Monorail malfunction leaves 373 passengers stranded in KL

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A total of 373 passengers were stranded on a monorail train along the Medan Tuanku route near Maju Junction in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday (Nov 20) morning.   However, they were safely evacuated by Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/y7yawu94  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A monorail train stalled along the Medan Tuanku route near Maju Junction, leaving some 373

00:06passengers stranded on Thursday morning.

00:10Rapid Rail Sendirian Berhad said the train experienced power failure at 8.50 a.m. and

00:15malfunctioned on the track between the Medan Tuanku and Titihuangsa stations.

00:20They said a passenger fainted in the train, and personnel from the City Fire and Rescue

00:25Department and Health Ministry were sent to the scene.

00:28The department said they received an emergency call at 9.39 a.m. about the 58-year-old woman

00:35who received treatment before being handed over to the Health Ministry for further assessment.

00:41Rapid Rail said they evacuated all the passengers to the Medan Tuanku station, where they continued

00:47with their journey.

00:48They said the affected train had been towed back to the train depot for repairs.

00:52They said the train service was back to normal at 11.33 a.m.

00:56At 11.33 a.m.

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