KTM Berhad will cease operations for its Kuala Lumpur-Ipoh-Kuala Lumpur shuttle train service from July 1, 2011. Since the announcement was made, I have received many messages from readers who asked if there will no longer be any train service to Kuala Lumpur from Ipoh and vice-versa. There is the Electric Train Services (read this post ... continue reading »

It's hard to believe that with two train services plying Ipoh - Kuala Lumpur - Ipoh, I couldn't even purchase one miserable ticket when I went to the Ipoh Railway Station last evening. Guess what? The ETS ticket counter was already closed for the day while KTM ticket counter refused to sell me an "advance" ticket. ... continue reading »

Finally, found a place to sit down and blog. I got to know of this train service late so too bad, by the time you read this, there is only one more train left to Batu Caves from Ipoh. There's still plenty of time, though, since the train will leave Ipoh today at only 4.15pm ... continue reading »

So my last-minute trip to Kuala Lumpur to attend "Women Netpreneur Conference 2010" saw me taking the electric train home to Ipoh from Stesen Sentral @ KL Sentral. If you have been following my blog, you would know that I took the electric train when it was newly launched in August, 2010, and I felt ... continue reading »

Finally, I found time to blog on my experience riding on the spanking new electric train from Stesen Sentral @ KL Sentral to Ipoh and share photos of the new electric train. Please be forewarned that some of these photos did not turn out so well because of low lighting and there is no anti-shake ... continue reading »

Yup, I will be going to Kuala Lumpur again but because this will only be a day trip to visit MOFEW, Malaysia's Online Fashion Entrepreneurs' Weekend, because I am too cheap to pay premium for a hotel room in KL over the weekend, I decided to buy my KTM tickets early. Yes, I bought both ... continue reading »

It's the school holidays right now and everyone is hopping onto buses and trains for a vacation. Cuti-cuti Malaysia is the order of the day. I too would be going South and because I'm taking the train, which makes fewer trips per day compared to express coaches, I had to buy my ticket early. I bought ... continue reading »