Analysis of the Failures along the Kuantan-Kerteh Railway Project

Kuantan-Kerteh Railway Project (KKRP) is a 72 km single track link owned by
PETRONAS that provides a container shuttle service for refinery products in the fastgrowing
Eastern Corridor petrochemical hub. Upon completion, several failures,
including slope stability, erosion and settlement have been noticed along several
stretches of the project. As a result, the track is nuder-utilized and the speed of the
train had to be lowered well below the design speed. An investigation was initiated by
the owner to study this problem and to put forward counteractive actions. This study
ultilised the Piezocone Penetration Test, and the Revised Universal Soil Loss
Equation (RUSLE) for the assessment of soil profiling and erosion. In this report, the
outcome of the investigation and suggested remedial actions between CH 26+ 325 to
CH 27+000 are presented. Additionally, a feasibility study of the suggested remedial
actions is also presented.