KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said there will no longer be delays on the Kelana Jaya LRT line due to damage caused by a two-train crash earlier this week.
He said the recovery team by Prasarana and monitored by Public Land Transport Agency (Apad) has ensured that the debris from the collision on Monday has been cleared and the railway repaired.
He said the reported delays happened because there had been only one line in service at the affected section and power was cut to the Dang Wangi Kg Baru, Ampang Park, Damai, and KLCC stations.
“When the power is off, it will give the effect of a station in the same loop. Involve the station from Damai to Pasar Seni.
“This route has only one track. That is why I would like to say that when there is only one track, of course the service time will be long,” he told a press conference today.
Wee said that Apad had approved the repairs which took less than three days and more than 367 Prasarana personnel working around the clock to repair the damages.
He said Apad issued a letter allowing operations to fully resume at 2pm today.
All 58 trains in the Kelana Jaya line will be operating optimally to service the people.
“There will no longer be 16 minutes waiting time. Our train frequency will not be delayed,” he said.
Wee added that following Apad’s proposal, Prasarana had repaired the linear heat detection cables along the entire line with 28.5 meter interval between them after the fire detection system was damaged during the accident.
On Monday night, two trains on the Kelana Jaya line — one carrying passengers and the other a faulty train being driven — collided in the tunnel between the Kampung Baru and KLCC stations.
The collision caused the temporary closure for recovery and repair works.
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has since ordered the Transport Ministry and Prasarana Malaysia Berhad to conduct a full investigation into the crash.
Yesterday, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) terminated Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman as Prasarana Malaysia Berhad’s non-executive chairman with immediate effect.
The decision comes on the heels of a public campaign calling for the sacking of Tajuddin from the government-linked company after his disastrous handling of a press conference to address the two-train collision on the LRT Kelana Jaya line at KLCC that injured over 200 passengers, including six in critical condition.
An online petition calling for his sacking has garnered over 100,000 signatures and declared a victory after the sacking.
