THE SUCCESS OF TRANSPORTATION MODE MANAGEMENT
IN KUALA LUMPUR CITY, MALAYSIA STATE.
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THE SUCCESS OF TRANSPORTATION MODE MANAGEMENT IN KUALA LUMPUR CITY, MALAYSIA STATE.
1.
History
This
urban monorail line was opened on 31 August 2003, with 11 stations running
8.6 km (5 mi) on two parallel elevated tracks. It connects the KL Sentral transport
hub in the south and Titiwangsa in the north with the
"Golden Triangle", a commercial, shopping, and entertainment area
comprising Bukit Bintang, Imbi, Sultan Ismail,
and Raja Chulan.
The
monorail scheme was announced by Kuala Lumpur City Hall in January
1990 after the Malaysian Government gave the go-ahead to the scheme at a
cabinet meeting in June 1989. Its cost was then estimated at RM 143 million.
The 14-km, 22-station system is designed to carry more than 34,000 passengers a
day on a 20-minute loop through Kuala Lumpur's bustling commercial core. The
plan is to build it in two phases: in the first, 16 stations will be serviced
over 7.7 km; and in the later stage, another 6.5-km loop will be added. The
first phase was expected to be completed within two years.
Plans
dating back to the 1990s envisioned the Monorail to go all the way to Mid Valley, Abdullah Hukum and Taman OUG.
Work
was scheduled to begin in June 1990, but was postponed to May 1991, after the
city's mayor complained that tenders submitted for preparatory work were too
high. There has been no activity on the project since and few details are
available on how the project is expected to proceed. The main contractor is a
local company, BNK, which had little success in its search for backers to
finance its share of the venture. Part of its problem in securing money stems
from the project's escalating cost estimates, and part from its lack of a track
record in handling such huge projects.
Construction
was re-initiated by Hitachi, Ltd.,
but the 1997 Asian financial crisis led
to cessation of work in December 1997. When work was resumed in July
1998, MTrans
Holdings took over, locally manufacturing its own rolling stock
and completing the project to save cost;[4] the
line was completed at a cost of MYR 1.18 billion. As the line was opened in
2003, it was agreed that the parent company and owner of the KL Monorail Line,
KL Infrastructure Group, would hold a 40-year concession to operate the
monorail. The line and number of stations remains unchanged since 2003.
Since
the start of operations, the KL Infrastructure Group suffered losses due
largely to depreciation and interest repayment
costs.[5] For
the financial year to 30 April 2004, KL Infra posted a net loss of MYR 46.24
million on a MYR 15.08 million revenue.[6] KL
Infra had also taken up a MYR 300 million Malaysian government loan and a MYR
260 million infrastructure loan from the Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad
(BPMB) (The development bank of Malaysia) (Malay: Bank
Pembangunan Malaysia, BPM). In addition, KL Infra had proposed to buy MTrans'
three subsidiary companies to improve its business, but failed after Scomi bought up some
of the targeted companies.
2.
Map
and Sketch about Station Monorail Malaysia
3.
Transportation management mode setting
scenarios
a.
Number of
Stops in transit and Layout
1.
KL Sentral
2.
Tun Sambanthan
3. Maharajalela
4.
Hang Tuah
5.
Imbi
6.
Bukit Bintang
7.
Raja Chulan
8.
Bukit Nanas
9.
Medan Tuanku
10. Chow Kit
11. Titiwangsa
b.
Long
stops in every station.
The
wait during off-peak hours can take up to 12 minutes.
c.
The
application of freight rates for passanger.
The fares for monorail
service start at RM1.20 for one stop and tokens can be purchased at specialised
machines dispensing blue plastic coin-like tokens at the entrance of each
station, before boarding the train. On this page, you will find a map for the
KL Monorail line, as well as details on the best things to see and do close to
each station.
Table. Monorail Fate rates
d.
Arrival
Time Interval
Operating
between 06:00 and 24:00, KL monorail trains arrive once every five minutes during
peak traveling hours.
e.
Numbers
of laborers Employed
1. Customer
service
2. General
work
3. IT-
Network/Sys/DB admin
4. Top
Management
f.
Method
maintenance
The monorail system has a
separate maintenance depot of 14,800m² between KL Sentral and Tun Sambanthan.
The depot has storage facilities for off-peak and night hours, two separate
buildings with heavy and light maintenance equipment, platforms for interior
cleaning and a separate sub-station for depot operations.
g.
Accident
and incidents (The Application Method Savety)
David
Cheliah accident
Prior to the opening, on 16 August 2002 an accident occurred
during a test run involving a 13.4 kg (30 lb) safety wheel falling
off a train and hitting the head of a pedestrian walking under the monorail
viaduct at Jalan Sultan Ismail. The victim, David Cheliah, a journalist,
suffered injuries that required hospitalisation.
