The resumption of the KTM East Coast Line rail service is unlikely to happen before Hari Raya Aidifitri, unless KTMB is able to complete all necessary repair work in time. This may not happen as the rail operator hasn’t even finished with critical work that would allow for the resumption of partial services, The Star reports.
The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) said the commission was doing all it can to facilitate the reopening of the railway, especially the 321 km stretch between Gemas and Gua Musang, but this is pursuant to KTMB being able to finish repair work.
The commission’s rail division head Yuslizar Daud said that at the current rate of progress, it would be unlikely that train services will be resumed by Raya. “KTMB itself acknowledges that 6,083 pieces of rotting wooden sleepers need to be replaced first but as of July 2, it has only changed 202 pieces,” he told reporters.
He said that it is still possible for KTMB to finish replacing the remaining 5,881 sleepers within a week, if it added at least 90 workers to the project and repairs continue around the clock.
Other problematic areas were the 296 km stretch between Gemas and Merapoh in Pahang, which had 41 spots identified as having insufficient ballast (the foundation for the tracks) as well as several spots between Mentakab/Jerantut and between Jerantut/Kuala Lipis, also regarding issues with the ballast. There is also an issue with wrongly-constructed drainage between Bahau and Kemayan.
Yuslizar said that SPAD will only give the green light for the reopening of the railway once it was satisfied that all the repairs had been carried out. “Our approval is conditional upon KTMB finishing all these work as well as having an independent engineer to verify that the repairs are up to mark,” he said.
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‘unless KTMB is able to complete all necessary repair work in time’
those who have use KTM before will understand that it wont happen.
seriously, anything SPAD involve works well and benefit the rakyat?
then whats the purpose of SPAD in this case? just report what KTMB is doing? cant u guys make KTMB expedite the repair work?please do something la yuslizar and ur SPAD team, rakyat just want to balik kampung already. still want rakyat use express bus thats expensive already
So this is not related to previous flood!… Why can’t KTMB repair that while the is in operation? As far as I know the train will move slow at the repair area!…
train not working? means all need to travel by road… will be jam like h***.. selamat hari raya guys… jangan tak balik kampung, orang yang tak ingat ibu bapa & family saje cakap nak jimat tak payah balik kampung…