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Malaysia’s Women-Only Coaches Shine in French Documentary

today27 July 2026

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Women-only coaches are the norm in Malaysia’s public transport sector, particularly in the MRT, LRT, and KTM Komuter trains. They’re marked with their signature pink signs, clearly stating the respective coaches are strictly for women.

It’s a great quality-of-life and safety accomodation for women who take public transport alone, or just feel more comfortable being surrounded by other women (and only women) when commuting.

That same feature of our public transport system recently got its time in the spotlight in French docu-series, Des Trains Pas Comme Les Autres (Trains Unlike Any Other).

While not unique to Malaysia, women-only coaches are not too common either

(source: RapidKL / Facebook)

“In the Kuala Lumpur metro in Malaysia, certain carriages are reserved exclusively for…

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Written by: Danial Martinus


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