BOMBARDIER announced on December 29 that the first of 14 driverless Innovia Metro 300 trains ordered by Prasarana to expand the fleets on the Kelana Jaya Line on the Kuala Lumpur light metro network had entered service.

MALAYSIA’s first heavy metro line was inaugurated on December 15, when prime minister Mr Najib Razak officially opened the first Phase 1 of the Klang Valley MRT Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line (Line MRT1) in a ceremony at Kwasa Damansara station.

MALAYSIAN prime minister Mr Najib Razak and his Singaporean counterpart Mr Lee Hsien Loong witnessed the signing of a bilateral agreement at the Malayisan prime minister’s retreat in Putrajaya on December 13, which commits the two countries to complete the Kuala Lumpur - Singapore high-speed line within a decade.

MALAYSIA’s transport minister Mr Liow Tiong Lai announced on November 23 that the government is looking to adopt a public-private partnership structure to reopen the 39km branch from Seremban south of Kuala Lumpur to coastal town Port Dickson.

THE first CRRC Changchun EMU for Express Rail Link (ERL), the owner and operator of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Klia) rail link, was unveiled on October 20 by Malaysia’s transport minister Mr Liow Tiong Lai.

MALAYSIAN prime minister Mr Najib Razak visited Semantan MRT station west of Kuala Lumpur on September 1 for his first ride on the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Sungai Buloh - Kajang Line.

MALAYSIAN prime minister Mr Najab Razak officially launched construction on Kuala Lumpur metro Line LRT3 in a ceremony at Stadium Malawati in Shah Alam on August 24.

MALAYSIAN prime minister Mr Najib Razak and his Singaporean counterpart Mr Lee Hsien Loong witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on July 19 setting out a timeline and implementation structure for the Kuala Lumpur - Singapore high-speed line.

Malaysia's Land Public Transport Commission (Spad) is overseeing an array of rail projects that promise to alter the transport landscape across the country in the next 15 years. CEO Mohd Azharuddin Mat Sah met with Kevin Smith in Kuala Lumpur to discuss the goals of its current development programme.