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Gleaming, Sleek & Shiny: The Reborn 4-Coach MONORAIL! (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 

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@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
TIME STAMPS: 0:38 At the Monorail Station; 5:08 New 4-Coach Train Arrives; 10:45 At Maharajalela Station; 20:33 Hari Merdeka - Malaysia's Independence Day; 23:30 Shiny 4-Coach Train Back to KL Sentral; 30:02 Summary & Conclusion
@user-gz2pc2jk3t
@user-gz2pc2jk3t 5 лет назад
You should wake up early and be at Dataran Merdeka not very far from you and witness the National Day celebration in the morning...check this out with the hotel..
@agentmmarts3059
@agentmmarts3059 5 лет назад
Douglass Macgregor: One of my favourite Scientist on the Principle of Management. That was where I first got the name: --> Douglass
@chongkienchin2919
@chongkienchin2919 5 лет назад
Proud my country Malaysia safety the monorail and LRt long time seen 1990
@zuraidaiskandar903
@zuraidaiskandar903 5 лет назад
Dear for your information 31 August is independent day 16 September is National day
@captainstormodan2496
@captainstormodan2496 5 лет назад
RapidKL trying to get in touch with you from your facebook. must be good stuff me thinks
@yanputra83
@yanputra83 5 лет назад
Maharajalela Station comes from the name of Malay Nationalists folk hero; Dato Maharaja Lela (Lela Pandak Lam). He is seen as the symbol of Malay resistance against British colonialism. He plotted with other leaders to kill the British Resident of Perak (J. W. W. Birch) on November 2, 1875. Dato Maharaja Lela was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death by hanging. Nowadays the term "maharajalela" that stem from his name is used to describe actions or phenomena that are uncontrollabe.
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
That's fascinating. Thanks for the background.
@rjhanim
@rjhanim 5 лет назад
Pronounced as MA HA RA JA LEH LAA
@lihoo1456
@lihoo1456 5 лет назад
Thank you sir for promoting Malaysia
@HITILIT
@HITILIT Год назад
This one kept coming up in my recommended videos. Great to take a short trip down memory lane. Just heard you say the shooting date was August 31st. This would've been my 56th birthday. Now I know why I was guided to watch it again.
@ahmadnasir5635
@ahmadnasir5635 5 лет назад
Congrats MONORAIL MALAYSIA!! -- you just got yourself the "DOUG'S SEAL OF APPROVAL"
@Coolzzebra
@Coolzzebra 5 лет назад
Malaysian monorail really looks impressive....wow....congrat from Thai.
@manafanuar8985
@manafanuar8985 5 лет назад
At last, the 4-coach trains are here. What a great relief. The 2-coach trains are too crowded. Good job rapidkl
@sjneow
@sjneow 5 лет назад
@@theachilles96 yes and then some safety issues were discovered for those trains and they been taken off from service. Afterwards there is a long lawsuit by Rapidkl to SCOMI for supplying trains with know safety problems. Thats why the delays with fixing these trains, SCOMI didnt do it until they settled
@abdulkarimhan1266
@abdulkarimhan1266 5 лет назад
You should be an English teacher, I loved how you speak, so clear and very precise. If u are my teacher, I bet I can master my English better 😂👍👍😂😂
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
Thank you. When I first came to Asia long ago, I worked as an English teacher in South Korea. My students often commented that they enjoyed the clear way that I spoke. They could understand me, and that gave them confidence. However, I don't know if I was quite suited to that job. I wasn't upbeat enough or fun enough in the classroom. 😄 I was much more focused on proper grammar, which is probably why I drifted into editing and writing instead of teaching. I love a good use of the present perfect tense or the subjunctive mood. 🤣
@abdulkarimhan1266
@abdulkarimhan1266 5 лет назад
@@PlanetDoug yeahhh.. That's what I thought. I can listened to your story all day long. Hahahahahaha. 👍😂😂👍
@matmotor7572
@matmotor7572 6 месяцев назад
​@@PlanetDoug I wish I can speak good English like you too😅
@geraldhng8774
@geraldhng8774 5 лет назад
Even a Malaysian like me dont know it got upgrade lol
@jeffThai86
@jeffThai86 5 лет назад
+1
@guccimane3375
@guccimane3375 4 года назад
Gerald H'ng ye do aku igt tak upgrade2 lagi
@amirlim479
@amirlim479 5 лет назад
Happy National of Malaysia and is the day 31 August🇲🇾🇲🇾
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
Selamat Hari Merdeka!
@yuzamohdyusof7832
@yuzamohdyusof7832 5 лет назад
U r well versed with wats going on here in Malaysia.. i really admire that
@stevendiiorio2211
@stevendiiorio2211 5 лет назад
I'll be using the monorail extensively next month. Thanks for the useful information. I travel with confidence after watching this.
@maestro_oz
@maestro_oz 5 лет назад
The doors closing voice and the 3-tone sound is from Sydney trains in Australia. The guy is Grant Goldman who used to be the voice for all the announcements.
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
That's interesting. I just went down the RU-vid rabbithole and listened to a whole bunch of announcements from him on the Sydney trains. He has a great voice.
