Top Underground Transit system and review LRT service in Malaysia

When you're traveling around the world, it's good to know that there are public transit systems available to help you get where you want to go.I am going to share about the top underground transit system in the world and review LRT (Light Rail Transit ) system in Malaysia and hope you guys feel free to leave comment on this post.

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There are some beautiful, modern, and vast rapid transit systems throughout the world. The most popular and diverse international underground transit systems are listed below, but are merely a sample of the quite eye-catching transit systems that exist throughout the world.

1. London, England

The London Underground is Europe's largest metro subway system and is the world's oldest underground system (it was inaugurated in 1863). It covers 253 miles of track and transports 976 million people yearly. The Underground is also connected to a variety of rail services to London's surrounding areas (including the Eurostar to Paris). Among these services is the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), a popular driverless light rail extension, which offers many scenic views of the Thames river and surrounding areas.

Highlights: Cushioned seats. LED time displays hanging from the ceiling in stations indicate the number of minutes you need to wait before the next train. Eclectic station artwork (such as this January 1st photograph of the Gloucester Road station). Oyster cards allow you to touch against a subway turnstile and go -- and you can pay as you ride.

The Docklands Light Rail by Canary Wharf, London

2.New York City, USA The New York City rapid transit system is one of the most extensive public transit systems worldwide. It has grown from 28 stations when it was founded in October of 1904 to 462 stations presently. The subway carries 4.9 million people daily.

Highlights: Offers express services that run on separate tracks from local trains. The MTA is currently testing out LED displays in subway stations to let commuters know when the next train is expected to arrive. 24 hour service. Unique and distinct artwork (mosaics) throughout the system.
















NYC Platform Subway.
















Modern L Train

3. Madrid, Spain The Madrid Metro is the second largest underground system in Europe and the sixth largest system in the world. It has 141.7 miles of track and an additional 27.5 miles are expected to be completed by the end of this year. The Madrid Metro is the densest metro network in the world. Highlights: Very clean and is implementing an ecologic cleaning system. Fast rides. Affordable fares. Great progress in system expansion (47 miles of new subway lines were built between 1999 and 2003). Modern stations.


















nuevos ministerios metro station.
















moooove. Photo taken by _guu_.

4.Tokyo, Japan The Tokyo subway system carries approximately 2.8 billion people per year to 282 subway stations. In addition to underground subways, the Tokyo transit system consists of the Toden Arakawa light rail line and the Ueno Zoo Monorail.

Highlights: Extremely clean. Trains are on time. The seats are heated. Trains always stop in the same place alongside markers. Subway stops are announced in both Japanese and English. Modern system. The system has underground malls and customer amenities.

















Tokyo, Japan. Photo taken by CW371.



















Shimbashi from Dai-Ichi hotel.

5.Beijing, China The Beijing Subway is a relatively new subway system that opened in 1969 and serves Beijing and the surrounding suburbs. It is currently being expanded upon in a 7.69 billion USD (63.8 billion yuan) project to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games. The expansion project is expected to bring the current length of the subway station from approximately 71 miles to nearly 300 miles. Highlights: Fairly easy subway to navigate (especially if you're a foreigner). Cheap fare (3 yen for most trips). Interesting architecture on the newer subway lines. A very ambitious expansion project is in the works.



















Next stop, Torino.


















xie yan.

6. Hong Kong

The Hong Kong subway, also known as the Mass Transit Railway (which translates to "underground railway" in English), was established in 1979. Despite its relatively small size compared (56 miles) to other transit systems, the MTR transports an average of 2.46 million rides per day. The Hong Kong system is based on a British design.

Highlights: Efficient. Frequent service, High-capacity cars. Extremely affordable. Clean and modern system with air-conditioned cars. Uses the Octopus contactless smart card for subway currency, allowing travelers to swipe their card near the turnstile for easy access to train platforms.

















Disney MTR Station
















Hong Kong MTR 2007.

Review LRT service in Malaysia

Malaysia
Malaysia has 4 main LRT service mostly in KL area and Selangor which are KTM, KL Monorail, (Putra and Star)-Now there are under Rapid KL.I am going to put them into "like and dislike" category . You can rate it from 1(the lowest) to 10 ( the highest) about LRT Malaysia in your comment .

KTM

Like: I seldom use KTM unless i want to go Mid Valley then i will take KTM from KL Central-Mid Valley.It costs me RM1 to go from KL Central- Mid Valley which is considered cheap fare.

Dislike:It is slow and always delay due to system problem .There is a board for us to refer and check roughly what time the train will arrive for example "Seremban", the board will show arrival time is 1100am,but it always happen that the arrival time is inaccurate and the technician will announce"Due to system problem,the arrival time will be delayed ".My thought is if you can't confirm the arrival time please take out the board ,if the train will arrive in 5 minutes time then just show 'Train will arrive in 5 minutes " which is better than showing the arrival time but is inaccurate ,it makes passengers feel frustrated .

Rate: 4

KL Monorail
















Like:KL Monorail is an inner-city public transit system that serves the central business, hotel and shopping district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia . I like the train 's design which looks unique and quite spacious ,besides this,you will see different advertisements in different stations and it has 3 languages which are 'Malay,Mandarin and Indian" in every stations,these shows multiracial and multi culture in Malaysia.

Dislike:The train 's stop duration is too fast which is less than 15 secs until we have to rush in and some "low"mentality Malaysian takes this opportunity to jump queue!!Imagine there are 20 passengers in the queue ? It causes us to wait another 5-10 minutes for one train arrives.

Rate: 5

Rapid KL



















Like: We used to say Putra and Star,but now there are under Rapid KL.It is considered convenient because there link most area in KL.I prefer to use Rapid KL than driving because it avoids traffics jam during peak hour.The fare is considered cheap,the most expensive cost me RM 2.50 and the cheapest is RM 0.60 only.

Dislike: I used it almost everyday when i was working in KLCC and Damansara Uptown.You will see crowded every morning and every evening.It is norm to have crowded,but the system never been upgraded since 10 years ago to solve this problem.The population is growing but the number of trains are still remaining the same.Just give the real example,i need to travel from Wangsamaju-Taman Bahagia every day ,sometimes due to long queue i would take a train from Wangsamaju -Terminal Putra instead of waiting but it depends on your luck because i need to get out from the train at Terminal Putra station due to they routine empty train to either Wangsamaju or Setiawangsa,this is ridiculous!!Besides this,it always has system problem,i waited 2 hours for them to fix the problem and i was late to work.

Rate: 4

My suggestion to LRT in Malaysia: Buy more trains which are more longer and spacious because the population is growing tremendously and most of them rely on public transport.If still use the same type of train,i might afraid KL is not only famous with "Traffic Jam" but "Human Jam" as well.Don't fix the problem at the present only,we must plan for 10 years even 20 years on whether the number of trains are enough for the passengers ,like Wangsamaju,the number of passenger s are growing every year because most of the Tar College student will continue to stay here after graduate because they are working in KL.Hopefully authority of LRT can review back the system weakness and implement a better plan to solve the problem.

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