KUALA LUMPUR – The women’s coach service for the Putrajaya MRT line will begin this Monday, Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd chief executive Amir Hamdan said.
The initiative will ensure more comfortable and safe journeys for female passengers, who make up to 60% of rail passengers, and is a continuation of the pioneer women’s coach service on the Kajang MRT line that began on September 18 last year.
Amir said special pink stickers had been installed at 36 stations and 49 trains on the Putrajaya MRT line to help passengers identify the women’s coaches, located in the middle of each train.
“Since its introduction, the women’s coach service has been well received by passengers and data shows that the number of sexual harassment complaints on the Kajang MRT line has dropped from an average of 3.2 cases to two cases a month,” he said at a media conference in KL Sentral here today.
Amir said around 300 to 400 passengers could fit into the two women’s coaches for each journey and volunteer police had also been stationed to conduct periodic checks on trains and stations to ensure compliance with the use of women’s coaches.
Amir, along with other members of Rapid Rail’s management, had earlier entertained around 100 passengers on the Kelana Jaya LRT line from the Dato’ Keramat station to KL Sentral, serenading them with Raya songs in the run up to the coming Aidilfitri celebrations.
The Alun Tradisi group led the singalong, with their renditions of Balik Kampung, Selamat Hari Raya and Bila Takbir Bergema. – April 6, 2024