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

[davidwsk]

Shame on Monorail..

If you take it, you might be the next victim..

U better drive instead..

[bukhrin]

Originally Posted by davidwsk

Shame on Monorail..

If you take it, you might be the next victim..

U better drive instead..

The platform gap is scary, this should give them good enough reason to invest on platform edge doors. At the very least the trains wont move if no clear signal is given by the PED.

[Khaw]

Originally Posted by musang

from http://www.horlic.com/population-gro...ear-2010-2020/

Total Population Year 2010 = 6.6 million
Total Population Year 2020 = 7.8 million
Average Growth Rate = 1.7% per annum

Klang Valley Population Forecast:
2010 = 6,600,000
2011 = 6,712,200
2012 = 6,826,307
2013 = 6,942,355
2014 = 7,060,375
2015 = 7,180,401
2016 = 7,302,468
2017 = 7,426,610
2018 = 7,552,862
2019 = 7,681,261
2020 = 7,811,842

JB
With a population of approximately 900,000 in the city, and nearly 2 million in the metropolitan area, Johor Bahru is the second largest urban area in Malaysia, after the national capital, Kuala Lumpur, and its associated Klang Valley region. The total population of the Singapore-Johor Bahru conurbation is 7 million

From Wiki's source:
http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.ph...=1500&va=&pt=a

[Khaw]

Originally Posted by daeng_jal

not so.. not if u included batam

remember, best in singapore and jb, and some say batam

Not quite. Very few daily commuters from Batam to Singapore and vice versa. That's how an agglomeration is created and defined. And even for the very few that commute, the only form of transportation is by ferries.

[newmalayan]

Originally Posted by davidwsk

Tuesday April 17, 2012
Monorail victim seeks justice


KUALA LUMPUR: A telemarketing executive who was dragged by a monorail car for about eight metres after her hand got caught in the door, is seeking compensation over her injuries.

i don't understand why it happen. monorail is not even automatic. the driver blind or drunk?

[lohxy]

Maybe the driver cant here, I've seen that every monorail driver wears a headphone, but I don't know whats the purpose.

[mrtfreak]

Originally Posted by newmalayan

i don't understand why it happen. monorail is not even automatic. the driver blind or drunk?

It is possible that her hand was small enough that the door did not detect a partial closure. In such a case, there would be no warning signal and with the monorail as crowded as it is, the driver would not be able to see anyone who was stuck there. I mean, if an ankle of a guy on the Delhi Metro could get stuck and the train move off with him clinging to the outside till he reached the next station, a hand is not too far off...

[bukhrin]

Originally Posted by mrtfreak

It is possible that her hand was small enough that the door did not detect a partial closure. In such a case, there would be no warning signal and with the monorail as crowded as it is, the driver would not be able to see anyone who was stuck there. I mean, if an ankle of a guy on the Delhi Metro could get stuck and the train move off with him clinging to the outside till he reached the next station, a hand is not too far off...

RapidKL's press release

“Part of her hand was stuck on the sliding door as the train moved,” he said, adding that the automatic closing system for the door has a tolerance for obstruction of objects up to 3.5cm in engaging it locked-up status.

“The sensor will only detect any obstruction if it is more than 3.5cm. Anything less than that, the train will capture that the door is locked,” he said, adding that the tolerance limit was within the approved standard.

[kl 2020 ideas]

Originally Posted by SgWay

Melbourne is a good example of a city with a comprehensove commuter rail system which KL shouod emulate.I am aleays amazed how accessible their commuterbtrains are.They have thousands of commuter from as far as Geelong commuting to Melburne, whichmis similar to Ipoh folks commuting to KL for work.

Agreed. Went there last year and you can tell like, well should not compare LRT but best to compare with our lousy Komuter. After coming back from there, I took the train from Mid Valley to KL Sentral and in contrast with Caulfield to Flinders and definitely ours sucks big time. Coincidently it was 4 minutes to arrive so I compared for the Komuter I waited for 40+ minutes for a train and reached there in 5 minutes for a single stop journey. Over there waited 9 minutes and 6 stations in 6 minutes. And of course that same month I found out their punctuality rate in Melbourne was the highest for the year. A bad example, should have emulate theirs or Sydney's. A real shame.

[TWK90]

Very significant news.

CSR Zhuzhou is planning a RM 400 million train factory in Batu Gajah, Perak.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...2&if_height=586

Perak to get RM400mil plant

IPOH: CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co Ltd (CSR ZELC), a subsidiary of China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp Ltd, will invest RM400mil to set up its manufacturing plant in Batu Gajah near here.

Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said the plant, to be built on a 20ha site near the Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) Academy, is expected to be completed in two years.

