RapidKL railway system
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RapidKL Light Rail Transit or RapidKL LRT is a light rail transit
system (rapid transit
in central Kuala Lumpur
) serving a large part of the Klang Valley
conurbation
in Malaysia. It is owned by Syarikat Prasarana Negara and operated by RapidKL, a major public transport company in the conurbation. The rail network consists of the Ampang Line
and the Kelana Jaya Line
, which were opened in 1995 and 1998 respectively. Along with the KTM Komuter
and Kuala Lumpur Monorail
networks, this system constitutes the core of public transport in Kuala Lumpur
with an average daily ridership of 326,000 in 2008, about 83% of the bus network
's 392,000 operated by the same company during that period. The Ampang and Kelana Jaya lines were constructed and initially operated by different owners; Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan Sdn. Bhd. for the Ampang Line and Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik for the Kelana Jaya Line. In 2004, operational aspects of the two LRT lines were transferred to RapidKL under the second phase of the restructuring process of Kuala Lumpur's public transportation network.
The network has 50 stations with 56 kilometres of lines that operate on standard gauge
. Sri Rampai LRT station
was not in operation since the beginning of revenue service on the line until December 2010. These stations are scattered throughout Kuala Lumpur, with several stops close to or within the peripheral regions of Selangor
. Train services operate from 6.00 a.m and typically end before midnight daily with frequencies varying from approximately three minutes during peak hours to twenty-three minutes during non-peak hours.
Several extensions to the RapidKL Light Rail Transit network have been announced. The Puchong extension entails the extension of the Ampang Line from its southern terminus in Sri Petaling
to the suburb of Putra Heights
in the Petaling
district of Selangor, passing through Puchong
and Bandar Kinrara
. The Subang Jaya extension involves the extension of the Kelana Jaya Line from its western terminus in Kelana Jaya
to Bandar Sunway
, Subang Jaya
and UEP Subang Jaya
, with the new terminus in Putra Heights. The MRT Line 1, which will operate as part of a larger mass rapid transit system linking Damansara
in the northwestern region of Kuala Lumpur to Cheras
in the southeast via the city centre, is projected to be completed by 2016. This new mass rapid transit system will be operated by RapidKL separately from the Kelana Jaya Line and the Ampang Line, although there will be several interchange station
s with the two aforementioned lines throughout the network.
The Ampang Line consists of two sub-lines, one a north-south line and one heading eastward. The Chan Sow Lin
-Sri Petaling
route serves the southern part of Kuala Lumpur. The Chan Sow Lin-Ampang
route primarily serves the suburb of Ampang
in Selangor and the town of Pudu
in Kuala Lumpur, both of which are located in the northeastern region of the Klang Valley. Both lines converge at Chan Sow Lin; the merged line leads north, terminating at Sentul Timur LRT station
.
The Kelana Jaya Line consists of a single line that connects Petaling Jaya
in the west to Gombak
in the northeast, passing through the city centre and various low density residential areas further north in Kuala Lumpur. The line has a total of 870 individual bridges, the longest of which has a 68m span.
The Ampang Line and the Kelana Jaya Line intersect at Masjid Jamek LRT station
.
and Ampang Park
on the Kelana Jaya Line, the entirety of the LRT is elevated or at-grade. The Ampang Line consists of elevated and at-grade stations, while the Kelana Jaya Line comprises underground and elevated stations, in addition to one unused at-grade station. All trains are air-conditioned.
The Kelana Jaya Line runs in a northeast-southwesterly direction, consisting primarily of elevated stops and a handful of underground and at-grade stations. Of a total of 24 stations, 16 are elevated, and 5 stops are underground. The only at-grade station, Sri Rampai
, is currently incomplete and closed since a construction project it is supposed to serve has been halted. The service depot is located in Lembah Subang.
The stations, like those of the Ampang Line, are styled in several types of architectural designs. Elevated stations, in most parts, were constructed in four major styles with distinctive roof designs for specific portions of the line. The KL Sentral station
, added later, features a design more consistent with the Stesen Sentral station building. Underground stations, however, tend to feature unique concourse layout and vestibules
, and feature floor-to-ceiling platform screen doors
to prevent platform-to-track intrusions. 13 stations (including two terminal stations and the five subway stations) utilize a single island platform
, while 11 others utilize two side platform
s. Stations with island platforms allow easy interchange between north-bound and south-bound trains without requiring one to walk down/up to the concourse level.
