in December 2012.

Mohamad said once the stations were commissioned, it would help reduce traffic flow and congestion in Seremban.

“There are many residential areas in and around Senawang and many travel to Kuala Lumpur to work. They would not have to drive into Seremban to catch the morning train once the stations start operations,” he said.

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