THE light rail transit (LRT) service between the Sentul Timur and Bandaraya stations is now operating at 12-minute intervals due to several trains having to be removed for safety reasons.

Rapid Rail said this had resulted in just two out of five trains being operational.

“Since January 27, five trains have been used between these two stations. Due to the structural and track damage near the Bandaraya station, these trains cannot return to the LRT depot in Ampang for maintenance work,” it said in a statement today.

“Three of the five trains had to be removed because they no longer met the operational criteria.”

It said 10 shuttle buses will ply between the Sentul Timur and Bandaraya stations during the peak period.

Rapid Rail said the buses will stop at the Sentul Timur, Sentul, Titiwangsa, PWTC, Sultan Ismail and Bandaraya stations, with the one-way journey from Sentul Timur to Bandaraya expected to take 30 minutes.

It said members of the rail operations, auxiliary police personnel and Prasarana staff will be placed at the affected stations to control the movement of passengers. – Bernama, February 23, 2023.