On the Ampang Line, the system includes a total of 25 stations: eleven along the Chan Sow Lin
-Sentul Timur
line, and seven along the Ampang LRT station
-Chan Sow Lin line and the Sri Petaling
-Chan Sow Lin line each. The service depot and primary train depot for the system is situated before the Ampang terminal station and the end of the Ampang-bound line. A secondary train depot is located after the Sri Petaling station.
The line between the Plaza Rakyat station to the Sentul Timur station is strictly elevated, with the line between the Bandaraya station to the Titiwangsa station running along the Gombak River. The Chan Sow Lin-Ampang line is primarily surface leveled, while the Chan Sow Lin-Plaza Rakyat line and the Sri Petaling-Chan Sow Lin line use a combination of surface leveled and elevated tracks. There are no subway lines in the system.
(ART) trains with related equipment and services supplied by the Bombardier Group. The ART trains consist of two-electric multiple unit
s, which serve as either a driving car or trailer car depending on its direction of travel. The trains utilise linear motor
s and draw power from a third rail
located at the side of the steel rails
. The plating in between the running rails is used for accelerating and decelerating the train. The reaction plate is semi-magnetised, which pulls the train along as well as helps it to slow down.
The ART is essentially driverless
, automated to travel along lines and stop at designated stations for a limited amount of time. Nevertheless, manual override
control panels are provided at each end of the trains for use in an event of an emergency.
Since October 2006, the operator has ordered 35 new 4-car trainsets to be delivered starting from 2008. Due to some delays from the manufacturer, the delivery was delayed to November 2008. After extensive series of testing, the first batch of trains began operation on Dec 30, 2009.
The rolling stock of the Ampang Lines consists of a fleet of 90 Adtranz
standard gauge
trains manufactured by Walkers Limited, an engineering and company. The trains consist of electric multiple unit
s, which draw power from the underside of a third rail
installed along a side of the line. All cars in each train are fitted with both current collector and motors. The trains are manned, with driver cabs occupying the tips of the trains.
The trains come in two trainset configurations. The first and most common variation is the six-car trainset, which consists of three sets of two EMUs (2+2+2) and utilises the maximum platform length of the lines' stations. Each two EMU sets at the front and rear consist of one driving and one non-driving motor car, while the two EMUs between are non-driving motors. There are no gangway connections between the two-car sets. The second variation is a four-car trainset, a more obscure configuration that consists of only two EMU sets (2+2) of one driving car and one non-driving motor at each end, thus with two-thirds the capacity of the more common six-car set. The 2+2 trainsets were once used in full in the service until the massive deployment of 2+2+2 trainsets.
Each car has 3 bogies, 2 powered end bogies and one trailing bogie under the central articulation. The end cars, numbered 1101 to 1260 have driver cabs. The middle car number 2201 to 2230 have concealed driver control panels to enable the car to be moved around the depot independently.
announced that the western end of the Kelana Jaya Line would be extended to the suburbs of Bandar Sunway
, Subang Jaya
and UEP Subang Jaya
(USJ), which are located to the south-west of Kuala Lumpur
. The extension will be part of a RM10 billion plan to expand Kuala Lumpur's public transport network
.
The expansion plan will also see the Ampang Line extended to the suburb of Puchong
and the south-west of Kuala Lumpur The plan also involved the construction of an entirely new line, tentatively called the Kota Damansara-Cheras Line
which later on changed to mass rapid transit line rather than the original planning, running from Kota Damansara
in the western portion of the city, to Cheras
which lies to the south-east of Kuala Lumpur.
According to news reports, tenders of the line extension is expected to be out in Q1 2009. It is expected large local constructions players will take in track and civil works, fare collection, and systems works involving power supply, signaling and communication worth RM 1 billion. Extensions will involve the construction of 24 new stations and 32 km of new tracks. It is expected that 35 new trains for the Kelana Jaya Line and 20 for the Ampang line will be added to the rolling stock.
Soil testing has been seen sighted in Subang Jaya
in mid February although the project has not been given a final approval yet from the government.
It has been learned by April 2009, that design contracts has been awarded to HSS Integrated and Minconsult. Meanwhile, project management has been awarded to Opus, a subsidiary of United Engineers Group
. Extension of the lines is expected to cost around MYR
3 billion for each line.
Asset owner of the project, Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd, has invited locally incorporated companies to submit the “expression of interest (EOI)” to participate in the extension and upgrading of the KL light rail transit system project on May 2009. This is considered as a pre-qualification bidding process. The EOI, which has no ending date covers two major jobs, which are civil construction works and mechanical/electrical works. The jobs is expected to be RM7 billion in which RM1 billion will be set aside to purchase new rolling stocks from Bombardier.
