RapidKL city shuttle buses are starting to make their presence felt in KL city centre. If not by number of passengers, at least by number of buses on the road in the city centre. Especially, the area around RapidKL’s Medan Pasar city hub, along J Hang Kasturi, near Central Market. They are also prominent at […]
RapidKL have launched a new service called City Shuttle, serving 15 routes and 5 hubs with 138 buses. They promised 5 minutes frequency buses. So you can hop on and hop off a bus anywhere within KL City area bounded by Jalan Tun Razak for just RM2 per day. Isn’t that a good bargain? I […]
Leong She-Li on 22 May 2005 reported in The Star regarding Pradonet “Going places with ticketing system”. It’s an interesting look at this small company that implemented the common ticketing system for Touch’nGo (TnG) at ERL, KTM and Monorail. Though the system has yet to run operationally, pending commercial issues between Rangkaian Segar (TnG operator) […]
Malaysian Business issue 1-15 May 2005 has Datuk Mohd Nadzmi Mohd Salleh, Executive Chairman Nadicorp Holdings Sdn Bhd, on its front cover. “Nadzmi’s New Route - Giving Park May a New Lease of Life”, it says and goes on to have the following 3 cover stories …
On The Express Route - “With 2,000 buses plying […]
The Star’s Yip Yoke Teng on 4 May 2005 reported …
KLIA Engineering Team and Bombardier Transportation Malaysia Sdn Bhd are installing one car each to the two trains, which currently have two cars …
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad managing director and chief executive officer Datuk Bashir Ahmad told a press briefing at KLIA that passenger movement […]
America’s Amtrak high-speed trains, Acela Express, are sidelined until earliest summer 2005. The Risks Digest Volume 23 Issue 85 posting by Monty Solomon on 21 April 2005, highlighted the technology risks this shows …
Amtrak will not be able to run any of its high-speed trains until the summer because of delays in getting replacement […]
RapidKL has just increased their fares today, as announced in NST on 30 Apr 2005 in a report by Eileen Ng …
From Sunday, commuters will have to dig a little bit deeper into their pockets when they board any RapidKL bus.
Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd (RapidKL), the company operating stage buses within the Klang […]
After a recent flurry of news in The Star, it seems KTM will implement Touch ‘n Go (TnG) on their Komuter trains in July 2005. Hence making three commuter trains systems (Putra, Star and KTM Komuter) in Klang valley allowing TnG usage at their gates, leaving only ERL and Monorail not allowing so.
On 22 […]
Honda Civic Concept Car launched in Geneva on 1 Mar 2005 …
Honda today unveiled the ‘Civic Concept’ – a five door hatchback designed exclusively for the European market. Due for introduction in early 2006 …
… with the rear doors nicely hidden, so the image shown seems 3 doors rather than 5 doors. I’m looking forward […]
Wired’s Stephen Leahy on 25 Mar 2005 wrote about …
Hybrid cars, trucks and buses have already hit the road. Now, make way for the Green Goat, the world’s biggest hybrid. It’s a 2,000-horsepower locomotive that radically reduces fuel consumption and emissions of pollutants.
The Green Goat is a diesel-electric hybrid in which the normal massive diesel […]
A civil engineer in IT Management working in a transportation company, hailing from Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. [Contacts]
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