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

[ejatidiaz]

we were so proud of it back then... haha..
many of other countries started their lrt/mrt system in 90s and they have expanded to many lines.. while us.. hrmm.. better late than never

[mrtfreak]

Nice find! Thanks for sharing. Brings back memories of seeing the line being built between Asia Jaya and Taman Jaya across the Federal Highway. Those were the days... And then there's the PUTRA logo on the trains too...

[TWK90]

It took 4 years from 1994 to get the first phase of the Kelana Jaya line (PUTRA) running in 1998.

While it took 6 years to get the first phase of Ampang line (STAR) operate in 1996 from the proposal submitted by Taylor Woodrow in 1990.

Now, finally the ongoing construction of the line extension of both lines to USJ and Puchong/Kinrara will give these lines even bigger role in Klang Valley's transit system.

[ejatidiaz]

RM160b to lift rail transport

http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_New...cle/index_html

[johan is]

5 lagi set MyKomuter akan beroperasi

SEREMBAN 21 Jun - Sebanyak lima lagi set Tren Enam Gerabak (SCS) atau dikenali sebagai MyKomuter akan memulakan perkhidmatan minggu depan menjadikan bilangan tren jenis itu yang beroperasi kepada 22 buah.

Menteri Pengangkutan, Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha berkata, sebanyak 16 lagi set SCS akan memulakan perkhidmatan secara berperingkat dalam tempoh terdekat ini.

Beliau berkata, perolehan 38 set SCS dari China itu dibuat mengikut inisiatif Bidang Keberhasilan Utama Nasional-Pengangkutan Awam Bandar (NKRA-UPT) yang bertujuan memberi keselesaan kepada pengguna pengangkutan awam.

"Dengan penambahan set SCS ini, kerajaan berharap masa menunggu perkhidmatan komuter akan dapat dikurangkan kepada 20 minit berbanding 30 minit pada masa ini," katanya selepas merasmikan upacara pecah tanah pembinaan Depot EMU KTMB Seremban di sini hari ini. - UTUSAN

[ejatidiaz]

owh.. they are gonna build emu depot in seremban..

[tunomura]

RM160b for future rail projects
Money to be pumped in for expansion up to 2020, says SPAD chairman
Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 15:36

THE investments for future rail projects until 2020 is estimated to be RM160 billion.

Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar said the estimated figure was based on how the railway industry works, and it has not been finalised.

"This will take into account the current projects, but there's more to it. This is just part of the planning figure to work on," he said after briefing stakeholders on the 'Future Rail 2030: National Rail Industry Development Roadmap', yesterday.

Syed Hamid said the estimation was justified considering the rail industry's expenditures.

"If you calculate the sum of the rail industry and the cost of gross products, that figure is not unimaginable. Whether this amount is going to be spent or otherwise depends on the ongoing feasibility study," he said.

"Things such as whether we can create the economic condition and ridership that will bring back the type of investment that we are putting in will be looked at.

"The investment cost, while important, must be related to the revenue to be generated from the investment."

Syed Hamid said the government had invested more than RM50 billion in rail transport since the 1990s.

He said that in the current study on the Rapid Transit System and High Speed Rail projects, the consultants were expected to come up with economic and financial feasibility.

However, it was still too early to determine when the trains would be commissioned.

"We don't even know whether we will go ahead with the project but there's a need for us to look at it now. If the outcome of the study shows positive results, then subsequent action will follow," he said.

"We hope they should be able to complete the study by this year-end."

Syed Hamid denied that most rail projects were centred in the Klang Valley, saying it was possible for some projects to be extended beyond that.

"Because of the population ratio and the developments in KL and Klang Valley, we start off here first. But the projects are also intended for nationwide including Sabah and Sarawak," he said.

He said under the Urban Rail Development Plan, SPAD undertook a series of studies aimed at making Malaysia's land public transport system a world-class infrastructure.

The studies included the 7km KL Monorail extension plan from Jalan Tun Sambanthan in Brickfields to Happy Garden in Old Klang Road, the 23km-LRT line extension from Kelana Jaya to Klang, the 36km-MRT 2 Circle Line from Sentul Timur to Ampang, the 58km-MRT 3 North-South Line Selayang to Putrajaya, and the 18km-KTMB Freight Relieved Line Subang to Port Klang.

Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology president and CEO Mohd Yusoff Sulaiman said the railway industry faced a number of challenges including human capital.

"We need to make the industry more attractive to graduates and youngsters. We have to develop a very strong human capital development strategy to meet the demand by 2030," he said.

[TWK90]

Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT station upgrade project

23/6/2012

New tiles



New signage positioned above the LED information board



Next time, transfer between LRT and KTM will be a lot easier as there will be single level ticket concourse



New ceiling panels



New lift (only for handicapped commuters)

[smoothcake]

today forum!