On 7 March 2003, Cheliah filed a MYR 5 million
negligence suit against the companies involved in the design, installation and
operation of the trains, as well as the Director-General of Railways. On 8
April 2009, the High Court ruled that the Monorail company was liable for the
incident, but not the Director-General of Railways. Although the monorail
company reported that any such accident was "unlikely" as six bolts
would have to be removed for it to occur and furthermore, a check of all 23
other safety wheels on the train involved did not turn up any other issues, the
high court judgement ruled that the monorail company "failed to provide a
reasonable explanation as to how the safety wheel had come off the train and
instead relied on the possibility that there had been tampering by unknown persons".
As a result of this accident, the launch of
the monorail was postponed.
Burst tyre incident
On 22 January 2005, a pneumatic load tyre
suddenly burst and caused two women passengers to be injured. The train,
carrying about 30 passengers, was about to move from the Chow Kit Road station
to the Titiwangsa station when the incident occurred at about 8.50pm. The burst
tyre caused a rubber sidewall panel to flip open which then hit the side of a
passenger seat and injured a woman's legs and another woman's hands. Train
services were suspended for about 30 minutes following the incident.
Breakdown
On 11 August 2012, a train stalled near Tun
Sambanthan in Brickfields. The breakdown caused 183 passengers to be trapped
for about two hours. The air conditioning system in the carriage was stopped
when the power supply was cut. As a result, some passengers had to break the
windows to allow air in while awaiting rescue. Fire and Rescue Department
personnel later used a skylift to rescue passengers trapped in the
carriage. Investigation revealed that the issue was due to a power supply
disruption at the circuit breaker, causing the auxiliary power system to fail.
Six days later, another break-down occurred. A
train stalled between Imbi and Bukit Bintang for about 30 minutes, trapping
around 200 passengers. This time however, there was power in the train and the
air conditioning system was functional. The train services resumed after half
an hour.
Titiwangsa station on fire
On 30 March 2015, A monorail service was
temporarily delayed when a tyre of a two-car train coach caught fire at the
Titiwangsa Station. The scene was recovered hours later
4.
Government
Takeover
In April 2007, talks were under way between
KL Infra and the government and the Bank Pembangunan Malaysia Berhad to sell
the KL Monorail Line to the Prasarana Malaysia, which
already owns both the Kelana Jaya Line and the Ampang Line, as well as 10% of KL Infra shares. KL Infra was
cited as intending to exit Malaysia's monorail business. The takeover is part
of the government's master plan to improve the urban public transport sector.
SPN gave its agreement in principle to the
takeover on 22 December 2006 and a follow-up meeting was held on 6 February
2007 with the government on the takeover of its operational assets and
assumption of loan liabilities. A due diligence audit was conducted from 5
March 2007 to 27 April 2007 by consultants appointed by the government.
Following agreement to the takeover, BPM granted KL Monorail an extension until
29 April 2007 for an interest repayment amounting to MYR 4,244,801.91, which
was originally due on 29 December 2006.
However, the takeover seemed to have suffered
a setback at least from the perspective of KL Infra when on 26 March 2007, it
was notified by BPM that it was not going to entertain any further extensions
for interest repayment. Subsequently on 27 April 2007, the bank notified that
it would not be granting any moratorium on interest repayments. On 29 April
2007, KL Monorail was not able to make the repayment of the interest instalment
which had become due.
On 3 May 2007, KL Monorail was issued a
default notice by BPM which sought repayment of the entire principal sum of MYR
609,616,423.73 and capitalised interest of MYR 296,428,910.88 totalling MYR
906,045,334.61. The company was granted seven days from that day to repay the
entire sum, which it failed to do. On 14 May 2007, Mohd Anwar Bin Yahya and Cho
Choo Meng were appointed receivers and managers by Amanah Raya, the Security
Trustee for BPM. Nevertheless, the takeover process is still deemed ongoing, KL
Infra stating that it will continue to engage the government and BPM to address
the proposed takeover of KL Monorail by Prasarana based on earlier discussions
and an approval in principle.
One of the effects of the appointment of
receivers and managers is the possibility that KL Infra will not be receiving
any compensation for KL Monorail should the takeover by SPN go through.
The trading of KL Infra was suspended from 15
May 2007. On the same day, KL Infra's board announced to Bursa Malaysia that it
had formed the opinion that it was not solvent and would not be able to pay all
its debts in full within a period not exceeding twelve months. On 28 November
2007, Prasarana Malaysia signed
a sale-and-purchase agreement with KL Monorail Systems, effectively making
Prasarana the operator of KL Monorail, and resulting in Prasarana taking over
the MYR 882 million BPM loan.
5. Management
of Salary
Salary
management is calculated per hour and salary as expected.
6. Number
of User
From
the observation of KL Monorail service to the services in 2012 is in Figs. 5
and 6. The existence percentage is increased in users from 2003 to 2012 average
of 11.04% per year, which on average every working day using the KL monorail
transport system are 66,765 passengers per day, for every hour an average of
3,709 passengers, for 18 hours of operation from 06:00 AM until 12:00 PM
Malaysian time.
Chart The Increasing Number of Users
of KL Monorail.
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