TIME STAMPS: 0:38 At the Monorail Station; 5:08 New 4-Coach Train Arrives; 10:45 At Maharajalela Station; 20:33 Hari Merdeka - Malaysia's Independence Day; 23:30 Shiny 4-Coach Train Back to KL Sentral; 30:02 Summary & Conclusion
You should wake up early and be at Dataran Merdeka not very far from you and witness the National Day celebration in the morning...check this out with the hotel..
Maharajalela Station comes from the name of Malay Nationalists folk hero; Dato Maharaja Lela (Lela Pandak Lam). He is seen as the symbol of Malay resistance against British colonialism. He plotted with other leaders to kill the British Resident of Perak (J. W. W. Birch) on November 2, 1875. Dato Maharaja Lela was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by hanging. Nowadays the term "maharajalela" that stem from his name is used to describe actions or phenomena that are uncontrollabe.
This one kept coming up in my recommended videos. Great to take a short trip down memory lane. Just heard you say the shooting date was August 31st. This would've been my 56th birthday. Now I know why I was guided to watch it again.
@@theachilles96 yes and then some safety issues were discovered for those trains and they been taken off from service. Afterwards there is a long lawsuit by Rapidkl to SCOMI for supplying trains with know safety problems. Thats why the delays with fixing these trains, SCOMI didnt do it until they settled
Maharajalela. For most locals its no problem as this name came up frequently in our history textbooks. Ma (as in MAma, Ha as in HAha, Raja, Le (as in LAter) and La (as in LErun the bicycle company).
They reposted the video to their Facebook Page, which was nice of them. 🙂 A lot of people have found their way from their Page to my UA-cam channel, and a bunch more shared it again. So that's kind of cool. It's fun to get so much new interest from people in Malaysia.
The doors closing voice and the 3-tone sound is from Sydney trains in Australia. The guy is Grant Goldman who used to be the voice for all the announcements.
That's interesting. I just went down the UA-cam rabbithole and listened to a whole bunch of announcements from him on the Sydney trains. He has a great voice.
Hello Doug, good video! I noticed that when you got down at Maharajalela station and was at one corner of the platform capturing footage of the 2-car train, the orange coloured, 2-car signage was not pasted on the glass barrier, but they had only the yellow 4-car signage. I think how that works is if you know a 2-car train is approaching, then you'd move ahead to the entry points where the 2-car signage was displayed. If you see a 4-car train approaching then you can wait along the full length of the platform.. something like that I suppose.
I'm pretty sure you're right. When I first saw the 2-car and 4-car signs, I was at the front of the platform, and so it wasn't totally obvious to me what they were for, since those doors would get you onto both trains. And I got hung up on the idea that the two signs were different colors. I couldn't figure out what the colors had to do with the different trains. But, as usual, I was being a dummy. It was only later that I saw the doors with just the 4-car signs. With that clue, I eventually figured out what was going on. But it took me a while. 😄
The 4-car trains are actually brand new, or almost anyway. The 4-car sets were introduced in 2015 or maybe 16, I can't remember exactly. Then they were removed from service for some reason. They didn't 'fit' the system the way they were supposed to. And I think I remember something about the brakes, not sure what the problem was. So they took the 4-car trains out of service and put the 2-car sets back in action. I was happy to see the new/old trains back in action. Earlier this week when riding from KL Sentral to Bukit Nanan the train I was on passed 3 other trains going in the opposite direction. I was in a 2-car train and was passed by 2, 2-car trains and a 4-car.
I didn't realize that at the time. People kept telling me about the introduction of the 4-coach trains, and they always used the word "refurbished" to describe them. I even watched videos on UA-cam about the official launch of these trains, and they must have used the word "refurbished" a dozen times. So, I just assumed that meant they took the old 2-coach trains and refurbished them and put them back together as 4-coach trains. That's what "refurbish" means, right? 🙂 I had no idea that these were essentially brand new trains. I guess I wasn't in Kuala Lumpur when these new trains first went into service and then were pulled off the line. I missed that completely. So I was babbling like a fool throughout this whole video and getting all my facts wrong. I guess I didn't do my due diligence. But I also blame the improper use of "refurbished" for my mistake. 😄
It looks better now. I really want to try it soon . It's pronounce as Ma - ha - ra - ja - lay - la . I hope they refurbish LRT too so that we don't look like we are living back 20 years ago.
@@imdamuji9227 I'm talking about LRT . The one on this vid is the new refurbish monorail . Function , punctuality is important for sure . Design is important when we talk about marketing strategy . I'm sorry to say if I got the choice I won't take a ride with a run down looking monorail . It won't bother me if you want .
Yeaahh the 4 coach is really needed and good. . And actually this train have been operated before it got suspended .. I don't know why but what I'm understand from them it was about safety issues. .so now I'm glad they are comeback again..
Thanks for sharing so much information about our country, you sure know alot better than many of us, thanks very much, really appreciate it. Keep up the good work, cheers.
You're welcome. Though, as you may have noticed, I was completely wrong about these 4-coach trains. I didn't have my facts straight at the time, and most of what I said was wrong. I just didn't know their true history - that they had been first introduced back in 2014-2015 and then pulled from service because of safety concerns. I guess those safety concerns have been addressed, and now these "new" 4-coach trains are being put back into service. I honestly thought they had taken the old 2-coach trains and refurbished them. But that's not what happened at all. I try to get my facts straight, but don't believe everything I say. I make mistakes, and I need you guys to set me straight. 😁
@@PlanetDoug and, I suppose the only thing that the monorail train hasn't changed much is the traveling speed, that's what I mentioned to you few months back, it's more like a caterpillar train instead of something else. 😂
Do u know this monorail train is Malaysia locally made and use local tech. And we export the same trainsets to India and many other developing countries
Yes, I was reading about that when I tried to get information about the Monorail. The train cars were built by the Malaysian company Scomi, right? According to Wikipedia, Scomi is one of the three largest monorail companies in the world. I think the new trainsets are called the Scomi SUTRA, and that is their main product now. Scomi SUTRA monorail systems are currently operating in India and Brazil with more planned for Indonesia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka. Interestingly enough, Malaysia can thank the economic crisis of 1998 for the growth of this industry. Apparently, Malaysia was going to buy monorail trains from Japan, but the economic crisis made them too expensive. And the monorail trains ended up being made locally in Malaysia.
@@PlanetDoug yes. That's correct. The story of KL Monorail is very interesting. Malaysia became a Monorail Manufacturer mainly due Tun MAHATHIR direct encouragement to the monorail developers. We started the monorail manufacturing and testing plant in Rawang and proudly became one of the monorail manufacturers in the world. The idea was all Tun MAHATHIR's...
