KTM Komuter upgrades to mean longer off-peak wait

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There will be a longer wait for KTM Komuter trains during off-peak hours, beginning from May. While the peak period schedule will remain the same, with 15-minute intervals between trains, the frequency during off-peak hours will be an hour instead of the half-an-hour interval in place currently, The Star reports.

The rail operator said that the rescheduling is to facilitate upgrades being carried out for the Komuter lines in the Klang Valley. These upgrades will take place in several stages starting from May or June, KTM president Datuk Sarbini Tijan told the publication.

He added that this did not mean riders on the Komuter’s two lines – Seremban and Port Klang – will experience hour-long waits for trains in all locations. Only certain parts of the railway will see this rescheduling, with the rest of the route running normally.

“We’re doing it phase by phase. At any one time, we only anticipate 20% of the passengers to be affected when they are using the Kommuter services,” he told The Star. The Rawang-Batu, Batu-Port Klang and Port Klang-Salak Selatan routes are set to be upgraded.

The upgrades are part of a long-term project known as the Klang Valley Double Track infrastructure and systems upgrading, which will see work being carried out on the network’s double-tracking, signalling and communications systems. This will include the changing of track components and carrying out track rehabilitation as well as upgrading the train detection system and circuit breakers.

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Comments

  • Nasser on Mar 09, 2016 at 10:13 am

    Instead of concentrating on your Komuter, why don’t you upgrade your Intercity. I have traveled all over the world, our trains are still the slowest and lousiest. It is at par with India and Pakistan and Bangladesh.

    Go to Australia, Korea, Japan, UK, Europe and see how fast their InterCity runs. No need to use plane at all. And they have had fast trains now 30 years already.

    I think Malaysian Government wants our InterCity to be slow so that we got no choice but to give business to MAS

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    • xxxxxxxx on Mar 09, 2016 at 11:00 am

      Our ministers go overseas for vacation one la, where got go there for learning. Want learn go Singapore enough la, if got half of Singapore ideas already laugh laugh

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    • tokmoh. on Mar 09, 2016 at 12:05 pm

      Japan did 200km/h since over 50 years ago.

      We’re in 2016 and still nowhere that fast. Kek.

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    • kzm (Member) on Mar 09, 2016 at 3:39 pm

      ETS intercity from gemas-kl-padang besar just fully operational last year though…at top speed of 160km/h (by design 180km/h) it is not that slow.

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  • Gargantia on Mar 09, 2016 at 10:18 am

    I do agreed with the photo, Harvi look dissapointed with the KTM delay…

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    • FIST (Member) on Mar 09, 2016 at 12:03 pm

      That’s how Malaysians feel about our public transportation

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  • Mohd Faiz on Mar 09, 2016 at 10:47 am

    such an advanced country..

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  • Our neighbours like indonesia and thailand are slowly surpassing us in every aspects.

    Their car industry and transports are getting better.
    They are even better at handling social and racial integration issues.

    While we are still stuck at AP systems.

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  • Poor planning from the beginning…ours using metre gauge rail track… Hence the max speed only 160km/h…. The term is higher speed not even medium speed

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  • KTM Letih on Mar 09, 2016 at 1:36 pm

    We’re going backward instead of forward.
    Nice one KTM.

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  • No point to have a good public transport if the fare is high and make the poor beyond reach.

    In Malaysia, all transport system and utility services (TNB, internet…) has been privatised and monopoly by Cronies and charge high rate to consumer as they like.(Guarantee return)

    To give an indication of high fare from Bangi to Sri Petaling. KTM charge RM 4.20 to TBS and LRT charge ERM 2.00 to Sri petaling. Total cost is RM 6.20 per person for a short distance.

    If you have a family of 4 then total cost for single trip will be RM24.80 x 2 trip = RM 49.60. How a poor family can afford taking public transport?

    Everything control by the cronies will make the poor suffer.

    I still remembered during the 80th where cheap public transport provided by the private company (mini bus and Tong Fong bus, klang bus stand) and make everyone affordable and convenient.

    Now, rotten NEP has created for cronies and kill their own poor race. haha.

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  • ConfusedHonda on Mar 09, 2016 at 11:18 pm

    KTM Kommuter cannot be trusted, cannot be depended and unreliable………failed and failure for sooo many years ago. Made riders all fed up, frustrated and angry.

    What makes this time KTM will work??
    Your guess is good as mine…

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  • Simon on Mar 10, 2016 at 2:29 am

    Another does upgrading done at nite time more costly? Or the works is done by ktm staffs or contracted? Most of the public transport in other nation done it at night. Wonder why ours always done it during day time. Worst still during peak hours.

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