He said the train operations would be back to normal once the entire Kelana Jaya Line, especially between the KLCC and Kampung Baru stations, are cleared and given the go-ahead from the regulator Land Public Transport Agency (APAD).

According to Wee, the work to clear the debris at the site of the accident was to be completed in three days, from May 25, but this is expected to be done almost a day earlier.

“I’m happy to note that the debris clearing work ongoing now is moving quite fast and orderly at the incident site. The latest is that the two trains involved in the incident will be moved in a controlled manner back to the Kelana Jaya Line depot for repairs tonight at the end of the line’s service period.

“Then, using other replacement trains, Prasarana will conduct tests (without passengers) in the middle of the night when there is no service to ensure that the entire line is safe to be operated, particularly at the affected track,” he said in a post on his Facebook page today.

Wee said all 58 trains are expected to be operable again very soon to avoid further inconvenience to passengers.

He added that when repairs are done on the dual track, the bottleneck occurring due to the May 24 incident would be resolved and services will be back to normal.

The Operation Control Centre (OCC) is operating fine and well in terms of signaling, communications and always with safety of the passengers in mind, he said.

“Once again, let me ask everyone, especially train riders, for your patience as we get things back to normal,” he said.

On Monday night, two trains – one carrying passengers and the other empty – collided in the tunnel area between the Kampung Baru and KLCC stations, injuring 213 passengers onboard.