@abdulazizothman8547
@abdulazizothman8547 5 месяцев назад
Good. You joy-rided on board. Enjoy yr trio bro😊
@fabianchan7
@fabianchan7 5 лет назад
Maharajalela. For most locals its no problem as this name came up frequently in our history textbooks. Ma (as in MAma, Ha as in HAha, Raja, Le (as in LAter) and La (as in LErun the bicycle company).
@soobinsbread590
@soobinsbread590 5 лет назад
That doors closing voice is actually from Sydney's double decker metro lol
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
Someone else left a comment providing the name of the man who made the recording. His name is Grant Goldman. I listened to a bunch of his announcements on RU-vid after I heard that. I like his voice.
@benjibyte8612
@benjibyte8612 5 лет назад
Rapid KL and Tourism Malaysia should have made you their goodwill ambassador.. tks for thoughtful sharing
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
They reposted the video to their Facebook Page, which was nice of them. 🙂 A lot of people have found their way from their Page to my RU-vid channel, and a bunch more shared it again. So that's kind of cool. It's fun to get so much new interest from people in Malaysia.
@senseiprogrammers2860
@senseiprogrammers2860 5 лет назад
I am a fan of Malaysia. Merdeka Merdeka!(Even though I am Russian)
@banjirjir7519
@banjirjir7519 5 лет назад
Amen komrade
@senseiprogrammers2860
@senseiprogrammers2860 5 лет назад
@@banjirjir7519 Amen too TOvarisch
@wandaari4070
@wandaari4070 5 лет назад
Terimakasih
@senseiprogrammers2860
@senseiprogrammers2860 5 лет назад
@@wandaari4070 sama sama
@sofea898
@sofea898 5 лет назад
@@senseiprogrammers2860 why are you a fan of malaysia haha
@alvinrodney6229
@alvinrodney6229 5 лет назад
Hello Doug, good video! I noticed that when you got down at Maharajalela station and was at one corner of the platform capturing footage of the 2-car train, the orange coloured, 2-car signage was not pasted on the glass barrier, but they had only the yellow 4-car signage. I think how that works is if you know a 2-car train is approaching, then you'd move ahead to the entry points where the 2-car signage was displayed. If you see a 4-car train approaching then you can wait along the full length of the platform.. something like that I suppose.
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
I'm pretty sure you're right. When I first saw the 2-car and 4-car signs, I was at the front of the platform, and so it wasn't totally obvious to me what they were for, since those doors would get you onto both trains. And I got hung up on the idea that the two signs were different colors. I couldn't figure out what the colors had to do with the different trains. But, as usual, I was being a dummy. It was only later that I saw the doors with just the 4-car signs. With that clue, I eventually figured out what was going on. But it took me a while. 😄
@amirism91
@amirism91 5 лет назад
Do u know this monorail train is Malaysia locally made and use local tech. And we export the same trainsets to India and many other developing countries
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
Yes, I was reading about that when I tried to get information about the Monorail. The train cars were built by the Malaysian company Scomi, right? According to Wikipedia, Scomi is one of the three largest monorail companies in the world. I think the new trainsets are called the Scomi SUTRA, and that is their main product now. Scomi SUTRA monorail systems are currently operating in India and Brazil with more planned for Indonesia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka. Interestingly enough, Malaysia can thank the economic crisis of 1998 for the growth of this industry. Apparently, Malaysia was going to buy monorail trains from Japan, but the economic crisis made them too expensive. And the monorail trains ended up being made locally in Malaysia.
@jmxxx123
@jmxxx123 5 лет назад
@@PlanetDoug yes. That's correct. The story of KL Monorail is very interesting. Malaysia became a Monorail Manufacturer mainly due Tun MAHATHIR direct encouragement to the monorail developers. We started the monorail manufacturing and testing plant in Rawang and proudly became one of the monorail manufacturers in the world. The idea was all Tun MAHATHIR's...
@jmxxx123
@jmxxx123 5 лет назад
Many people don't know that Malaysia's own monorail train was built in Rawang headed by Lenny Wenn, a local Telok Intan boy but became an American citizen. He came back with his experience on train design and engineering and worked with us to complete the first Monorail project called KL Monorail. Many thanks to Tun MAHATHIR especially for giving us the opportunity to complete the project during the financial crisis of 1998. Tun MAHATHIR gave us the encouragement and belief to become a manufacturer instead of importing the monorail trains from overseas namely Japan. We are a very small country and we must be proud to be one of the three successful monorail manufacturing companies in the world. Soon after Tun MAHATHIR retired as PM, Pak Lah's son Kamaruddin took over the KL MONORAIL manufacturing plant from KL Infra Berhad thru his company Scomi. However the operations of the KL MONORAIL were not taken over but instead transferred to RapidKL. KL INFRA BHD ceased businesses soon after. That's the little story of KL Monorail from my personal knowledge 😊
@AnuarKu11
@AnuarKu11 5 лет назад
Awesome dude, your informative about Malaya/Malaysia history much appreciated. Thumb up 👍
@InternationalBigshot
@InternationalBigshot 5 лет назад
The 4-car trains are actually brand new, or almost anyway. The 4-car sets were introduced in 2015 or maybe 16, I can't remember exactly. Then they were removed from service for some reason. They didn't 'fit' the system the way they were supposed to. And I think I remember something about the brakes, not sure what the problem was. So they took the 4-car trains out of service and put the 2-car sets back in action. I was happy to see the new/old trains back in action. Earlier this week when riding from KL Sentral to Bukit Nanan the train I was on passed 3 other trains going in the opposite direction. I was in a 2-car train and was passed by 2, 2-car trains and a 4-car.
