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Updates #35

Updates #35 1) Letter: Install seat belts in all buses (NST) -self explanatory 2) Article: Scomi sends first Mumbai Monorail car to India (the Star) – The first monorail car for the Mumbai Monorail project left its manufacturing facility in Malaysia for India last Saturday. Scomi Engineering Bhd and its consortium partner Larsen & Toubro […]

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LRT Update: 4-carriage trains for Kelana Jaya Line

By now everyone must be aware that 3 units of the 4-carriage ART Mark II trains have been launched by RapidKL on 30 December 2009. Interior Cabin Features: 3-way vertical grab bars (similar to Singapore MRT, Vancouver Skytrain); special area for wheelchair-bound passengers (with seatbelts); alarm lights at the door for the hearing-impaired; flip-in windows […]

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LRT Update: Station codes for Ampang Line

Back in August 2009, we made a posting New LRT & Monorail codes about the discovery of new codes for the stations on the LRT and monorail lines. The posting expressed our  concern about the fact that Prasarana was continuously taking small steps to improve the organization of public transport but not taking the major steps […]

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KTM Update: 36 EMU trains worth RM2bil

TRANSIT takes note of the following article which is a very positive kick-start to a new year, a new decade, and a new hope for public transport. KTMB to open tender for 36 EMU trains worth RM2bil (Star/Bernama) 4 January 2010 BUTTERWORTH: Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) expects to open tender for the purchase of […]

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Sani Express tragedy: have we learned anything?

TRANSIT is flabbergasted to learn on the Sani Express bus tragedy at km 273 of the North-South Expressway stretch near Ipoh 1am this morning which killed 10 people. It seems that we have not learn anything from the past.

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Modernizing Mass Transit is more than throwing new buses on the road

KOSMO! has published a feature article on new Perak Transit, which is the only bit of information we’ve got so far after the wide media coverage on the Minister in the PM’s Office, Datuk Nazri’s inauguration of the spanking new maroon-coloured stage buses  in Kuala Kangsar last 2 weeks. The Utusan-owned Malay tabloid’s article bears […]

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Non-functioning card readers at LRT stations

TRANSIT takes note of this Hotline Story in the Malay Mail which complains of non-functioning card-readers at various LRT stations throughout the Klang Valley. Poser over LRT station’s non-functioning card-readers Thursday, December 24th, 2009 ALINA of Petaling Jaya wonders why there is no turnstile card-reader that works at RapidKL Light Rail Transit (LRT) stations. “It […]

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KTM Update: Komuter Service returns to Kuala Lumpur “Old” Station

TRANSIT noted from our recent discussion with KTMB staff that there was a plan to return KTM Komuter service to the “Old” Kuala Lumpur station from the “new” Kuala Lumpur station. As you might imagine, TRANSIT was certainly in support of this move. The “old” Kuala Lumpur station is a part of Malaysia’s public transport […]

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LRT Update: After the public display, the fun begins

Following the end of the public display (on 14 December 2009) for the Railway Scheme related to the extension of the LRT, a number of articles have appeared in the media highlighting the LRT project. TRANSIT took note of the following articles, all of which are interesting. Instead of posting the details, we will simply […]

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KTM Update: RMU objects to ETS for KTM

TRANSIT took note of the following article, which states that the Railwaymen’s Union has objected to the setting up of a separate subsidiary for the ETS service which will be offered by KTM beginning in March 2010. Railwaymen’s union objects to KTM subsidiary for ETS 17 December 2009 PETALING JAYA: The Railway­men’s Union of Malaysia […]