Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad for Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd. (2014).
RapidKL Monorail
Services To Stop On 12 And 13 April [Media
Release]. Retrieved from
http://www.myrapid.com.my/news-events/media-releases/2014/rapidkl-monorail-services-stop-12-and-13-april
KUALA LUMPUR, 18 March 2014 – The RapidKL
monorail service will be temporarily stopped in the weekend of 12
and 13 April to facilitate the upgrading of its signalling
system.
Commencing 12.01am on April 12 until 4am on April 14, the
upgrading of the signalling system involves a 52-hour non-stop
trial operation.
The RapidKL monorail service is expected to resume at 6am on
April 14.
Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd, the operator of the RapidKL LRT and monorail
services, in a statement, said the exercise was sanctioned by the
Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), the regulator of land
public transport services.
Rapid Rail Chief Executive Officer Haji Khairani Mohamed said
special shuttle bus services would be deployed near the monorail
stations to allow commuters to travel to the destinations along the
monorail line seamlessly.
A flat fare of RM1 will be charged for each trip.
Khairani said the 52-hour closure was necessary to allow
uninterrupted testing of the new signalling system.
“We wish to record our sincere apologies to our commuters for
the inconvenience caused,” he said, adding that the current system
has been in operations since 2003 when it was operated by KL Infra
Sdn Bhd.
Taken over by Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana) in
2007, the government-owned company undertook the KL Monorail Fleet
Expansion Project in 2011, a major project that includes the
procurement of 12 new four-car trains, upgrading of the monorail
stations, construction of a new depot, and the upgrading of the
signalling system.
“The new signalling system would provide state-of-art features
to enhance our services,” added Khairani, who is also Group
Director for the Rail Division of Prasarana, the holding company of
Rapid Rail.
Khairani said: “We will be making announcements from time to
time through various channels to advise our commuters and members
of the public on alternative public transport services, including
the shuttle bus service.
“We aim to minimise any inconvenience to the public,” he said,
adding that commuters can get travel updates at the RapidKL
official website at www.myrapid.com.my or at the RapidKL Facebook
page or through the RapidKL twitter with the handler
@MyRapidKL.
Issued by Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad for Rapid Rail Sdn
Bhd.
Meanwhile, Singapore's NSEW Lines' services are also having
their signalling system being upgraded.
Why can't the same be done
over here, where certain sections of the MRT is closed one by one
to upgrade signalling system? 
for instance, the
signalling system between Joo Koon and Jurong East can be upgraded
first, before the signalling system between Jurong East and Redhill
is upgraded.
then the trains can first run faster at the section between Joo
Koon and Jurong East, before they can run faster at the section
between Jurong East and Redhill. 
#justsaying
This would accelerate the
process. 
Likewise for the on-going Sleeper replacement
initiative... 