The Premier (not the tissue brand) has announced that the hydrogen powered Kuching Urban Transportation System (sorry no BM name for this) KUTS prototype tram (long buses what ever you prefer to call it) is here in Kuching.

Revelation should be as soon as tomorrow, hopefully it will look like the artist illustration below. I saw the pics of the China test runs but die die also couldnt find it

https://www.theborneopost.com/2023/08/04/wo...-port-tomorrow/

https://www.theborneopost.com/2023/08/04/ab...sses-to-use-it/



Updated pic with the actual pic of Sarawak ART



Updated August 5 10.33PM


Dedicated ART lane to be built along Jalan Sultan Tengah, linking Kuching to Pantai Damai

https://www.theborneopost.com/2023/08/05/de...o-pantai-damai/

Video of assembled vehicle in Kuching - https://www.veed.io/view/1621b9f1-0d0a-4db6...f2-77be57964576?





Updates - August 24

Work on ART tracks commences along Kuching-Samarahan Expressway

video of the ART on the road - https://www.facebook.com/borneopost.online/...embed_video&t=4

https://www.theborneopost.com/2023/08/24/wo...han-expressway/

Updates - September 6


https://www.theborneopost.com/2023/09/06/pr...es-for-kuching/

Sarawak orders 38 more ART vehicles for Kuching

important note:



November 20 updates

Proof of concept starts

video - dunno how to embed fesbuk video https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=754532796508221




July 23 update - watch the blue line video



Sep 10 update - Lee: First 2 units of ART hydrogen vehicles delivered to Kuching by year-end

https://www.theborneopost.com/2024/09/10/le...ng-by-year-end/

Updated pic with the actual pic of Sarawak ART



update 25 Oct 2024

JV company (SKS Coachbuilders and Sun Credit) beat 5 others to win the Hydrogen feeder bus contract to deliver 55 units within 43 months with options.

We wait see got sounds why >100mil contract was given to a Malaya JV (again they beat 5 others lol) and does sarawak even have bus builders?

Sarawak Metro awards contract for hydrogen-powered feeder buses

https://www.newsarawaktribune.com.my/sarawa...d-feeder-buses/





Update - March 9, 2025

The Sarawak government is still aiming at starting the first phase operation of ART Kuching in 2026. At the same time, this will fully hydrogenized Kuching's Public Transport. the ART feeder buses are also hydrogen buses.

take note that the trial for the ART was completed last year and final specs of the ART trains submitted to Manufacturer. The rolling stock trains are the newer/upgraded version of the Trial ART train bearing the Swak government logo in the earlier post. The ART vehicles/trains will also be equipped with dedicated areas for luggage, wheelchairs, and foldable bicycles, enhancing their user-friendliness.

For transparency, there were few articles citing the transport minister that the first two trains would arrive end of last year but that did not happen. Good to hear that they are still confident to start the operation in 2026. The actual aim is to complete the full lines in time for the SEA Games in 2027. Take note the trains connect to Multiple tourist attractions running all the way to Damai/Santubong/Cultural village area. It also being planned to connect the planned deep sea port and the new Kuching state of the art Airport within close proximity of the new deep sea port (that can allow the docking of cruise ships)

personal note - I still think they need to connect the new airport with the current Kuching Internation Airport with a speedy 20-30 train ride). a >1hr ART ride stopping at multiple stations will not cut it.


Kuching’s public transport to be fully hydrogen-powered by 2026, says Abg Jo


ART Blue Line to ease traffic by 2025

Sarawak Metro: Month-long partial closure at Jalan Canna for Blue Line project

Rembus hydrogen plant S’wak’s first step towards clean public transport industry, says deputy minister

Updates - May 28, 2025

Sarawak Metro is proud to officially secure the ISO 37001:2016 Anti-Bribery Management System (ABMS) Certification, which was presented by Ts. Shahrizan Mohammad Sahmoni, Regional Director of SIRIM Sarawak.

The presentation of the ISO 37001:2016 ABMS certificate took place during the recent Course on Governance, Integrity and Anti-Corruption, organised by Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) in collaboration with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) for SEDC’s top management team as well as the leaders of its subsidiaries.

This milestone reflects Sarawak Metro’s ongoing commitment in upholding integrity, transparency, and accountability in our day-to-day operations.





Updated 10/31/2025 first ARTs are ready



This post has been edited by g5sim: Yesterday, 07:43 PM

Real photo mana.

Besok ah girl.

Majulah Sarawak

DOA

swinging still much more fun than taking a boring train though.

