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MALAYSIARegional Meeting for Cooperation on Facilitation of International

Railway Transport

13‐15 October 2014

Enhancing the operationalization of the Trans‐Asian Railway‐

costing, marketing and facilitation of railway

servicesObservation:

•Page 9, Para 2, Line 1:

‘Between

Thailand

and

Malaysia,

the

Malaysian

State

Railway

Authority

(KTMB)

and

the

State

Railway

of

Thailand

(SRT)

operate

a

landbridge service,…..’

Opinion:

•KTMB is the national rail operator, not a railway authority.

•Railway

authority

in

Peninsula

Malaysia

is

Land

Public

Transport

Commission.

Propose:

Change to “Malayan Railway Limited” 2



servicesObservation (Cont’d):


‘The

border

formalities

required

for

Malaysia

are

carried

out

in

Tanjong

Pagar,

Singapore

(or

onboard

when

coming

from

Malaysia),

and in Woodlands Train Checkpoint for Singapore.,…..’

Update:

•1 July 2011 – Tanjong Pagar Railway Station no longer operational.•KTMB

operation

to

Singapore

terminated

at

Woodlands

Train

Checkpoint.

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‘The project proposes to connect the capital cities of Cambodia, Lao

People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam.’

Opinion:

•SKRL

membership

include

Malaysia,

People’s

Republic

of

China

and

Thailand.

•Malaysia was appointed as Permanent Chair in 2007.

Propose:

•Include

Malaysia,

People’s

Republic

of

China

and

Thailand

in

the

paragraph 4

SKRL Network Map

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‘SKRL has two lines, an Eastern line through Thailand, Cambodia and Viet

Nam

with

a

spur

line

between

Lao

People’s

Democratic

Republic

and

Viet Nam and Western Line through Thailand and Myanmar.’

Opinion:

•Third Line : Thailand –

Malaysia – Singapore (Southern Line)

Propose:

•Include information on the Southern Line.

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‘In addition to monitoring missing links on the SKRL, the SWG is also

working to develop strategy for seamless operation of SKRL.’

Additional information:

•Strategy development includes collection and analysis of technical data

from SKRL Members.

•Data collected: infrastructure, rolling stock & signalling•Ensure

standardized

facilities

&

rolling

stock

to

ease

cross

border

train

movement.

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KTMB InformationRegional Meeting for Cooperation on Facilitation of International Railway Transport

S. Mahendran

General Manager, Operations

13‐15 October 20148

Table of Contents

KTMB’s Network

Current Electrified Double Track Projects

Statistics of Cargo Services

Current Measures for Facilitation of International Railway Transport

Major Challenges in Cross Border Rail Transport

Proposed Initiatives/Measurement for Improvements

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KTMB’s Network

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P. BESAR

P. KLANG

TUMPAT

N

SINGLE TRACK

ELECTRIFIED DOUBLE TRACK

LEGEND:

HATYAI

K.L.

GEMAS

PTP

J.BAHRU

SENTUL

BUTTERWORTH

SEREMBAN

WOODLANDS

IPOH

RAWANG

PG

BT.CAVES

• Route Length: 1,641.415 km• Track Gauge: 1,000 mm• No. of Stations: 103• No. of Halts: 65

Completed Electrified Double Track (436 route km):• Rawang – Seremban: (105 km)• Batu Caves – Port Klang (53 km)• Rawang - Ipoh: (180 km)• Seremban – Gemas (98 km)

Current Electrified Double Track (337 route km):• Ipoh to Padang Besar : 329 km (2014)• Subang Jaya – Subang Airport : 8 km (2016)• Gemas – JB Sentral : 197 km (2019)

Single Track (801 route km):• Gemas – Woodlands: (197 km)• Gemas – Tumpat: (528 km)• Pasir Gudang Line (29 km)• PTP Line (32 km)• West Port, Pulau Indah (15 km)


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Contractor : MMC-Gamuda JV Sdn Bhd

Contract Cost : RM12,485,000,000

Site Possession : 08 Jan 2008

Completion Date : 07 Nov 2014

PMC : Konsortium Kinta Samudra – Emenea - Techart

Progress : 99.56% completed (as of 31 August 2014)

The spine line i.e. from Ipoh to Padang Besar completed on 7 June 2014 and the spur line i.e. from Bukit Mertajam is scheduled to complete on 7 November 2014.