On 25 July 2009, RapidKL, the operator of the lines has conducted a town-hall meeting with Subang Jaya
and USJ
residents concerning the extension of the Kelana Jaya Line
towards their neighbourhood. Although the proposed alignment shown is still under proposal phase, it is to believe that the line will continue from the current terminus at Kelana Jaya
towards Lembah Subang depot and go through Subang Jaya Komuter station
, Jalan Jengka, passing by Shah Alam Expressway
towards The Summit USJ mall and go through USJ 8, USJ19 and USJ21 before heading towards Putra Heights
for the new terminus. The operator said there will be three Park and Ride facilities in Subang Jaya and hopes the extension will complete by 2013.
Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad has formally announce its plans to extend the two lines and begins the public display of the plan for three months beginning September 15, 2009. The public display aims to gather public input as well showing where all the lines and stations will be constructed.
On June 2010, Prasarana announced that it had obtained approval to build the extension, although the extension has to be built in two phases as certain parts of the extensions have yet to obtain approval. The stations that are in the first approved phase is a 9.2 km track from Kelana Jaya LRT station
to USJ
near Shah Alam Expressway
for the Kelana Jaya line and 7.4 km track from Sri Petaling LRT station
to Bandar Kinrara
3. Prasarana also announce that preliminary work involving relocating utility lines is expected to begin in mid-July while the actual construction of the lines will commence by end of 2010 after the tendering process.
On November 2010, Prasarana announced that it has awarded RM1.7 billion for first phase of the project. The winners include Trans Resource Corp Bhd for the Kelana Jaya line extension portion and Bina Puri Holdings Bhd and Tim Sekata for the Ampang line extension. UEM Builders Bhd and Intria Bina Sdn Bhd were appointed as subcontractors for the fabrication and supply of segmental box girder
jobs for the Kelana Jaya line while Bina Puri and Tim Sekata will do it for the Ampang line.
On December 2010, local authority Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya
approved the location of seven LRT stations. They are at SS15, SS17, USJ 10, USJ 15 and USJ 21. All the station aforementioned are of Kelana Jaya Line. Two stations along the Bukit Jalil - Puchong highway also have been approved by the local authority.
On June 2010, Parasana announced that CMC Engineering-Colas Rail-Uniway join venture won the contract to build the Kelana Jaya Line extension. The contact is work RM 673.9 million. The joint-venture company is the only company to fulfill all tender conditions, beating out the others.
On July 2011, Parasana announced that MRCB and Sunway won tenders for Package B for the Ampang Line and Kelana Jaya Line respectively. The tender is valued at RM 1.33 billion for the Ampang Line and RM 569 million for the Kelana Jaya Line. Package B consists of construction and completion of facilities works that include the fabrication and delivery of segmental box girders. Works is expected to start on August 2011 and complete 20 to 30 months later.
The 40 km route covers some of the most densely populated areas in the Klang Valley such as Damansara and Cheras as well as the fast growing area of Kota Damansara. It will also serve the heart of the Golden Triangle, the business and financial hub of Kuala Lumpur. Currently, the area is only served by KL Monorail, which is already suffering from overcrowding.
The new line, which sources said would cost over RM4billion and will be mostly elevated, will provide the much needed expansion to the current 56 km, 48-station light rail transit network, especially in view of the rising fuel prices and the new emphasis on public transport. The line was announced in October 2006 by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak but little has been heard about it since then.
The alignment, made available to The Star, showed the new line running from Kota Damansara along Persiaran Surian to the Damansara-Puchong Expressway and then heading towards the city centre along the Sprint Expressway, through Bangsar Baru and Jalan Bangsar. It will then run parallel to the existing Kelana Jaya Line
to KL Sentral, Pasar Seni and Masjid Jamek before heading to the Golden Triangle along Jalan Raja Chulan. The route will then pass Pasar Rakyat in Bukit Bintang and then Jalan Tun Razak where it will join Jalan Cheras. It will continue along the road and the Cheras-Kajang Expressway to the Balakong interchange near Cheras Batu 11. Passengers will be able to switch with the existing Kelana Jaya Line
at Bangsar, KL Sentral, Pasar Seni and Masjid Jamek; and the Ampang Line
at Masjid Jamek and Maluri. There will be around 30 stations along the line, including the interchange stations.
Sources said the route was a “desktop alignment” which would form the basis for the eventual line. The number of stations has also not been finalised. The final alignment and number of stations is unlikely to vary in any major way from the “desktop” plan. As with the other lines, the new line will be owned by Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd and operated by RapidKL.
