Fast Escalator Repairs At LRT, Monorail Stations Surprise Commuters

December 15, 2022

Fast Escalator Repairs At LRT, Monorail Stations Surprise Commuters

Commuters took to Twitter to announce the fast repairs carried out at various stations such as the Bukit Bintang monorail, KLCC LRT station, and a monorail station in KL.

Some netizens jokingly said the fast repairs were ordered by an employee who was afraid of their job security ever since Anthony Loke was appointed as the Transport Minister.

However, it’s likely that the spare parts ordered by Rapid Rail from the original manufacturer (OEM) in Shanghai, China, have arrived and enabled the long-needed repairs.

Back in October 2022, Rapid Rail stated that the first batch of spare parts would arrive in October, the second batch in mid-November, and the third sometime in December.

In total, Rapid Rail ordered 87 handrail units and 37 escalator step chain units to carry out the repair works.

Hopefully, the current speed of repairs is not a one-off thing.

Can confirm. Another escalator broke down in the station I'm near to. And spare parts appeared within a week. The broken escalators before this? No action taken for 10 months straight. Only a change of notice date at the end of every month. https://t.co/141Ye3F3pc

— likweis (@likweis) December 12, 2022