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
I didn't realize that at the time. People kept telling me about the introduction of the 4-coach trains, and they always used the word "refurbished" to describe them. I even watched videos on RU-vid about the official launch of these trains, and they must have used the word "refurbished" a dozen times. So, I just assumed that meant they took the old 2-coach trains and refurbished them and put them back together as 4-coach trains. That's what "refurbish" means, right? 🙂 I had no idea that these were essentially brand new trains. I guess I wasn't in Kuala Lumpur when these new trains first went into service and then were pulled off the line. I missed that completely. So I was babbling like a fool throughout this whole video and getting all my facts wrong. I guess I didn't do my due diligence. But I also blame the improper use of "refurbished" for my mistake. 😄
@kalimsh1
@kalimsh1 5 лет назад
4 car introduced in 2015
@y.a.datukhjmohdradziabdlat5706
Thanx bro for promoting Malaysia...good job..!
@wanufasakura7976
@wanufasakura7976 5 лет назад
Yeaahh the 4 coach is really needed and good. . And actually this train have been operated before it got suspended .. I don't know why but what I'm understand from them it was about safety issues. .so now I'm glad they are comeback again..
@chinthomas6854
@chinthomas6854 5 лет назад
Thanks for sharing so much information about our country, you sure know alot better than many of us, thanks very much, really appreciate it. Keep up the good work, cheers.
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
You're welcome. Though, as you may have noticed, I was completely wrong about these 4-coach trains. I didn't have my facts straight at the time, and most of what I said was wrong. I just didn't know their true history - that they had been first introduced back in 2014-2015 and then pulled from service because of safety concerns. I guess those safety concerns have been addressed, and now these "new" 4-coach trains are being put back into service. I honestly thought they had taken the old 2-coach trains and refurbished them. But that's not what happened at all. I try to get my facts straight, but don't believe everything I say. I make mistakes, and I need you guys to set me straight. 😁
@chinthomas6854
@chinthomas6854 5 лет назад
@@PlanetDoug and, I suppose the only thing that the monorail train hasn't changed much is the traveling speed, that's what I mentioned to you few months back, it's more like a caterpillar train instead of something else. 😂
@fredericn2210
@fredericn2210 5 лет назад
Hi Douglas, KTM Commuter Train aka Electronic Train Service (ETS) runs from KL to Ipoh/Butterworth. It's quite comfortable. The journey is about 2 hours. Can try :) if you explore Northern Malaysia....
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
I've actually taken that train a couple of times on trips to Penang. But that was before I started shooting video as I traveled around. It's a great train. Very comfortable and fun to ride. On my last trip, I spent most of the trip sitting near the little onboard cafe and drinking many cups of coffee.
@florajane2975
@florajane2975 5 лет назад
It looks better now. I really want to try it soon . It's pronounce as Ma - ha - ra - ja - lay - la . I hope they refurbish LRT too so that we don't look like we are living back 20 years ago.
@imdamuji9227
@imdamuji9227 5 лет назад
they just changed to the new coach aint you noticed that? the design is not important, but the function and the punctuality is the most important
@florajane2975
@florajane2975 5 лет назад
@@imdamuji9227 I'm talking about LRT . The one on this vid is the new refurbish monorail . Function , punctuality is important for sure . Design is important when we talk about marketing strategy . I'm sorry to say if I got the choice I won't take a ride with a run down looking monorail . It won't bother me if you want .
@acup96
@acup96 5 лет назад
Both lrt kelana jaya & sri petaling got new brand trainset.
@WKX076
@WKX076 5 лет назад
Monorail Facts for 4-Car Train: For the train livery, red colour represent trains with odd set number. blue colour represent trains with even set number.
@aziziredzuan6848
@aziziredzuan6848 5 лет назад
I love the way you explain about the monorail, it just like I'm also traveling with you. Even me still don't get a chance to use this train as I live far on northern Malaysia. Good video and very informative. Hope you could travel somehow using ETS train to northern Malaysia.
@defaultmesh
@defaultmesh 5 лет назад
If I reckon correctly, these trains are brand new from 2014 (not refurbished from 2-car trains), but all of the 4-car trains were taken out of service in 2017 due to some technical problems from the manufacturer. Good to see that they're back in service now.
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
I think you're right. I wasn't aware of that at the time when I made this video. Everything I read called these "refurbished trains", so I just assumed that meant they had refurbished the old 2-car trains. But I was wrong, as you know. I found out the true history later. 🙂
@vincentkohlumcfan22
@vincentkohlumcfan22 5 лет назад
Actually they didn’t refurbish the trains. They built new ones. It was introduced back in 2017 but there were many problems including platform screen door problems. So it was sent back into the depot until recently they cleaned the trains and fixed whatever problems there were and 3 of them managed to be in service right now. Specifically Sets 21, 22 and 25. There are I think 12 planned in total which in future will replace the 2-car trains. Have fun riding if you still have the chance =D
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
I learned that after I shot the video.😥 Every article I read about these trains and every video I watched referred to them as "refurbished." So I just assumed they had taken the old 2-car trains and refurbished them. But I was wrong. 100% wrong. As you pointed out, they are actually brand new trains. They were just taken out of service for a while to address some kind of safety concern. And now they are going back into service. I wish I knew that when I shot the video. 🙂
@vincentkohlumcfan22
@vincentkohlumcfan22 5 лет назад
Ah that’s fine. Also I’ve tried waiting for a 4-coach during off peak hours and found out that despite me waiting for like 2 trains before the new one came, I’ve only waited for 15 minutes which means on average it’s only a 5-min wait
@WanderEats
@WanderEats 5 лет назад
Have an awesome long weekend ahead Doug and Happy Merdeka!
