KLIA Ekspres - Discovering The Most Expensive Airport Train

Описание: Today we're talking about KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit, the airport rail lines serving Kuala Lumpur and KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport).

RM55 (US$17). That is the price of single train ride for 57km.

The ticket price is exorbitant by Malaysian standard since the trip only covers 57km while similar ticket price could bring someone from Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh, 250km north. There are several reasons of why KLIA Ekspres is so expensive.

In order to confirm whether KLIA Ekspres is the most expensive airport train in the world, there is a need of comparison with other airport rail services as well.

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