Rapid Rail sets up committee to probe monorail incident


KL Monorail train is seen passing by the Menara DBKL 3 in Jalan Raja Abdullah decorate with giant Federal Territory flags for upcoming FT Day celebration. AZMAN GHANI / The Star

PETALING JAYA: Monorail operator Rapid Rail has set up an investigation committee to probe an incident where a two-car monorail train was hit by a bore pile crane that intruded onto its elevated track.

Rapid Rail's chief operating officer Mohd Ariffin Idris said an empty two-car train travelling from the Imbi Station towards the Hang Tuah Station was damaged due to an unauthorised movement of a bore pile crane from the Bukit Bintang City Centre (BBCC) project.

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