KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 (NNN-BERNAMA) —\u00a0Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana),\u00a0the operator of the Rapid Rail,\u00a0stage bus and the Rapid Ferry services, will revert to the normal operating hours of 6 am to\u00a0midnight when the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) takes effect on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This followed Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s announcement today of the government’s intention to reopen the nation’s economic sector in stages from May 4, subject to tight conditions and procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prasarana Group chief operating officer (Operations) Muhammad Nizam Alias said, in line with this, to encourage social distancing in trains and buses, the peak travel hours are extended from 7 am to 11 am in the morning and from 4 pm to 7 pm for the peak hours in the evening for all services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This means higher frequency of trains during these periods,” he said in the statement, today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to him, the frequency for the morning and evening peak hours for the Kelana Jaya LRT line has been set at a three-minute interval, Ampang\/Sri Petaling LRT line was set at six-minute interval, Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT service has a peak frequency of four-minute and the monorail service operates at a frequency of six minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL) also said it will resume a limited service schedule starting Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ERL, in a statement here today, said they would also combine the KLIA Ekspress and KLIA Transit services into one from 6 am to 11 pm every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTrains will run every 20 minutes during peak hours on weekdays, and every 30 minutes during off-peak hours, weekends and national public holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDuring the month of Ramadan, the afternoon peak hours will be adjusted to the 4 pm until 6 pm time band to allow plenty of time for the public to travel home safely for the breaking-of-fast and there will be no train services before 6 am and after the last train departure at 11 pm,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The statement also said that journey time between KL Sentral and Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) would be 35 minutes (KLIA2: 39 min) and at KL Sentral, all departures and arrivals would be through the KLIA Transit Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the limited service schedule would be carried out for a month and it will be reviewed and adjusted if necessary to suit the growing passenger ridership, the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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