Train services to start from Johor Baru due to derailment in Singapore

[Maeda Keiji]

Published: Tuesday November 9, 2010 MYT 6:09:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday November 9, 2010 MYT 7:00:50 PM

Train services to start from Johor Baru due to derailment in Singapore

KUALA LUMPUR: Train services originating from Singapore, such as the Ekspress Senandung Sutera and Ekspress Sinaran Selatan and those to the east coast of the peninsula, will now start and end at JB sentral in Johor Baru.

This is due to an Express Rakyat (Singappore-Butterworth) train that went off the rails about 100m from the Bukit Timah station in Singapore at 8.17am Tuesday causing KTM's inter-city services in the south to be disrupted.

KTM said in a statement that following the incident, the Express Rakyat service from Singapore had temporarily been cancelled. The Butterworth to Singapore service and Express Senandung (Kuala Lumpur-Singapore) would end at the JB Sentral station in Johor Baru. In the incident, the train was carrying 60 passengers had left the Tanjong Pagar station in Singapore at 8am. No casualties were reported. "The passengers were brought back to the Tanjong Pagar station Singapore and given a full refund," KTMB said.

 

[Maeda Keiji]

KTMB services disrupted after derailment of train from Singapore


Wednesday November 10, 2010

KTMB services disrupted after derailment of train from Singapore

KUALA LUMPUR: A northbound Ekspres Rakyat from Singapore went off the rails about 100m from the Bukit Timah station in the republic, causing Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad’s (KTMB) inter-city services in the south to be disrupted. The train, which was carrying 60 passengers, left the Tanjong Pagar station at 8am but went off the track 17 minutes later. No casualties were reported. “The passengers were brought back to the Tanjong Pagar station and given a full refund,” KTMB said in a statement here.

Rail accident: Workers assessing the damage to the train that derailed shortly after it departed from the main Singapore station Tuesday. — AFP

Following the incident, the Ekspres Rakyat service from Singapore was cancelled while the Ekspres Rakyat service from Butterworth to Singapore and Ekspres Senandung (Kuala Lumpur-Singapore) ended their journeys at the Johor Baru Sentral station.

The statement added that until further notice, JB Sentral will be the destination or departure point in lieu of Tanjong Pagar for all Singapore KTMB services. Also, according to the statement, the situation was expected to be rectified by today.

It added that passengers, who had booked tickets, could claim refunds or reschedule their journey dates. For more information, commuters are advised to call KTMB’s helpline at 1-300-88-5862.

In Singapore, checks by Bernama found workers repairing damaged tracks while waiting for a heavy-duty crane to arrive from Gemas to lift the locomotive, which was in a tilted position off the tracks.