The railbus, as a generic and widely accepted term, is as the name implies, a bus that runs on the rails. Well, not literally a road bus, but in most cases, it is a rail vehicle that is configured to resemble a bus on the interior, and perhaps exterior. The main takeaway is it is […]
History: The 1968 Layang-Layang Collision
The headline on the accident on Berita Harian’s 25 April 1968 edition. Click here for or to read the original: https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/beritaharian19680425-1.1.1 ON THIS DAY… On the evening of 23rd April 1968, one of the worst accidents in KTM’s history occurred just outside Layang-Layang in Johor, 50 miles north of Singapore. Three people were killed when […]