Figure 1.

1: Electric Train Service

The Electric Train Service (ETS) was introduced as a safer, faster, greener and more
reliable mode of public transportation between the major cities of Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur.
ETS train capacity is 350 passengers. The ETS operated in August 2010 it almost 8 years ago
and this train must be conducted by the driver. ETS is an inter-city rail service operated by
Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad operating electric multiple units.

The ETS train is the second electric train service to be worked by the Malaysian railway
company, after the KTM Komuter service. ETS train provide 44 stations from Padang Besar,
Butterworth, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Gemas and line road from Gemas to Johor Bahru is currently
a single line and being double tracked and electrified. The train services are operated in three
categories which are platinum service with limited stops, gold service with selected stops and
lastly silver service with stops at all stations. The ticket prices have a different range according
to the categories. The introduction of ETS is suitable because of the existing demand by the
passengers. ETS system is made in Japan and travel time can be reduced by 1 hour. ETS is
faster, more aerodynamic and it is used for longer distance, with 6 carriages on each set. ETS
have interesting interior design, with air-conditioning, LCD television, and disabled user
friendly. To keep the train drivers to be alert on all time the ETS drivers have to press one
button every 30 seconds to show their focus and if the button is not pressed, the train will slow
down.
 Figure 1.2: Mass Rapid Transit

Mass Rapid Transit is better known with its acronym (MRT) which is a planned 3-line
mass rapid transit system in the Greater Kuala Lumpur focus on part of Klang Valley region
city in Malaysia. Malaysia’s Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRTC) is one of the first in
Asia leveraging cloud-based collaboration on a common data environment for its 51-kilometer
Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) system’s Sungai Buloh–Serdang–Putrajaya (SSP)
line (Soo Chen Kwan, Marko Tainio & J.W, 2017). It visualises a "wheel and spoke" concept
including two northwest-southeast radial lines and one circle line looping around Kuala
Lumpur. The MRT proposal was announced in June 2010 and was approved by the government
of Malaysia in December 2010. The MRT will not only significantly increase the current poor
rail network but will also serve to integrate the existing rail networks and improve the severe
traffic jamming in the Greater KL metropolitan area.

The main purposes of an MRT system is the ability to carry large numbers of people
efficiently and forms the backbone of a city’s public transport system together with other rail-
based modes such as the light rail transit (LRT) systems, trams, monorails and commuter trains.
The tracks typically are placed either in underground tunnels, especially when they run through
the city centre, or on elevated viaducts above street level, especially in the outer suburbs of a
city.
Soo Chen Kwan, Marko Tainio & J.W. (2017). The carbon savings and health co-benefits
from the introduction of mass rapid transit system in Greater Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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