He said CSR ZELC planned to develop the site as a hub for the locomotive-related industry in South-East Asia.

“The plant will produce locomotive and train coaches for the Asean and Middle East markets,” he told reporters after a briefing by CSR ZELC officials at his office yesterday.

Dr Zambry said apart from the transfer of technology to a local partner company, the project would also create jobs for locals.

The Chinese company had earlier secured a RM1.89bil contract from the Transport Ministry to supply 38 sets of six-car trains to national railway company, KTMB.

The purchase was part of a government project under the National Key Results Area programme to improve public transportation in the Klang Valley.

[kl 2020 ideas]

Originally Posted by bukhrin

RapidKL's press release

“Part of her hand was stuck on the sliding door as the train moved,” he said, adding that the automatic closing system for the door has a tolerance for obstruction of objects up to 3.5cm in engaging it locked-up status.

“The sensor will only detect any obstruction if it is more than 3.5cm. Anything less than that, the train will capture that the door is locked,” he said, adding that the tolerance limit was within the approved standard.

Haha, did I mentioned that the MRT in Singapore sometimes there will be people standing near the gap and the "Doors are closing" jingle was played twice. Bet they know that it is too near to the door or on the gap. Back in KL, 3 words WHAT A JOKE. And also a sympathy to that poor lady.

[mrtfreak]

Originally Posted by kl 2020 ideas

Haha, did I mentioned that the MRT in Singapore sometimes there will be people standing near the gap and the "Doors are closing" jingle was played twice. Bet they know that it is too near to the door or on the gap. Back in KL, 3 words WHAT A JOKE. And also a sympathy to that poor lady.

I can tell you, doors do close on people. It just happens that they play the announcement twice instead of once before closing. This often happens at interchange stations where sometimes a connecting train arrives and they try to hurry people getting on the train. You just need to face it, these things happen at times. Passengers needs to know when the trains are too full to board too. This is why I avoid the monorail. It has insufficient capacity and the crowds aren't going anywhere soon.

[dengilo]

Originally Posted by kl 2020 ideas

Agreed. Went there last year and you can tell like, well should not compare LRT but best to compare with our lousy Komuter. After coming back from there, I took the train from Mid Valley to KL Sentral and in contrast with Caulfield to Flinders and definitely ours sucks big time. Coincidently it was 4 minutes to arrive so I compared for the Komuter I waited for 40+ minutes for a train and reached there in 5 minutes for a single stop journey. Over there waited 9 minutes and 6 stations in 6 minutes. And of course that same month I found out their punctuality rate in Melbourne was the highest for the year. A bad example, should have emulate theirs or Sydney's. A real shame.

Did u also notice how simple down to bare basics the train stations were!It just proves a point that commuters priorities is simply the trains run on time and there is ample parking

[Arkdriver]

Originally Posted by TWK90

Very significant news.

CSR Zhuzhou is planning a RM 400 million train factory in Batu Gajah, Perak.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...2&if_height=586

Anything that came out from Mentri Besar's and Chief Minister's (even LGE) MOUTH, I do not believe even 1%. Plus the election is expected to be called out anytime soon, just another 'good news' for the Perakian. In the end, it will just be another workshop to assemble trains for project here, not for export.

[TWK90]

Actually the word "Asean" was also iterated by CSR Zhuzhou themselves when they won contract to supply new trains for Ampang line.

http://www.csrgc.com.cn/ens/xwzx/2012-04-11/6154.shtml

Malaysia’s choosing CSR Zhuzhou again after the intercity EMU project in Kuala Lumpur shows we are trustworthy, said Xu Zongxiang, executive director and general manager of CSR Zhuzhou, adding “Ampang Line” light rail project will further promote the establishment of CSR-ASEAN Rail Vehicle Manufacturing Center on the basis of the intercity EMU project, and CSR Zhuzhou will take the opportunity to quicken its pace of globalization, expand overseas operations and provide more product choices to the international market.

Regardless of that, for now, I think we should have local content requirement for new trains, just like in Australia and USA.

[dengilo]

Actually the magic word anything KTM,MRT or LRT purchases is simply Training,Preventive Maintenance and SPARE PARTS

[TWK90]

Later this year, walking between KL Sentral and monorail station will be easier.

[lohxy]

So they are going to built a new ticket counter?

[nazrey]

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1830014/all

[nazrey]

Originally Posted by TWK90

Later this year, walking between KL Sentral and monorail station will be easier.

image hosted on flickr

view from Hilton hotel by stormdog, on Flickr
image hosted on flickr

IMG_5531 by suff79, on Flickr