The number of disruptions on the Rapid Rail network has dropped significantly this year, with 25 occurrences as of August compared to the 71 that were reported last year and 118 in 2023. Transport minister Anthony Loke said this was due to several strategic initiatives carried out by the rail operator to enhance service reliability and reduce technical faults across its rail lines, the New Straits Times reports.
He said that as of August, the mean kilometres between failure, translating to the average distance a train can travel before a disruption occurs, had risen to 550,000 km, up from 330,300 km in 2024 and 160,000 km in 2023. However, he added that there was still room to improve further.
“While these improvements mark progress over previous years, the ministry recognises that even a single disruption causes inconvenience to passengers. So, the ministry will continue to support Rapid Rail in further improving the reliability of LRT, MRT and monorail services, while reducing the number of disruptions,” he said in a written parliamentary reply.
Loke was responding to a question from Syahredzan Johan (PH–Bangi) on Rapid Rail’s strategies to prevent or handle prolonged service disruptions. The transport minister said one of Rapid Rail’s key approaches is adopting a more proactive, data-driven maintenance, including condition-based and predictive maintenance through the installation of smart sensors on critical components, which allows it to predict potential failures and carry out repairs before incidents occur.
“Rapid Rail has also established a system analytics centre for real-time monitoring of train systems and rail infrastructure as part of these initiatives. It has entered into long-term service support agreements with original equipment suppliers to ensure the availability of spare parts and ongoing technical support,” he said.
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Will give you credit that your staff finally does not need foreigners to come solve their problem like wee time going away while facing all the public transport issue. However all MRT, LRT and Aerotrain also still face disruption.
Are you sure ah
conclusion to be made by the people , not by you.
thanks much grateful to taxpayers from all other states whose tax money were used to fund LRT/MRT in klang valley only
Aerotrain, Aerotrain, Aerotrain, Aerotrain, Aerotrain, Aerotrain, Aerotrain, Aerotrain, Aerotrain, Aerotrain.
How about power cable being stolen which caused massive disruption from MRT Putrajaya line? Self declared victory is not real victory. Solve the problems on the ground first, then talk.
local malaysians stealing china supplies, why am i not surprised
Problem is PH is all about talk and self promotion. Have they ever solved any problem? Any???