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East Coast Line
KTM East Coast Line at Gua Musang station.
Overview
Other name(s)	Jungle Railway
Native name	Talian Pantai Timur (Malay) மலாயா கிழக்கு கடற்கரை தொடருந்த வழித்தடம் (Tamil) 东海岸铁路线 (Simplified Chinese) 東海岸鐵路線 (Traditional Chinese)
Status	Operational
Owner	Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Locale	Peninsular Malaysia
Termini	Tumpat Gemas
Continues as	West Coast Line
Stations	67
Service
Type	Inter-city rail Freight rail
Services	KTM Intercity KTM Kargo
Operator(s)	Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Depot(s)	Tumpat Kuala Krai Gua Musang Kuala Lipis
Technical
Number of tracks	1
Character	Scenic route
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
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The East Coast railway line (ECRL) is a single-track metre gauge railway line in Malaysia that runs between the Gemas railway station in Negeri Sembilan and the Tumpat railway station in Kelantan. Gemas is the rail junction between the West Coast line and East Coast railway line. Like the West Coast railway line, it is called the East Coast railway line (Malaysia) 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 railway station. 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 KTM railway network.

The East Coast Rail Link is planned to have an interchange with the ECRL at Mentakab and expand the railway network to the cities located in the East Coast, such as Kuantan and Kuala Terengganu.

History

The East Coast rail line was discontinued due to floods which struck the east coast on 22 December 2014, causing extensive damage to the track infrastructure, signage equipment as well as track maintenance machinery which was submerged in water. In August 2020, Malaysian transport minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong said the government had allocated RM874.7m to upgrade track infrastructure and trains at the east coast sector and the railway should resume service by 2021.

On 12 April 2021, KTMB launched its KTM Class 61 Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) trains for the east coast route between Kelantan and Pahang. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong said the DMU trains were being introduced specifically to replace KTM's conventional diesel trains for the KTM Intercity East Coast rail link between Tumpat and Kuala Lipis. He claimed the new DMU will reduce travel time as the average speed of the train is about 100kph, compared to the conventional trains that run between 50kph and 60kph. The DMU trains, covering 216km from Tumpat and Gua Musang and 94km from Gua Musang to Kuala Lipis, would be fully operational in stages. The Tumpat-Gua Musang-Kuala Lipis route represents the first phase of the upgrading process. The second phase will cover routes to Gemas, Negeri Sembilan, while the third phase will cover the Gua Musang-Mentakab stretch along the Pahang route.

Services

The East Coast railway line is served by a following:

• KTM Intercity
  • Ekspres Rakyat Timuran between Tumpat and JB Sentral.
    • The route between Gemas and JB Sentral is part of the West Coast Line while the route between Gemas and Tumpat is on the East Coast Line)
  • Shuttle Timur (stops at all stations and halts)
    • Between Tumpat and Dabong
    • Between Tumpat and Gua Musang
    • Between Tumpat and Kuala Lipis
    • Between Gua Musang and Kuala Lipis
    • Between Kuala Lipis and Gemas

Line network

Main line

Rantau Panjang branch line

See also

• KTM West Coast railway line

References

1. "The Jungle Railway". Malaysia Traveller.
2. "East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) Project, Malaysia". Railway Technology.
3. Tarrence Tan; Martin Carvalho; Hemananthani Sivanandam; Rahimy Rahim (11 August 2020). "Gemas-Tumpat rail line expected to be repaired and completed by mid-2021, says Dr Wee". The Star (Malaysia).
4. "Faster, smoother rail travel". The Star (Malaysia). 12 April 2021.
5. KTM Intercity
6. Peta Rangkaian Sistem KTM 1991

Further reading

• Raw, Oliver (24 November 2022). "A long-awaited journey on Malaysia's 'jungle' railway". The National (Abu Dhabi). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
• Sutton, David (3 February 2020). "A train journey through the jungle into Malaysia's colonial past". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

External links

• Jungle Railway in Malaysia – The best train times and most scenic sections

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