This post is about the travel experience onboard the Ekspres Selatan.
Click here to visit the dedicated Ekspres Selatan information page.
Since the cessation of KTM Intercity services in April, there is no more through train service between JB Sentral and KL Sentral. However, a cheaper combination without the ETS still exists if you wish to travel in the day, but still includes the compulsory transfer at Pulau Sebang (Tampin).
You should read KTM Komuter: Kuala Lumpur to Pulau Sebang (Tampin) (and JB Sentral) by Train before this post.
As there is no catering service on board the 41dn Ekspres Selatan, you should pack your dinner before boarding the train. If you have not planned for this, there is a food court at Pulau Sebang (Tampin) Railway Station.
Like all stations on the electrified double track sectors, entry to the platform is only allowed just before the train’s departure. There are ample seats to wait around in the lobby area though.
The coaches of the 41dn Ekspres Selatan at Platform 4 of Pulau Sebang (Tampin). This train is made up of ex-JNR Blue Train coaches, now classified as BSC.
The coupled locomotive after rounding the engine from the arrival of the 40up Ekspres Selatan, officially forming the train.
If you are arriving from KTM Komuter 2045dn on weekdays or 2435dn on weekends, the train will stop at Platform 3, offering a convenient cross-platform transfer to the 41dn Ekspres Selatan, and also to allow the ETS Gold 9203dn to pass through on the down line.
The KTM Komuter 2045dn and 41dn Ekspres Selatan beside each other at Pulau Sebang (Tampin).
The interior of the BSC OHaFu (オハフ) coach.
Departing Pulau Sebang (Tampin) on a gloomy day.
Passing through palm plantations on the way to Batang Melaka and Gemas.
At Gemas, the 41dn Ekspres Selatan stops beside the ETS Gold 9203dn for another convenient cross-platform transfer for passengers connecting from the ETS Gold 9203dn.
The sunset on board the 41dn Ekspres Selatan.
Arrived at JB Sentral.
The journey from JB Sentral to KL Sentral with this KTM Komuter x Ekspres Selatan connection takes 7 hours and 31 minutes.
You should read KTM Komuter: Kuala Lumpur to Pulau Sebang (Tampin) (and JB Sentral) by Train before this post.
This post is about the travel experience onboard the Ekspres Selatan.
Click here to visit the dedicated Ekspres Selatan information page.
KTM Train Ticket Booking Methods
- KTM Intercity counters
- Online from 12Go Asia (joint ticketing with connecting trains available)
- Online from BusOnlineTicket
- Online from Easybook
Online from the KTM E-Ticket System (additional RM2 surcharge)UNSTABLE: Proceed at your own risk.
Tickets are open for sale 30 days before departure.
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How do I book tickets online?
- Click here for a step-by-step guide for 12Go Asia.
- Click here for a step-by-step guide for Easybook.
Click here for a step-by-step guide to the KTM E-Ticket System.UNSTABLE: Proceed at your own risk.
Links to the KTM E-Ticket System are strikethroughed due to KTM’s own admission of the instability of their system here after Prime Minister Najib Razak personally posted on Facebook that there is such an issue here. Proceed using the KTM E-Ticket System at your own risk.
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