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Malaysia's rail operator KTMB achieved 13.2 million passengers in the first half of 2026, an eight per cent increase year-on-year, driving group revenue up to RM296 million from RM206 million previously.
An NGO is running six free buses to bring 240 voters from Kuala Lumpur and Singapore back to Johor for this Saturday's state election, while KTMB has doubled train capacity on key routes amid surging travel demand.
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Malaysia's national rail operator KTMB is running extra ETS services to help Johor residents travel for electoral participation. Ticket sales opened on June 19.
Police have apprehended a man suspected of stealing 43 metres of electrical cables from a KTMB railway line in the Padang Rengas-Kamunting sector near Taiping, Perak.