KTM East Coast railway line

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.

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

The junction between the West Coast (left) and East Coast (right) lines north of Gemas . Most of the stretch of the West Coast line has been double tracked and electrified to make way for the ETS , a new higher-speed intercity service introduced by KTMB in 2010.
Tumpat station , the northern terminus of the East Coast line
Gemas station , the southern terminus of the East Coast line