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
Selamat hari Merdeka! I hope you have a good weekend, too.
@leeleongjang2693
@leeleongjang2693 5 лет назад
Thanks you. Enjoy your time in KL
@Autumn-f2d
@Autumn-f2d 5 лет назад
You are now at Maharajalalalala.. Lol.. 😂😂😂😂 I repeated watching that 8times and can’t stop laughing 😂
@cj-fx2kj
@cj-fx2kj 2 года назад
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@salesaustralia789
@salesaustralia789 5 лет назад
The wireless microphone you were using cut out lots of the background and ambiance noise. Very impressed with the quality.
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
It seems to work pretty well. I'm just having trouble with it because it is too heavy to attach to my thin T-shirts. You need a shirt with regular buttons and a collar to be able to use this Rode Wireless Go easily. Or maybe it would work on a thicker T-shirt. And I guess it does do a good job of isolating my voice and blocking much of the ambient noise. As I mentioned at one point in the video, the roar of the traffic there was so loud that I couldn't even hear myself as I was speaking. I couldn't hear my own voice, and I just had to trust that the microphone was picking it up.
@jimmychoke1492
@jimmychoke1492 5 лет назад
Hello Sir....i knew the 4 coach and still looking forward trying it one day....thanks for the video...love it!!!
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
The 4-coach trains are great. They're a huge improvement. It will be wonderful when all the new 4-coach trains go into service.
@jimmychoke1492
@jimmychoke1492 5 лет назад
Ya...really looking forward to try it one day....😀😀
@bukitkatilmp
@bukitkatilmp 5 лет назад
Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! Now lets unite as brother, regardless of race, religion and creed as one for the sake of Malaysia.
@msakbar12345
@msakbar12345 5 лет назад
Ow my god indonesia train is so much better
@wansajew7470
@wansajew7470 5 лет назад
@@msakbar12345 this only monorail not lrt or mrt again malaysia has so many transport so don worry and plzz don shame of you face
@msakbar12345
@msakbar12345 5 лет назад
@@wansajew7470 still, indonesia train is so much better
@wansajew7470
@wansajew7470 5 лет назад
@@msakbar12345 in your dream hahaha see world ranking who has the best transportation hahaha
@msakbar12345
@msakbar12345 5 лет назад
@@wansajew7470 you right, we started as a dream. Now it became reality
@roygoad2870
@roygoad2870 5 лет назад
A big plus with Kuala Lumper is the free bus system GOKLCityBus. Do you use it as well. I believe your not a fan of the bus!
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
I've used a GoKL bus a couple of times but that was only to do it for the experience. I'd heard a lot about them, and I wanted to see what they were like. But I've never really used them as a way of getting around Kuala Lumpur. I always go for the MRT/LRT even if it means walking a kilometer or so at the end of the trip to get to my final destination. As you said, I'm just not a fan of riding on buses. 😄 I wouldn't mind exploring the GoKL system a bit more just for fun. Maybe I could ride at least once on each of the four lines and maybe I'll learn to love them.
@keffinsg
@keffinsg 5 лет назад
It sure took them long enough. I used to walk from Bt Bintang to Hang Tuah to catch the Kelana Jaya Line, even though the monorail served the connection. It was just too painful to take the monorail.
@rainyd4293
@rainyd4293 5 лет назад
I doubt the monorail service has improved. I too used to walk from Hang Tuah to Bk Bintang back and forth when I worked in Bk Bintang. Useless monorail.
@rottenrafflesia
@rottenrafflesia 2 года назад
yeah., that's why KTM drives me crazy. Some stations don't tell you the time. and even the ones that do often keep changing its time because of delays.
@hassanmusa6375
@hassanmusa6375 5 лет назад
I have not tried it, I don't know much until I watched your video on KL monorail especially d refurbished coaches. Thinking of trying it. Thanks so much 4 the video. Good luck, have nice day
@kamarularif8166
@kamarularif8166 5 лет назад
Tomorrow we celebrate hari merdeka at putrajaya...if you like come see,you need wake up early around 5 a.m celebration start 7:15a.m maybe
@syahrinreza920
@syahrinreza920 5 лет назад
There are total of 12 trainsets of 4 cars that should be operational for the next 1 or 2 years. There are two colours for the new trains livery..red and blue. These colours represent the corporate colours for Prasarana..
@derrickg91
@derrickg91 5 лет назад
The initial planned specs for monorail is to use Hitachi's train. Due to Asian Financial crisis the project is stalling hence government under Dr M insisted to proceed with scaled down version & trying locally made train. Hence the monorail (both old & new) is all built locally by a first-timer local company, scomi. Just sharing =D
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
Thanks for the background info. It's interesting that the financial crisis - which is a bad thing - might have ended up being a good thing in this case since it helped create a new industry in Malaysia.
