Prasarana Denies Ownership Of Alleged Abandoned Trains In Viral Videos

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Prasarana Malaysia Berhad has clarified the allegedly abandoned Light Railway Transit (LRT) trains in viral videos circulating on social media do not belong to the company anymore.
“The ownership of the train sets was transferred to CSR-Zhuzhou in 2014 as part of the buy-back programme for the purchase of fifty (50) sets of new trains that are currently being used to operate the LRT Ampang – Sri Petaling line,” Prasarana said in a statement last night.
This comes after a series of videos purportedly showing dozens of allegedly abandoned trains in open land in Ulu Yam went viral on social media recently.
The videos sparked conversations on social media, with some questioning why the trains, which were phased out six years ago, remain sitting in open land.
Prasarana added that CSR-Zhuzhou has confirmed that the trains were, later in 2016, sold to a third party, which then stored the trains on a plot of private land in Ulu Yam.
“As these are neither Prasarana’s assets nor our responsibility, it would not be appropriate for us to make further comments on the matter,” it said.


It is not clear who is the current owner of the trains, which served the Ampang and Sri Petaling line, originally known as the Star LRT, for nine years since it first went into operations in 1996.
The trains were phased out when Prasarana, the operator of the LRT line, spent RM 990 million to procure 50 six-car trains from China train manufacturer CSR-Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co Ltd in 2015. - Mkini

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