Reported

Do they have road to operate this?

the road already expand but only 2 lane....
even 2 lane also quite jam...
now need reserve 1 lane for this rubbish....
imagine the jam....

not to mention,
5 lane merge to 1/2 lane...
and the lane line worst that snake....

so your semananjung financiers plan is to have 2mil people in kuching baru plan izit? what a brilliant ideal to kept borneo look like relic compared to Semenanjung kan!

yeah, look at China. They built a whole subway system underground in the middle of nowhere, and a whole new city developed within few years because the transportation system was already ready underground.

but i still have doubts on ART on the road if it does not run underground or proper train tracks above the ground

This post has been edited by xkaizoku: Aug 4 2023, 09:33 PM

they practice kukuciau besi with zero resistance. what you mentioned sounds like forest city Johore. Roads and parking are underground. up there you cycle lah. What happened to it?
Atuk kata we sold out to CCP, creating all sorts of cibai problem buyers also takut. now turning into ghost town?

Should have dedicated lanes for this.

I just watched some videos on the forest city, really wasted sia so many years but still ghost town

transportation issue def one of it, no subway and mrt, cannot go anywhere without car already 1st failure
many sold to china citizens who buy for invest, target also not towards local

Most of kuching is living above... Why need a white elephant....

Shanghai area hv 21 million people.... The whole "states" jiangsu hv 70mil.... Very pack.

With the retreat of western manufacturing/US embargo...
It is now a dead city..

Am not proud of china...

Kampung fap material

A regular tram route is generally not separated from vehicular traffic, other than where there really is sufficient space to do so

No more space to expand the road liao....
Unless they want eat into those housing / side walk ......

more jemarahan?

Sarawak Minister CAN BE VERY CREATIVE FOR THE PEOPLE.. THEY CAN BUILT OVERPASS...

So, much BILLIONS SST being pocketed.. MUST SPEND MAH!!!

BUT BUT STILL WITHOUT WATER, ELECTRICITY, EDU, HEALTH ... Cost is escalating!!

Can. Got three plans. Same level with existing road, overhead track or underground tunnel. So it's up to planner. We cross fingers n hope for the best. Cuz we know Sarawak lands no free hold all like 66 years or something. Not even 99y like in semenanjung

You how internet internet got, can spread fake news in Lowyat net but, no water n no electricity? How you charge your Starlink? built own polar power station ke?

And follow the path of America traffic? Fck no.

My family lost land to this project, but we fully agree to support it, for the future of Sarawak transportation.

If it succeeds, this can be replicated in all major towns and cities, which all have working utility mind you.

rasa baek kmk breakoff jak

Damn starlink can use mini solar panel...... They dont need MW of electricity...

Water, u are bless with rain and river.... Pls collect it since low population...

U still need to charge your device to work as cybertrop lor.

Most important....
Potholes everywhere.......

Potholes not manage to repair....
No hope la if go korek lobang....

Sarawak minister are busy champaigning for semenanjung state elections....

Where got time to check potholes...

Tiong is busy at klia immigration... Monitor.
A. Jo busy kipas anwar...

I hope they replicate the famous hook turn like in Melbourne. Some hilarious scenes are assured.

I bet Myvi is the first one langgar the team....oooo wai...

99-yr LH houses do exist in Sarawak.

Why cant they just build lrt, if they got money for an airline etc

Shouldn't have need to do so with tram. It should run on the normal road space only

All your post sounds so bitter.

U so pandai next election do put up your nice election poster here. Don't talk cock only pandai ya .

Looks like the artist illustration.

One starer joined for PRN only n will go missing after PRN.

Hebat

Sarawak’s ART prototype to undergo 2-week assembly ahead of engineering run at Isthmus area

KUCHING, Aug 5: The assembly work for the three-car hydrogen-powered Autonomous Rapid Transit (ART) prototype vehicle, which has just arrived in Senari Port Terminal here today, will take two weeks to complete prior to an engineering run at Isthmus area starting Sept 1.

Sarawak Metro Sdn Bhd chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Husain said the assembly work, including the fitting of the gangway, will be carried out by the technical crew from CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co Ltd together with engineers and technicians from Sarawak Metro.

The work will be undertaken at a warehouse at the Senari Port Terminal.

“This engineering run is important for us to refine the specifications of the ART and also to identify any potential issues before we start with the Proof-of-Concept (POC) exercise.

“The POC exercise will be held in November, along a section of the Kuching Samarahan Expressway stretching three kilometres built between two roundabouts that have been converted into smart traffic light junctions,” he said in a press statement after witnessing the historic arrival of the ART vehicle at the Senari Port today.

The POC exercise is for Sarawak Metro to collect data to evaluate the feasibility of the prototype for the final design of the vehicle.

This 3km stretch will be part of the permanent dedicated lane built for the ART Blue Line alignment.

During both the engineering run and the POC exercise, the prototype ART hydrogen vehicle would not be open to the public for rides.

However, selected stakeholders will be invited to experience a ride on the ART, as part of the data collection efforts.