@jmxxx123
@jmxxx123 5 лет назад
Nope... Scomi did not build the first monorail!..to be honest... Scomi has no business experience in monorail...
@afiziazhan8560
@afiziazhan8560 5 лет назад
Thank you becaouse you come in malaysia and feel it
@Tom-cf5lk
@Tom-cf5lk 5 лет назад
The train looks better and bigger than the old one ..
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
I didn't include any video of the old cars for a comparison. I guess I should have. But these new coaches are FAR nicer in my opinion. They're much more spacious and comfortable. The old 2-car trains were rather cramped and a bit awkward when it came to moving around inside them because so much of the floor space was taken up with the center aisle of double rows of seats.
@tomyap9723
@tomyap9723 5 лет назад
The Cycling Canadian u
@LifeNoor
@LifeNoor 5 лет назад
That’s cool they have make it longer I have always strangled being in a crowded train especially bukit bintang station 👏🏽
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
It will be great when all the new 4-car trains have gone into operation. When all the old 2-car trains have been replaced, the monorail will be a lot more comfortable. 🙂
@Tararsupport
@Tararsupport 5 лет назад
Good information about station
@erwinfoong3257
@erwinfoong3257 5 лет назад
You're back in Malaysia!!!!
@RoyMcAvoy
@RoyMcAvoy 5 лет назад
For your information, they refurbished it because the 4 car train has some sort of safety issue and grounded by the Public Land Transportation Authority (SPAD) last time.
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
I didn't realize that when I went to see the new Monorail trains. In fact, everything I said about the new trains was completely wrong. I'm embarrassed about that now, but everyone told me that the trains had been refurbished. And I assumed that meant they took the old 2-car trains and fixed them up and then put them back together as 4-car trains. So the whole time during this video, I thought the 4-coach trains were just the old trains but rebuilt. I didn't realize that they were actually brand new trains. And I didn't know that they had gone into service a couple of years ago and then been pulled out because of some kind of safety concerns. So, really, these trains hadn't been "refurbished" at all. They had simply been changed because of some safety concerns. I was wrong about everything. 😐😬
@Airport-Malayais
@Airport-Malayais 2 месяца назад
Hello i from Malaysia 😄🇲🇾
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 2 месяца назад
Welcome!! I noticed you have a few video Shorts about the MRT system in Kuala Lumpur on your channel. I end up in the MRT system all the time, and I often shoot a little bit of video as I ride around doing my errands. I find MRT systems endlessly fascinating for some reason. 👍
@ashraz1709
@ashraz1709 5 лет назад
maharajalelalalalalalla..hahahah .if you add "ber" like bermaharajalela it means "do as one pleases/go on a rampage.
@BobbyVasquezJr
@BobbyVasquezJr 5 лет назад
1. Dude, seriously...Msia should hire you as official youtubber for Visit Malaysia 2020 2. I figured out 2 car train vs 4 car train just 1 minute before you did...so you did ok!!!
@abdulwahidmdtahir3660
@abdulwahidmdtahir3660 3 года назад
If you were wondering how the trains change the direction you should have gone to Titiwangsa station. The "mono" rail would be shifted from left to right.
@agentmmarts3059
@agentmmarts3059 5 лет назад
Hello Doug, hope K. L. is great today. Wishing you the best in your #Vlogs Sir. "You got energy, indeed".
@mark123655
@mark123655 5 лет назад
Nice video.. would have been good to do a 2-car v 4-car comparison.. Your history is a bit off though.. These vehicles (or rakes) were built in Malaysia by Scomi. Project announced in 2007 and first 4-car service started running in 2012. All 5 operational units were removed in 2017 due to safety issues and disagreements. There's been ongoing court battles and Scomi Group has been struggling. It was final agreed in mid-2019 that Scomi would refurb the original 5 and complete/construct an additional 7 4-car rakes.
@JAAG92
@JAAG92 5 лет назад
+1
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
I wouldn't say that my history was "a bit off." It was 100% wrong. I had no idea what I was talking about, and I got everything wrong. 😬 Somehow I missed the entire episode where these 4-coach trains were introduced a couple of years ago and then pulled out of service for safety reasons. I was going on the incorrect assumption that they had taken the old 2-car trains and refurbished them. So pretty much everything I said was wrong. 🙂 But I still love these new 4-coach trains, and it will be a massive improvement to the Monorail line when all of the new trains come into service. I should have shot some video of the interior of one of the 2-coach trains for a comparison, but I didn't think of it at the time. I was just so familiar with the 2-coach trains that I guess I assumed everyone could picture them in their mind and see the difference.
@abdulbaseer1885
@abdulbaseer1885 5 лет назад
Nice to see upgrading monorail.. nice video.. Frm Kl, malaysia
@AtokVlog
@AtokVlog 5 лет назад
Next time I travel to KL, I'll try the new coach. First impression of the announcement seems a positive upgrade
@sambharat3532
@sambharat3532 4 года назад
yes we flow British law😘✌🇲🇾❤🇬🇧
@zam023
@zam023 5 лет назад
Thank you for this video. The only train I dreaded to get on is the monorail LOL. The cockpit has changed a lot. There are no more stick control, now the driver just press buttons on the touch screen. One reason why Japanese trains have another driver at the other end of the train is so that they can confirm with the driver at the front that the train doors are all clear. This is one aspect of Malaysia's metro that is lacking. They just don't want to invest in more man power. Like there are no staff on the platform to communicate with the train drivers. I am living in Japan now and I love their train system here. I wish Malaysia train operators would learn from the Japanese, who are the leader in metro system.
