Public Transport In Malaysia During Mco

Friday 01 may 2020 08 25 pm myt.

Public transport in malaysia during mco. After a strong performance in 2019 which saw prasarana malaysia berhad recording a historic rm 1 051 billion in revenue the first half of 2020 proves to be a huge challenge due to covid 19 pandemic. Picture by firdaus latif. Getting malaysia s logistics sector to operate during mco a challenge sunday 14 jun 2020 04 47 pm myt datuk seri wee ka siong said the biggest challenge during mco for the logistics sector is how to ensure goods reach their destination smoothly. These measures are expected to severely affect the flow of commuters across singapore s two land crossings with malaysia as well as cross border public transport services.

Nationwide two week movement control order mco announced for 18 march 2020 to 31 march 2020. All forms of public transport will only operate between 6am to 10am and 5pm to 10pm. Therefore all forms of public transportation are only limited to transport only half of their capacity in order to maintain social distancing he added. With the current covid 19 pandemic a group of academics from the university of malaya has developed a standard operating procedure for public transportation designed to minimise the risk of spread of sars cov2 thus avoiding any covid 19 outbreak potentially arising.

Kuala lumpur march 23 the government has restricted the daily operational hours for public transport to 6am to 10am and 5pm to 10pm due to the drop in passenger numbers following the enforcement of the movement control order mco. This new schedule will take effect until 31st march 2020. The government is tightening the enforcement of the movement control order mco by reducing the operating hours for public transportation. Prasarana malaysia berhad prasarana the operator of the rapid rail stage bus and the rapid ferry services will revert to the normal operating hours of 6am to midnight when the conditional movement control order mco takes effect on monday may 4.

Additionally ismail sabri also said that all public transport would be allowed full resumption of operations on 4 may but they are also required to adhere to the sop. A malaysian armed forces personnel conducts a routine check on bus passengers at a roadblock in kuala lumpur march 25 2020. Operation hours of the public transport services will be limited during the implementation of the movement control order mco said senior minister datuk seri ismail sabri yaakob. Public transport services to resume operations on may 4 says minister.