“During the engineering run and the POC exercise, the ART will mostly not carry any passengers. Rides on this prototype ART will only be held at certain times, and this is by invitation only and for selected stakeholders,” explained Abdul Aziz.

The arrival of this ART prototype vehicle signified that Sarawak is a step closer towards realising the Kuching Urban Transportation System (KUTS) project developed to modernise public transport.

The hydrogen-powered ART arrived at Senari Terminal on board the vessel HF Spirit and berthed at around 8am, after a journey of more than two weeks. The vessel set sail from Shanghai Port on July 15.

Abdul Aziz, who is also Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) chairman, described this historic moment as another milestone for Sarawak Metro, especially the State government in its efforts to transform Sarawak into an advanced economy by 2030.

“A modern public transport system is vital for the Sarawak’s development.

“I’m confident that once the ART starts its operation in two years’ time, Kuching’s socio- economic landscape will be significantly transformed as envisioned by the Sarawak’s top leaders. This project will definitely be a game changer for the State’s economic landscape,” enthused Abdul Aziz.

Meanwhile, passenger service for the ART will commence in stages – starting in the fourth quarter of 2025, with the Blue Line that runs from Rembus in Kota Samarahan to Hikmah Exchange in the centre of Kuching city.

Apart from the Blue Line, two other lines will be built under Phase 1 of the KUTS project; the Red Line (from Kuching Sentral to Pending) and the Green Line (from Pending to Damai Central).

Phase 1 of the KUTS project is schedule to be completed by 2027.

To complement the ART service will be the feeder bus network that will provide the first mile and last mile connectivity for KUTS.

Both the ART vehicles and the feeder buses for the KUTS Project are zero-emission vehicles powered by hydrogen. The move is to support the government’s efforts to advance the hydrogen economy as well as the initiative to decarbonise the public transportation sector. — DayakDaily

Source: https://dayakdaily.com/sarawaks-art-prototy...t-isthmus-area/

He is. Don't know what's his problem

Let see how many crrc engineer have to station in kuching....

Breakdown will be common as china made inferior products

Well that's a improvement from the usual "For illustration purposes only"

The thing is.. Sarawak no PRN so what tree is he barking up?

What used to be the STAR LRT in KL, now the Ampang and Sri Petaling lines in Rapid KL, has been using CRRC Zhuzhou LRV rolling stock for more than 25 years now. No idea how many CRRC Zhuzhou staff Rapid KL has on retainer, but they've been running quite well for the better part of almost a generation now.

Kl use bombardier tech......

Bombardier supervised CRRC....
If just CRRC, good luck... Look at jakarta, what happen, huh huh

agaknye brapa lama akan scrap

Depends on which line. The Ampang and Sri Petaling lines don't use Bombardier Tech.

KL Monorail uses Scomi monorail.

The Kajang line uses Siemens Inspiro rolling stock.

The Putrajaya line uses Hyundai Rotem EMU rolling stock.

Only what used to be called the Putra line, now called the Kelana Jaya line, use Bombardier Innovia rolling stock. And none of them have CRRC involvement.

looks good eh.. hope not another white elephant project

Lucky kl never use.... Though CRRC hv centre in Malaysia.. 😅😅😅

taktau. mental kot. kena hantar batu 7.5!



Dedicated ART lane to be built along Jalan Sultan Tengah, linking Kuching to Pantai Damai

https://www.theborneopost.com/2023/08/05/de...o-pantai-damai/

fuyoh boleh pakai tram to Damai, Santubong, after2025

Video of assembled vehicle in Kuching - https://www.veed.io/view/1621b9f1-0d0a-4db6...f2-77be57964576?

Video of assembled vehicle in Kuching - https://www.veed.io/view/1621b9f1-0d0a-4db6...f2-77be57964576?

Updates - August 24

Work on ART tracks commences along Kuching-Samarahan Expressway

after the arrival of Bulan that was seen running on the road heading to Pending few days back, the works for ART track has begun

https://www.theborneopost.com/2023/08/24/wo...han-expressway/

video of the ART on the road - https://www.facebook.com/borneopost.online/...embed_video&t=4

This post has been edited by g5sim: Aug 24 2023, 09:38 PM

Fuuu....perabih duit orang Malaya...

Some coverage from TVS:

Nice make Sarawak develop can attract the nons talent like SG

Which part of land got acquired by the state govt?
Near the samarahan depot there?
And how long the payout process took?

I bet u got not a single china made product in your house.

2025.actually that's not very far away.
Provided everything according to schedule lah.

Tried to avoid as much... China made..

Most products made in china are by foreign manufacturer.
Those china made bynchina manufacturer are inferior...