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
I meant to look at the cockpit of the older 2-car trains and see if it changed very much. Based on what you said, it did change quite a bit. Yet, when I looked into that cockpit, it didn't seem very modern to me. It seemed like an old-fashioned cab connected to a very modern and new coach for passengers. I remember that I shot some video of the old 2-car trains. I should look to see if I have clear video of the cockpit, and I can compare them.
@ikubarus.6966
@ikubarus.6966 5 лет назад
Awesome video.
@bukhrin
@bukhrin 5 лет назад
They're not really new or refurbished. As somebody below explained, they just restored the train to a safe operating condition. Also the extra platform space at the KL Sentral station is so they can park another train there if needed
@bukhrin
@bukhrin 5 лет назад
Kay Zaman sure bud
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
I didn't know any of this when I made the video. I actually did a fair amount of research beforehand, but somehow I completely missed the fact that these 4-coach trains had already gone into service and then been pulled out because of safety concerns. I kept hearing the word "refurbished", and I assumed that meant they had taken the old 2-coach trains, refurbished them, and then put them back into service as 4-coach trains. But, apparently, I was a dummy, and I was completely wrong. The 4-coach trains were introduced as brand new trains back in 2014/15. And then they were pulled out of service to address safety concerns. And now they are being put back into service. So they're not really new. I guess the confusion comes in over how you define the word "refurbish". Personally, I wouldn't use the word "refurbished" to describe these 4-coach trains. They weren't refurbished so much as modified to meet certain safety standards. Refurbishment to me implies a quite different process. But it could be a difference in how the word is used in Malaysia as opposed to in Canada where I'm from. I watched official videos about the launch of these 4-coach trains, and they used the word "refurbishment" over and over again. And that's partially why I ended up confused and got all my facts wrong. 😁😖
@bukhrin
@bukhrin 5 лет назад
@@PlanetDoug I appreciate how anyone can get confused with that! Though I suspect it's not intentionally misleading from their end. Speaking of refurbishment, here's a little something to keep an eye out when travelling on the Kelana Jaya LRT. If you spot two-car trains with blue racing stripe, those are refurbished ones (you can tell they have new-ish seats & those fancy new TV displays). Rarer still, you'll see FOUR-car trains with blue stripe which looked like the regular ones -except those are made up of two short trains with one end chopped off and permanently coupled. Not to be confused with the totally brand new ones that looked different from the rest which are also the exact same new trains (albeit in different colours) being rolled out for the Vancouver Skytrain. Also, since the KJ Line and the Skytrain are two similar systems, they don't use conventional rail systems like other metros instead using Linear Induction Motors where the trains are being pulled by the plates you see running in the middle of the track, which is a bit how maglev works (I oversimplified these facts somewhat for brevity) 😁
@dimensikini
@dimensikini 5 лет назад
Yes, uncertainty does drive us crazy
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
Yes, I find uncertainty stressful. As I said in the video, I don't mind waiting a long time if I know for sure how long I have to wait. But if you just don't know, and it could be ten minutes or it could be two hours, it's frustrating. Human nature, I guess. 🙂
@W393M
@W393M 5 лет назад
New Minister Transport,New Malaysia,New 4 Car Monorail.Good Job !
@arty2k
@arty2k 5 лет назад
Whoa! You remembered to bring your Touch n Go card. Well done. Perhaps the extra long platforms stations are parking stations?
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
Well, I always have my Touch'N'Go card with me. That just stays in my wallet. It was the KTM card that I forgot when I went to Pulau Ketam. I had removed it from my wallet when I went to Myanmar, and then I forgot all about it. And then I totally forgot that I could have used my Touch'N'Go card on the KTM anyway. So I didn't even need the KTM card. (I certainly didn't need the brand new KTM card that they ended up giving me to add to my collection. 🙂) The extra platform could be for parking space. I really don't know. I think the other platforms could handle a maximum of 4 cars. So there must be something special about the KL Sentral station that it was designed to handle 6.
@chngmag2545
@chngmag2545 5 лет назад
Going to try d new train this coming new. Thumb up.
@abdulkarimhan1266
@abdulkarimhan1266 5 лет назад
Titiwangsa👍👍😂😂 it was the name of the Lake Titiwangsa Garden. It was also re-name from the famous Titiwangsa Mountain Range. The Titiwangsa Range (Malay: Banjaran Titiwangsa; بنجرن تيتيوڠسا), also known as "Banjaran Besar" (Main Range) by locals, is the chain of mountains that forms the backbone of the Malay peninsula. The northern section of the range is in southern Thailand, where it is known as Sankalakhiri Range (Thai: ทิวเขาสันกาลาคีรี, pronounced [tʰīw kʰǎw sǎn.kāːlāːkʰīːrīː]).
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
I've had the Titiwangsa Park on my list of places to visit for a long time. I just haven't made it there yet. I'd like to visit the National Art Gallery and see the lake. But it looks like distances might be a bit far for comfortable walking and seeing the whole area. Maybe it's better to use a bicycle for the park?