Many people don't know that Malaysia's own monorail train was built in Rawang headed by Lenny Wenn, a local Telok Intan boy but became an American citizen. He came back with his experience on train design and engineering and worked with us to complete the first Monorail project called KL Monorail. Many thanks to Tun MAHATHIR especially for giving us the opportunity to complete the project during the financial crisis of 1998. Tun MAHATHIR gave us the encouragement and belief to become a manufacturer instead of importing the monorail trains from overseas namely Japan. We are a very small country and we must be proud to be one of the three successful monorail manufacturing companies in the world. Soon after Tun MAHATHIR retired as PM, Pak Lah's son Kamaruddin took over the KL MONORAIL manufacturing plant from KL Infra Berhad thru his company Scomi. However the operations of the KL MONORAIL were not taken over but instead transferred to RapidKL. KL INFRA BHD ceased businesses soon after. That's the little story of KL Monorail from my personal knowledge 😊
Someone else left a comment providing the name of the man who made the recording. His name is Grant Goldman. I listened to a bunch of his announcements on UA-cam after I heard that. I like his voice.
Thank you. When I first came to Asia long ago, I worked as an English teacher in South Korea. My students often commented that they enjoyed the clear way that I spoke. They could understand me, and that gave them confidence. However, I don't know if I was quite suited to that job. I wasn't upbeat enough or fun enough in the classroom. 😄 I was much more focused on proper grammar, which is probably why I drifted into editing and writing instead of teaching. I love a good use of the present perfect tense or the subjunctive mood. 🤣
It seems to work pretty well. I'm just having trouble with it because it is too heavy to attach to my thin T-shirts. You need a shirt with regular buttons and a collar to be able to use this Rode Wireless Go easily. Or maybe it would work on a thicker T-shirt. And I guess it does do a good job of isolating my voice and blocking much of the ambient noise. As I mentioned at one point in the video, the roar of the traffic there was so loud that I couldn't even hear myself as I was speaking. I couldn't hear my own voice, and I just had to trust that the microphone was picking it up.
Monorail Facts for 4-Car Train: For the train livery, red colour represent trains with odd set number. blue colour represent trains with even set number.
I love the way you explain about the monorail, it just like I'm also traveling with you. Even me still don't get a chance to use this train as I live far on northern Malaysia. Good video and very informative. Hope you could travel somehow using ETS train to northern Malaysia.
Hi Douglas, KTM Commuter Train aka Electronic Train Service (ETS) runs from KL to Ipoh/Butterworth. It's quite comfortable. The journey is about 2 hours. Can try :) if you explore Northern Malaysia....
I've actually taken that train a couple of times on trips to Penang. But that was before I started shooting video as I traveled around. It's a great train. Very comfortable and fun to ride. On my last trip, I spent most of the trip sitting near the little onboard cafe and drinking many cups of coffee.
Actually they didn’t refurbish the trains. They built new ones. It was introduced back in 2017 but there were many problems including platform screen door problems. So it was sent back into the depot until recently they cleaned the trains and fixed whatever problems there were and 3 of them managed to be in service right now. Specifically Sets 21, 22 and 25. There are I think 12 planned in total which in future will replace the 2-car trains. Have fun riding if you still have the chance =D
I learned that after I shot the video.😥 Every article I read about these trains and every video I watched referred to them as "refurbished." So I just assumed they had taken the old 2-car trains and refurbished them. But I was wrong. 100% wrong. As you pointed out, they are actually brand new trains. They were just taken out of service for a while to address some kind of safety concern. And now they are going back into service. I wish I knew that when I shot the video. 🙂
Ah that’s fine. Also I’ve tried waiting for a 4-coach during off peak hours and found out that despite me waiting for like 2 trains before the new one came, I’ve only waited for 15 minutes which means on average it’s only a 5-min wait
If I reckon correctly, these trains are brand new from 2014 (not refurbished from 2-car trains), but all of the 4-car trains were taken out of service in 2017 due to some technical problems from the manufacturer. Good to see that they're back in service now.
I think you're right. I wasn't aware of that at the time when I made this video. Everything I read called these "refurbished trains", so I just assumed that meant they had refurbished the old 2-car trains. But I was wrong, as you know. I found out the true history later. 🙂
It sure took them long enough. I used to walk from Bt Bintang to Hang Tuah to catch the Kelana Jaya Line, even though the monorail served the connection. It was just too painful to take the monorail.
I doubt the monorail service has improved. I too used to walk from Hang Tuah to Bk Bintang back and forth when I worked in Bk Bintang. Useless monorail.
I have not tried it, I don't know much until I watched your video on KL monorail especially d refurbished coaches. Thinking of trying it. Thanks so much 4 the video. Good luck, have nice day
I didn't include any video of the old cars for a comparison. I guess I should have. But these new coaches are FAR nicer in my opinion. They're much more spacious and comfortable. The old 2-car trains were rather cramped and a bit awkward when it came to moving around inside them because so much of the floor space was taken up with the center aisle of double rows of seats.
I've used a GoKL bus a couple of times but that was only to do it for the experience. I'd heard a lot about them, and I wanted to see what they were like. But I've never really used them as a way of getting around Kuala Lumpur. I always go for the MRT/LRT even if it means walking a kilometer or so at the end of the trip to get to my final destination. As you said, I'm just not a fan of riding on buses. 😄 I wouldn't mind exploring the GoKL system a bit more just for fun. Maybe I could ride at least once on each of the four lines and maybe I'll learn to love them.
Well, I always have my Touch'N'Go card with me. That just stays in my wallet. It was the KTM card that I forgot when I went to Pulau Ketam. I had removed it from my wallet when I went to Myanmar, and then I forgot all about it. And then I totally forgot that I could have used my Touch'N'Go card on the KTM anyway. So I didn't even need the KTM card. (I certainly didn't need the brand new KTM card that they ended up giving me to add to my collection. 🙂) The extra platform could be for parking space. I really don't know. I think the other platforms could handle a maximum of 4 cars. So there must be something special about the KL Sentral station that it was designed to handle 6.
There are total of 12 trainsets of 4 cars that should be operational for the next 1 or 2 years. There are two colours for the new trains livery..red and blue. These colours represent the corporate colours for Prasarana..
For your information, they refurbished it because the 4 car train has some sort of safety issue and grounded by the Public Land Transportation Authority (SPAD) last time.
I didn't realize that when I went to see the new Monorail trains. In fact, everything I said about the new trains was completely wrong. I'm embarrassed about that now, but everyone told me that the trains had been refurbished. And I assumed that meant they took the old 2-car trains and fixed them up and then put them back together as 4-car trains. So the whole time during this video, I thought the 4-coach trains were just the old trains but rebuilt. I didn't realize that they were actually brand new trains. And I didn't know that they had gone into service a couple of years ago and then been pulled out because of some kind of safety concerns. So, really, these trains hadn't been "refurbished" at all. They had simply been changed because of some safety concerns. I was wrong about everything. 😐😬
The initial planned specs for monorail is to use Hitachi's train. Due to Asian Financial crisis the project is stalling hence government under Dr M insisted to proceed with scaled down version & trying locally made train. Hence the monorail (both old & new) is all built locally by a first-timer local company, scomi. Just sharing =D
Thanks for the background info. It's interesting that the financial crisis - which is a bad thing - might have ended up being a good thing in this case since it helped create a new industry in Malaysia.
