KOTA BARU – Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) cannot continue the Ekspres Wau service from Tumpat to Kuala Lumpur, due to high operating costs.
State Public Works, Infrastructure, Transport and Utilities Committee chairman, Datuk Azami Mohd Nor, said that the service caused KTMB to face a loss of RM6 million every year.
“KTMB cannot continue the Ekspres Wau service due to having to bear high operating costs and facing losses.
“Apart from that, the route is unsuitable at this time because KTMB provides another train service connecting the east coast with the Electric Train Service (ETS) from Kuala Lumpur to Gemas,” he said.
He said this in his reply to a supplementary question from Amran Arifin (BN-Paloh) at the Kelantan State Assembly sitting, at the Kota Darulnaim Complex, here today. – Bernama, July 19, 2022