@ArnoldPranks
@ArnoldPranks 5 лет назад
You have no idea how INTERESTING I find this video.. and other (seemingly) mundane videos about Malaysia and KL...
@fahiruzrazali
@fahiruzrazali 5 лет назад
The red sign means the particular door is for 4-car trains only, you won't be able to access the 2-car train at that particular door..need to move to other doors that has no red colour signs.
@azztaffm1365
@azztaffm1365 5 лет назад
I remember abt 2 yrs ago maybe the 4 cars monorail train were running for awhile then they stopped. I wondered what happened. Maybe it was on trial run. Anyways the 4 cars definitely better as the monorail is always crowded.
@DomWong1207
@DomWong1207 5 лет назад
There were issues with the trains, RapidKL grounded them and asked Scomi to fix them.
@jokokuchannel7989
@jokokuchannel7989 5 лет назад
Just was in Kuala Lumpur 2 days ago, and i got on KL monorail and it’s good
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
So you got one of the new 4-car trains? Did you have to skip the 2-car trains and wait for the 4-car train? Or did it come right away for you?
@jokokuchannel7989
@jokokuchannel7989 5 лет назад
The Cycling Canadian i think it’s came 4 car trains already.. i didn’t wait for it..
@larryjohnwong
@larryjohnwong 5 лет назад
I would prefer all middle seats to be removed and replaced by seats on the sides like the MRT. It's much more convenient for boarding/alighting.
@rakyatmalaysia
@rakyatmalaysia 5 лет назад
i think, the position of the seat has something to do with the weight balance of the train.
@malaysiasightandsound3275
@malaysiasightandsound3275 3 года назад
The middle seat is actually the location of rubber tyre for the monorail to function
@panglimahitam8001
@panglimahitam8001 5 лет назад
Douglas, there's a celebration at Putrajaya tmr morning 7am. If free you can make a journey to there. But you need to come down at early morning like 6am from kl sentral by klia transit.
@EdwardChew
@EdwardChew 5 лет назад
Yo! Welcome to Msia! Let me know if you like a local showing you around. especially the delicious food only the locals know :-p
@Azwad
@Azwad 5 лет назад
Thank you for the video
@abidinshaik1427
@abidinshaik1427 5 лет назад
Nice work.
@amirism91
@amirism91 5 лет назад
KTM too has Led board showing times the train will arrive
@vincentkohlumcfan22
@vincentkohlumcfan22 5 лет назад
Lmao Maharajalela is actually in a way two words so when you break it up maharaja itself means an emperor lela is a name iirc Edit: I’ve read the other comment
@yusoffmdsalleh
@yusoffmdsalleh 5 лет назад
Same monorail system as in Mumbai, India which became a" white elephant" project......total failure where Indian govt terminated the contract for 2nd phase.
@mnh48
@mnh48 5 лет назад
because the monorail here were made by Scomi, and Scomi is a partner of L&T who made monorail of mumbai see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai_Monorail On 11 November 2008, Larsen and Toubro, along with the Malaysian partners Scomi Engineering Bhd, were awarded a ₹24.6 billion (US$360 million) contract to build and operate the monorail until 2029.
@walrusplanes3329
@walrusplanes3329 5 лет назад
If I’m not actually mistaken, the 4 car trains are totally new trains. They have been put into service a while ago but were taken out until now. 😆
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
You're right. I was completely wrong about these trains. Everyone told me that they were refurbished, and I assumed that meant they had taken the old 2-coach trains and fixed them up - refurbished them. But I was 100% wrong. I guess you should never assume anything and I should do more research before I start babbling away. 😄 Or I should do better research anyway.
@qayyahkhod9222
@qayyahkhod9222 5 лет назад
@@PlanetDoug yaaa..are you going to do another video with the correct info?? oops.. Just asking..
@ngeo88
@ngeo88 5 лет назад
the plateform doors suppose to onpen and close together with the train doors, some how it not working well so you see the plateform doors are always open.
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
Someone left a comment talking about this issue. And, apparently, there is nothing wrong with the doors. It's just that they were designed to work in conjunction with the 4-car trains. They can't open and close automatically with the older 2-car trains. So once all the new 4-car trains have been brought into service, the platform doors will work as they were intended. At least that appears to be the plan. 🙂
@yusoffmdsalleh
@yusoffmdsalleh 5 лет назад
Easy to pronounce.....Maha.....raja.....le...la, Maharajalela is the name of the Malay Warrior who killed James WW Birch ie the first British Resident of the State of Perak during the Malay uprising in the 19th Century.
@CL-mt3mn
@CL-mt3mn 5 лет назад
yusoffmdsalleh The pronunciation for the Malay Language is not so difficult unlike the English or European languages. The word Maharajalela follows the simple pattern of KV+KV+KV+KV+KV+KV K=Konsonan(Consonant) V=Vokal(Vowel)
@danihaku
@danihaku 5 лет назад
The signs “2 cars” “4cars” at the gate tells u where to board for the trains.
@tabungbuluh5581
@tabungbuluh5581 5 лет назад
wow thanks
@leospinelinen5868
@leospinelinen5868 5 лет назад
Wow,last time am going to KL was in 2016😄
@rakyatmalaysia
@rakyatmalaysia 5 лет назад
back then i used to be really sceptical to ride the monorail, seeing that it is only supported by one single concrete beam underneath it. What if it topples..
