The primary two of Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM)’s third-gen Electrical Practice Service (ETS3) trainsets have arrived in Malaysia and have been assembled, the New Straits Instances reviews, citing Bernama.
The brand new ETS3 trains will serve the southern sector of the West Coast Line, which is predicted to be absolutely electrified and double-tracked all the best way to JB Sentral by year-end.
“If all of the exams proceed easily, the trains are anticipated to start operations by August. Other than the primary two units, the remaining eight are being assembled in phases on the China Railway Rolling Inventory Company (CRRC) plant in Batu Gajah.
“All 10 units are anticipated to be accomplished and absolutely operational by early subsequent yr,” transport minister Anthony Loke stated, including that at the moment, over 85% of CRRC’s Batu Gajah plant workforce are Malaysian.
“This excessive workforce composition not solely contributes to the improvement of the nationwide rail trade, but additionally places Malaysia on a stable monitor to changing into a regional rail engineering hub sooner or later,” he stated.
ETS at the moment makes use of Class 91 (first gen, Hyundai Rotem-Mitsubishi Electrical) and Class 93 (second gen, CRRC Zhuzhou) trainsets – in response to Railway Gazette Worldwide, the third-gen trains will likely be given the designation Class 94.
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