Nice video.. would have been good to do a 2-car v 4-car comparison.. Your history is a bit off though.. These vehicles (or rakes) were built in Malaysia by Scomi. Project announced in 2007 and first 4-car service started running in 2012. All 5 operational units were removed in 2017 due to safety issues and disagreements. There's been ongoing court battles and Scomi Group has been struggling. It was final agreed in mid-2019 that Scomi would refurb the original 5 and complete/construct an additional 7 4-car rakes.
I wouldn't say that my history was "a bit off." It was 100% wrong. I had no idea what I was talking about, and I got everything wrong. 😬 Somehow I missed the entire episode where these 4-coach trains were introduced a couple of years ago and then pulled out of service for safety reasons. I was going on the incorrect assumption that they had taken the old 2-car trains and refurbished them. So pretty much everything I said was wrong. 🙂 But I still love these new 4-coach trains, and it will be a massive improvement to the Monorail line when all of the new trains come into service. I should have shot some video of the interior of one of the 2-coach trains for a comparison, but I didn't think of it at the time. I was just so familiar with the 2-coach trains that I guess I assumed everyone could picture them in their mind and see the difference.
They're not really new or refurbished. As somebody below explained, they just restored the train to a safe operating condition. Also the extra platform space at the KL Sentral station is so they can park another train there if needed
I didn't know any of this when I made the video. I actually did a fair amount of research beforehand, but somehow I completely missed the fact that these 4-coach trains had already gone into service and then been pulled out because of safety concerns. I kept hearing the word "refurbished", and I assumed that meant they had taken the old 2-coach trains, refurbished them, and then put them back into service as 4-coach trains. But, apparently, I was a dummy, and I was completely wrong. The 4-coach trains were introduced as brand new trains back in 2014/15. And then they were pulled out of service to address safety concerns. And now they are being put back into service. So they're not really new. I guess the confusion comes in over how you define the word "refurbish". Personally, I wouldn't use the word "refurbished" to describe these 4-coach trains. They weren't refurbished so much as modified to meet certain safety standards. Refurbishment to me implies a quite different process. But it could be a difference in how the word is used in Malaysia as opposed to in Canada where I'm from. I watched official videos about the launch of these 4-coach trains, and they used the word "refurbishment" over and over again. And that's partially why I ended up confused and got all my facts wrong. 😁😖
@@PlanetDoug I appreciate how anyone can get confused with that! Though I suspect it's not intentionally misleading from their end. Speaking of refurbishment, here's a little something to keep an eye out when travelling on the Kelana Jaya LRT. If you spot two-car trains with blue racing stripe, those are refurbished ones (you can tell they have new-ish seats & those fancy new TV displays). Rarer still, you'll see FOUR-car trains with blue stripe which looked like the regular ones -except those are made up of two short trains with one end chopped off and permanently coupled. Not to be confused with the totally brand new ones that looked different from the rest which are also the exact same new trains (albeit in different colours) being rolled out for the Vancouver Skytrain. Also, since the KJ Line and the Skytrain are two similar systems, they don't use conventional rail systems like other metros instead using Linear Induction Motors where the trains are being pulled by the plates you see running in the middle of the track, which is a bit how maglev works (I oversimplified these facts somewhat for brevity) 😁
Thank you for this video. The only train I dreaded to get on is the monorail LOL. The cockpit has changed a lot. There are no more stick control, now the driver just press buttons on the touch screen. One reason why Japanese trains have another driver at the other end of the train is so that they can confirm with the driver at the front that the train doors are all clear. This is one aspect of Malaysia's metro that is lacking. They just don't want to invest in more man power. Like there are no staff on the platform to communicate with the train drivers. I am living in Japan now and I love their train system here. I wish Malaysia train operators would learn from the Japanese, who are the leader in metro system.
I meant to look at the cockpit of the older 2-car trains and see if it changed very much. Based on what you said, it did change quite a bit. Yet, when I looked into that cockpit, it didn't seem very modern to me. It seemed like an old-fashioned cab connected to a very modern and new coach for passengers. I remember that I shot some video of the old 2-car trains. I should look to see if I have clear video of the cockpit, and I can compare them.
It will be great when all the new 4-car trains have gone into operation. When all the old 2-car trains have been replaced, the monorail will be a lot more comfortable. 🙂
If you were wondering how the trains change the direction you should have gone to Titiwangsa station. The "mono" rail would be shifted from left to right.
yeah., that's why KTM drives me crazy. Some stations don't tell you the time. and even the ones that do often keep changing its time because of delays.
The red sign means the particular door is for 4-car trains only, you won't be able to access the 2-car train at that particular door..need to move to other doors that has no red colour signs.
Welcome!! I noticed you have a few video Shorts about the MRT system in Kuala Lumpur on your channel. I end up in the MRT system all the time, and I often shoot a little bit of video as I ride around doing my errands. I find MRT systems endlessly fascinating for some reason. 👍
1. Dude, seriously...Msia should hire you as official youtubber for Visit Malaysia 2020 2. I figured out 2 car train vs 4 car train just 1 minute before you did...so you did ok!!!
I remember abt 2 yrs ago maybe the 4 cars monorail train were running for awhile then they stopped. I wondered what happened. Maybe it was on trial run. Anyways the 4 cars definitely better as the monorail is always crowded.
Douglas, there's a celebration at Putrajaya tmr morning 7am. If free you can make a journey to there. But you need to come down at early morning like 6am from kl sentral by klia transit.
Yes, I find uncertainty stressful. As I said in the video, I don't mind waiting a long time if I know for sure how long I have to wait. But if you just don't know, and it could be ten minutes or it could be two hours, it's frustrating. Human nature, I guess. 🙂
Yes, I got back a while ago. I wasn't intending to stay this long, as I have plans to return to Myanmar. But one thing led to another, and I'm still happily in Kuala Lumpur.
You're right. I was completely wrong about these trains. Everyone told me that they were refurbished, and I assumed that meant they had taken the old 2-coach trains and fixed them up - refurbished them. But I was 100% wrong. I guess you should never assume anything and I should do more research before I start babbling away. 😄 Or I should do better research anyway.
the plateform doors suppose to onpen and close together with the train doors, some how it not working well so you see the plateform doors are always open.
Someone left a comment talking about this issue. And, apparently, there is nothing wrong with the doors. It's just that they were designed to work in conjunction with the 4-car trains. They can't open and close automatically with the older 2-car trains. So once all the new 4-car trains have been brought into service, the platform doors will work as they were intended. At least that appears to be the plan. 🙂
back then i used to be really sceptical to ride the monorail, seeing that it is only supported by one single concrete beam underneath it. What if it topples..
It used to be 2, then 4 cars a few years ago, then they found out that 4 cars are unsafe due to certain safety measures, thus they reduced back to 2. Now back to 4 again, not sure how they fix the safeness. I always felt that the monorail tracks are too thin and cannot support that much weight though. Btw, no video on ur visit to the royal museum?
