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  East Coast train services to resume in February 2016

  15 June 2015 / 3 comments

  Turns out Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd‘s (KTMB) East Coast Line services won’t resume before Hari Raya as initially reported; the date is in fact February 2016, Bernama reports, quoting KTMB president Sarbini Tijan. “The works […]

   

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  East Coast train services could resume before Raya

  11 June 2015 / 4 comments

  Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd‘s (KTMB) East Coast Line, which runs from Gemas, Negeri Sembilan to Tumpat, Kelantan, has been out of action for some time due to the floods earlier in the year, but transport […]

   

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  MyBas stage bus service to begin – Kuala Terengganu, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching to introduce similar service

  10 June 2015 / 6 comments

  The MyBas stage bus service is set to commence by the end of this month with new routes in and around Perlis and Seremban. A total of 24 buses are expected to ply 15 different […]

   

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  Taxi drivers action committee speaks out against Uber

  9 June 2015 / 40 comments

  More resistance to Uber. The Metered Taxi Drivers Action Committee (Badan Bertindak Pemandu Teksi Bermeter, or BBPTB) has claimed that the mobile app-based transport provider’s services are threatening taxi drivers’ livelihoods, Bernama reports, with its […]

   

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  New BRT line to be built along Federal Highway, to link former Istana Negara to Klang – report

  4 June 2015 / 28 comments

  Transport Minister, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, has proposed a new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line that is expected to run along the Federal Highway, The Star understands. Said move has been tabled with the […]

   

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  KL MRT: More road closures along Persiaran Surian

  2 June 2015 / 4 comments

  Yet more traffic diversion updates on the ongoing construction of the KL Mass Rapid Transit system – MMC-Gamuda has announced there will be three medium-term night road closures along Persiaran Surian in the vicinity of […]

   

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  BRT Sunway Line electric bus service launched – 5.4 km-long, seven stations, links up KTM and LRT lines

  2 June 2015 / 28 comments

  Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has launched the Sunway Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service, which is known as the BRT Sunway Line. Initially set to run on June 9, the all-electric bus service […]

   

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  Selangor government to begin free bus services in Shah Alam, Subang Jaya and Klang this July

  1 June 2015 / 33 comments

  The Selangor government is set to begin its free bus service in Shah Alam, Subang Jaya and Klang this coming July. The public service is expected to help alleviate ever-worsening traffic conditions and provide transport […]

   

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  KL MRT: Road closure at Lebuh Bandar Utama, night contra-traffic flow at Jln Sungai Buloh continues

  1 June 2015 / 1 comment

  More traffic diversion updates on the ongoing construction of the KL Mass Rapid Transit system, this time for the month of June – MMC-Gamuda has announced the latest set of changes to traffic management around […]

   

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  SPAD continues clampdown on illegal taxi operators, including Uber – Ops Revus seizes six vehicles in KL

  28 May 2015 / 17 comments

  The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) is continuing its offensive against illegal taxi operators – in the most recent clampdown, six illegal taxis were apprehended during a sting operation called Ops Revus, and their operators […]

   

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  Gov’t mulling introduction of multiple rail operators in the country – KTM says it welcomes rail competition

  27 May 2015 / 34 comments

  The Government is reportedly planning to have multiple rail operators running on the country’s interstate railways, saying that the country’s rail capabilities will significantly increase once the double-track railway line from Johor Bahru to Padang […]

   

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  French also keen on developing the KL-Singapore High Speed Rail project – TGV, anyone?

  26 May 2015 / 49 comments

  Everyone wants in, it seems. Japan would like to see its Shinkansen bullet trains being employed in the KL-Singapore High Speed Rail project, and so do the Chinese with its own system, but they’re not […]

   

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  Japan wants Shinkansen running in Malaysia

  26 May 2015 / 37 comments

  During Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s official visit to Japan, his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe has said that Japan would like to see its Shinkansen bullet train technology employed in the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore […]

   

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  Driver’s card to be introduced for express bus drivers

  26 May 2015 / 4 comments

  The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) is planning to introduce a drivers’ card for express bus drivers in the near future, according to The Sun. The commission says the implementation of the express bus drivers […]

   

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  RapidKL bus drivers on double-decker training: report

  22 May 2015 / 19 comments

  RapidKL will be pressing around 40 double-decker buses into Klang Valley service in September, and ahead of that, close to 90 of their drivers are being trained to handle the 4.2 metre tall machines, according […]

   

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