Look at geely/proton.... if not for volvo tech... They are NOBODY.

buat elevated highway, no budget

adding more lane from existing 2 lanes, no budget

adding more lane for ART, ok Approved!!!

Diu. Talk so much. In the end still using inferior china made products.

Mass transit systems on pre existing road make sense.
As the use increase and the system expand, private vehicles on the road would also decrease.
Reduced traffic would allow preexisting road to be transitioned into dedicated road for the system.

Of course, assuming there are indeed plan to continuously expand the system according to population need.
If this is just a one time thing, touchngo, private vehicles wont decrease and the system is just another road obstacle.

Road not wide enough ler ...

Ada escort, Ada jalan.

Kalau takde escort, Cari la escort.

Owaiii...

so what problem that this ART solved? kuching got less traffic jam?

such a bulky thing to fit on regular roads.
a hydrogen powered BRT would've be better if they don't want to build a dedicated rail line.

I use a lot of china products from Aqara, Xiaomi, Yeelight, Ugreen, ecovac all are good cheap n quality , Roborock, DJI also from china.

Almost everything is made in china. There are quality and less quality stuff if you know where to look, Without china you be paying an arm n leg for normal daily items from even screen protector or phone casing.

They already fully using hydrogen bus , it’s already running in Kuching

https://www.mysarawakmetro.com/h2tech

Easiest songlap vehicle since developing a rakyat project.

Markup here and there is standard sop.

At least the people get something in return.

Next: Sabah

Luckily they are not putting it on regular roads, but on a dedicated grade separated line for the proposed lines.

The Klang valley has shown that adding elevated highways and additional road lanes doesn't solve congestion.

The economic benefit of public transport is higher than a elevated highway and/or adding lanes.

The tissue paper said some sections will be on regular roads. If they start building dedicated lanes after the ART arrives the equipment could be obsolete by the time the roads are ready.

https://www.theborneopost.com/2023/08/24/wo...han-expressway/

Luckily they're building the lanes at the same time as the ART vehicle is being tested.

Even in places with a BRT system like Curitiba, Kaohsiung, Brisbane, the 'buses' still have segments that go onto 'normal' roads. If Kuching get's even half of what Curitiba, Kaohsiung, Brisbane has for public transport, that will be an improvement in its own right.

You know that all hardware has a lifespan right? KL LRT is not using the same trains that it opened with in 1997. Somehow I don't see the KL LRT being obselete.

I think Samarahan Road entire stretch got acquired, my family land located near the roundabout after Summer Mall.

The payout process haven't finish. We just know how much we going to be compensated.

Bang, ni referring to testing POC period. Metro strictly mentioned in their website Art will run on dedicated lanes. Stop equating Sarawak DUN with likes of Rapini, Fahmi, Syed Saddick, n LGE.

Gi demand family lifetime Art pass lolol

without dedicated lanes this is just a glorified bus that require more space on the streets.

everyone knows it will not solve the problem long term but doesnt mean that u will never build one for the benefit of the people

imho, born and raised in kuching i know very well the mindset and sentiment of the people, die die will still use own transport, at least a motorbike or axia rahmah

i dont think they will even bother to use public transport, even RM1 subsidized bus also empty, people rather buy RM1.90/L petrol no matter how efficient the public transport is

This is likely cuz buses also stuck on jam.with ART, no jam. Every journey time is set in accordance to ART frequency.

Hopefully this will change city folks mindset.

This post has been edited by g5sim: Aug 26 2023, 03:26 PM

They are building portion of dedicated lanes for ART.

From one Kuching born and bred to another, it will require a generational change. public transportation systems of Singapore and Tokyo didn't start overnight.

Early days people still made the same thing: would rather use a rickshaw to get to my own place (Tokyo), would rather drive than do a LRT that only goes a short line.

Go and look at the history of the Singapore LRT (given it is more accessible in a language that most people her understand) and similar criticisms.

Honestly, with so many health conscious people in Kuching, it is not entirely out of the realm of possibility that people would switch to public transport

3km concept route for ART vehicle from Kampung Rembus to Kuap Bridge to be ready by October

KUCHING, Aug 26: A 3km-long concept route for the Autonomous Rail Transit (ART) vehicle from Kampung Rembus to Kuap Bridge will be ready by October.

According to a news report from TV Sarawak (TVS) today, Deputy Minister for Transport (Aviation and Roads) Datuk Dr Jerip Susil said the route construction is actively being done to enable the trial run scheduled in November.

“We hope we can put it in the proof of concept (POC) in Samarahan and right now we are only constructing the route from Kampung Rembus to the Kuap Bridge,” he said.

On Aug 23, the highly anticipated ART prototype vehicle appeared on the streets of the Isthmus in a historic engineering run. — DayakDaily

Source: https://dayakdaily.com/3km-concept-route-fo...ady-by-october/