I did shoot video on my visit to the Royal Museum. I'll post that video in the next couple of days. I was working on that video when I decided on impulse to go check out the new monorail trains. And that video ended up being fairly simple to put together, so I decided to just jump ahead and post it first.
No, I don't work in Thailand now. I've been here for about a year and a half, but I haven't gone out looking for a job. I might have to do that soon, though. I originally crossed the border from Myanmar into Thailand just to get a new visa for Myanmar and return. But then the border closed because of the pandemic, and I was unable to go to Myanmar or return to Malaysia. And I'm still in Thailand and still waiting for international borders to open up again. 🙂
Hey there, i saw your video in KL and I would like to purpose your next video content on the Island of Borneo, or known as Sabah and Sarawak. We have a pretty interesting history. Thank you.
Titiwangsa👍👍😂😂 it was the name of the Lake Titiwangsa Garden. It was also re-name from the famous Titiwangsa Mountain Range. The Titiwangsa Range (Malay: Banjaran Titiwangsa; بنجرن تيتيوڠسا), also known as "Banjaran Besar" (Main Range) by locals, is the chain of mountains that forms the backbone of the Malay peninsula. The northern section of the range is in southern Thailand, where it is known as Sankalakhiri Range (Thai: ทิวเขาสันกาลาคีรี, pronounced [tʰīw kʰǎw sǎn.kāːlāːkʰīːrīː]).
I've had the Titiwangsa Park on my list of places to visit for a long time. I just haven't made it there yet. I'd like to visit the National Art Gallery and see the lake. But it looks like distances might be a bit far for comfortable walking and seeing the whole area. Maybe it's better to use a bicycle for the park?
I figured that out at some point. It's a funny station in terms of its placement. When you walk round Chinatown - even for a long time - you just never seem to see that station or even become aware that it's there. It's kind of hidden behind some trees and some parking lots and buildings. Once you know where it is, it is easy to get to. There is even a sidewalk going right to it from the nearby Chan She Shu Yuen Clan Ancestral Hall and Kuan Yin Temple.
I watched again a previous monorail video to see the difference in the interior. Was the ride smoother now? You didn't look like you were thrown from side to side or did the GoPro do a good job on stabilization?
The ride did feel quite a bit smoother to me. But the big difference was really just in the overall comfort and spaciousness of the train. I found that with the older 2-car trains, the design of the interior seating made it feel crowded and awkward when there were just a few people on board. But with the more open design (and I think it is wider, too?) of the new cars, there is room for a lot more people, and I think it will be just as easy to get in and out of the trains during rush hour as on the new MRT lines.
I learned about all of that after I shot the video. I'm such a dummy. 🙂 At the time, I thought they had refurbished the old 2-car trains. I didn't know the story about how the brand new 4-car trains were pulled from service to address some safety issues.
Lmao Maharajalela is actually in a way two words so when you break it up maharaja itself means an emperor lela is a name iirc Edit: I’ve read the other comment
Since I made the video, I learned that these trains were not really refurbished. They were brand new trains in 2015. But then they were pulled out of service because of a safety concern. They fixed this safety problem and now they have gone back into service. So, technically, they are brand new trains. They aren't old trains that were refurbished. They were just brand new a couple of years ago. It's a bit of a complicated situation. 😁
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TIME STAMPS: 0:38 At the Monorail Station; 5:08 New 4-Coach Train Arrives; 10:45 At Maharajalela Station; 20:33 Hari Merdeka - Malaysia's Independence Day; 23:30 Shiny 4-Coach Train Back to KL Sentral; 30:02 Summary & Conclusion
You should wake up early and be at Dataran Merdeka not very far from you and witness the National Day celebration in the morning...check this out with the hotel..
Douglass Macgregor:
One of my favourite Scientist on the Principle of Management. That was where I first got the name: --> Douglass
Proud my country Malaysia safety the monorail and LRt long time seen 1990
Dear for your information 31 August is independent day
16 September is National day
RapidKL trying to get in touch with you from your facebook. must be good stuff me thinks
Maharajalela Station comes from the name of Malay Nationalists folk hero; Dato Maharaja Lela (Lela Pandak Lam). He is seen as the symbol of Malay resistance against British colonialism. He plotted with other leaders to kill the British Resident of Perak (J. W. W. Birch) on November 2, 1875. Dato Maharaja Lela was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by hanging. Nowadays the term "maharajalela" that stem from his name is used to describe actions or phenomena that are uncontrollabe.
That's fascinating. Thanks for the background.
Pronounced as MA HA RA JA LEH LAA
Thank you sir for promoting Malaysia
This one kept coming up in my recommended videos. Great to take a short trip down memory lane. Just heard you say the shooting date was August 31st. This would've been my 56th birthday. Now I know why I was guided to watch it again.
Congrats MONORAIL MALAYSIA!! -- you just got yourself the "DOUG'S SEAL OF APPROVAL"
At last, the 4-coach trains are here. What a great relief. The 2-coach trains are too crowded. Good job rapidkl
@@theachilles96 yes and then some safety issues were discovered for those trains and they been taken off from service. Afterwards there is a long lawsuit by Rapidkl to SCOMI for supplying trains with know safety problems. Thats why the delays with fixing these trains, SCOMI didnt do it until they settled
Malaysian monorail really looks impressive....wow....congrat from Thai.
U r well versed with wats going on here in Malaysia.. i really admire that
Happy National of Malaysia and is the day 31 August🇲🇾🇲🇾
Selamat Hari Merdeka!
Maharajalela. For most locals its no problem as this name came up frequently in our history textbooks. Ma (as in MAma, Ha as in HAha, Raja, Le (as in LAter) and La (as in LErun the bicycle company).
Rapid KL and Tourism Malaysia should have made you their goodwill ambassador.. tks for thoughtful sharing
They reposted the video to their Facebook Page, which was nice of them. 🙂 A lot of people have found their way from their Page to my UA-cam channel, and a bunch more shared it again. So that's kind of cool. It's fun to get so much new interest from people in Malaysia.
I'll be using the monorail extensively next month. Thanks for the useful information. I travel with confidence after watching this.
The doors closing voice and the 3-tone sound is from Sydney trains in Australia. The guy is Grant Goldman who used to be the voice for all the announcements.
That's interesting. I just went down the UA-cam rabbithole and listened to a whole bunch of announcements from him on the Sydney trains. He has a great voice.
Good. You joy-rided on board. Enjoy yr trio bro😊
Hello Doug, good video! I noticed that when you got down at Maharajalela station and was at one corner of the platform capturing footage of the 2-car train, the orange coloured, 2-car signage was not pasted on the glass barrier, but they had only the yellow 4-car signage. I think how that works is if you know a 2-car train is approaching, then you'd move ahead to the entry points where the 2-car signage was displayed. If you see a 4-car train approaching then you can wait along the full length of the platform.. something like that I suppose.
