The Malaysian govt has decided to delay the construction of the
Rapid Transit System (RTS) due to cost. Even if it goes ahead as planned, it will take 5 years to be ready.
I cannot understand why both governments refuse to consider increasing the number of trips on the KTM train between Singapore and Johore Bahru.
Currently, it operates 31 trips a day - 17 trips from JB to Singapore and 14 trips back.
The journey time is 5 minutes.
If the line is used fully, it should be possible to pack 6 trips every hour or 108 trips over 18 hours from 6 a to midnight.
This will be more than 3 times the current capacity.
By using a side rail on both sides, it should be possible to further double the capacity, i.e. 6 times of the current capacity.
If each train can take 250 passengers, the KTM train service can handle 54,000 passengers a day. This will take away 15% of the total travellers.
I hope that both governments give priority to make full use of the KTM line to increase the capacity by 3 or 6 times.
I cannot understand why this idea is not being explored.
I get the sad feeling that the government only wants to spend large sums of money on infrastructure, rather than find an efficient and low cost solution.
https://tklcloud.com/Feedback/feedback2.aspx?id=1521
Rapid Transit System (RTS) due to cost. Even if it goes ahead as planned, it will take 5 years to be ready.
I cannot understand why both governments refuse to consider increasing the number of trips on the KTM train between Singapore and Johore Bahru.
Currently, it operates 31 trips a day - 17 trips from JB to Singapore and 14 trips back.
The journey time is 5 minutes.
If the line is used fully, it should be possible to pack 6 trips every hour or 108 trips over 18 hours from 6 a to midnight.
This will be more than 3 times the current capacity.
By using a side rail on both sides, it should be possible to further double the capacity, i.e. 6 times of the current capacity.
If each train can take 250 passengers, the KTM train service can handle 54,000 passengers a day. This will take away 15% of the total travellers.
I hope that both governments give priority to make full use of the KTM line to increase the capacity by 3 or 6 times.
I cannot understand why this idea is not being explored.
I get the sad feeling that the government only wants to spend large sums of money on infrastructure, rather than find an efficient and low cost solution.
https://tklcloud.com/Feedback/feedback2.aspx?id=1521
No comments:
Post a Comment