LRT, Monorail and MRT Best Transportation System in Malaysia - Work In Progress

There are talking about rail system generally and comparison made with another rail performance in another country such as US and UK. However, in Malaysia rail industry are growth gradually. 

As for now KTM is the 'pioneer' in the industry, later on is STAR LRT (Ampang/Sri Petaling line-1996) and PUTRA LRT2 (Kelana Jaya line- 1998), KL Monorail (Aug 2003) and the latest is Mass Rapid Transit (MRT- 2016)) Kajang line and Putrajaya line is in progress and shall be start their revenue in mid of 2021 for first phase

Few years ago, Ampang/Sri Petaling line had replace old train (Adtranz-Walkers) with the new set of train with SATO CBTC (communication_based control control) system as evolution of rail industry in Malaysia.

The new Ampang Line train - video from Prasarana Malaysia Berhad , click here

1996-Old STR-LRT train

TV3's doing the coverage on MRT SBK train system is showing that how important rail industry and something that must be proud of.

In October 2012, the consortium SSSC was awarded the contract to supply 58 new driverless four-car metro trains for the Metro Klang Valley MRT project. The fully automatic system, which went into service in December 2016 has since changed the way urban and suburban Malaysians commute.

Some value input video from Siemens  MRT.

'Each four-car train set has a capacity of 1,200 passengers. MRT Corp has set itself a daily ridership target of 400,000 commuters. The Inspiro trains are able to accommodate such loads as they are much more spacious than the light rail transit (LRT) trains that are in operation at the moment. The interior of the driverless trains is designed by DesignworksUSA, a subsidiary of the BMW Group'- 

The Edgemarket.com

Kajang line (formerly known as SBK) has started their operation in 2016 and the expansion project to complete Putrajaya line phase 1 is in progress

Debate on MRT Malaysia is better than New York City Subway or London Underground are always written in social media. However,  as Malaysian shall be proud of it as mention in the New Straits Time on July 27, 2017 wrotes by NOORSYAZWAN NAZRI, Final-year student of Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey

 

Sources from Youtube: Secret of New York City Subway System

As for conclusion, Malaysia are on the right track to become efficient rail service provider in future with the right mindset of people who run the country. It is work in progress ...

References: 

Prasarana Malaysia Berhad

 Nigel Craven (Youtube)

TV3 Malaysia Official

The Star.com.my

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