News about MRT

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): January ridership for the Sungai Buloh-Kajang (MRT SBK) mass rapid transit rail line has gone up by 40% since the authorities introduced subsidised travel passes, reported The Malay Mail today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): The Transport Ministry is serious about improving the “safety level at public transport stations”, reported the New Straits Times yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): Netizens are over the moon with the arrest of a man believed to have assaulted and robbed a woman in a lift at the Taman Mutiara MRT station in Cheras on Valentine’s Day last week, reported the New Straits Times (NST).

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 18): Feeling vulnerable at MRT stations after watching the CCTV footage of a woman being bashed and robbed in a lift at the Taman Mutiara MRT station in Cheras recently? Fear not.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 28): Abdul Yazid Kassim, a former project director of Malakoff Corp Bhd, will take over as the new chief executive officer of Mass Rapid Transit Corp Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) on Feb 1.

KUALA LUMPUR: While reports of lay-offs by various companies in the past year have caused some anxiety in the job market, economists say they are not yet of alarming proportions.

GEORGE TOWN (Jan 17): Cities are better off investing in a BRT (bus rapid transit) system than an MRT (mass rapid transit) system, especially when budget is a concern, said an international transport systems organisation director.

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SINGAPORE (Dec 20): A falling tree at Sembawang Park caused the roof of a pavilion to crash on a private Christmas party, injuring 14 SMRT employees.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 17): Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Sri Shahril Mokhtar will be stepping down from his post at the end of the year to pursue other career options.