[lio415]

thnx for the pics TWK90, BTW What do you mean by transfer between LRT and KTM? Is it integrated token system? If it does it'd be a great improvement.

[TWK90]

The future KTM ticketing system will be linked to the RapidKL ticketing system, so one may travel between KTM and Rapidkl lines on a single ticket.

[drie]

ETS & Ipoh Station
Visit : http://edrifernanda.blogspot.com/


http://edrifernanda.blogspot.com/201...t-2-kuala.html

[tunomura]

Nature lovers want Rail Corridor to be preserved
Story and pictures by MENG YEW CHOONG
star2@thestar.com.my

Nature lovers want the former KTM railway land in Singapore to remain as an icon of past progress.

SINCE the cessation of Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd’s (KTM) train services from Woodlands to Tanjung Pagar, Singapore, last July, nature lovers in the republic have been hoping the greenery along the stretch of land that was once a Rail Corridor will be preserved.

The stretch from Woodlands to Tanjung Pagar is 26km long, and if one includes the abandoned spur line from Bukit Timah to Jurong, the former railway land vacated by KTM forms a Y-shaped trail 40km long, while taking up an area that is close to 174ha (430 acres).

Not surprisingly, nature lovers see it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to salvage a relatively undisturbed green patch that stretches from the north to the south of the island.

Vestige of the past: A last entry in the Mandai gatekeeper’s log is written on the door of the hut, which now lies derelict. Nature has reclaimed the surroundings of the former railway track. (Picture snapped on July 11, 2012.)

According to the Nature Society of Singapore (NSS), the abundance of various types of vegetation, ranging from large trees to shrubbery along the fringe of the former railway reserve, presents a great opportunity for a tropical rainforest to flourish, if the area is left to regenerate.

Greenies argue that the unbroken cover of greenery can serve as the “central green spine” of Singapore by linking up all the existing nature reserves and other patches of greenery to facilitate or encourage the movement of wildlife.

According to NSS, the large body of non-manicured greenery is now greater than the sum of all its parts. The organisation’s position is already well articulated at both government-sponsored events, as well as in the social media (see http://www.nss.org.sg/documents/TheG...idor101103.pdf for a detailed view.)

Even when the trains were running, the land along the line was already used as a green corridor of sorts, as they linked areas that still harbour a significant degree of biodiversity such as the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and the mangroves of Mandai.

This returfed stretch near the Kranji crossing would most likely have been covered in thick undergrowth by now. (Snapped three months after the KTM trains stopped running in Singapore.)

The corridor is expected to enhance the value of existing and future developments in adjacent areas, though it is felt that the Singapore government will inevitably have to strike a balance between the need for development and conservation.

Officially, it has been announced that all aspects will be considered in the development plans for the Rail Corridor: the green aspect, heritage and history, and innovative land use fusing development and conservation. Some foreign examples of successful preservation ventures include the redevelopment of New York’s High Line (The High Line is a public park built on an historic freight rail line elevated above the streets on Manhattan’s West Side in New York, the United States) as well as Paris’s Promenade Plantée (The Promenade Plantée is a extensive green belt that follows the old Vincennes railway line in Paris, France).

On account of their historical significance, the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station has been preserved as a national monument, while the Bukit Timah Railway Station has been conserved.

Thankfully, Malaysia had agreed to leave behind two beautiful steel truss bridges near Bukit Timah, though it is sad that a few other shorter steel bridges were removed, thus robbing the corridor of a few solid icons that would have served as a reminder of the trains that used to run across the land.

With the cessation of KTM Bhd’s train services from Woodlands to Tanjung Pagar last July, nature lovers in the republic are clamouring for much of the greenery along the land to be preserved.

Singapore is currently collating feedback and ideas from the public on the future use of the conserved buildings, as well as how the land can be integrated with future developments. The aim is to get the Rail Corridor plans up in time to be exhibited together with the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s draft master plan next year.

In her foreword in NSS’s report on the Rail Corridor, Dr Geh Min, the immediate past president, said: “The least challenging and most unimaginative ‘solution’ would be for policy makers, planners and developers to parcel the land out as real estate, dismantle the line, erase the railway and its memory from the public domain and relegate it to textbook history. That would be a costly mistake. Much of Singapore’s natural and man-made heritage has been jettisoned as excess baggage in our rush to transform ourselves from a Third to a First World country.

“A more inclusive and considered approach would have recognised their value as ballast in nation-building and sustainable development, and while attempts are now being made to restore some of them at great expense (like the ecolink between Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and the Central Catchment), many are irretrievably lost.

“This proposal for the KTM railway should not be viewed as a barrier to development. After all, the railway has been a symbol of progress in the past and should continue to be so. Rather, we feel that by exploring more creative, sensitive and inclusive ways to utilise the railway and its land, we would be enhancing rather than reducing its value. In a country searching desperately for genuine icons it would be a tragedy to destroy this potent symbol of connectivity and inclusive progress.”

