PETALING JAYA: KTM Komuter train fares will be going up from December.
KTMB chairman Datuk Nawawi Ahmad confirmed that a hike for the KTM Komuter line will be announced on Monday, with the new fares to begin on Dec 2.
Commuters are expected to be charged 15sen per km, up from the current 11sen.
Nawawi, who said the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) would announce the details, added that KTMB’s Intercity trains will be spared the hike.
Previously, SPAD chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar had indicated that the LRT and Monorail fares would be raised.
He had said Prasarana would announce the increase before the end of October.
Syed Hamid said SPAD had got the Cabinet’s approval to increase the fare.
SPAD and Prasarana (which operates LRT and Monorail lines in the Klang Valley) could not be reached for comment.
In July, Prasarana said LRT fares had remain unchanged since 2002. KTM Komuter fares were last revised in 2003.
KTM Komuter fares were to have been increased in May but a public outcry put it off.
