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Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTM
or Malayan Railway Limited is the main rail operator in Peninsular Malaysia.
Formerly known as the Malayan Railway Administration (a corporate sole established under Section 4 of the repealed Railway Ordinance 1948), it came to be known as KTMB after the government-led corporatisation in 1992. However, it remained wholly owned by the federal government. The railway system dates back to the British colonial era, when it was first built to transport tin. Fares are generally reasonable, but the low speed of the intercity trains on the narrow gauge tracks does not usually make them competitive with other modes of transportation.
The 1 m (3 ft 33⁄8 in) gauge railway network in Peninsular Malaysia is controlled by KTM, consists of two main lines and several branch lines.The West Coast line runs from Padang Besar on the Malaysia-Thailand Border in Perlis (where it connects with the State Railway of Thailand's network) to Singapore via Butterworth, Penang (for connections to Penang) and Kuala Lumpur. It is called the West Coast line because it serves the West Coast states of Peninsular Malaysia.The East Coast line runs between Gemas in Negeri Sembilan and Tumpat in Kelantan. Gemas is the rail junction between the West Coast and East Coast lines. Like the West Coast line, it is called the East Coast line because it serves two of Peninsular Malaysia's East Coast states, namely Pahang and Kelantan. In fact, it does not run along the coast at all and only meets the South China Sea when it terminates in Tumpat. It runs through the interior, often through deep jungle, thus earning the nickname "Jungle Railway". Terengganu is the only state in Peninsular Malaysia not served by the railway network.There are several branch lines running from the two main lines. They are the Kuala Lumpur-Port Klang-Pulau Indah, Kuala Lumpur-Sentul, Seremban-Port Dickson, Kempas-Tanjung Pelepas, Kempas-Pasir Gudang and the Pasir Mas-Rantau Panjang branch lines. Several other branch lines existed previously but have been removed. They include the Taiping-Port Weld branch line which was Malaysia's first railway line, Tapah Road-Teluk Intan and the Tampin-Malacca branch lines.The total length of the network is 1,699 km.All of the lines in the KTM network are single-track, except for the section of the main line between Rawang and Seremban, and also the branch line Sentul-Kuala Lumpur-Port Klang, which is now double tracked and electrified to 25kV AC, to accommodate electric commuter trains.There are several other railway lines which are not under the control of KTMB. This includes the Kuantan - Kerteh line which is owned by Petronas (the national oil company) and the Sabah State Railway line from Tenom to Tanjung Aru (Kota Kinabalu) in Sabah. The Penang Hill Railway also does not come under KTMB's control.
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