00:01A simple pink sign on a train coach has come to mean something much bigger for many female
00:08commuters, a space to travel with greater comfort, privacy and peace of mind. Geretapi Tanah Melayu
00:15Berhad rolled out women-only coaches on April 28, 2010, after its then-president, Dr. Aminuddin
00:23Adnan announced the move on March 31 of that year. The idea of separating female passengers
00:30on public transport, however, was far from new.
01:14The pink coaches were first introduced on the Sentul Port Klang line before being extended to the Rawang Sremban line
01:2217 days later. The initiative aimed to improve women's privacy and security, with 94% of the
01:29240 respondents surveyed supporting its introduction. Sharil recalled that the coaches were ready
01:36within two weeks, though the team later had to correct a translation error on the Coach
01:41Wanita stickers and replaced the original logo.
01:45Yeah, icon yang pertama tu, mereka komen like, macam tak boleh di-freciate itu adalah female ke apa kan.
01:53So, duduk balik dengan desainer semua, dan kita kata very straightforward lah to make everything
01:59I understand, make it universal. So, that's why we came out with this type of icon. So, the icon
02:05that we can extend to MRT, so that Brainstorm Balik cakap, oklah, very straightforward. Buat je
02:11yang universal punya logo, like, toilet punya logo lah, so everyone can understand.
02:17Since the introduction of women-only coaches on Malaysia's public rail lines, female passengers
02:23say the facility has become more than just a means of feeling safe during their daily journeys.
02:28Hmm, sebab saya rasa lebih selamat lah, sebab memang semua wanita, jadi risiko untuk, kalau
02:36coach lain tu, dia macam terdedak dengan macam-macam gender lah kan, lelaki, perempuan, macam-macam lah
02:43kan, kalau coach wanita ni rasa lebih selamat.
02:45I just feel safe here, yeah, because I take public transport every time to my office at
02:50Calcentra, so every time I will, even though I'm rushing at the other coach, I will still run
02:56to women-coach here, but if let's say public transport then have women-coach, then I might
03:01not consider to take train instead of just driving, maybe the time double, I will still
03:08prefer to drive instead of public transport, if without women-coach.
03:12For me, bagus lah dia buat coach wanita, sebab before this, I pernah kena macam kacau
03:18dengan orang, so macam ada orang follow I, so for me, okey lah untuk coach wanita ni, sebab
03:24ada rasa selamat. Baru-baru ni lah, dekat KTM jugak, I kena follow dengan, dia macam
03:30foreigner, dia bukan local lah, dia follow I, and then I tengok, dia follow I dari
03:37KL Central, and then dia macam try cakap-cakap dengan I, and then dia follow I masuk coach
03:44wanita, and I cakap, oh no, you cannot, you cannot stay here, because this is for women, and then
03:49they begin. While the need for women-only coaches continues to be debated, passengers
03:54agree that creating safer and more comfortable public transport remains a shared responsibility
04:00involving commuters, operators, and the wider community.
