TRANSPORTATION
Roads:
As of 2009, there are 50,214.6 km of paved roads (including 1,471.6 km of expressways) in Malaysia. As of 1999, there are also 15,942 km of unpaved roads.
Driving on the left hand side is compulsory since the introduction of motorcars in Federated Malay States on 1903 during British colonial era.
Malaysian Federal Roads System (Malay: Sistem Laluan Persekutuan Malaysia), is the main national road network in Malaysia. All Federal Roads in Malaysia are under the purview of Ministry of Works (MOW).
According to Minister's Function Act 1969, MOW responsible to plan, build and maintain all Federal Roads gazetted under the Federal Road Act 1959. However, most of the Federal roads' projects was built and maintained by the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) which are also one of the implementing agency under the MOW (with exception of Sabah and Sarawak, whereby JKR in these two states is under respective state government).
Railroads:
Rail transport in Malaysia comprises
- heavy rail (including high-speed rail),
- light rail transit (LRT),
- monorail and
- a funicular railway line.
Heavy rail is mostly used for intercity passenger and freight transport as well as some urban public transport, while LRTs are used for urban public transport and some special use such as transporting passengers between airport buildings.
There is one high-speed railway line with two high-speed train services linking Kuala Lumpur with the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The sole monorail line in the country is also used for public transport in Kuala Lumpur while the only funicular railway line is in Penang.
The railway network covers most states in Peninsular Malaysia. In East Malaysia, only the state of Sabah has railways. Singapore, although not part of Malaysia, is served by the Malaysian railway network. The network is also connected to the Thai railway, 1,000 mm (3 ft 33?8 in), network in the north.
Aviation:
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is the government-owned flag carrier airline of Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines operates flights from its home base, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and its secondary hub in Kota Kinabalu. It has its headquarters on the grounds of Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah International Airport in Subang, Selangor.
espite a financial restructuring exercise in 2006, Malaysia Airlines maintains a strong presence in Southeast Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Middle East and on the Kangaroo Route between Europe and Australasia. Malaysia Airlines also operated transatlantic flights from Kuala Lumpur to Newark, via Stockholm until October 2009.
Malaysia Airports Berhad is a Malaysian airport company that manages most of the airports in Malaysia. The firm was recently awarded the duty to manage airports in international destinations.
The company manages 39 airports in Malaysia. Among them are:
- Batu Berendam Airport
- Bintulu Airport
- Kota Kinabalu International Airport
- KL International Airport
- Kuching International Airport
- Labuan Airport
- Lahad Datu Airport
- Langkawi International Airport
- Limbang Airport
- Miri Airport
- Penang International Airport
- Sandakan Airport
- Sibu Airport
- Sultan Abdul Halim Airport
- Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Airport
- Sultan Azlan Shah Airport
- Sultan Ismail Petra Airport
- Sultan Mahmud Airport
- Tawau Airport