[tunomura]

Don't being cheated, Kertih-Kuantan line has been there for a long time until it was abandon in 2008/9...for the god sake, please build KL-Mentakab-Kuantan line!!

Feasibility Study On East Coast Rail Route Completed, Says Najib

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 (Bernama) -- The feasibility study on the East Coast Rail Route, covering Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan, has been completed, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced Tuesday.

He said the rail route would be built in phases, starting with Phase 1, spanning a 109Km rail track from Kertih to Kuantan.

The proposed route is 600 kilometres in length, from Kuala Lumpur to Tumpat, passing through Mentakab, Kuantan, Kuala Terengganu and Kota Baharu, he said.

"The massive project will have a significant impact in terms of improving East Coast Economic Region's (ECER) connectivity with the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and expediting economic growth within the region," he said in a statement after chairing the ECER Development Council meeting here.

Najib, who is also the council's chairman, earlier chaired the council's second meeting for the year.

The prime minister said Phase 1 of the rail route project would help improve linkages between the various industrial areas within the East Coast Economic Region Special Economic Zone such as the Gambang Halal Park, Kemaman Supply Base and Ship Repair.

The Gebeng Integrated Petrochemical Complex, Pekan Automotive Park and the Palm Oil Industrial Cluster and the Kuantan Port, which would ultimately enhance the port's competitiveness, would also immensely benefit from the project, said Najib, who is also Finance Minister.

"The proposed rail system for the east coast will provide a major boost for investors as businesses will be able to significantly reduce their costs by using this cost-effective and efficient mode of transport, which is also more environment-friendly," he added.

The feasibility study on the integrated rail route started in 2009.

-- BERNAMA

[razpatrol99]

Originally Posted by tunomura

Don't being cheated, Kertih-Kuantan line has been there for a long time until it was abandon in 2008/9...for the god sake, please build KL-Mentakab-Kuantan line!!

Or maybe they talking bout a plan to built a new ones? IMO, they shld. From the look of it the old track not really in a good shape. If im not mistaken that rail was built by petronas to ship their cargo to kuantan port and was abandon when kertih port being upgraded.

[nazrey]

[Sheik]

11 August 2012 | last updated at 07:02PM
Stalled monorail train caused 183 passengers to be trapped for an hour
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KUALA LUMPUR -- A stalled monorail train caused 183 passengers to be trapped for a nerve-wrecking hour on the Brickfields tracks, here today.

According to a Hang Tuah Fire and Rescue operations room spokesman, they received the distress call about 2.18 pm.

"The train stalled right after it left the Tun Sambanthan station heading towards the Maharajalela station," he told Bernama when contacted here.

Taman Desa, Pantai and Sri Hartamas rescue personnel were rushed to the scene as well, he added.
"We evacuated 63 passengers using fire engine cranes and the rest were rescued by pushing the stalled train into the Tun Sambanthan station with another train," he said.

Meanwhile, Prasarana Negara Berhad, Media Affairs manager Azhar Ghazali said the 1.58 pm incident was due to a 'Traction Control' malfunction which caused the train's engine to stop automatically.

He said one passenger fainted and two others had breathing difficulties and were taken to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, passenger Nur Izzah Nazihah Hasnul Bahrin, 14, from Nilai, said the train had been moving normally before coming to an abrupt halt.

"The engine stopped suddenly and the air-conditioning was also not working," she told reporters, adding that people started becoming anxious when they saw two passengers fainting.

A tourist from England, Matthew, 27, said the train was already very crowded when he boarded it at the Tun Sambanthan station. "There were still some people laughing when the train came to a halt not realising the situation we were in," he added. -- BERNAMA

[johnsonooi]

Just traveled with Perth CAT and find it very convenience. Perhaps RapidKL should consider this.

http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/Usin...hServices.aspx

I think a free public transport at KL CBD will certainly encourage people to use public transport. In addition, this will reduce congestion by a dedicated bus line. More importantly, a public education is a must to raise the awareness of using public transport. This also must be accompanied by the good town planning.

[ejatidiaz]

http://www.myrapid.com.my/news-event...eamless-travel



“The next phase of the AFC integration will be to cover RapidKL bus network. Preparatory works have already started and barring any unforeseen circumstances, we should be to do this by early next year,” Shahril added.

[sabre23t]

Originally Posted by johnsonooi

Just traveled with Perth CAT and find it very convenience. Perhaps RapidKL should consider this.
http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/Usin...hServices.aspx

Who pays for Perth CAT? Seems the state government pays for it, "Transperth is part of the State Government's Public Transport Authority (PTA)".

I'm sure RapidKL would do fr*ee rail/bus service if the government pays for it. Remember RapidKL Bus used to have RM2 all day travel for Bandar (city) buses?