KL Sentral walkway ready by July 2011?

The Minister of Transport Ong Tee Keat commented yesterday on the proposed elevated link between KL Sentral and the KL Sentral Monorail station (a.k.a. Brickfields Monorail Station) The comments were picked up in all the papers, but the most detailed article (with pictures & video) comes from The Star More disabled-friendly facilities at LRT and [...]

More misery and mystery at Puduraya (update#4)

Updated with new information! Updated with a letter from TRANSIT! Updated with new articles! Important NOTE 1: UDA Holdings has postponed the March 19 closure of Puduraya Bus Terminal to an unknown date in the future. See this post. Important NOTE 2: According to the Managing Director of UDA Holdings, Jaafar Abu Hassan, there will [...]

CNY traffic chaos outside Puduraya – WHY?

TRANSIT took note of this commentary from Star Reporter Lim Chia Ying, discussing traffic congestion outside the Puduraya Bus terminal this past week as part of the Chinese New Year travel activities. Chaos outside Puduraya (The Star) Monday February 22, 2010 By LIM CHIA YING chiaying@thestar.com.my THE temporary bus depot at the junction of Jalan [...]

Penang Hill Railway shut down for ‘upgrade’ (Update #9)

This article confirms the update below – the Penang Hill Railway will return by the end of March 2011! Update – Penang Hill Tram service is not projected to return to Penang Hill until the end of March 2011 – more than 6 months delay! The new funicular trains have arrived. See our new post! [...]

Updates #40

Updates #40 1. Article: Penang Hill’s funicular train to stop for 7 months (The Star) – Service on the Penang Hill railway will stop for 7 months starting tomorrow (Feb 22) for a redesign of the railway. The 2-stage railway will be replaced by a continuous railway with larger, air-conditioned carriages. 2. Letter: Way off [...]

LRT station ‘policeman’ poser

TRANSIT noted this article in the Hotline section of the Malay Mail, asking a question about the Auxiliary Police (Polis Bantuan) present at some RapidKL LRT stations. LRT station ‘policeman’ poser (Malay Mail) Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 DARREN of Setapak is wondering about the presence of a ‘policeman’ at the Wangsa Maju LRT station. “I [...]

Photos and comments from our tour of the ERL Depot on December 9

The tour of the ERL Depot on December 9 was a great success The tour was mentioned in the Metro Section of the Star Newspaper in this article: 40 taken on a tour of ERL depot Friday December 11, 2009 By FAZLEENA AZIZ IT was a trip that left many happy during the tour of [...]

KTM Update: Work on Gemas-Johor Baru tracks to start soon?

TRANSIT took note of this article which indicates that the Electrification & Double Tracking of the Gemas-Johor Baru KTM railway is expected to begin soon. Work on Gemas-Johor Baru tracks to start soon (The Star) Friday February 19, 2010 By DESIREE TRESA GASPER SEGAMAT: Work on the Gemas-Johor Baru dual tracking rail project awarded to [...]

Is GTP putting us on the right track for change? (Update #1)

Updated with comments from TRANSIT! TRANSIT took note of the feature article on the Government Transformation Programme Urban Public Transport Lab. We have included the article here for your interest. Comments on different sections will be posted tomorrow. As always your comments are welcome. Please comment below. On the right track for change (The Star) [...]

Allegations of corruption on Seremban-Gemas EDT project

Recently, TRANSIT noted an article in the Star newspaper describing the progress of the Seremban-Gemas Electrification & Double Tracking (EDT) project. RM3.45b Seremban-Gemas electrified line is 33% completed Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam said the work on the dual-track railway was 32.81% completed and it was expected to be operational by Aug 2012. [...]

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