A Monorail Breakdown !
by nigel on 22-Oct-2016
For breakfast this morning we did our regular walk to Chow Kit Market for a Nasi Campur breakfast, 9 ringgit for two including teas!
On arriving back at the flat Unit 21, one of the modern 4-car monorail units, could be seen stationary on the track outside of Titiwangsa station when it should have been on route for Chow Kit.
Whilst it sat there Unit 03, slowly passed it and entered the station.
Then Unit 03 pulled out, wrong line, and stopped.
Unit 21 then reversed into the station sufficiently far that the first passenger door could be opened and it's passengers disembarked.
Next Unit 21 pulled out, stopped and reversed back to the station, this time moving quicker, and ground to a halt only partially in the station and mostly on the switch.
It was now 'stuck'.
It takes a 4-car unit to move a 4-car unit and after a while Unit 24 arrived having come wrong line up the down line and attempted to couple with Unit 21
The couplings were misaligned and it required manual intervention and a stick to help the the two trains unite.
Unit 03 at some point had wondered off going wrong line down the up line.
Once everybody was happy then the combined unit entered Titiwangsa station with Unit 21 being pushed out the back.
Unit 24 then headed off in the normal way and a while later normal service was resumed.
The complete set of pictures can be seen starting here and look out for a video here
On arriving back at the flat Unit 21, one of the modern 4-car monorail units, could be seen stationary on the track outside of Titiwangsa station when it should have been on route for Chow Kit.
Whilst it sat there Unit 03, slowly passed it and entered the station.
Then Unit 03 pulled out, wrong line, and stopped.
Unit 21 then reversed into the station sufficiently far that the first passenger door could be opened and it's passengers disembarked.
Next Unit 21 pulled out, stopped and reversed back to the station, this time moving quicker, and ground to a halt only partially in the station and mostly on the switch.
It was now 'stuck'.
It takes a 4-car unit to move a 4-car unit and after a while Unit 24 arrived having come wrong line up the down line and attempted to couple with Unit 21
The couplings were misaligned and it required manual intervention and a stick to help the the two trains unite.
Unit 03 at some point had wondered off going wrong line down the up line.
Once everybody was happy then the combined unit entered Titiwangsa station with Unit 21 being pushed out the back.
Unit 24 then headed off in the normal way and a while later normal service was resumed.
The complete set of pictures can be seen starting here and look out for a video here