TRANSIT has found out that the Electric Train Service (ETS) between Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh is likely to start operations on 12 August 2010. This will be exactly 15 years and 9 days since the first electric train service in Malaysia, the KTM Komuter, started operations (on 3 August 1995). Ticketing: The main ticketing offices […]
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TRANSIT took note of this article in which RapidKL spoksperson Ebi Azly Abdullah confirms that RapidKL will add women-only coaches to future LRT trains. LRT bakal ada koc wanita (KOSMO!) Oleh MAZLINA ABDUL MAJID 4 Ogos 2010 mazlina.majid@kosmo.com.my KUALA LUMPUR – Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana) membayangkan hasrat untuk mengikuti jejak Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad […]
TRANSIT notes that the Malacca government and Chief Minister Mohd Ali Rustam are preparing to spend money to invest in improving the public transport service in the state. The government will spend RM2.35 million to buy 10 new buses for the Panorama Melaka City Transport service. They have also requested RM36 million for a revolving […]
TRANSIT took note of this recent article which states that the one-way fare for the Ipoh – KL trip will not cost more than RM35. Ipoh-KL trip to cost not more than RM35 (The Star) Wednesday July 28, 2010 BATU GAJAH: KTM Berhad will charge a fare of between RM30 and RM35 for the Electric […]
TRANSIT is pleased to announce that KTM Komuter service to Batu Caves (finally) began operations on 29 July 2010. The extension of service is made possible by the double tracking & electrification of the line from Sentul to Batu Caves. The new stations have been built with full canopy roof, accessible features such as lifts, ramps, […]
Recently, TRANSIT commented of our disappointment that the new Minister of Transport Kong Cho Ha was not giving enough attention to accountability on the part of the various railway companies. We were surprised that KTMB and KL Monorail were involved in numerous service delays (some very serious) without any call for investigation or action by […]
TRANSIT noted this interesting article about the renewed activity at the Ipoh Railway Station, in the days leading up to the arrival of Electric Train Services (ETS) – tentatively scheduled for “mid-month” in July 2010. We will excuse Mr. Sivaji’s tendency to speculate on the nature of the service and the tickets – perhaps he […]
TRANSIT took note of this article, which states that the government has appointed con-sultants to conduct a feasibility study on the MRT proposal from MMC-Gamuda. TRANSIT wonders how the government could possibly announce plans for an MRT network in the Klang Valley as part of the 10th Malaysia Plan before they had even ordered a […]
TRANSIT noted this article in which the Johor Menteri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman comments on future plans for Kempas as a railway hub in southern Malaysia. Kempas, for those of you who do not know, is the interchange where the spur lines to the ports of Tanjung Pelapas and Pasir Gudang meet the main railway […]
TRANSIT noted this article in KOSMO! Magazine giving more details about the planned opening of the Sentul-Batu Caves extension, which is now anticipated to be on 31 July 2010. KTMB buka lima lagi stesen komuter baru di ibu kota (KOSMO!) Oleh MAZLINA ABDUL MAJID mazlina.majid@kosmo.com.my GOMBAK – Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) terus komited meningkatkan […]
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