Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB), also known colloquially as KTM, is the main railway operator in Peninsular Malaysia. The organisation was corporatised in 1992, but remains wholly owned by the Malaysian government. Established in 1885, KTMB is the leading railway operator in Malaysia. KTMB's headquarters are located at Corporate Headquarters Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin, Kuala Lumpur.
KTMB presides over an extensive 1,655 km rail network that offers logistic solutions as well as passenger train services along with the railway network in Peninsular Malaysia. The company operates multiple service lines, including Electric Train Service (ETS), the fastest metre gauge train service in Malaysia with speeds of up to 140 km/h that operates along the electrified double-track stretch of the West Coast Line. KTM Kargo provides integrated logistics solutions to domestic and cross-border markets with an average of 30 cargo trains daily moving north-south and east of Peninsular Malaysia and carrying over 6 million tonnes of various containerized and bulk cargo per year.
KTMB's corporate office has 1K - 5K employees. In January 2025, KTMB appointed Datuk Azlan Shah Al Bakri as the new KTMB group chief executive officer, effective from January 12, 2025.
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