LRT Kelana Jaya Line to restart quickly – Prasarana says trains “disappearing” from screens prompted halt

Prasarana says that it has been analysing and finishing up rectification work on the suspended LRT Kelana Jaya Line by altering the facility provide modem gadget within the automated practice management (ATC) system, and anticipates that the the service shall be operational quickly, The Edge stories.

Its president and group CEO Mohd Azharuddin Mat Sah mentioned work has been ongoing since Wednesday evening (November 9), the day Fast KL introduced that 16 stations alongside the Line can be closed for seven days till November 15, to facilitate restore works.

He mentioned that the corporate had carried out motion assessments on 10 LRT trains, and located that one practice needed to be managed manually, however after a number of assessments, it ran easily. “It’s a optimistic signal for the LRT practice service to return to operation within the close to future,” he informed reporters at a press convention yesterday.

He mentioned that that the arrival of consultants from Canadian OEM provider Thales Group will help in coping with the difficulty, however added that the corporate will conduct extra assessments earlier than the Line is restarted. “We hope that with the assistance of Thales consultants and engineers, we will velocity up the ATC system restoration course of,” he mentioned.

Fast Rail had recognized that the issue was on account of an unstable ATC, and that the difficulty was characterised by some trains “disappearing” intermittently from the monitoring display screen of the LRT operation and management centre, posing an enormous hazard, The Star stories.

The choice to halt operations for per week was made after bearing in mind passenger security in addition to the time it will take to determine the reason for the issue. “The trains had been unable to maneuver mechanically, which indicated an issue. We couldn’t see the trains on our screens, and that is essential for us,” he mentioned.

“As an accountable organisation, we needed to make the very robust name to droop operations (for per week). We acknowledge it has enormously inconvenienced many, however we definitely don’t need any recurrence of Might 2021’s incident (the place two trains, one pushed manually, collided head-on within the tunnel between Kampung Baru and KLCC),” he defined.