TRANSIT noted the following announcements in relation to KTM’s celebration of the 125th anniversary of rail in what is now Malaysia. KTM Offers 125 Free Tickets Daily To Mark 125th Anniversary (Bernama) KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) will from Tuesday offer 125 free train tickets daily for one week to […]
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Updated with additional Q & A! See comments section below! Updated with additional information! TRANSIT notes that public transport operator RapidKL has launched the Rapidpass “Flexi” on 1 June 2010. Rapidpass Flexi allows unlimited travel on all RapidKL buses, LRT services, and the KL Monorail over a flexible period of time, determined by the user. […]
TRANSIT notes that the Malaysian government is now seeking to reform the current system of subsidies (including subsidies on petrol, energy, water, sugar, and various other commodities) as the collective subsidy bill has become “unsustainable”. An advertisement printed in the news media recently states that the bill for subsidies cost the “government” RM74billion in 2009: […]
Updates #50 TRANSIT thought we would celebrate our 50th posting of “Updates” of stories related to public transport in Malaysia with an “all-photos” update. We hope that you find this update to be unique and interesting. 1. Article: Dangerous passage for bridge users (Streets-NST) – complaints about the pedestrian bridge at Maharajalela Monorail station 2. […]
TRANSIT took note of two interesting articles with information about the Kuala Lumpur railway station. ‘New’ KL railway station will merge history with modern technology (Malay Mail) Azreen Hani 12 May 2010 KUALA LUMPUR: The KL railway station at Jalan Sultan Hishamuddin will be given a new lease of life soon. Come July, the historic […]
Updates #49 1. Article: Taxi and bus drivers slapped with fines (The Star) – Another Ops Halang, in the Kota Raya and KLCC areas, saw 200 summonses being issued. [TRANSIT: Kudos to the various government agencies involved in Ops Halang. However, we wonder if anyone keeps a record of how many of those summonses are […]
TRANSIT noted this article updating the public on KTM’s plans for introducing the women-only coach to the Rawang-Seremban line from this Saturday, 15 May 2010. Rawang-Seremban Komuter service to have women-only coach, too (The Star) KUALA LUMPUR: Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) is to introduce the women-only coach on its Rawang-Seremban Komuter Service on Saturday. […]
TRANSIT takes note of this article which reflects exactly what will happen when government bureaucracy screws things up. In this case, the new and unopened Rawang bus and taxi terminal is becoming a sore issue – perhaps responding to the lack of action, the bus drivers are assuming that they can act in any way […]
Updated with information about the CEO & COO of SPAD! Updated with information about the candidates for SPAD and a poll for you to respond to! Mohamad Nur tipped to be SPAD head (The Star) 17 May 2010 Transport Ministry special adviser Mohamad Nur Kamal is tipped to be appointed chief executive officer of the […]
The abuse of a stray dog at KTM’s Kepong Sentral Komuter station received attention from the local media recently – and it reached the attention of TRANSIT because it took place at and around a KTM station, because KTMB employees were involved, and because it reflects some of the concerns we have over KTM’s attitude […]
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