KTMB attempts 90-hour non-stop service record

Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMTB) is attempting to operate its commuter service to Batu Caves for 90 hours non-stop, in conjunction with Thaipusam, in order to enter the Malaysia Book of Records.

KTMB general manager Mohd Hider Yusoff said the four-day three-night commuter service on all routes started operating non-stop from Jan 25 with 200 drivers in three daily shifts.

"To fulfill the Malaysia Book of Records, the service from Port Klang, Rawang and Sungai Gadut to and fro Batu Caves should operate smoothly," he told Bernama at Batu Caves, here today.

Each return journey will be recorded from last Friday until tomorrow as the closed circuit television recordings were crucial to fulfill the conditions, he said.

Mohd Hider added that 500,000 passengers had traveled on the service for the past three days, and the number was expected to increase on the last day of the Thaipusam celebrations tomorrow.