While the Government has yet to announce when work will begin on the new line, sources pointed to the “positive statements” by Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop. Nor had announced that public transport would be getting more incentives, allocations and assistance in Budget 2009 and future budgets. Sources said the Government was also currently conducting the mid-term review of the 9th Malaysia Plan and there were concerted efforts to get the new line in.
On September 2008, the Chief Executive Officer of SPNB, the asset owner of the Ampang Line
and Kelana Jaya Line
said that the line may be upgraded to a Mass Rapid Transit
system as the line will connect two high density areas of Kuala Lumpur
. The company expects a daily ridership of more than 300,000 in which an MRT system is more suitable than an LRT system. However, a study will be done first before any decision is made. He added that an integrated transport platform will be built with the new line in areas of Damansara
or Sungai Buloh
similar to the one that is currently built in Bandar Tasik Selatan station
. The CEO also said that the detailed design stage will begin in 2nd quarter 2009.
On June 2010, Prime Minister Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak
announce plans to build three Mass Rapid Transit lines which compromise a Sungai Buloh
to Cheras
, Sungai Buloh to Serdang and a loop line around the city's edges. Length of the lines is to be between 180 kilometers to 200 kilometers with a carrying capacity of 2 million people a day. Expected cost of the project is RM36 billion. It is not sure whether the line is part of the Kota Damansara to Cheras line or a completely new line.
On December 2010, the prime minister has announced that the new MRT lines has been approved by the cabinet and the construction of the lines will begin in July 2011. He explains that the first line that will be built will be from Sungai Buloh
to Kajang
through the city center. The government has appointed MMC-Gamuda JV Sdn Bhd as the project manager. The whole project will be divided into nine parcels in which will be done on open tender basis. MMC-Gamuda will be barred from bidding for the tender except for the tunneling works (the most expensive portion). The project will introduce 60 km or rail tracks plus 35 new stations.
On 14 February 2011, SPAD begin a 3-month mandatory public display at participating municipals. During the public display, the alignment, plans and feedback will be shown and taken into account.
On August 2011, the government announced that a new company called MRT Co. will be created to be the project and asset owner, which at that time being held by Parasana, starting on September 1 2011. The MRT Co's project management and technical team will be led by Marcus Levon Karakashian, who had been involved in the implementation of Singapore's MRT
and London's Jubilee Line
extension. The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) will remain as the supervising agency of the MRT project while MMC-Gamuda will continue to play its role as the project delivery partner.
. The line will be built in two phases; Sentul Timur - Mirahja - Ampang
which will be completed by 2020 and Ampang - Sentul Timur which will be completed by 2030.
toward Seri Kembangan
which will be built in two phases: Selayang - Pandan Jaya will be completed by 2020 and Pandan Jaya - Seri Kembangan which will be completed by 2030.
or it will be a totally new system integrated with the current line. The line is expected to be built in 2020.
s at every station. Tickets can be purchased either from ticket vending machines or at station counters found at all LRT stations. Turnstile
s are located at the entrances to train platforms. Rail fares range from RM
0.70 to RM 2.80 (RM 2.50 for the Kelana Jaya Line) depending on the distance travelled by commuters along the network.
Touch 'n Go
stored value cards are also accepted at fare gates on the RapidKL LRT network as well as the RapidKL bus network
, the KL Monorail route and the KTM Komuter system to improve integration. Touch 'n Go cards are available at all LRT stations for a RM 10 deposit. The Touch 'n Go system is also used in the production of RapidKL's monthly passes, called Rapidpasses. These passes can be purchased by frequent users of the RapidKL LRT and bus networks, which entitles them to unlimited rides for thirty days on all RapidKL buses and LRT stations. LRT Rapidpasses are valid only on the LRT network and they cost RM 100 each while Integrated Rapidpasses, which are valid on both the LRT and bus networks, cost RM 150 each. Rapidpass Pelajar is a variant of the conventional Rapidpass that can be purchased by students for a 50% discount.
Concessionary fares are available to people with disabilities
such as physical handicaps, learning disorders
, blindness
, deafness
or cerebral palsy
, provided that they are registered with the Department of Social Welfare. The concessionary fares range from RM 0.30 to RM 1.40.
On June 14, Parasana announced that a new ticketing system will be introduced in July 2011 with full integration made by 30 November 2011. The new ticketing system will finally combine all rail systems in Klang Valley under one roof with the exception of KTM Komuter
. The new system will feature a chip coin system for single journeys and a new contact-less smart card system for monthly passes in addition to traditional Touch 'n Go
card. The new system was develop at a cost of RM 115.2 million.