Ipoh – Padang Besar

Double Track 329km, 15 stations, 8 halts, 1 swing bridge, 2 tunnels (Berapit 3.3km and Larut 0.33km) installation of modern signalling, communication and electrification system.


12Existing Single TrackExisting Single Track

Gemas Gemas

Segamat Segamat

KluangKluang

KulaiKulai

Kempas BaruKempas Baru

Johor BahruJohor Bahru Pasir GudangPasir Gudang

Tg. PelepasTg. PelepasMain StationMain Station

Gemas – JB Sentral

Construction of 197km double track, station buildings and installation of modern signalling, communication and electrification system;

Preliminary design and project requirements/ Statements of Need s completed;

Relocation of squatters, demolition of illegal structures along the railway reserve and land acquisitions are in progress

350k Teus

Statistics of Cargo Services

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Containerized

Cargo Categories Throughput 2013 (Tonne)/(Teus)

• In 2013 ‐

average of 45 cargo trains running daily across the KTMB network

• On

average,

60%

of

revenue

contributed

from

conventional

cargo

whilst

the

rest is from containerized cargo.

Conventional

Commodity

Containerized

Cement

Sugar

Ceramic

Sand

Urea

2.60 Mil Tonnes

0.41 Mil Tonnes

0.10 Mil Tonnes

0.26 Mil Tonnes

0.34 Mil Tonnes

3.71 Mil Tonnes

Revenue (%)

40.0

39.5

7.6

6.0

3.6

3.3

Current

Measures

for

Facilitation

of

International

Railway Transport

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No Description Measures

1. Rolling Stocks

(Locomotive, coach &

wagon)

On

average

two

(2)

landbridge

train

services

travelled

up

to Bangsue

every

month

Intercity

services

provide

cross

border

train

services

from/to

KL

– Hatyai

on

a

daily basis:

SRT ‘s international passenger train travel from/to Bangkok ‐

Butterworth on a

daily basis

2. Locomotives KTMB locomotives travels to Bangsue ‐

1 trip/ month by the Landbridge train

3. Documents Consignment Note Invoice Custom 8 Form

4. Crew

SRT

train

drivers

are

only

allowed

to

drive

up

to

Padang

Besar

station

on

Malaysian

side.

No

Malaysian

train

drivers

are

driving

trains

into

SRT

track

beyond Padang Besar station area.

Exchange of crew is being done at the Padang Besar station

Under

the

The

Malaysian

Public

Land

Transport

Commission

(SPAD)

driver

licencing

arrangement,

no

foreigners

are

allowed

to

drive

trains

in

Malaysia;

this include SRT crew driving into Padang Besar

•Currently, there are 2 types of services i.e passengers and cargo services crosses into Thailand. The cross border passengers and cargo services are facilitated by the Joint Traffic Agreement 1954 between State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and KTMB •Under the Joint Traffic Agreement 1954, table below shows the arrangement for cross border train operations between Malaysia and Thailand

Major Challenges in Cross Border Rail Transport

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No Challenges

1 Shortage

of

locomotive

faced

by

SRT

has

contributed

to

the

reduced

number and delay to Landbridge train.

2 Unable

to

optimise

locomotive

hauling

capacity

within

the

SRT’s

rail

network system due to old track. ‐

The

track

on

Malaysian

side

from

Padang

Besar

station

toward

south

has

been

upgraded

to

20

TAL

with

maximum

operating

speed

of

140kmh.

The

maximum

hauling capacity by Blue tiger or Dalian Locomotives is 2500mts per train at speed

between 72‐90kmh

3 Limitation

of

space

at

Padang

Besar

freight

and

container

yard

area

has

limited the growth for South Thai Cargo (STC) train

Proposed Initiatives/Measurement for Improvements

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No Initiatives/measures Expected role of ESCAP

1 Yard expansion at Padang Besar To

provide

technical

expertise

on

how to operate rail freight yard more

effectively

2 SRT to provide/allocate locomotives

and freight wagons for cross border

services in Thai sector

To facilitate initiative for the

purchase of new locomotives and

freight wagons by SRT

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