The Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd is a company that owns and operates the airport rail link of the same name that connects the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) with the Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral) transportation hub, 57 kilometres apart. The company operates two different train services:
11-552: Express Rail may refer to: Express Rail Link , a Malaysian airport railway Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link , a high-speed rail line in China and Hong Kong Hong Kong Express Rail Link , the Hong Kong section of the line ExpressRail , a network of rail yards at the Port of New York and New Jersey GO Regional Express Rail ,
22-654: A share of the Passenger Service Charge paid by all passengers departing from Kuala Lumpur International Airport . ERL Maintenance Support Sdn Bhd, or E-MAS, is ERL's operations and maintenance (O&M) subsidiary. E-MAS had working together with CRCC since 2012 on the operation & maintenance of Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro Southern Line which their 13 employees were selected for the first outing in 2012 and another 29 employees were sent in 2013. In 2014 Hajj season, ERL has been working with Prasarana Malaysia to help fulfil CRCC's manpower requirements. Both
33-414: A wholly owned subsidiary of YTL Corporation Bhd. ERL Maintenance and Support was set up in 1999 and is responsible for the operations and maintenance of trains owned by ERL. The company was initially a joint venture between Express Rail Link Sdn. Bhd. and Siemens, but since June 2005 it has been wholly owned by Express Rail Link Sdn. Bhd. The 1997 financial crisis that hit Asia caused a brief setback to
44-402: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Express Rail Link Express Rail Link Sdn. Bhd. (ERL) is a joint venture company between YTL Corporation Berhad, Lembaga Tabung Haji , SIPP Rail Sdn. Bhd. (a company linked to Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor ) and Trisilco Equity Sdn. Bhd. with each partner holding 45%, 36%, 10% and 9% of
55-645: The KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit use 12 four-car Siemens Desiro ET 425 M electric multiple unit (EMU) trains. The trains are derived from and technically similar to the DBAG Class 425 used on S-Bahn systems in Germany and run at a maximum commercial speed at 160 km/h, the fastest speed for rail travel in Malaysia. On 27 November 2014, Express Rail Link ordered from CRRC Changchun six new 4-car trains to cater to
66-440: The KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit , which was originally to expire in 2017, was extended for a further 30 years (to 2059), after seven years of negotiations. The revised concession includes the introduction of “market-based”/variable fare pricing (ticket prices are currently fixed) and a profit-sharing mechanism with the government (30% of any additional profit if the rate of return exceeds 10%). However, ERL will no longer receive
77-582: The company respectively. On 25 August 1997, the Malaysian government presented the company with a 30-year concession to finance, build, maintain and control the operations of the railway. Construction began in May 1997 and was completed 5 years later. It was then handed over to SYZ consortium, a joint relations consortium between German and Malaysian companies consisting of Siemens , Siemens Electric Engineering Sdn. Bhd and Syarikat Pembenaan Yeoh Tiong Lay Sdn. Bhd (SPYTL),
88-612: The former name of the Go Expansion project in Toronto Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Express Rail . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Express_Rail&oldid=1177508708 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
99-425: The project but due to strong governmental support, the project went on to completion. The project racked up a cost of RM2.4 billion which was financed through equity mergers (RM500 million), loans from Development and Infrastructure Bank of Malaysia (RM940 million) and the remainder through import credit from four German financial institutions. In January 2024, the concession for Express Rail Link Sdn. Bhd. to operate
110-756: The ridership growth of both KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit services. CRRC's Zhuzhou plant had already supplied rolling stock to the Rapid KL Ampang Line and KTM Komuter . Of the six new trains, two will be used for KLIA Ekspres and four for KLIA Transit. Delivery of the six new trains will be made progressively from May 2016 onwards, after which testing will be done. ERL expects all six trains to be operational by November 2016. Commercial service commenced on 13 March 2018 using CRRC Changchun Equator EMUs. On 24 August 2010, Express Rail Link suffered their first reported accident in which 3 passengers were injured. Two ERL trains collided at Kuala Lumpur Sentral , Of
121-572: The trains involved one of them was about to depart at 9.45pm for Kuala Lumpur International Airport while the other train, which was empty, rammed into its rear. A 2.14 km extension to the new KLIA2 terminal of Kuala Lumpur International Airport has been completed. Commercial service commenced on 1 May 2013. There are proposals to extend the line with two to four stations to Seremban and Melaka . Due to automatic termination of Kuala Lumpur–Singapore high-speed rail bilateral agreement after passing postponement deadline on 31 December 2020,
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