The headline on the accident on Berita Harian’s 25 April 1968 edition. Click here for or to read the original: https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/beritaharian19680425-1.1.1 ON THIS DAY… On the evening of 23rd April 1968, one of the worst accidents in KTM’s history occurred just outside Layang-Layang in Johor, 50 miles north of Singapore. Three people were killed when…
https://www.inquirer.com/transportation/septa-train-car-contract-canceled-20240412.html Salient points:
This is worth reading: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-12/addis-ababa-ethiopia-metro-s-decline-shows-china-s-step-back-from-africa Salient points: A $475 million light-rail system serving Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa shows how some China-funded infrastructure investments across the continent are now suffering from neglect.
KTM’s rapid intercity service, more popularly known as the Electric Train Service (ETS), began in earnest in 2010 with five EMUs designated the Class 91 ETS plying the route between KL Sentral and Ipoh, following the completion of the Rawang – Ipoh double tracking project (RIDT) three years earlier. The service was a huge hit…
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