Transport experts believe that in order for the Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) network to be viable in the long term, it must be integrated with the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link, due to be completed by end-2026, and a possibly revived High-Speed Rail (HSR) project. &n
PETALING JAYA: A nine-member committee has been formed to investigate the head-on collision between two LRT trains in Kuala Lumpur.
The committee will be chaired by Transport Ministry secretary-general Datuk Isham Ishak, and assisted by deputy secretary general for policy Normah Osman (deputy chairman), land division secretary Wan Mohd Asraf Wan Salleh, legal adviser Azlin Sabtu and Air Accident Investigation Bureau chief inspector Brig-Jen Izani Ismail.
Also sitting in are Yuslizar Daud, former head of rail at the then Land Public Transport Commission, Anthony Arokianathan, maintenance support signalling engineer for Express Rail Link, Assoc Prof Dr Nor Aziati Abdul Hamid from the Industry Centre of Excellence for Railway at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, and Prof Dr Wong Shaw Voon from Universiti Putra Malaysia’s Engineering Faculty.