Essay On Railway Transport

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Rail transport has long history timeline in Malaysia. The largest railroad in the country is Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) which has owns 2262km out of the total 2418km of tracks in Malaysia. In Malaysia, the rail transport includes Light Rapid Transit (LRT), Electric Train Service (ETS), Commuter Rail, Monorail, Airport Rail Link and Funicular Railway Line. The railways service is quite familiar among the citizens of Malaysia which are flexible time, cheaper fare, comfortable condition of train and wide coverage of railway lines compare with bus service. Bus service is one of the competitors for rail transport service. Both of them are categorized as road transport and have many similar characteristics. To investigate and analysis the services of railway transport, I had taken a ride on train from Alor Setar, Kedah to Arau, Perlis. After that, I took bus back from Arau, Perlis to Shahab Perdana, Alor Setar to make a comparison between railway transport and bus services. Through this experience, I can analysis the services of railway transport in the aspects of rail track, terminal, train unit and the power car. 1.0 INTRODUCTION
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