I'm pretty sure you're right. When I first saw the 2-car and 4-car signs, I was at the front of the platform, and so it wasn't totally obvious to me what they were for, since those doors would get you onto both trains. And I got hung up on the idea that the two signs were different colors. I couldn't figure out what the colors had to do with the different trains. But, as usual, I was being a dummy.
It was only later that I saw the doors with just the 4-car signs. With that clue, I eventually figured out what was going on. But it took me a while. 😄
The 4-car trains are actually brand new, or almost anyway. The 4-car sets were introduced in 2015 or maybe 16, I can't remember exactly. Then they were removed from service for some reason. They didn't 'fit' the system the way they were supposed to. And I think I remember something about the brakes, not sure what the problem was. So they took the 4-car trains out of service and put the 2-car sets back in action. I was happy to see the new/old trains back in action. Earlier this week when riding from KL Sentral to Bukit Nanan the train I was on passed 3 other trains going in the opposite direction. I was in a 2-car train and was passed by 2, 2-car trains and a 4-car.
I didn't realize that at the time. People kept telling me about the introduction of the 4-coach trains, and they always used the word "refurbished" to describe them. I even watched videos on UA-cam about the official launch of these trains, and they must have used the word "refurbished" a dozen times.
So, I just assumed that meant they took the old 2-coach trains and refurbished them and put them back together as 4-coach trains. That's what "refurbish" means, right? 🙂
I had no idea that these were essentially brand new trains. I guess I wasn't in Kuala Lumpur when these new trains first went into service and then were pulled off the line. I missed that completely.
So I was babbling like a fool throughout this whole video and getting all my facts wrong. I guess I didn't do my due diligence. But I also blame the improper use of "refurbished" for my mistake. 😄
4 car introduced in 2015
Even a Malaysian like me dont know it got upgrade lol
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Gerald H'ng ye do aku igt tak upgrade2 lagi
I am a fan of Malaysia. Merdeka Merdeka!(Even though I am Russian)
Amen komrade
@@banjirjir7519 Amen too TOvarisch
Terimakasih
@@wandaari4070 sama sama
@@senseiprogrammers2860 why are you a fan of malaysia haha
It looks better now. I really want to try it soon . It's pronounce as Ma - ha - ra - ja - lay - la .
I hope they refurbish LRT too so that we don't look like we are living back 20 years ago.
they just changed to the new coach aint you noticed that? the design is not important, but the function and the punctuality is the most important
@@imdamuji9227 I'm talking about LRT . The one on this vid is the new refurbish monorail . Function , punctuality is important for sure . Design is important when we talk about marketing strategy . I'm sorry to say if I got the choice I won't take a ride with a run down looking monorail . It won't bother me if you want .
Both lrt kelana jaya & sri petaling got new brand trainset.
Yeaahh the 4 coach is really needed and good. . And actually this train have been operated before it got suspended .. I don't know why but what I'm understand from them it was about safety issues. .so now I'm glad they are comeback again..
Awesome dude, your informative about Malaya/Malaysia history much appreciated. Thumb up 👍
Thanks for sharing so much information about our country, you sure know alot better than many of us, thanks very much, really appreciate it.
Keep up the good work, cheers.
You're welcome. Though, as you may have noticed, I was completely wrong about these 4-coach trains. I didn't have my facts straight at the time, and most of what I said was wrong. I just didn't know their true history - that they had been first introduced back in 2014-2015 and then pulled from service because of safety concerns. I guess those safety concerns have been addressed, and now these "new" 4-coach trains are being put back into service.
I honestly thought they had taken the old 2-coach trains and refurbished them. But that's not what happened at all. I try to get my facts straight, but don't believe everything I say. I make mistakes, and I need you guys to set me straight. 😁
@@PlanetDoug
and, I suppose the only thing that the monorail train hasn't changed much is the traveling speed, that's what I mentioned to you few months back, it's more like a caterpillar train instead of something else. 😂
Have an awesome long weekend ahead Doug and Happy Merdeka!
Selamat hari Merdeka! I hope you have a good weekend, too.
Do u know this monorail train is Malaysia locally made and use local tech. And we export the same trainsets to India and many other developing countries
Yes, I was reading about that when I tried to get information about the Monorail. The train cars were built by the Malaysian company Scomi, right? According to Wikipedia, Scomi is one of the three largest monorail companies in the world. I think the new trainsets are called the Scomi SUTRA, and that is their main product now. Scomi SUTRA monorail systems are currently operating in India and Brazil with more planned for Indonesia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka.
Interestingly enough, Malaysia can thank the economic crisis of 1998 for the growth of this industry. Apparently, Malaysia was going to buy monorail trains from Japan, but the economic crisis made them too expensive. And the monorail trains ended up being made locally in Malaysia.
@@PlanetDoug yes. That's correct. The story of KL Monorail is very interesting. Malaysia became a Monorail Manufacturer mainly due Tun MAHATHIR direct encouragement to the monorail developers. We started the monorail manufacturing and testing plant in Rawang and proudly became one of the monorail manufacturers in the world. The idea was all Tun MAHATHIR's...
Many people don't know that Malaysia's own monorail train was built in Rawang headed by Lenny Wenn, a local Telok Intan boy but became an American citizen. He came back with his experience on train design and engineering and worked with us to complete the first Monorail project called KL Monorail. Many thanks to Tun MAHATHIR especially for giving us the opportunity to complete the project during the financial crisis of 1998. Tun MAHATHIR gave us the encouragement and belief to become a manufacturer instead of importing the monorail trains from overseas namely Japan.
We are a very small country and we must be proud to be one of the three successful monorail manufacturing companies in the world.
Soon after Tun MAHATHIR retired as PM, Pak Lah's son Kamaruddin took over the KL MONORAIL manufacturing plant from KL Infra Berhad thru his company Scomi. However the operations of the KL MONORAIL were not taken over but instead transferred to RapidKL. KL INFRA BHD ceased businesses soon after.
That's the little story of KL Monorail from my personal knowledge 😊
That doors closing voice is actually from Sydney's double decker metro lol
Someone else left a comment providing the name of the man who made the recording. His name is Grant Goldman. I listened to a bunch of his announcements on UA-cam after I heard that. I like his voice.
You should be an English teacher, I loved how you speak, so clear and very precise. If u are my teacher, I bet I can master my English better 😂👍👍😂😂
Thank you. When I first came to Asia long ago, I worked as an English teacher in South Korea. My students often commented that they enjoyed the clear way that I spoke. They could understand me, and that gave them confidence. However, I don't know if I was quite suited to that job. I wasn't upbeat enough or fun enough in the classroom. 😄 I was much more focused on proper grammar, which is probably why I drifted into editing and writing instead of teaching. I love a good use of the present perfect tense or the subjunctive mood. 🤣
@@PlanetDoug yeahhh.. That's what I thought. I can listened to your story all day long. Hahahahahaha. 👍😂😂👍
@@PlanetDoug I wish I can speak good English like you too😅
Hello Sir....i knew the 4 coach and still looking forward trying it one day....thanks for the video...love it!!!