The network operator, RapidKL is working the resolve these issues and improve the service by:-
Light Rail Transit
The name Light Rail Transit is used to refer to several light rail systems, as an official name or otherwise:* Please see List of tram and light-rail transit systems.-See also:* Light Rapid Transit * Light railway* Light rail...
system (rapid transit
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
in central Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
) serving a large part of the Klang Valley
Klang Valley
Klang Valley is an area in Malaysia comprising Kuala Lumpur and its suburbs, and adjoining cities and towns in the state of Selangor. An alternative reference to this would be Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Area or Greater Kuala Lumpur. It is geographically delineated by Titiwangsa Mountains to the...
conurbation
Conurbation
A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area...
in Malaysia. It is owned by Syarikat Prasarana Negara and operated by RapidKL, a major public transport company in the conurbation. The rail network consists of the Ampang Line
Ampang Line
The Ampang Line is one of the two lines in Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System network operated by RapidKL Rail network. The other rail network is the Kelana Jaya Line....
and the Kelana Jaya Line
Kelana Jaya Line
The Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network...
, which were opened in 1995 and 1998 respectively. Along with the KTM Komuter
KTM Komuter
KTM Komuter is a commuter train service in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu . It was introduced in 1995 to provide local rail services in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley suburban areas. It is popular with commuters into the city, who thus avoid being caught in road traffic...
and Kuala Lumpur Monorail
Kuala Lumpur Monorail
The KL Monorail is an urban monorail system in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It opened on 31 August 2003, and serves 11 stations running with two parallel elevated tracks. It connects the Kuala Lumpur Sentral transport hub with the "Golden Triangle"...
networks, this system constitutes the core of public transport in Kuala Lumpur
Public transport in Kuala Lumpur
Public transport in Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley covers a variety of transport modes such as bus, rail and taxi.-History of public transport in Kuala Lumpur:...
with an average daily ridership of 326,000 in 2008, about 83% of the bus network
RapidKL buses
RapidKL bus is the largest bus operator in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. As of 2008, it operates 167 routes with 650 buses covering 980 residential areas with a ridership of about 400,000 per day....
's 392,000 operated by the same company during that period. The Ampang and Kelana Jaya lines were constructed and initially operated by different owners; Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan Sdn. Bhd. for the Ampang Line and Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik for the Kelana Jaya Line. In 2004, operational aspects of the two LRT lines were transferred to RapidKL under the second phase of the restructuring process of Kuala Lumpur's public transportation network.
The network has 50 stations with 56 kilometres of lines that operate on standard gauge
Standard gauge
The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...
. Sri Rampai LRT station
Sri Rampai LRT station
Sri Rampai LRT station is a rapid transit station in northern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, forming part of the Kelana Jaya Line...
was not in operation since the beginning of revenue service on the line until December 2010. These stations are scattered throughout Kuala Lumpur, with several stops close to or within the peripheral regions of Selangor
Selangor
Selangor also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity") is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...
. Train services operate from 6.00 a.m and typically end before midnight daily with frequencies varying from approximately three minutes during peak hours to twenty-three minutes during non-peak hours.
Several extensions to the RapidKL Light Rail Transit network have been announced. The Puchong extension entails the extension of the Ampang Line from its southern terminus in Sri Petaling
Sri Petaling
Sri Petaling is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia. It is located to the south of the city, near Happy Garden, and was formerly known as Bandar Baru Seri Petaling, Kuchai Lama and Bukit Jalil. This suburb was first developed in 1981; before this, there was a rubber plantation there...
to the suburb of Putra Heights
Putra Heights
Putra Heights is an affluent residential township in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located in the Mukim of Damansara. The township could be easily located by the tall and famous Bukit Cermin hill in Putra Heights....
in the Petaling
Petaling, Selangor
Petaling is a district located in the state of Selangor in Malaysia, not to be confused with the city of Petaling Jaya located in it, nor the subdistrict of Petaling within Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya within Petaling district.The district of Petaling was established on 1 January 1974, the same...
district of Selangor, passing through Puchong
Puchong
Puchong is a major town in the Petaling district of Selangor, Malaysia. The town used to be a rubber estate and tin-mining town in the 1960s. During 1980s, Puchong consisted of only one two-lane road running through estates and villages...
and Bandar Kinrara
Bandar Kinrara
Bandar Kinrara is a township in Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia. The Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve is situated to its south. Island & Peninsular Berhad commenced the township development under Perumahan Kinrara Berhad in 1991. The only link road to the development then was via Jalan Puchong before entering...