@raziqilanie
@raziqilanie 5 лет назад
dulu slalu fedap naik monerel mesti padat je org dah la lama kena tunggu. tk punctual plk tu😂 nasib dah tukar skrg
@rojishibrahim3555
@rojishibrahim3555 5 лет назад
Tq
@Daniel-jt7xw
@Daniel-jt7xw 5 лет назад
Maha-raja-lela, that's how to pronounce it 😂 I used to make fun of it when I was kid... imbi, tun sambanthan, maharajalela 😂
@hayden6236
@hayden6236 5 лет назад
The 4 car trains were here a few years ago but it was taken out of service for some reason
@omarjhad7153
@omarjhad7153 4 года назад
13:56 MAHARAJA ALALA. that's sound pretty good👍🤣
@RexPhalange
@RexPhalange 5 лет назад
I honestly cannot tell the difference between this new monorails then the 4-car monorails that was discontinued awhile ago. They look the same to me 😁 . And if you speak Malay, Maharajalela is in fact really easy to pronounce. It just rolls off the tongue.
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
There is a good reason that you can't tell the difference between these new monorail trains and the ones that were discontinued: they're the same ones. 😄 I didn't know that at the time. When I was talking about all the improvements and how much better they were, I was comparing them to the old 2-car trains. I thought they had taken the 2-car trains and refurbished them. But, as people have informed me, that isn't what happened. I just didn't know the whole story about how these 4-car trains were introduced a couple of years ago and then pulled out of service because of safety concerns. So I had all my facts wrong. It was a bit of a language miscommunication, too, because apparently they use the word "refurbish" here differently than I'm used to. I wouldn't call modifying a train to address safety concerns "refurbishing" them. So when people kept using that word to describe what happened, I got confused.
@Dnavigon
@Dnavigon 5 лет назад
Lovely, the automatic doors at the stations are out of service since 2015...
@abield9460
@abield9460 Год назад
the person how drives the train is called the engineer.
@amirism91
@amirism91 5 лет назад
Actually 10 years ago we didnt celebrate Malaysia day. We only celebrate Independence day
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
I read a little bit about that. I think Malaysia Day was more important in Sarawak and Sabah because September 16, 1963 marks the day that North Borneo (Sabah), Sarawak, Singapore, and Malaya came together to form the new country of Malaysia. But the Federation of Malaya had already been celebrating their Independence Day since August 31, 1957. It was a bit confusing when I first read about this, but it all made sense eventually. The Federation of Malaya achieved its independence in 1957, but the actual country of Malaysia as we know it today didn't exist yet. So that 1957 Independence Day didn't have as much meaning for the people of Sarawak and Sabah. Malaysia Day had more relevance to them than Independence Day. But I think the distinction between the two days is starting to fade a bit, and I think people from all over Malaysia are now celebrating both days as their own. What do you think? Is that kind of accurate?
@arifahfadhli434
@arifahfadhli434 5 лет назад
The Cycling Canadian Yeah that's right 👍Now we're celebrating both historic days as our national days! 😘 Tyvm for sharing so much information about our country sir ! 😊😊
@fabianchan7
@fabianchan7 5 лет назад
It used to be 2, then 4 cars a few years ago, then they found out that 4 cars are unsafe due to certain safety measures, thus they reduced back to 2. Now back to 4 again, not sure how they fix the safeness. I always felt that the monorail tracks are too thin and cannot support that much weight though. Btw, no video on ur visit to the royal museum?
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
I did shoot video on my visit to the Royal Museum. I'll post that video in the next couple of days. I was working on that video when I decided on impulse to go check out the new monorail trains. And that video ended up being fairly simple to put together, so I decided to just jump ahead and post it first.
@rhsmedia79
@rhsmedia79 5 лет назад
Hi Doug, didn't realise you're back
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
Yes, I got back a while ago. I wasn't intending to stay this long, as I have plans to return to Myanmar. But one thing led to another, and I'm still happily in Kuala Lumpur.
@philiptanchingleong3532
@philiptanchingleong3532 5 лет назад
Did you know that the Maharajalela Monorel station is quite close to your hostel?
@PlanetDoug
@PlanetDoug 5 лет назад
I figured that out at some point. It's a funny station in terms of its placement. When you walk round Chinatown - even for a long time - you just never seem to see that station or even become aware that it's there. It's kind of hidden behind some trees and some parking lots and buildings. Once you know where it is, it is easy to get to. There is even a sidewalk going right to it from the nearby Chan She Shu Yuen Clan Ancestral Hall and Kuan Yin Temple.
@philiptanchingleong3532
@philiptanchingleong3532 5 лет назад
It looks like your vlog on the 4 car monorel gets the attention of RapidKL... It is posted on their FB page.
@hakimhashim289
@hakimhashim289 5 лет назад
Tq Najib
@ooizhenwei3873
@ooizhenwei3873 5 лет назад
That british slang people is a Malaysian. He is local english news reporter~~
@colinjonathan8014
@colinjonathan8014 5 лет назад
Hey there, i saw your video in KL and I would like to purpose your next video content on the Island of Borneo, or known as Sabah and Sarawak. We have a pretty interesting history. Thank you.
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