The 4-coach trains are great. They're a huge improvement. It will be wonderful when all the new 4-coach trains go into service.
Ya...really looking forward to try it one day....😀😀
The wireless microphone you were using cut out lots of the background and ambiance noise. Very impressed with the quality.
It seems to work pretty well. I'm just having trouble with it because it is too heavy to attach to my thin T-shirts. You need a shirt with regular buttons and a collar to be able to use this Rode Wireless Go easily. Or maybe it would work on a thicker T-shirt.
And I guess it does do a good job of isolating my voice and blocking much of the ambient noise. As I mentioned at one point in the video, the roar of the traffic there was so loud that I couldn't even hear myself as I was speaking. I couldn't hear my own voice, and I just had to trust that the microphone was picking it up.
Monorail Facts for 4-Car Train:
For the train livery,
red colour represent trains with odd set number.
blue colour represent trains with even set number.
Good information about station
I love the way you explain about the monorail, it just like I'm also traveling with you. Even me still don't get a chance to use this train as I live far on northern Malaysia. Good video and very informative. Hope you could travel somehow using ETS train to northern Malaysia.
Hi Douglas, KTM Commuter Train aka Electronic Train Service (ETS) runs from KL to Ipoh/Butterworth. It's quite comfortable. The journey is about 2 hours. Can try :) if you explore Northern Malaysia....
I've actually taken that train a couple of times on trips to Penang. But that was before I started shooting video as I traveled around. It's a great train. Very comfortable and fun to ride. On my last trip, I spent most of the trip sitting near the little onboard cafe and drinking many cups of coffee.
Thanks you. Enjoy your time in KL
Actually they didn’t refurbish the trains. They built new ones. It was introduced back in 2017 but there were many problems including platform screen door problems. So it was sent back into the depot until recently they cleaned the trains and fixed whatever problems there were and 3 of them managed to be in service right now. Specifically Sets 21, 22 and 25. There are I think 12 planned in total which in future will replace the 2-car trains. Have fun riding if you still have the chance =D
I learned that after I shot the video.😥 Every article I read about these trains and every video I watched referred to them as "refurbished." So I just assumed they had taken the old 2-car trains and refurbished them. But I was wrong. 100% wrong.
As you pointed out, they are actually brand new trains. They were just taken out of service for a while to address some kind of safety concern. And now they are going back into service. I wish I knew that when I shot the video. 🙂
Ah that’s fine. Also I’ve tried waiting for a 4-coach during off peak hours and found out that despite me waiting for like 2 trains before the new one came, I’ve only waited for 15 minutes which means on average it’s only a 5-min wait
Hello Doug, hope K. L. is great today. Wishing you the best in your #Vlogs Sir. "You got energy, indeed".
You are now at Maharajalalalala.. Lol.. 😂😂😂😂 I repeated watching that 8times and can’t stop laughing 😂
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Thanx bro for promoting Malaysia...good job..!
If I reckon correctly, these trains are brand new from 2014 (not refurbished from 2-car trains), but all of the 4-car trains were taken out of service in 2017 due to some technical problems from the manufacturer. Good to see that they're back in service now.
I think you're right. I wasn't aware of that at the time when I made this video. Everything I read called these "refurbished trains", so I just assumed that meant they had refurbished the old 2-car trains. But I was wrong, as you know. I found out the true history later. 🙂
It sure took them long enough. I used to walk from Bt Bintang to Hang Tuah to catch the Kelana Jaya Line, even though the monorail served the connection. It was just too painful to take the monorail.
I doubt the monorail service has improved. I too used to walk from Hang Tuah to Bk Bintang back and forth when I worked in Bk Bintang. Useless monorail.
I have not tried it, I don't know much until I watched your video on KL monorail especially d refurbished coaches. Thinking of trying it.
Thanks so much 4 the video.
Good luck, have nice day
The train looks better and bigger than the old one ..
I didn't include any video of the old cars for a comparison. I guess I should have. But these new coaches are FAR nicer in my opinion. They're much more spacious and comfortable. The old 2-car trains were rather cramped and a bit awkward when it came to moving around inside them because so much of the floor space was taken up with the center aisle of double rows of seats.
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You're back in Malaysia!!!!
A big plus with Kuala Lumper is the free bus system GOKLCityBus. Do you use it as well.
I believe your not a fan of the bus!
I've used a GoKL bus a couple of times but that was only to do it for the experience. I'd heard a lot about them, and I wanted to see what they were like. But I've never really used them as a way of getting around Kuala Lumpur. I always go for the MRT/LRT even if it means walking a kilometer or so at the end of the trip to get to my final destination.
As you said, I'm just not a fan of riding on buses. 😄 I wouldn't mind exploring the GoKL system a bit more just for fun. Maybe I could ride at least once on each of the four lines and maybe I'll learn to love them.
Thank you becaouse you come in malaysia and feel it
Next time I travel to KL, I'll try the new coach. First impression of the announcement seems a positive upgrade
Whoa! You remembered to bring your Touch n Go card. Well done.
Perhaps the extra long platforms stations are parking stations?
Well, I always have my Touch'N'Go card with me. That just stays in my wallet. It was the KTM card that I forgot when I went to Pulau Ketam. I had removed it from my wallet when I went to Myanmar, and then I forgot all about it. And then I totally forgot that I could have used my Touch'N'Go card on the KTM anyway. So I didn't even need the KTM card. (I certainly didn't need the brand new KTM card that they ended up giving me to add to my collection. 🙂)
The extra platform could be for parking space. I really don't know. I think the other platforms could handle a maximum of 4 cars. So there must be something special about the KL Sentral station that it was designed to handle 6.
There are total of 12 trainsets of 4 cars that should be operational for the next 1 or 2 years.
There are two colours for the new trains livery..red and blue. These colours represent the corporate colours for Prasarana..
For your information, they refurbished it because the 4 car train has some sort of safety issue and grounded by the Public Land Transportation Authority (SPAD) last time.
I didn't realize that when I went to see the new Monorail trains. In fact, everything I said about the new trains was completely wrong. I'm embarrassed about that now, but everyone told me that the trains had been refurbished. And I assumed that meant they took the old 2-car trains and fixed them up and then put them back together as 4-car trains.
So the whole time during this video, I thought the 4-coach trains were just the old trains but rebuilt. I didn't realize that they were actually brand new trains. And I didn't know that they had gone into service a couple of years ago and then been pulled out because of some kind of safety concerns.
So, really, these trains hadn't been "refurbished" at all. They had simply been changed because of some safety concerns. I was wrong about everything. 😐😬
Going to try d new train this coming new. Thumb up.
The initial planned specs for monorail is to use Hitachi's train. Due to Asian Financial crisis the project is stalling hence government under Dr M insisted to proceed with scaled down version & trying locally made train. Hence the monorail (both old & new) is all built locally by a first-timer local company, scomi. Just sharing =D
Thanks for the background info. It's interesting that the financial crisis - which is a bad thing - might have ended up being a good thing in this case since it helped create a new industry in Malaysia.
