Today is the 4th anniversary of my petition to have another scheduled stop at the old station which is on the main road, convenient to most people in town, which is what a railway station rightly should be.
What used to be within walking distance to some residents, traders and their customers, was taken away when a new railway station was built a few years ago, to a new location next to the Railway Complex which is 2 km away from the main road. Instead of serving the needs of the travelling public, the planners preferred that of the KTM workshop workers and railway college students.
Just imagine the few years wasted when the station was completed but not ready for use and then the few years when it was in use, supposedly to serve a new township which failed to materialise because the developers waited for house buyers before building shops in what seems to be a 'chicken and egg' situation.
As a compromise, KTM could have offered a scheduled stop (nobody is so silly as to ask for relocation of the new station) at the old station, for those who wish to get off there. It would waste only a few minutes and I am sure the local residents and other travellers to Batu Gajah would be grateful. To be fair, why not try it for a period to see if there are people wishing to stop at the old station rather than the new? Adequate publicity and announcement must be given when trying this out.
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What used to be within walking distance to some residents, traders and their customers, was taken away when a new railway station was built a few years ago, to a new location next to the Railway Complex which is 2 km away from the main road. Instead of serving the needs of the travelling public, the planners preferred that of the KTM workshop workers and railway college students.
Just imagine the few years wasted when the station was completed but not ready for use and then the few years when it was in use, supposedly to serve a new township which failed to materialise because the developers waited for house buyers before building shops in what seems to be a 'chicken and egg' situation.
As a compromise, KTM could have offered a scheduled stop (nobody is so silly as to ask for relocation of the new station) at the old station, for those who wish to get off there. It would waste only a few minutes and I am sure the local residents and other travellers to Batu Gajah would be grateful. To be fair, why not try it for a period to see if there are people wishing to stop at the old station rather than the new? Adequate publicity and announcement must be given when trying this out.
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