Power outage on Penang Hill forces funicular train to run at half speed

By R. SEKARAN

The iconic Penang Hill funicular train. — Filepic

GEORGE TOWN: A power outage on Penang Hill on Wednesday (Dec 8) evening has left the funicular train service running at only 50% speed for the time being.

The outage occurred when a contractor working on the hill station accidentally knocked down a Tenaga Nasional Malaysia (TNB) cable pole, causing a blackout.

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