Nope... Scomi did not build the first monorail!..to be honest... Scomi has no business experience in monorail...
Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! Now lets unite as brother, regardless of race, religion and creed as one for the sake of Malaysia.
Ow my god indonesia train is so much better
@@msakbar12345 this only monorail not lrt or mrt again malaysia has so many transport so don worry and plzz don shame of you face
@@wansajew7470 still, indonesia train is so much better
@@msakbar12345 in your dream hahaha see world ranking who has the best transportation hahaha
@@wansajew7470 you right, we started as a dream. Now it became reality
KTM too has Led board showing times the train will arrive
Nice video.. would have been good to do a 2-car v 4-car comparison..
Your history is a bit off though..
These vehicles (or rakes) were built in Malaysia by Scomi. Project announced in 2007 and first 4-car service started running in 2012. All 5 operational units were removed in 2017 due to safety issues and disagreements.
There's been ongoing court battles and Scomi Group has been struggling. It was final agreed in mid-2019 that Scomi would refurb the original 5 and complete/construct an additional 7 4-car rakes.
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I wouldn't say that my history was "a bit off." It was 100% wrong. I had no idea what I was talking about, and I got everything wrong. 😬
Somehow I missed the entire episode where these 4-coach trains were introduced a couple of years ago and then pulled out of service for safety reasons. I was going on the incorrect assumption that they had taken the old 2-car trains and refurbished them.
So pretty much everything I said was wrong. 🙂 But I still love these new 4-coach trains, and it will be a massive improvement to the Monorail line when all of the new trains come into service.
I should have shot some video of the interior of one of the 2-coach trains for a comparison, but I didn't think of it at the time. I was just so familiar with the 2-coach trains that I guess I assumed everyone could picture them in their mind and see the difference.
They're not really new or refurbished. As somebody below explained, they just restored the train to a safe operating condition. Also the extra platform space at the KL Sentral station is so they can park another train there if needed
Kay Zaman sure bud
I didn't know any of this when I made the video. I actually did a fair amount of research beforehand, but somehow I completely missed the fact that these 4-coach trains had already gone into service and then been pulled out because of safety concerns.
I kept hearing the word "refurbished", and I assumed that meant they had taken the old 2-coach trains, refurbished them, and then put them back into service as 4-coach trains. But, apparently, I was a dummy, and I was completely wrong. The 4-coach trains were introduced as brand new trains back in 2014/15. And then they were pulled out of service to address safety concerns. And now they are being put back into service. So they're not really new.
I guess the confusion comes in over how you define the word "refurbish". Personally, I wouldn't use the word "refurbished" to describe these 4-coach trains. They weren't refurbished so much as modified to meet certain safety standards. Refurbishment to me implies a quite different process.
But it could be a difference in how the word is used in Malaysia as opposed to in Canada where I'm from. I watched official videos about the launch of these 4-coach trains, and they used the word "refurbishment" over and over again. And that's partially why I ended up confused and got all my facts wrong. 😁😖
@@PlanetDoug I appreciate how anyone can get confused with that! Though I suspect it's not intentionally misleading from their end. Speaking of refurbishment, here's a little something to keep an eye out when travelling on the Kelana Jaya LRT. If you spot two-car trains with blue racing stripe, those are refurbished ones (you can tell they have new-ish seats & those fancy new TV displays). Rarer still, you'll see FOUR-car trains with blue stripe which looked like the regular ones -except those are made up of two short trains with one end chopped off and permanently coupled. Not to be confused with the totally brand new ones that looked different from the rest which are also the exact same new trains (albeit in different colours) being rolled out for the Vancouver Skytrain.
Also, since the KJ Line and the Skytrain are two similar systems, they don't use conventional rail systems like other metros instead using Linear Induction Motors where the trains are being pulled by the plates you see running in the middle of the track, which is a bit how maglev works (I oversimplified these facts somewhat for brevity) 😁
Nice to see upgrading monorail.. nice video..
Frm Kl, malaysia
Thank you for this video. The only train I dreaded to get on is the monorail LOL.
The cockpit has changed a lot. There are no more stick control, now the driver just press buttons on the touch screen.
One reason why Japanese trains have another driver at the other end of the train is so that they can confirm with the driver at the front that the train doors are all clear. This is one aspect of Malaysia's metro that is lacking. They just don't want to invest in more man power. Like there are no staff on the platform to communicate with the train drivers. I am living in Japan now and I love their train system here. I wish Malaysia train operators would learn from the Japanese, who are the leader in metro system.
I meant to look at the cockpit of the older 2-car trains and see if it changed very much. Based on what you said, it did change quite a bit. Yet, when I looked into that cockpit, it didn't seem very modern to me. It seemed like an old-fashioned cab connected to a very modern and new coach for passengers. I remember that I shot some video of the old 2-car trains. I should look to see if I have clear video of the cockpit, and I can compare them.
maharajalelalalalalalla..hahahah .if you add "ber" like bermaharajalela it means "do as one pleases/go on a rampage.
Awesome video.
Nice work.
That’s cool they have make it longer I have always strangled being in a crowded train especially bukit bintang station 👏🏽
It will be great when all the new 4-car trains have gone into operation. When all the old 2-car trains have been replaced, the monorail will be a lot more comfortable. 🙂
If you were wondering how the trains change the direction you should have gone to Titiwangsa station. The "mono" rail would be shifted from left to right.
Just was in Kuala Lumpur 2 days ago, and i got on KL monorail and it’s good
So you got one of the new 4-car trains? Did you have to skip the 2-car trains and wait for the 4-car train? Or did it come right away for you?
The Cycling Canadian i think it’s came 4 car trains already.. i didn’t wait for it..
Tomorrow we celebrate hari merdeka at putrajaya...if you like come see,you need wake up early around 5 a.m celebration start 7:15a.m maybe
yeah., that's why KTM drives me crazy. Some stations don't tell you the time. and even the ones that do often keep changing its time because of delays.
The red sign means the particular door is for 4-car trains only, you won't be able to access the 2-car train at that particular door..need to move to other doors that has no red colour signs.
New Minister Transport,New Malaysia,New 4 Car Monorail.Good Job !
Hello i from Malaysia 😄🇲🇾
Welcome!! I noticed you have a few video Shorts about the MRT system in Kuala Lumpur on your channel. I end up in the MRT system all the time, and I often shoot a little bit of video as I ride around doing my errands. I find MRT systems endlessly fascinating for some reason. 👍
1. Dude, seriously...Msia should hire you as official youtubber for Visit Malaysia 2020
2. I figured out 2 car train vs 4 car train just 1 minute before you did...so you did ok!!!
I remember abt 2 yrs ago maybe the 4 cars monorail train were running for awhile then they stopped. I wondered what happened. Maybe it was on trial run.
Anyways the 4 cars definitely better as the monorail is always crowded.
There were issues with the trains, RapidKL grounded them and asked Scomi to fix them.
Douglas, there's a celebration at Putrajaya tmr morning 7am. If free you can make a journey to there. But you need to come down at early morning like 6am from kl sentral by klia transit.
