Bombardier Transportation and its consortium partner Hartasuma presented the first Bombardier Innovia Metro 300 train for Kuala Lumpur and showcased local assembly facilities at Westport to the senior executives from their long-term customers Prasarana and train operator Rapid Rail.
The new trains will definitely further boost the image of Prasarana and Rapid Rail, the operator of Rapid KL LRT services. “We hope the introduction of the new trains will further encourage more people to use public transport and support the Government’s aspiration to increase the public transport modal share,” said Prasarana Malaysia Berhad Chairman Tan Sri Ismail Adam.
Prasarana has ordered 14 of the new generation Innovia Metro 300 trains for services operated by Rapid Rail on the Kelana Jaya line. The new trains will increase capacity and enhance public transport in the growing city of Kuala Lumpur. Designed, constructed and tested at Bombardier’s Centre of Competence for Mass Transit Systems in Kingston, Canada, the trains will be completed by a local production team at the Westport facility in Malaysia. The first four-car train is currently in completion in Westport and deliveries are scheduled to start in mid-2016.
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