KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 — The MRT Sungai-Kajang line was shut down for an hour this evening after a man ran onto the track.
“There was intrusion @ MRT SBK alignment near Kwasa D'sara & power had 2 be temporarily shut down fr safety & to apprehend intruder,” RapidKL posted in a tweet today.
MRT Update:There was intrusion @ MRT SBK alignment near Kwasa D'sara & power had 2 be temporarily shut down fr safety &to apprehend intruder
— RapidKL 03-78852585 (@MyRapidKL) 28 September 2017
The company later tweeted, “Intruder apprehended by security. Train service resuming. Thank you.”
A Prasarana spokesman told The Star Online that the track also had to be swept to ensure there were no other intruders.
RapidKL also tweeted that police had taken swift action and were investigating the incident, as well as updates on MRT feeder buses that serviced the affected stations, apologising for the inconvenience caused to their passengers.
MRT Update:Swift action by our Ops colleagues&Aux police apprehended the intruder.Investigation is ongoing.Sorry fr the inconvenience caused pic.twitter.com/pXKdYbvhvA
Advertisement— RapidKL 03-78852585 (@MyRapidKL) 28 September 2017
The MRT later resumed its service after the track was cleared by RapidKL’s operation team.
MRT Update: We are sending more trains to ease crowd. Train service for the entire line resuming. We thank you for your patience.
— RapidKL 03-78852585 (@MyRapidKL) 28 September 2017
The spokesman reminded the public not to enter the track, saying that today’s incident had disrupted the travel of many other commuters.
