Readers may recall our recent posting on Thaipusam shuttle train services operated by KTM. The KTM line from Sentul to Batu Caves has been double tracked and electrified but unfortunately, the interior work at all the stations has not been completed. The full work will only be completed in March and the Sentul-Batu Caves extension […]
Tag: KTMB
Categories
Updates #38
Updates #38 1. Article: KTMB Unit Eyes RM10-12 Million Revenue From Electric Train Service (Bernama); 2. Article: Commercial vehicles required to display new stickers by Jan 31 (Malay Mail) – as above [TRANSIT: Have you noticed that the print on the new stickers is much smaller than the old ones? How is anyone going to […]
Updated with additional articles! TRANSIT takes note of the announcement of special Komuter train services to Batu Caves station on the occasion of Thaipusam. New rail tracks pose a problem for devotees (The Star); New railway stations provide better facilities (NST); Extra commuter services for Thaipusam (The Star); Thaipusam: Security beefed up at Batu Caves […]
Updated with more articles & comments! Public transport in Malaysia took a big (though symbolic) step forward with the cancellation of the plan to purchase a number of used Diesel Multiple-Unit (DMU) trainsets from FEVE in Spain. Govt calls off train purchase (NST); Ong: DMU supplier failed to deliver (The Star); Ministry cancels purchase of […]
KTM Railway Fans Club planned a tour of KTMB’s newly constructed Batu Gajah Workshop which took place on 27 February 2010. Visit MY Train Gallery today TRANSIT will post 3 photostories of our visit to the Batu Gajah Workshop and we hope that you enjoy them!
Updates #36 1) Article: Ong: Rail service to remote areas to be upgraded (The Star) – Minister of Transport Ong Tee Keat comments on plans to upgrade rural rail services especially the double tracking & electrification of rail on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. 2) Article: 43 families hit by rail project to receive […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 RailwayÂmen’s Union of Malaysia […]
As most would know by now, KTMB has received the first of 5 Electric Multiple Unit trainsets which will be operated on the Ipoh-KL-Seremban route. The handover ceremony for the first train was yesterday (15 December) at Kuala Lumpur station, followed by an open house (open train?) until 5pm. Today (16 December) the train is […]
Transit Malaysia 