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Reserve your seats on the KLIA Ekspres

The non-stop airport rail link from Kuala Lumpar International Airport to Kuala Lumpar Sentral, in the Malaysian capital is now bookable worldwide through the Amadeus Global Distribution System. The Express Rail Link will be the first rail Airport Express provider in Malaysia to offer its products globally through Amadeus and will be available in over 400,000 Amadeus points of sale. By using the Amadeus ‘Airport Express’ product passengers can now book tickets on KLIA Ekspres at the same time as booking their flights, creating a truly integrated and intermodal travel experience.

Travel agents wanting to book Klia Ekspres should search for availability between Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) to Kuala Lumpur city centre (XKL).

The 57km journey on the KLIA Ekspres into the city centre takes only 28 minutes. A one-way ticket on the KLIA Ekspres costs just 35 RM whereas a taxi fare could cost nearer 100 RM. The train itself was launched in April 2002 and has since carried over 20 million passengers.

Passengers taking KLIA Ekspres from the airport arrive in the largest transit hub in South East Asia; Sentral Station. Sentral Station is currently undergoing extensive development to construct office towers, business suites, international hotels, luxury apartments and shopping malls. The works are scheduled to be complete by 2015.

6 Aug 2009

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This line also has an excellent premium service - e-XKL (XKL being the IATA 3-letter code for the downtown terminus of KLIA Ekspres). Is this bookable through Amadeus too?
It's a superb service - ok, it costs 3 times the normal fare, but it's worth it! As you come out of immigration, you are met by someone with your name on a board. They escort you to baggage reclaim, pick up your bags for you, take you through Customs, and then assist you down to the train. There, you are put in charge of a porter who travels with you to the downtown station: he takes you and your bags up to concourse level where you are met by the driver of the limo which will take you to your hotel! Wonderful! It works the other way too. The web-site is http://www.kliaekspres.com/erlsb/VIPServices/tabid/98/Default.aspx

By Andrew Sharp on 8 Sep 2009

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