. The Subang Jaya extension involves the extension of the Kelana Jaya Line from its western terminus in Kelana Jaya
Kelana Jaya
Kelana Jaya is a suburb of Petaling Jaya city, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. Kelana Centre Point is a popular shopping mall in this township...
to Bandar Sunway
Bandar Sunway
Bandar Sunway is a township in between Petaling Jaya and Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is situated in the district of Petaling, Selangor. It is a 5 to 10 minutes drive to Subang Jaya, UEP Subang Jaya, Puchong and other suburbs and townships of Petaling Jaya...
, Subang Jaya
Subang Jaya
Subang Jaya is a suburban city in the Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. It comprises the southern third of the district of Petaling, and is home to a third of the district population of 1.78 million. Subang Jaya comprises , Bandar Sunway, UEP Subang Jaya, Putra Heights and Batu Tiga...
and UEP Subang Jaya
UEP Subang Jaya
UEP Subang Jaya is an affluent major residential township in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is one of the most prestigious addresses in the Klang Valley. It is located in the Mukim of Damansara, district of Petaling and the state of Selangor. USJ has a population of over 1,200,000 in 2010...
, with the new terminus in Putra Heights. The MRT Line 1, which will operate as part of a larger mass rapid transit system linking Damansara
Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
Damansara is a township in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Damansara is a central commercial hub, second only after Kuala Lumpur , and houses several affluent residential areas...
in the northwestern region of Kuala Lumpur to Cheras
Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
Cheras is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. The township is located to the south-east of Kuala Lumpur. Cheras is also adjacent to Ampang to the north and Kajang to the south, both of which are major cities within the metropolitan area of Kuala Lumpur.-Origins:Originally,...
in the southeast via the city centre, is projected to be completed by 2016. This new mass rapid transit system will be operated by RapidKL separately from the Kelana Jaya Line and the Ampang Line, although there will be several interchange station
Interchange station
An interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system, and allows passengers to change from one route to another. Transfer may occur within the same mode, or between rail modes, or to buses...
s with the two aforementioned lines throughout the network.
Current network
| Line | Began operation | Stations | Length (km) |
Terminals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelana Jaya Line Kelana Jaya Line The Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network... |
1 September 1998 | 24 | 29 | Kelana Jaya Kelana Jaya LRT station Kelana Jaya LRT station is a light rail station on the Kelana Jaya Line. It is the western terminus for passenger services on the line. The line extends further to the maintenance depot in Lembah Subang.... |
Gombak Terminal PUTRA LRT station Terminal Putra is an LRT station in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. It is the northern terminus for the RapidKL Kelana Jaya Line.... |
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| Ampang Line Ampang Line The Ampang Line is one of the two lines in Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System network operated by RapidKL Rail network. The other rail network is the Kelana Jaya Line.... |
16 December 1995 | 25 | 27 | Ampang Ampang LRT station Not to be confused with Ampang Park LRT station, a station on the Kelana Jaya Line.Ampang LRT station is a Light Rail Transit station operated by rapidKL served by the Ampang line in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the eastern terminus for passenger services on the line... |
Sultan Ismail Sultan Ismail LRT station Sultan Ismail LRT station is a light rail transit station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, operated by RapidKL served by the Ampang Line. This station was opened in 1996, along with 17 other LRT stations. There is an artist impression of the LRT Sultan Ismail station erected at SK Lelaki Jalan Batu.... |
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| 11 July 1998 | Chan Sow Lin Chan Sow Lin LRT station Chan Sow Lin LRT station is an at-grade rapid transit station and interchange station situated in Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The station serves a single line that forms part of a common Ampang Line route shared by both the Ampang-Sentul Timur line and Sri Petaling-Sentul Timur line and is the... |
Sri Petaling Sri Petaling LRT station Sri Petaling LRT station is a LRT station in Sri Petaling, a suburb about 20 km south of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. The original name was Komanwel LRT station, where "Komanwel" is the Malay spelling for "Commonwealth".... |
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Sentul Timur Sentul Timur LRT station Sentul Timur LRT station or Sentul Timur is the terminal and above ground station for the two sub-lines of the Ampang Line. The station is located in Sentul, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, which is surrounded by medium density low cost housing developments.... |
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The Ampang Line consists of two sub-lines, one a north-south line and one heading eastward. The Chan Sow Lin
Chan Sow Lin LRT station
Chan Sow Lin LRT station is an at-grade rapid transit station and interchange station situated in Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The station serves a single line that forms part of a common Ampang Line route shared by both the Ampang-Sentul Timur line and Sri Petaling-Sentul Timur line and is the...
