Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) faced hundreds of hours of delay and disruption throughout this year due to cable thefts, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

The cable theft, he said, had caused 562 hours of delays to the Electric Train Service (ETS) and 741 hours of disruption of KTM Komuter service, in which the national railway operator had collaborated with enforcement agencies as immediate action to address this issue.