[VIDEO] KTM Train Derails Near Rawang Station. What Happened?
A KTM Komuter train derailed near the Rawang KTM station on Friday morning, but fortunately no one was injured in the incident.
By Judith Yeoh — 01 Nov 2013, 06:21 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
The 3-car train, which was carrying 120 passengers, derailed at KM354.88 at about 10am on 1 November
Following the derailment, several Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) Komuter and ETS train services were disrupted.
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No passenger was hurt when a KTM commuter train derailed near the Rawang station this morning, an official from the public-listed train company has said.
thestar.com.myKTMB, in a statement issued here today, said that the train services that were affected were for the Central Sector, involving the Rawang-Tanjung Malim route and the 11am ETS Silver train from KL Sentral to Ipoh.
A Rawang local who wanted only to be known as Fauzi, said the train derailed when it was switching tracks
He said the train was at the time coming from Tanjung Malim and was on its way to the Rawang station.
"The first coach was following the outer track, but the other two coaches were on the inner track," he said.
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Fauzi said that the train was carrying about 120 passengers when it derailed, though he said no one was hurt.
When asked where the passengers were, he said they had been transferred to another train to continue their journey.
bernama.com.myWork is in progress to repair the tracks and identify the cause of the accident
At around 1.35pm KTMB workers separated the two rear coaches from the EMU and attached it to a locomotive.
The locomotive than successfully pulled the two coaches away from the first derailed coach.
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