The Chinese-made trainsets meant to be utilised on part of the KL-Padang Besar Electric Train Service (ETS) route have yet to be approved by the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), but Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai says that the issues are minor, and that only a little bit of work remains to be done before they are able to enter service, Bernama reports.
“There is no problem, actually. It is only that some tuning is needed on the Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system. I leave it to the technical teams of KTMB and SPAD to evaluate the safety features of the new trainsets,” he said.
The two new trains, ETS201 and ETS202, are built by CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive – ETS201 failed the compulsory “fault-free running” test eight days in a row when it was first tested in June. It was reported that the ATP system – a core system component – triggered whenever the train entered the branch line to Butterworth during trials, slowing the train down.
The issues revolve around faults with the unit’s automatic train protection (ATP) system, which automatically applies the brakes whenever it senses a fault or dangerous condition and is meant to prevent collisions or derailment when adherence to signals or speed restrictions are not met.
It was reported earlier this week that CSR was working round-the-clock to fix the problem, and that SPAD had given the company until Thursday (which is tomorrow) to resolve the issues.
For the moment, existing trainsets were being deployed on the Ipoh-Padang Besar part of the line, pending approval from SPAD for the new train sets, Liow said. Aside from the Ipoh-Padang Besar transit service, KTM also launched the KL-Padang Besar express service on July 10.
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“…to Butterworth during trials, slowing the train down.”
I knew it! Butterworth! Ini semua salah LGE!
INI SEMUA LGE PUNYA PASAL, INI SEMUA SALAH LGE
failed in 8 days in the row = testing only sudah xboleh pakai..
ini malaysia selalu pakai barang murah dan selalu rosak shj ker..
Dikatakan murah apabila harganya rendah dimana nilainya juga.
Dan jika harganya rendah tapi nilainya jauh lebih rendah, ianya tidak murah.
Bahasa kampung: semurah2 manapun dibelinya brg itu kalo tidak boleh dipakai, maka ialah brg paling mahal.
Pls don’t use trains made in China for the MRT projects sure to have many “Tuning” problems !
So it has nothing to do with the trains…its the shitty rails that we have that is triggering the sensors of the train.
SG’s MRT also bought from China..
Sapa suruh pkai China-branded trains, kan dah problem. Lain kali pkai Japan, French atau German trains je.
this train is not cheap.. Really really hope it is as highly reliable as the amount that we pay…
belum start projek ckp xbagus ini projek,,makan duit,,sudah siap kasi hantam ini projek,sudah run ckp itu salah ini salah, last2 u ckp waa..nasib baik ada train…kalau x…
Houston we have a problem.
Failed test 8 days in a row and you
dare say its just a tuning problem?
Common Dato Seri, safety takes top
priority. Sensors don’t lie.
I just hope they won’t just override
the safety sensors and certify it
as safe.
A safety audit should be conducted
to certify this train.
Tak Ada warranty ke? Masa beli mesti Sudah test run before paying. Also mesti Ada retention $ before test run. I’m just guessing, maybe tak mau pay $ balance, those supplier also don’t want to solve the issue la. I’m just guessing.
Maybe there are soil movement under the rail making the sensor triggered automaticaly slowed the train for safety..cmon China Technolgy nowadays is very advanced…We Malaysian have to work harder!…
Maybe there are soil movement under the rail making the sensor triggered automaticaly slowed the train for safety..
cmon China Technolgy nowadays is very advanced…We Malaysian have to work harder!…
doesnt matter china tech so advance or not. we pay for the train. fix it laaaaaaa. we pay for the train maaaa. tech so advance also whats the point?
Why don’t SPAD approve ETS202 if they don’t have any problem (so far they only reported on ETS201 problem)? Or haven’t they do any trial runs for that trainset yet?