{
  "id": 9667052,
  "title": "Planning a weekend trip? KTMB just added 63,000 seats to the KL-Johor ETS route",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/planning-a-weekend-trip-ktmb-just-added-63-000-seats-to-the-kl-johor",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T00:58:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/09/25/planning-a-weekend-trip-ktmb-just-added-63000-seats-to-the-kl-johor-ets-route/236403"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) has announced the addition of 63,000 seats to the KL-Johor ETS route for weekends until December 27 to accommodate growing passenger demand. The four extra services will run on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, offering 63,200 additional seats, with ticket sales beginning on September 7. The new trips include EX9572 from JB Sentral at 7 am and EX9578 at 5.30 pm to KL Sentral, as well as EX9573 from KL Sentral at 9.05 am and EX9575 at 11.55 am to JB Sentral. As of today, ticket sales for the four additional ETS services have reached 46% of the offered capacity. With the new additions, KTMB now offers 12 ETS services for the KL Sentral-JB Sentral-KL Sentral route, bringing the total weekend capacity to 189,600 seats. Additionally, KTMB is providing eight extra EMUPlus services from September 25 to 27, with Bandar Tasek Selatan being another option for passengers traveling to Ipoh.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Planning a weekend trip? KTMB just added 63,000 seats to the KL-Johor ETS route",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/planning-a-weekend-trip-ktmb-just-added-63-000-seats-to-the-kl-johor-9668594",
        "published": "2026-09-25T00:58:14.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}