KUALA LUMPUR – The Ampang and Sri Petaling Light Rail Transit (LRT) line, which was suspended following a train derailment, is scheduled to resume service on June 3, 2026.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke confirmed that the derailed train will first be removed before repair works on the affected tracks commence.
“After the train is taken out, the work to repair the track will be resumed and reactivated on Wednesday, June 3,” he said during a press conference after inspecting the tracks at LRT Chan Sow Lin.
More details are expected as repair efforts progress.
Loke said repair works are expected to take between a week and 10 days, with train speeds temporarily reduced once operations resume.
Loke added that preliminary findings indicate that the derailment was linked to a malfunction involving the track switch system where the swiych box heading to Putra Heights line, switched to Ampang line .
“The first carriage was on the platform, but the next carriage was towards Ampang. As a result, the force behind pulled the first carraige out, causing the derailment,” he said.
Due to the seriousness of the incident, the Transport Ministry established a special task force to independently investigate the root cause of the derailment.
Loke said the task force would be led by the ministry’s Secretary-General, Datuk Seri Jana Santhiran Muniayan, alongside engineering experts and rail specialists.
“The special task force is not here to blame anyone, but to look at the source of the incident and identify what actually happened,” the Seremban MP explained.
He added that the task force would be given 30 days to prepare a full report, which would be presented to the ministry and made public in the interest of transparency.
Loke stressed that the derailment was considered a serious incident due to the risks involved in rail operations, although no injuries or collisions occurred.
“We are lucky because the train was not moving at maximum speed. The derailment happened during the switching process outside the station, and thankfully it did not cause a crash,” he said.
Replying to a question regarding the constant disruption with LRT and MRT, the DAP Secretary General said that the ministry would continue reviewing maintenance procedures and existing regulations, including measures to combat cable theft and improve rail infrastructure protection.
“This is something tha we have to makesure, that Prasarana follow the maintaince regime.” he said adding that systems such as predictive maintenance and mean kilometres between failure (MKBF) has already been implemented.
“But this is not something that we anticipate. When it will happen, nobody can control, whether it happens in peak hours or non-peak hours. Disruption is not something that is beyond our control.”
But the role of the curator, ministry together with Prasarana is to ensure the reliability of our trade services,” he added.
Yesterday, Loke directed the Land Public Transport Agency (APAD) to impose the maximum penalty possible on Prasarana Malaysia Berhad following the train derailment that disrupted services along the Ampang-Sri Petaling LRT line.
The minister’s directive came after the incident caused major disruptions during the morning peak hour, leaving thousands of Klang Valley commuters affected.
The derailment occurred near the switch track section at the Chan Sow Lin LRT station, forcing immediate service interruptions across the line. – May 29, 2026