The integration of the Rapid KL travel pass and Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) Komuter systems is difficult to implement at present due to the differences in operators, systems and operating costs between the two services, reported Bernama.
The matter of integrating the two systems has been discussed for a long time, however its implementation faces several major constraints in terms of their operational structure and scope of services, said transport minister Anthony Loke.
While the LRT, MRT and monorail services are operated by Prasarana Malaysia, the KTM Komuter is operated by KTM Berhad, thus there are two different operators with a non-standard operating system used across the services, he said.
“In addition, [KTM Komuter] journeys are longer and interstate in nature. it is not only in the Klang Valley, but can cover long routes such as from Tampin or Gemas to Klang, and even as far as Tanjung Malim in the north,” the transport minister said.
The difference in travel distance and scale of operations makes the operating cost of KTM Komuter services much higher, which makes the full integration of the Prasarana My50 pass with all rail services difficult to implement, Loke said.
Although KTM and Prasarana are government owned companies, both are still required to cover some of the operating costs to ensure to continuity of services to the people, the transport minister added.
“Every year, there is actually a large funding gap that the government has to bear. For example, KTMB’s funding gap is estimated around RM300 million, so this service is not profit-oriented, but to ensure the continuity of service, we need to recoup some of the costs,” Loke said.
The transport minister said that the government still understands the people’s need to get affordable and worthwhile public transport services, the report wrote.
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so stupid of the government to build many different rail systems back during the 1990s and 2000s, can anyone remind me which party ruled the gomen and who was the PM back during that time ?
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What the fuck are you talking about ??.. he’s doing his level best for the country .. he’s one of the best performing menteri we have right now .. please don’t KOYAK for no reasons lah bro ..
You’re such an idiotic, stupid & narcissistic A-hole. Having you as transport minister will be an instant, total disaster. Take ur meds.
the original comment above was from “kinta kunte” . a retired jobless senior citizen who always talks nonsense in a long convoluted manner.
and back to the article , how do you integrate 3 different rail systems? its physically impossible which is why nobody has even managed to give a theoretical proposal nor idea on how to do it.
My criticism of him is a bit harsh. God bless both of you.
First to enrich all the players all with different systems. This should not be allowed in the first place. Now wish for integration, but impossible.
Banyak alasan letak jawatan la.. bagi org muda jadi menteri.. byk cara bole implimen..
Eleh, actually not because of easy or not to do integration. Can study and copy other country that already established the system kan. The real issue is the train operators not willing to give up the small portion of their share on the ticket collection. Still remembered at one time rapidkl want to introduce their own prepaid card, but was ruled out by the Ministry that time that only tng as the transport card (but now got visa and mastercard too, good job!). Just because rapidkl don’t want to lose some % of ticket fee to tng. If they really want to integrate for the sake of the public, there shouldn’t be an issue. Stop lah being greedy.
you are talking about integration of only the payment system and fee charges . thats a long way from literally integrating the rail lines.
U need to read the article again. It’s about rapidkl pass. Rapidkl pass using tng. U think what? Ktm komuter train can go through ert railway?
Privatisation were stupid idea. Rubbish government will privatised to push away their responsibilities. Worst is when kementerian involved are corrupted
Please look into bus system, dedicated bus lanes please.
This is such a dumb comment by MOT Minister. Its is a multi modal approach meant to complement different infrastructure available. Integriti on can be done by bridging between systems.
AnthonyLoke should just design for his utter stupidity and cluelessness.