Here we go again, a
KTM komuter train
stopped for about 45 minutes at a station on its way from Seremban to
Kuala Lumpur. There were no announcements to inform the passengers
of the situation during that time and the train finally arrived in
Kuala Lumpur past 8pm after starting the journey at 5.30pm. That is a
two and a half hour journey which is more than double the usual time
it takes for that particular distance to be covered by the komuter
train. What added salt to the wound was the fact that the stalled
train was the spanking new train that was supposedly brought in to
solve and improve the servives. The passengers were rescued by the
arrival of the old train.
This rot has to stop
immediately. Where were the higher management of KTM during such
incidents? I always believe the main culprit in the Malaysian public
transport debacle is the lack of political will in implementing a
plan and seeing it through all the required stages. It is fine and
dandy to have a master plan but to see it through until it becomes a
living and well functioning part of our lives is another story. How
much of taxpayers money has been spent on trying to improve our
public transportation system throughout the years and do we see much
progress at all?
I will always be curious
to know how many of those in the upper echelons of the ministry and
agencies responsible for public transportation have taken the bus or
komuter themselves to go to work. Try it for at least one week and
not on official visits, please.
Image from thesundaily
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