Earlier this week, transport minister Anthony Loke carried out a spot check of the LRT Kelana Jaya Line, riding on trains from 5pm to 7pm to observe peak hour conditions on the rail service. Neither the media or Prasarana management were informed.
Loke has since revealed his findings. He pointed out that the frequency of trains during peak hours is not sufficient, and said that despite there being 56 trains available for the line, only 38 were in operation. This has caused train frequencies to drop to once every five minutes instead of the supposed three minutes.
“This is the busiest line in the LRT and MRT network in the Klang Valley, where on average there are 200,000 passengers using the Kelana Jaya line. For a train frequency of once every three minutes, we need 48 train sets. However, we only have 38 train sets in operation, while 18 have been under maintenance for the past few months,” he said at a press conference following a working visit to the Prasarana office.
“So far, the service is not completely stable and I apologise for that. We will ensure that technical and maintenance problems need to be given serious attention. We hope that by June next year everything will be stable,” he added.
Loke added that the train frequency would continue to be maintained at five minute intervals, but expects the matter to be resolved by Q3 of 2023 with the arrival of 19 new four-carriage train sets, as Berita Harian reports. “The first set will be operational by August next year and it is very important to ensure the service is better, faster and more comfortable,” he said.
The returning transport minister also noted that issues regarding the rail service weren’t just limited to the trains, because he noted that 46 out of 706 escalators at various train stations were presently not functioning, while 16 lifts at different monorail stations were not in operation. On the lighting front, it was pointed out that 664 light units were faulty.
Loke announced that new hand rails and step chain escalators have been ordered, but for now, auxiliary police or station attendants have been instructed to aid less able-bodied passengers (OKU) at stations as a temporary measure.
He added that a complete report regarding the closure of the Kelana Jaya LRT service in November is being prepared by Prasarana, with the results of the investigation expected to be known in two weeks. Loke said the findings would be made public.
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Good job Loke. Focus on the rakyat, not on the opposition like some other ministers.
This is the same duded that had cut RapidKL budget until they got no money to put those older 2car trains back to service during earlier his term. SHit him and his politic talking BS, if it was not for him we would not be facing this situation daily. Pls bring back Dr Wee!
Dr Wee???? He single handedly allegedly destroyed our nation’s EV industry AND Internet related industry. You his anak buah is it????
Hoi, LRT user, Dr Wee???? He single handedly allegedly destroyed our nation’s EV industry AND Internet related industry. You his anak buah is it???? Talk shit and rubbish you?
Should also spot check in the morning…
Good spot check, done by Anthony Loke as Transport Minister
I don’t see basic necessity to travel as “good job”.
Cut the crap PH.
Your party already lost in the election. Now duduk diam diam la. No need to splash all over a motoring page with your stupid remarks.
Yup slowly need gradually bring more trains in, due to duration production on how long they took to produce new trains done by Bombardier-Alstom
Sack the management
Sack Loke!
LRT Kerana Jaya Line = LRT Breakdown Line
Not good to say since LRT Kelana Jaya Line have many issues but surely will do better and improve by next year
Interesting findings. For sure we now know more about the condition of our mrt/lrt stations. 38 out of 56 coach in operation is only 67% capa.. Next is need to understand why so many coach remain in workshop. Spare part availability? Technical support availability?.. Let’s see how it will change over the period
I suppose prasarana is still under lockdown with 18 trains needing repairs. They can easily swap parts if none is available to get more trains in service..
Why not just convert from refurbished two cars trains and convert into 4 cars refurbished train for 414 sets that have been around 1998 but can get some cars from Bombardier 818 sets, that don’t have more issues to fit into Bombardier 414 refurbished sets when converting into 4 cars while Bombardier 818 cars are major repairs that don’t have more issues to replace some of Bombardier 414 cars that aren’t working or any problems or use for many years. Although, Bombardier 818 sets are also undergoing mid life refurbishment, but would be more expensive to do some major repairs and likely to have problems after refurbishing for Bombardier 818 sets that can’t handle 28 sets of Bombardier sets, which is not very good idea. Would be better to scrap half of Bombardier 818 sets early instead of scrapping 7 of Bombardier 818 sets, not to like what Northern Line do when scrapping 1972 non-refurbished stock from initial 60 trains for both batch to 30 plus trains while some 1972 stock from ex Northern Line to transfer into Victoria Line to fit 1967 stock trains that some 1967 stock cars aren’t working.
Error checking grammar complete. Should have say like what northern line do, not to say not to like what northern like do
So last 22 months, we regressed?
detektif kejadahnya dia ni…22 bulan dulu dia buat apa… skg nk wayang plk
Yang disebelahnya, wayang pun malas
33 bulan PN jadi kerajaan, dia buat apa? Anthony Lokr belum habis kerja dah kena tebuk atap
Oi Aaas mangkuk. 33 bulan ni, menteri seblm ni buat ape??? Hamban
DAP minister very good…no need change ministry name, go down to work..
It’s a shame to RapidKL top management. What were they doing all these years?
P/S: the escalator in front of Dang Wangi LRT station miraculously works after Anthony becomes transport minister. It was not working for years previously btw.
Good work…my resident and workplace is close to public transport, I do like to use public transport instead of driving. But I did encounter problems that public transport normally take much longer time, sometimes more than double; also, not cost effective comparing other city. We do enjoying lower fuel price hence people drive a lot more.
Great!
Just 2 hours of walking around to check the conditions of the trains, schedule, facilities, etc and the new minister has a while list of problems he has to solve. So, what was the previous transport minister doing; during his term of office? Never noticed any problem until a big issue developed? Like the breakdown of the LRT a number of times during peak hours?
Where was Wee Ka Siong the past 5 years? Barking at the wrong tree.
The wrong tree can’t respond, so the better for him.
Bark at wrong person, he gets 2 black eyes
A good move by the minister… turun padang type to see the actual condition. Can cross ref with the report submited to mot, if any. The rakyat need this type of minister. Two thumbs up.
biassa ah, nak kene tunjuk buat keje ma baru jadi menteri balik… lama2 balik pattern sama ah… kasi excuse demi excuse… taichi sini taichi sana. kata dulu punya kerajaan yg buat… blame org lain. tu semua sudah dalam manual jadi menteri lah
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KTM United Point have no progress.