Keep the escalators moving


ON May 2, I took the KTMB electric train service from Ipoh to KL Sentral, arriving at about 6.15pm.

As I was getting off the train, I noticed a long queue of passengers going up the escalator to the exit gates. This was because only one escalator was working.

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