KoSong: Disabled sign at BG railway station leads to nowhere?

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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Disabled sign at BG railway station leads to nowhere?

and I am not joking.

After seeing off my 3 former classmates at 6.16pm at the BG railway station, I decided to see for myself where the disabled ramp leads to. I took the left turn instead of the right (before flyover leads back to Jalan Tualang, after the flyover leads to Jalan Gopeng as well as Clearwater Sanctuary) which leads to Kg. Pisang.

When I reached the underpass (see picture) which goes underneath the double-tracking railway lines, I remembered what Hona (my disabled friend) said about having to go underneath the railway lines, which means this must be the one he was referring to. I wish to inform that when I stopped the car to take the picture (with left signal on), a motorcyclist saw me and further down the road, intentionally let me pass, presumably to note my car registration number.

Again, like before, at junctions, I tend to take the wrong one and this time took me the long way to the new housing project behind the station. But before I could reach the place, an old Nissan Sunny actually stopped in front, blocking my way and a Haji alighted and came towards me asking, "Mana pergi? (Where're you going?)". To be honest, I sensed something wrong as normally strangers' cars are not stopped as a matter of course. Anyway, I mentioned that I am trying to find out where the disabled are supposed to get out from the station. He led me to the place where I could see a staircase leading to the station from that side (back) of it.

Again, I was none the wiser after the scouting mission.

Conclusion: KTMB has yet to finalize the route for the disabled. Or, if it was in place, there are no obvious signs anywhere from the main road to the station, to inform those picking up disabled persons where to go for them.

Note: One of my 3 friends actually was looking to buy a bottled water. I asked the cleaner and she said there is going to be a canteen soon and suggested that he might be able to buy water on the train. The lone KTMB ticketing guy was too busy so I did not ask him to confirm if water is being sold on the train. On their trip to BG, my friend said there was no one selling anything on board! A few months back, there was service for beverages and snacks... was it stopped because of poor response?