The country’s administrative capital, Putrajaya, where a once-abandoned monorail plan is currently being revived, is considering introducing a maglev system, in line with Malaysia’s transport minister.
In an official statement shared on Facebook on June 13, 2022, Dr. Wee Ka Siong, Malaysia’s Minister of Transport, stated that senior representatives of several distinguished South Korean corporations, including Hyundai Corporation and train manufacturer Hyundai Rotem, electrical equipment manufacturer EP Korea, and Maglev MKC, presented the plan to him during a recent courtesy visit.
Dr Wee was accompanied by the director of railways on the Ministry of Transport, in addition to the CEO of KTMB, Malaysia’s predominant railway company. He claimed that EP Korea senior director of railways Yoo Jai Tark gave a briefing on plans for a maglev system for the Putrajaya region.
South Korea has direct experience with this technology with its 6-kilometer maglev line, which opened to the general public in 2016 and uses “Ecobee” trains manufactured by Hyundai Rotem to move passengers to and from Incheon International Airport.
In 1995, the Putrajaya development began in an try to alleviate Kuala Lumpur’s overpopulation. Although it isn’t the top of state or parliament, it’s currently the seat of the federal government and the judiciary.
Although it is going to eventually be served by the proposed Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail line, the lone Putrajaya railway station is on the feeder route between Kuala Lumpur International Airport and the town.
After construction of the bridge began in 2004, work on the monorail was abandoned. In 2020, nonetheless, the concept was revisited, although no specific designs have been revealed yet.
The Ministry of Transport “will soon engage in further negotiations with the Ministry of Federal Territories on the establishment of such a monorail system for Putrajaya, particularly regarding its interaction with other rail systems and transport networks,” Wee said after a briefing this week.
If the project is successful, certainly one of Malaysia’s most vital cities may have the fastest railway technology, opening the door to similar expansion in other regions of the country.
Because they use magnetic levitation – hence the name maglev – to lift railcars above the rails and speed up them forward at breakneck speeds, maglev trains are famous for his or her incredible speed.
Plenty of benefits have been identified, including lower maintenance costs resulting from fewer moving parts, reduced noise and air pollution, and better energy efficiency. The technology has up to now enabled trains to travel at speeds of over 600 km/h.
Source: E&T Engineer and Technology, SEA.mashable.com
