Being stranded in a foreign area, everyone had no choice but to take another train. For me, I had to take a train back to KL Sentral and wait for the next train to Subang Jaya.
While waiting, I was thinking, can KTM provide better services and afford better train maintenance? Think about it, the distance between Subang Jaya and KL Sentral had to be at least 16km or more, and I'm paying RM1.60 per ride. It's less than RM0.10 per km. Putting aside the number of people using KTM everyday, the KTM services won't earn much as compared to other rail services. So can they afford to improve?
The answer is still yes.
Up to thousands of people would use the KTM daily. People are still using it because it's the most affordable train services available with the widest network. The demand is there, the income is there. The snail rail scenario still occur simply because KTM was slow at their train coordination system, data transfer and staff management.
I wanna stress upon the fact that KTM MUST IMPROVE, instead of being stranded at the by gone era of old fashioned transportation, inaccurate arrival time and insufficient train available to meet demands.
If Tony Fernandez can save Air Asia, why not the same happen to KTM?
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Snail Rail part 2
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u do realise hardly any (in fact i tink oni d japan, singapore and mayb hong kong ones...) commuter services ACTUALLY earn money rite?
frankly speaking.. the income is not enough 2 cover the electric bills, maintainence and paychecks...
why?
simply bcuz d trains are not fully occupied all d time!
hence d actual volume is a lot less den d ideal volume (volume of passengers dat wud fill up d train every trip)...
n in actual fact.. is nearly impossible unless d area of ur service is very small and is packed wid ppl (wich is d case of d 3 i mentioned above)
AND.. even den.. we haven't even factored in the fact dat all dese commuter companies hav 2 loan a great sum of money from d bank for construction of deir infrastructures... dats A LOT of money...
n if u jus impose a lil interest on dat... huhuhu.. dere goes ur monthly paycheck :)
but 2 b fair.. d government does provide some financial aid to dese companies.. so in dat respect.. dey SHUD upgrade deir services..
however... i find d KTM act not bad.. considering how wide deir coverage is... and d fare price is cheap...
altho.. w8in 20mins or more for a ride.. is pretty darned frustrating at times....
u jus gotta b at d right time in d rite place :)
as for ur unfortunate encounter with d breakdown.. well.. shit happens.. u cant expect all d trains 2 run perfectly all d time.. if it doesn happen 2 frequent...i tink dats perfectly acceptable...
and u can blame msians (not KTM) for d poor ethics we employ as we board d train =.="
its act quite a bit worse in japan.. dey literally STUFF u in d train during rush hours.. so yeah~
What more can I say. But seriously my advice to anyone, don't use KTM during peak hours (before 9 am and after 6 pm) if you have a choice. It's simply not FUN at all.
haahhaa.. yupz.. it isn :) i've tried it a couple of times... n d fact i was exhausted and in pain (hospital attachment.. have to wake up 5am and go walk around till 5pm... in full formal... wasn used 2 it =.=) wen i came back... but dats life~
KTM isn't so bad. RM1.60 only... I pay $2.30 * 3 = RM6.90. And it's normal for me to wait 15-20 minutes for the train... And this is in a first world country. The only thing where Sydney's train system beats Malaysia's by a mile is that they do maintain the track well. And when shit happens, they provide alternative forms of transport for commuters.
For KTM to improve, the government MUST step in. But the Malaysian government is useless. So unless they can think of some way to make money for themselves while "contributing" to the community and improving the system, as Steven Tyler from Aerosmith sings: Dream on...
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