Rail reliability up 64% to one disruption/half-million km

Prasarana has said that the reliability of its rail services have improved, charting a 0.54 million mean kilometres between failures (MKBF) and 24 disruptions as of July 2025 (versus 2024’s 0.33 million km/71 disruptions and 2023’s 0.16 million km/118 disruptions), Bernama reports.

In a recent statement, Prasarana group president and CEO Amir Hamdan attributed this achievement to the hard work of all staff and various strategic initiatives, including the implementation of a Condition-Based Maintenance programme and the replacement of train and signalling system sub-components for the Kajang Line MRT.

“In addition, the company’s approach, such as several upgrade projects and special maintenance, also had a positive impact on system availability and reliability. Among these is the mid-life refurbishment project for trains on the Ampang Line,” he said.

MKBF was adopted as a key performance indicator in 2023. Prasarana’s target is one million for its trains by 2026’s second quarter. It plans to extend MKBF to its buses too.