RAIL TRANSIT Thread - General News on anything LRT, Monorail, KTM & other rail works

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Originally posted by Pablo

The design is ugly...not really?? cheap...nope!!...unique..no!!!beautifull...i don't think so.... i don't know how to explain it..it looks so strange for me..looks so plane???????

it looks like the railway is eassy to built..just fix it like lago won't take very long time to built it...don't like others Monorail railway...use concrete to built it

i help u explain.... it looks like alien+Japanese design=that thing loh

i think it is better than monorail malaysia

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I think the concrete used in Monorail Malaysia for the guidebeams are because it's cheaper then the steel it looks like Metrail is using. However, I doubt they can escape using concrete support pylons for a major network tho....especially if the design calls for 2 guidebeams running parallel to each other. That would seriously drive up the cost.....

[Pablo]

Originally posted by liping_t

I think the concrete used in Monorail Malaysia for the guidebeams are because it's cheaper then the steel it looks like Metrail is using. However, I doubt they can escape using concrete support pylons for a major network tho....especially if the design calls for 2 guidebeams running parallel to each other. That would seriously drive up the cost.....

concrete cost more than steel???wow i don't know that..i thought steel is cheaper..anyway is it take more times to built the guidebeams if using concrete??

i think steel beam is cheaper than concrete.. and concrete is harder to cast.. those beam is no ordinary concrete.. it's pre-tension concrete beam..

MMC RM15m/km is much cheaper than Monorail Malaysia RM100m/km

[liping_t]

but you can obtain pre-cast concrete.....and I thought post-tesion concrete, albeit more expensive, is still less then steel of the grade needed for structural support.....

of course, all this depends on local supply.....

but I may be wrong on all counts seeing as how I'm not a civil engineer

[szehoong]

I believe the reason of using concrete for the rail instead of steel is because that we have greater expertise on concrete construction. Certain grade of steel had to be imported and steel doesn't fare too well as compared to pre-tensioned concrete in tropical weather.......I am also no civil engineer so I'll ask my engineer friends for their opinion later......

[szehoong]

Originally posted by Pablo

concrete cost more than steel???wow i don't know that..i thought steel is cheaper..anyway is it take more times to built the guidebeams if using concrete??

you cocked-eyed again! ....Liping said 'Concrete is cheaper than steel' lah!!!

Anyway the time to construct the guidebeams doesn't matter as they are all pre-fabricated elsewhere.

[liping_t]

I *think* btw, that prestress and posttension concrete are actually referring to the same thing......but can someone enlighten me?

about the cost between these two beam.. i'll try asking my QS frd.

i think pre / post - tension is just a method of casting and making the beam.

pre-tension is when a steel cable (as a reinforcement) layed inside the beam before it hardened.

post-tension is when the beam casted without the cable but with holes for the cable. The cable will be fixed inside the beam at the site (in-situ).

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Malaysia's first privately-owned monorail within a township

The Bandar Sunway Monorail, involving a total investment of
RM65 million over three phases, will be a tourist attraction in its own right while providing a convenient mode of transportation within the Bandar Sunway township. Holidaymakers from other parts of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, connecting with the KTMB electric double-tracking commuter train service system, will inter-change to the Bandar Sunway Monorail at the proposed Sunway City Terminal located at the Federal Highway.

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S.L. Series Monorail


The sleek and elegant contours of the SL Series Monorail help create the thrilling experience of futuristic travel while the outstanding design makes them super efficient high volume people movers

Features such as composite construction, wide areas of
tinted double glazed windows, automatic doors and air
conditioning make the SL Series Monorail equally
suitable for airports or shopping malls, urban locations
or resort areas. Nothing can beat the performance of the
SL Series Monorail.

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Specification in Brief:-



o Standard drive system : 30 to 45 kw AC motor on each bogie

o Brakes : Normal-Regenerative
Emergency/parking - fail- safe
electromechanical

o Guideway : Fabricated steel box section and / or pre-stressed concrete

o Minimum vertical radii : 50 metres

o Minimum horizontal radii : 20 metres (superelevated)

o Maximum gradient : 6%

o Carriage passenger capacity : Front & rear - 30, center - 29

o Train passenger capacity : Variable from 30 to 146

o Operating speed : up to 13.8 m (45 ft) / sec 50 kmph (31 mph)

[Magician]

Any news about Penang monorail instead???:P...

I went Sunway a few times... but seldom see the monorail running... why