Express Rail Link
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| Overview | |
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| Owner | Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd |
| Locale | Klang Valley, Malaysia |
| Transit type | Airport rail link |
| Number of lines | 6 7 |
| Number of stations | 6 |
| Daily ridership | 27,307 (2015) |
| Annual ridership | 9.967 million (2015) (  7.9%) |
| Website | kliaekspres |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | 14 April 2002 |
| Number of vehicles | 8 trainsets (4-car) of Desiro ET 425 M Electric Multiple Unit |
| Technical | |
| System length | 57 km (35 mi) (total) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Top speed | 176 km/h (109 mph) |
The Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd is a company that operated airport rail link that connects the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) with the Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral) transportation hub, 57 kilometres apart. The company operated two different train services :
Express Rail Link Sdn. Bhd. (ERL) is a joint venture company between YTL Corporation Bhd., Lembaga Tabung Haji and Trisilco Equity Sdn. Bhd. with each partner holding 50%, 40% and 10% of the company respectively. On the 25th of 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 AG, Siemens Electric Engineering Sdn. Bhd and Syarikat Pembenaan Yeoh Tiong Lay Sdn. Bhd (SPYTL), 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 AG, 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 the project but due to strong governmental support, the project went on to completion. The project raked 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.
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 sesason, ERL has been working with Prasarana Malaysia to help fulfil CRCC’s manpower requirement.
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