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Berita dari The Malay Mail:

228 Tokyo Metro subway trains for KL
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 13:10:00

PETALING JAYA: The Kuala Lumpur railway service will get a much-needed boost in the form of 228 used Tokyo Metro of Japan car sets — free of charge.

The gift is the culmination of efforts by Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat who had just concluded discussions with Tokyo Metro to secure the 38x6 used car sets, which are in good operational condition, and have a lifespan of no less than 20 years.

It was learnt that the cars , which still have an average of 20 good years left for local use, would be delivered by 2012.

The sets had been used by Tokyo Metro in their subway lines (tubes), and some modifications may be carried out to allow the cars to be used in Malaysia.

Tokyo Metro operates a network of nine subway lines in the heart of Tokyo, with its network forming a tight mesh throughout the three central wards of Chiyoda, Chuo and Minato; and the surrounding Shinjuku, Shibuya, Ikebukuro and Ueno areas.

Upon delivery, the sets are expected to ease the pressure off the local rail system persistently bogged down by a range of issues that had affected the service's reliability.

In an interview with The Malay Mail recently, KTMB president Dr Aminuddin Adnan had admitted that reliability was an issue, forcing KTMB to take several measures to improve the capacity and reliability of train services.

It had set itself a deadline of two years to give commuters the best service possible at its optimum capacity level in line with the National Key Result Area (NKRA) target for urban public transport to improve the network.

Dr Aminuddin had said KTMB was working on completely overhauling its trains as well as the wiring systems and other services to improve current services.

KTMB are also working on refurbishing 15 old electric multiple unit (EMU) trains, which it aims to put back into service in stages by March next year. Once completed, the number of trains available will be increased from 28 trains to 43 by next year.

The EMUs have been plagued with problems caused by the closure of the two companies that supplied the trains.This had made it difficult to find spare-parts for the trains.

Dr Aminuddin had also said that KTMB had ordered 38 six car-trains at a cost of RM2 billion, which are expected to arrive in mid-2012.

With the increase in number of trains available, KTMB hopes to accomplish a passenger waiting time of between 10 and 20 minutes.

Sumber: http://www.mmail.com.my/content/38264-22...-trains-kl

KCJ lagi-lagi dapat saingan baru dalam pengadaan KRL bekas dari Jepang, yaitu KTMB asal Malaysia yang kabarnya akan mengambil rolling stock bekas pakai dari jalur Hibiya, Chiyoda, Namboku, atau Tozai pada 2012 mendatang, akan tetapi hanya dengan 6 kereta per setnya.
Bagaimana tanggapan rekan-rekan khususnya RF Daop I?