KUALA LUMPUR: Transport Minister Anthony Loke said upgrades to the Monorail service were going well.

He said the Platform Automatic Gates System at the KL Sentral and Tun Sambanthan stations was completed on Nov 15.

He said the system at the Maharajalela, Hang Tuah, Imbi and Bukit Bintang stations would be ready by month end.

For the remaining stations, the system would be ready by year end.

"At the beginning of the year, I challenged Prasarana to complete the project within a year. The contract was awarded in April.

"It was supposed to take 12 months, but two stations, KL Sentral and Tun Sambanthan, were completed earlier," he said.

"I am very happy. It adds to the comfort of passengers."

Loke said this after checking upgrades for the Monorail line.

He said maintenance work for escalators and lifts at all monorail stations would be completed by April.

He said most of the RM10 million allocated for the project went to replacing lifts at all stations.

He said Prasarana would receive three new coaches next year, allowing it to reduce Monorail's peak hour waiting time from seven minutes to five minutes.

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2024/11/1139956/monorail-upgrades-promise-faster-smoother-rides