Tickets sold out for some peak-hour JB-Woodlands trains

[ASEAN NOW News]

A picture of a KTM train from the company's ticket booking portal. (Photo: KTM Berhad)

 

SINGAPORE: Tickets have sold out for some peak-hour KTM trains between Malaysia's Johor Bahru Sentral station and Woodlands station in Singapore ahead of the resumption of the service on Sunday (Jun 19).

 

CNA reported that the service, known as the Tebrau Shuttle, will resume after a two-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

When CNA checked the KTM ticketing website on Wednesday, it found that JB Sentral-Woodlands tickets were sold out for train rides after 11.30am on Sunday, the first day the service resumes operations.

 

The majority of afternoon and evening slots for each Sunday leading up to mid-July were also fully booked.

 

This was also the case for Jul 11, a Monday, which is the day after the Hari Raya Haji public holiday on both sides of the Causeway.

 

Tickets were also limited or unavailable for some early Monday morning trains from JB Sentral to Woodlands.

 

Woodlands-JB Sentral tickets, meanwhile, tended to be unavailable on Friday evenings and Saturday mornings.

 

Tickets were available for most other non-peak times and days, with travellers currently able to book trips between Jun 19 and Jul 18.

 

CNA has reached out to KTM for more information.