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MALAYSIARegionalMeetingforCooperationonFacilitationofInternational

RailwayTransport

1315October2014

EnhancingtheoperationalizationoftheTransAsianRailway

costing,marketingandfacilitationofrailway

servicesObservation:

Page9,Para2,Line1:

Between

Thailand

and

Malaysia,

the

Malaysian

State

Railway

Authority

(KTMB)

and

the

State

Railway

of

Thailand

(SRT)

operate

a

landbridgeservice,..

Opinion:

KTMBisthenationalrailoperator,notarailwayauthority.Railway

authority

in

Peninsula

Malaysia

is

Land

Public

Transport

Commission.

Propose:

ChangetoMalayanRailwayLimited 2



servicesObservation(Contd):

Page9,Para3,Line1:

The

border

formalities

required

for

Malaysia

are

carried

out

in

Tanjong

Pagar,

Singapore

(or

onboard

when

coming

from

Malaysia),

andinWoodlandsTrainCheckpointforSingapore.,..

Update:

1July2011 TanjongPagarRailwayStationnolongeroperational.KTMB

operation

to

Singapore

terminated

at

Woodlands

Train

Checkpoint.

3




Page29,Para1,Line3:

TheprojectproposestoconnectthecapitalcitiesofCambodia,Lao

PeoplesDemocraticRepublic,Myanmar,ThailandandVietNam.

Opinion:

SKRL

membership

include

Malaysia,

Peoples

Republic

of

China

and

Thailand.MalaysiawasappointedasPermanentChairin2007.

Propose:

Include

Malaysia,

Peoples

Republic

of

China

and

Thailand

in

the

paragraph4

SKRLNetworkMap

5




Page29,Para3,Line1:

SKRLhastwolines,anEasternlinethroughThailand,CambodiaandViet

Nam

with

a

spur

line

between

Lao

Peoples

Democratic

Republic

and

VietNamandWesternLinethroughThailandandMyanmar.

Opinion:

ThirdLine:Thailand

Malaysia Singapore(SouthernLine)

Propose:

IncludeinformationontheSouthernLine.

6




Page29,Para5,Line1:

InadditiontomonitoringmissinglinksontheSKRL,theSWGisalso

workingtodevelopstrategyforseamlessoperationofSKRL.

Additionalinformation:

Strategydevelopmentincludescollectionandanalysisoftechnicaldata

fromSKRLMembers.Datacollected:infrastructure,rollingstock&signallingEnsure

standardized

facilities

&

rolling

stock

to

ease

cross

border

train

movement.

7

KTMBInformationRegionalMeetingforCooperationonFacilitationofInternationalRailwayTransport

S.Mahendran

GeneralManager,Operations

1315October20148

TableofContents

KTMBsNetwork

CurrentElectrifiedDoubleTrackProjects

StatisticsofCargoServices

CurrentMeasuresforFacilitationofInternationalRailwayTransport

MajorChallengesinCrossBorderRailTransport

ProposedInitiatives/MeasurementforImprovements

9

KTMBsNetwork

10

P.BESAR

P.KLANG

TUMPAT

N

SINGLETRACK

ELECTRIFIEDDOUBLETRACK

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)


11

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

StatisticsofCargoServices

13

Containerized

Cargo Categories Throughput 2013 (Tonne)/(Teus)

In2013

averageof45cargotrainsrunningdailyacrosstheKTMBnetwork

On

average,

60%

of

revenue

contributed

from

conventional

cargo

whilst

the

restisfromcontainerizedcargo.

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. RollingStocks

(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

dailybasis:

SRTsinternationalpassengertraintravelfrom/toBangkok

Butterworthona

dailybasis

2. Locomotives KTMBlocomotivestravelstoBangsue

1trip/monthbytheLandbridgetrain

3. Documents ConsignmentNote Invoice Custom8Form

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

beyondPadangBesarstationarea.

ExchangeofcrewisbeingdoneatthePadangBesarstation

Under

the

The

Malaysian

Public

Land

Transport

Commission

(SPAD)

driver

licencing

arrangement,

no

foreigners

are

allowed

to

drive

trains

in

Malaysia;

thisincludeSRTcrewdrivingintoPadangBesar

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

MajorChallengesinCrossBorderRailTransport

15

No Challenges

1 Shortage

of

locomotive

faced

by

SRT

has

contributed

to

the

reduced

numberanddelaytoLandbridgetrain.

2 Unable

to

optimise

locomotive

hauling

capacity

within

the

SRTs

rail

networksystemduetooldtrack.

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

haulingcapacitybyBluetigerorDalianLocomotivesis2500mtspertrainatspeed

between7290kmh

3 Limitation

of

space

at

Padang

Besar

freight

and

container

yard

area

has

limitedthegrowthforSouthThaiCargo(STC)train

ProposedInitiatives/MeasurementforImprovements

16

No Initiatives/measures ExpectedroleofESCAP

1 YardexpansionatPadangBesar To

provide

technical

expertise

on

howtooperaterailfreightyardmore

effectively

2 SRTtoprovide/allocatelocomotives

andfreightwagonsforcrossborder

servicesinThaisector

Tofacilitateinitiativeforthe

purchaseofnewlocomotivesand

freightwagonsbySRT

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MALAYSIAEnhancing the operationalization of the Trans-Asian Railway- costing, marketing and facilitation of railway servicesEnhancing the operationalization of the Trans-Asian Railway- costing, marketing and facilitation of railway servicesEnhancing the operationalization of the Trans-Asian Railway- costing, marketing and facilitation of railway servicesSKRL Network MapEnhancing the operationalization of the Trans-Asian Railway- costing, marketing and facilitation of railway servicesEnhancing the operationalization of the Trans-Asian Railway- costing, marketing and facilitation of railway servicesSlide Number 8Table of ContentsKTMBs NetworkCurrent Electrified Double Track ProjectsCurrent Electrified Double Track ProjectsStatistics of Cargo ServicesCurrent Measures for Facilitation of International Railway TransportMajor Challenges in Cross Border Rail TransportProposed Initiatives/Measurement for ImprovementsSlide Number 17