KUALA LUMPUR: Two cable theft incidents within hours of each other along the airport rail corridor have disrupted KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit services, resulting in longer journeys and schedule changes.

The thefts, which occurred between Sunday night and early today, involved about 260 metres of signalling cables along the railway line between Putrajaya and Salak Tinggi.

Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL), which operates both services, said the first incident was detected around 9pm yesterday near kilometre marker Km44, along the railway line between Putrajaya and Cyberjaya Station and Salak Tinggi Station.

The theft involved approximately 180 metres of signalling cables, comprising two 90-metre sections.