KLIA Express, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[India Four Two]

On Wednesday I flew into Kuala Lumpur after an absence of many years and I used the KLIA Express train for the first time for the 30 minute ride into the city.

KLIA Ekspres - Wikipedia

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During the trip, there were many short periods (10-15 S) of quite violent bogie-hunting.

We were traveling between 90 and 95 mph and the intervals between these periods of hunting were a minute or two.

I haven’t travelled on fast trains for many years and I don’t know if this was normal or whether I was travelling in a rogue carriage.

Does anyone have experience with this railway or comments in general?

 

[dutchflyer]

Have used this line several times-but last time was by now some 5-6 ys ago. Cannot remember any specific disturbances-always smooth ride, for me the major negative was its ending at Sentral-forcing you into either that monorel or another ride on KTMB-komuter.
I assume track must have deteriorated since then, as happens fairly often with insufficient maintenance.

 

[India Four Two]

Thanks for the input dutchflyer. Luckily I was being picked up at Sentral, so I didn’t have to continue by train.

However my friend was at another door, which led to a parallel-universe phone conversation.

“I’m outside the door but I can’t see your car.”

“I’m parked outside the door, but I can’t see you!”

I made the return trip on Saturday and it wasn’t as rough. Different set perhaps and possibly the other manufacturer.

 

[Bletchleyite]

I've used it but only when it was very new (somewhere around 2006). I don't recall issues then, but then they may well have done the typical (British as well) thing of building something nice then not maintaining it.