Yes, uncertainty does drive us crazy
Yes, I find uncertainty stressful. As I said in the video, I don't mind waiting a long time if I know for sure how long I have to wait. But if you just don't know, and it could be ten minutes or it could be two hours, it's frustrating. Human nature, I guess. 🙂
You have no idea how INTERESTING I find this video.. and other (seemingly) mundane videos about Malaysia and KL...
Wow,last time am going to KL was in 2016😄
Lovely, the automatic doors at the stations are out of service since 2015...
Hi Doug, didn't realise you're back
Yes, I got back a while ago. I wasn't intending to stay this long, as I have plans to return to Myanmar. But one thing led to another, and I'm still happily in Kuala Lumpur.
Thank you for the video
If I’m not actually mistaken, the 4 car trains are totally new trains. They have been put into service a while ago but were taken out until now. 😆
You're right. I was completely wrong about these trains. Everyone told me that they were refurbished, and I assumed that meant they had taken the old 2-coach trains and fixed them up - refurbished them. But I was 100% wrong.
I guess you should never assume anything and I should do more research before I start babbling away. 😄 Or I should do better research anyway.
@@PlanetDoug yaaa..are you going to do another video with the correct info?? oops.. Just asking..
Dah balik pulih ke? Alhamdulillah
yes we flow British law😘✌🇲🇾❤🇬🇧
the plateform doors suppose to onpen and close together with the train doors, some how it not working well so you see the plateform doors are always open.
Someone left a comment talking about this issue. And, apparently, there is nothing wrong with the doors. It's just that they were designed to work in conjunction with the 4-car trains. They can't open and close automatically with the older 2-car trains.
So once all the new 4-car trains have been brought into service, the platform doors will work as they were intended. At least that appears to be the plan. 🙂
back then i used to be really sceptical to ride the monorail, seeing that it is only supported by one single concrete beam underneath it. What if it topples..
Would like to see more review from you! 👍
It used to be 2, then 4 cars a few years ago, then they found out that 4 cars are unsafe due to certain safety measures, thus they reduced back to 2. Now back to 4 again, not sure how they fix the safeness. I always felt that the monorail tracks are too thin and cannot support that much weight though. Btw, no video on ur visit to the royal museum?
I did shoot video on my visit to the Royal Museum. I'll post that video in the next couple of days. I was working on that video when I decided on impulse to go check out the new monorail trains. And that video ended up being fairly simple to put together, so I decided to just jump ahead and post it first.
dulu slalu fedap naik monerel mesti padat je org dah la lama kena tunggu. tk punctual plk tu😂 nasib dah tukar skrg
This is a lovely "review". Thank you so much
Altho I do wonder, do you work in Thailand now?
No, I don't work in Thailand now. I've been here for about a year and a half, but I haven't gone out looking for a job. I might have to do that soon, though. I originally crossed the border from Myanmar into Thailand just to get a new visa for Myanmar and return. But then the border closed because of the pandemic, and I was unable to go to Myanmar or return to Malaysia. And I'm still in Thailand and still waiting for international borders to open up again. 🙂
@@PlanetDoug u can tell im a new sub lol had to watch more of ur vids if i were to find this out but thanks for elaborating :) hope u r safe
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@@cj-fx2kj im from the Philippines
@@PlanetDoug Hi Planet Dog
wow thanks
Hey there, i saw your video in KL and I would like to purpose your next video content on the Island of Borneo, or known as Sabah and Sarawak. We have a pretty interesting history. Thank you.
Titiwangsa👍👍😂😂 it was the name of the Lake Titiwangsa Garden. It was also re-name from the famous Titiwangsa Mountain Range.
The Titiwangsa Range (Malay: Banjaran Titiwangsa; بنجرن تيتيوڠسا), also known as "Banjaran Besar" (Main Range) by locals, is the chain of mountains that forms the backbone of the Malay peninsula. The northern section of the range is in southern Thailand, where it is known as Sankalakhiri Range (Thai: ทิวเขาสันกาลาคีรี, pronounced [tʰīw kʰǎw sǎn.kāːlāːkʰīːrīː]).
I've had the Titiwangsa Park on my list of places to visit for a long time. I just haven't made it there yet. I'd like to visit the National Art Gallery and see the lake. But it looks like distances might be a bit far for comfortable walking and seeing the whole area. Maybe it's better to use a bicycle for the park?
Did you know that the Maharajalela Monorel station is quite close to your hostel?
I figured that out at some point. It's a funny station in terms of its placement. When you walk round Chinatown - even for a long time - you just never seem to see that station or even become aware that it's there. It's kind of hidden behind some trees and some parking lots and buildings. Once you know where it is, it is easy to get to. There is even a sidewalk going right to it from the nearby Chan She Shu Yuen Clan Ancestral Hall and Kuan Yin Temple.
It looks like your vlog on the 4 car monorel gets the attention of RapidKL... It is posted on their FB page.
The 4 car trains were here a few years ago but it was taken out of service for some reason
Thanks for sharing
I watched again a previous monorail video to see the difference in the interior. Was the ride smoother now? You didn't look like you were thrown from side to side or did the GoPro do a good job on stabilization?
The ride did feel quite a bit smoother to me. But the big difference was really just in the overall comfort and spaciousness of the train. I found that with the older 2-car trains, the design of the interior seating made it feel crowded and awkward when there were just a few people on board. But with the more open design (and I think it is wider, too?) of the new cars, there is room for a lot more people, and I think it will be just as easy to get in and out of the trains during rush hour as on the new MRT lines.
I would prefer all middle seats to be removed and replaced by seats on the sides like the MRT. It's much more convenient for boarding/alighting.
i think, the position of the seat has something to do with the weight balance of the train.
The middle seat is actually the location of rubber tyre for the monorail to function
3:25 explained 4:00 . When there is no the 2 car train on the door, means the train does not stop there
That british slang people is a Malaysian. He is local english news reporter~~
three years ago we have it but starting 2018 it was stop for a while.
I learned about all of that after I shot the video. I'm such a dummy. 🙂
At the time, I thought they had refurbished the old 2-car trains. I didn't know the story about how the brand new 4-car trains were pulled from service to address some safety issues.
Maha-raja-lela, that's how to pronounce it 😂 I used to make fun of it when I was kid... imbi, tun sambanthan, maharajalela 😂
Lmao Maharajalela is actually in a way two words so when you break it up maharaja itself means an emperor lela is a name iirc
Edit: I’ve read the other comment
Please join the celebration of independence day parade at Putrajaya on 31th...
It looks like its a totally brand new train.
Since I made the video, I learned that these trains were not really refurbished. They were brand new trains in 2015. But then they were pulled out of service because of a safety concern. They fixed this safety problem and now they have gone back into service. So, technically, they are brand new trains. They aren't old trains that were refurbished. They were just brand new a couple of years ago. It's a bit of a complicated situation. 😁
The signs “2 cars” “4cars” at the gate tells u where to board for the trains.