If you’re using the LRT Kelana Jaya Line from KLCC to the Kelana Jaya station tonight (November 7), take note that the service has been disrupted. In a tweet made at 11.04 pm, Rapid KL said the train service from Gombak to Kelana Jaya stations on the line would end at 11.15 pm.
UPDATE: In a tweet made at 6.07 am, Rapid KL said that as of this morning, Tuesday, November 8, the LRT Kelana Jaya Line is back in service, with trains running on normal schedules.
Elsewhere, in another update, the company that it will extend the services on the LRT Ampang Line from Masjid Jamek and the MRT Kajang Line from Pasar Seni until 1am. Additionally, eight buses will be deployed to provide free shuttle services from KLCC, Pasar Seni and Kelana Jaya stations.
Kemaskini Laluan Kelana Jaya: Jadual perjalanan telah kembali normal. Terima kasih atas kesabaran anda. Kami memohon maaf di atas kesulitan.
— Ask Rapid KL (@AskRapidKL) November 7, 2022
Earlier, Rapid KL had announced that there was currently no train service between KLCC Station to Kelana Jaya station, the service disruption brought about by problems with the automatic driving system near the KLCC LRT station occurring at 8.39 pm.
According to social media posts, trains on the line were stuck at station platforms for about an hour, with passengers inside unable to get out. This disruption also led to a crowd buildup on platforms and stations.
The company advised passengers to use the free intermediate bus service provided or take other alternative modes of transport such as ride-hailing services to get to their destination. No word if the LRT Kelana Jaya Line will reopen tomorrow morning.
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why the sudden increase in service disruption? did rapidkl running out of fund for maintenance?
Best transport we had breakdown here breakdown there – accidents also with all inflated projects all produced by the one party.
Of course the rail system is produced by one party: Bombardier. This isn’t like some capalang no name railway made from rojak parts. Try learning how integrated projects works.
I’ll tell you insider scoop. This goes all the way back to during Anthony Loke’s time as TransMin when he arbitrarily cut Rapid’s budget, both OPEX for maintenance of train & bus fleets and CAPEX when they restructured MRT2 and LRT3 projects. No reasons or leeway whatsoever just across the board cut without considering the implications.
And what we seen today is that implication leading to a dwindling supply of spareparts, tho current TransMin Wee Ka Siong righted this wrong by reinstating the budgetary to sufficient level, it was already too late as Covid pandemic and global supply shortage hits the world and that causes further delays in procuring the necessary parts.
The engineers in Rapid told me they expect similar further disruptions to both rail & bus services in the current future until the world’s supply chain goes back to normal which will take years.
So a mistake made which caused a chain of events. Make sure we don’t make the same mistake this round.
For correction, Prasarana receives government funds for capital expenditure but not for operating expenditure. Their OPEX is meant to be covered by revenues from fares and other income-generating sources.
source: https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/cover-story-interesting-times-prasarana
You forget that public transportations are typically money losing entities since fares do not generate enough revenue to offset operating expenditures. This is common for nearly all types of public transport everywhere else. So where did they get the balance to fund their OPEX? Their Governments of course!
Apart from internal issues not known to the public, they are short on rolling stocks due to the ageing 20+years Bombardier units not operating due to shortages on the “tachometer” part, a part that senses speed of the train and the order is delayed from Europe.
Can we recreate the speed sensor locally with local sensor manufacturer?, afterall all the tech giants are in Penang, Infineon, Intel, VDO Malaysia, Siemens etc…
I was told Bombardier parts are still in the catalogue but the problem is supply shortages leading to delays. The root cause however stems from a bit of history that I explained above.
take the public transport they said, it will be good they said
It is good lah. How often trains breakdown in a year and what possibility you would be riding one at 11pm?
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