-Sri Petaling
Sri Petaling LRT station
Sri Petaling LRT station is a LRT station in Sri Petaling, a suburb about 20 km south of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. The original name was Komanwel LRT station, where "Komanwel" is the Malay spelling for "Commonwealth"....
route serves the southern part of Kuala Lumpur. The Chan Sow Lin-Ampang
Ampang LRT station
Not to be confused with Ampang Park LRT station, a station on the Kelana Jaya Line.Ampang LRT station is a Light Rail Transit station operated by rapidKL served by the Ampang line in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the eastern terminus for passenger services on the line...
route primarily serves the suburb of Ampang
Ampang, Selangor
Ampang Jaya, more commonly known as just Ampang, is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It is the fifth largest town or city in Malaysia after Subang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, Klang and Johor Bahru. It borders a district within Kuala Lumpur also known as Ampang. It covers...
in Selangor and the town of Pudu
Pudu, Kuala Lumpur
Pudu is a town located along the Pudu Road in Kuala Lumpur. It houses Puduraya and Pudu Prison. Pudu Market is one of the largest wet markets in Kuala Lumpur...
in Kuala Lumpur, both of which are located in the northeastern region of the Klang Valley. Both lines converge at Chan Sow Lin; the merged line leads north, terminating at Sentul Timur LRT station
Sentul Timur LRT station
Sentul Timur LRT station or Sentul Timur is the terminal and above ground station for the two sub-lines of the Ampang Line. The station is located in Sentul, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, which is surrounded by medium density low cost housing developments....
.
The Kelana Jaya Line consists of a single line that connects Petaling Jaya
Petaling Jaya
Petaling Jaya is a Malaysian city originally developed as a satellite township for Kuala Lumpur comprising mostly residential and some industrial areas. It is located in the Petaling district of Selangor with an area of approximately 97.2 km². On 20 June 2006, Petaling Jaya was granted a...
in the west to Gombak
Gombak
Gombak is a district located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. Until 1997, Rawang was the district capital; the capital has been moved to Bandar Baru Selayang. Gombak borders Kuala...
in the northeast, passing through the city centre and various low density residential areas further north in Kuala Lumpur. The line has a total of 870 individual bridges, the longest of which has a 68m span.
The Ampang Line and the Kelana Jaya Line intersect at Masjid Jamek LRT station
Masjid Jamek LRT station
Masjid Jamek LRT station is a rapid transit station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the interchange station between two of RapidKL's light rail transit lines, namely the Ampang Line and the Kelana Jaya Line...
.
Stations
Since the Kelana Jaya and Ampang lines were intended to be operated by different owners during the planning and construction phase, both lines have unique and distinct station designs. Except for five underground stops between Pasar SeniPasar Seni LRT station
The Pasar Seni LRT station is an LRT station in Kuala Lumpur that is served by rapid KL's Kelana Jaya Line. The station was named after the neighbouring Central Market.The Kuala Lumpur Railway Station which the KTM Komuter serves, is a 400 m walk away...
and Ampang Park
Ampang Park LRT station
Ampang Park LRT station is an LRT station in Kuala Lumpur that is served by rapidKL's Kelana Jaya Line. Ampang Park station is the last underground station on the Kelana Jaya line before the line heads above ground again at Damai LRT Station...
on the Kelana Jaya Line, the entirety of the LRT is elevated or at-grade. The Ampang Line consists of elevated and at-grade stations, while the Kelana Jaya Line comprises underground and elevated stations, in addition to one unused at-grade station. All trains are air-conditioned.
The Kelana Jaya Line runs in a northeast-southwesterly direction, consisting primarily of elevated stops and a handful of underground and at-grade stations. Of a total of 24 stations, 16 are elevated, and 5 stops are underground. The only at-grade station, Sri Rampai
Sri Rampai LRT station
Sri Rampai LRT station is a rapid transit station in northern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, forming part of the Kelana Jaya Line...
, is currently incomplete and closed since a construction project it is supposed to serve has been halted. The service depot is located in Lembah Subang.
The stations, like those of the Ampang Line, are styled in several types of architectural designs. Elevated stations, in most parts, were constructed in four major styles with distinctive roof designs for specific portions of the line. The KL Sentral station
Kuala Lumpur Sentral
Kuala Lumpur Sentral or Sentral Kuala Lumpur is a transit-oriented development that houses the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Opened on 16 April 2001, despite its name it is actually even less central than the old Kuala Lumpur Railway Station, a colonial-era...
