Maintenance must be round the clock

KUALA KUBU BHARU, 7 Mei -- Keadaan sebuah gerabak yang bertembung dalam kemalangan membabitkan kereta api milik Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTM) 13 gerabak dari Butterworth, Pulau Pinang menghala ke pusat bandar dan perkhidmatan tren elektrik (ETS) enam gerabak dari pusat bandar menghala ke Ipoh, Perak di Jalan Kuala Kubu Baru hari ini.Difahamkan kedua-dua kereta api tersebut membawa 510 penumpang.--fotoBERNAMA (2016) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

THE collision of two KTM trains in Kuala Kubu Baru was something that was waiting to happen somewhere between Kuala Lumpur and Tanjong Malim.

The cruising speed of the electric train involved is 140kph and it does this on tracks that are good. But on the tracks between KL and Tanjong Malim, it slows down to half this speed at certain stretches. Even at this slow speed, you still feel like you are sitting in a sampan that is rocking on the waves.