Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM Malaysian Railways)

The best way to travel is undoubtedly the Malaysian railway! I have just returned from staying in petaling jaya, by Taman jaya LRT station. It is cheap and incredibly convenient! Each day my trips would cost fewer than 2 ringitts a trip (about 33p) the train takes you on a breathtaking ride over the top of most of KL, to the centre of each subsection. The train is very modem, air-conditioned, very wall maintained, and the easiest way to travel. It is very similar to taking the underground in London but instead of under it’s over, there are booths and machines for tickets, you then take the ticket to get through the turnstile, all very modern and ...

I travelled from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore on the overnight sleeper train taking around 9 hours in total. The departure time for the sleeper is usually around 22:30 arriving at 07:30 the next morning. The cost of the train depends if you are in the lower or the upper berth. The lower one costs a few ringit more - 40 instead of 37.50. The train ( and bed ) turned out to be quite comfortable. There are 3 classes - 1st which are compartments that sleep 2 people, 2nd which is a carriage with permanent beds ( although during the day they are turned back into seats ) and 3 rd which is just seats. I was in 2nd class as I always find that there is a better ...