KUALA LUMPUR – The Kelana Jaya line light rail transit (LRT) service is operating using a single track today as repair and installation works between the KLCC and Kg Baru stations have yet to be completed.
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said inspections by officers from the Rail Enforcement and Rail Planning divisions of the Land Public Transport Agency (APAD) at 1.19am until 4.30am today found that the emergency lane on the right at the liner induction motor (LIM) rail 1447 was unstable.
He said the APAD inspection team also ordered the replacement of the damaged linear heat detector sensor cable from tunnel segment 126 up to tunnel segment 96, stretching 28.5m, to ensure the fire detection system in the tunnel could work properly, as well as installation of three rail clips on the rail side.
“Rapid Rail has said that replacement works will be done soon and APAD will conduct a reinspection as soon as Rapid Rail completes the repair and installation works.
“APAD will ensure safety aspects are given priority before approval for restoration of operation is given to Rapid Rail,” he said in a Facebook post today.
Meanwhile, Wee said observations on the train rollover test at 3.08am today found that the train movement simulation is in good condition.
In a 8.45pm incident on Monday, 47 passengers were seriously injured while 166 escaped with minor injuries when a train carrying passengers and another train, said to have been test-driven following a fault, collided in a tunnel between the Kg Baru and KLCC stations.
Meanwhile, checks found that the Kelana Jaya line LRT rail operation frequency is running according to schedule, with intervals every 10 minutes during peak hours and 30 minutes during normal hours.
A commuter, Besek Sarina Bachok, 42, who was using the LRT service from Gombak station to the Masjid Jamek station to get to her office, said she had to wait for only 10 minutes after missing the previous train today.
“Yesterday, I had to wait for more than 30 minutes,” she added. – Bernama, May 28, 2021