, added later, features a design more consistent with the Stesen Sentral station building. Underground stations, however, tend to feature unique concourse layout and vestibules
Vestibule (architecture)
A vestibule is a lobby, entrance hall, or passage between the entrance and the interior of a building.The same term can apply to structures in modern or ancient roman architecture. In modern architecture vestibule typically refers to a small room or hall between an entrance and the interior of...
, and feature floor-to-ceiling platform screen doors
Platform screen doors
Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...
to prevent platform-to-track intrusions. 13 stations (including two terminal stations and the five subway stations) utilize a single island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
, while 11 others utilize two side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s. Stations with island platforms allow easy interchange between north-bound and south-bound trains without requiring one to walk down/up to the concourse level.
On the Ampang Line, the system includes a total of 25 stations: eleven along the Chan Sow Lin
Chan Sow Lin LRT station
Chan Sow Lin LRT station is an at-grade rapid transit station and interchange station situated in Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The station serves a single line that forms part of a common Ampang Line route shared by both the Ampang-Sentul Timur line and Sri Petaling-Sentul Timur line and is the...
-Sentul Timur
Sentul Timur LRT station
Sentul Timur LRT station or Sentul Timur is the terminal and above ground station for the two sub-lines of the Ampang Line. The station is located in Sentul, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, which is surrounded by medium density low cost housing developments....
line, and seven along the Ampang LRT station
Ampang LRT station
Not to be confused with Ampang Park LRT station, a station on the Kelana Jaya Line.Ampang LRT station is a Light Rail Transit station operated by rapidKL served by the Ampang line in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the eastern terminus for passenger services on the line...
-Chan Sow Lin line and the Sri Petaling
Sri Petaling LRT station
Sri Petaling LRT station is a LRT station in Sri Petaling, a suburb about 20 km south of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. The original name was Komanwel LRT station, where "Komanwel" is the Malay spelling for "Commonwealth"....
-Chan Sow Lin line each. The service depot and primary train depot for the system is situated before the Ampang terminal station and the end of the Ampang-bound line. A secondary train depot is located after the Sri Petaling station.
The line between the Plaza Rakyat station to the Sentul Timur station is strictly elevated, with the line between the Bandaraya station to the Titiwangsa station running along the Gombak River. The Chan Sow Lin-Ampang line is primarily surface leveled, while the Chan Sow Lin-Plaza Rakyat line and the Sri Petaling-Chan Sow Lin line use a combination of surface leveled and elevated tracks. There are no subway lines in the system.
Rolling stock
The rolling stock of the Kelana Jaya Line, in use since the opening of the line in 1998, consists of a fleet of 35 Mark II Bombardier Advanced Rapid TransitBombardier Advanced Rapid Transit
Advanced Rapid Transit or ART is the current name given to a rapid transit system manufactured by Bombardier Transportation. The original versions look like small subway cars that typically run in two-, four- or six-car trains, but the latest versions are more streamlined two-car articulated...
(ART) trains with related equipment and services supplied by the Bombardier Group. The ART trains consist of two-electric multiple unit
Electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...
s, which serve as either a driving car or trailer car depending on its direction of travel. The trains utilise linear motor
Linear motor
A linear motor is an electric motor that has had its stator and rotor "unrolled" so that instead of producing a torque it produces a linear force along its length...
s and draw power from a third rail
Third rail
A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track. It is used typically in a mass transit or rapid transit system, which has alignments in its own corridors, fully or almost...
located at the side of the steel rails
Rail profile
The rail profile is the cross sectional shape of a railway rail, perpendicular to the length of the rail.In all but very early cast iron rails, a rail is hot rolled steel of a specific cross sectional profile designed for use as the fundamental component of railway track.Unlike some other uses of...
. The plating in between the running rails is used for accelerating and decelerating the train. The reaction plate is semi-magnetised, which pulls the train along as well as helps it to slow down.
The ART is essentially driverless
Automatic train operation
Automatic train operation ensures partial or complete automatic train piloting and driverless functions.Most systems elect to maintain a driver to mitigate risks associated with failures or emergencies....
, automated to travel along lines and stop at designated stations for a limited amount of time. Nevertheless, manual override
Manual override
A manual override is a mechanism wherein control is taken from an automated system and given to the user. For example, a manual override in photography refers to the ability for the human photographer to turn off the automatic aperture sizing, automatic focusing, or any other automated system on...
control panels are provided at each end of the trains for use in an event of an emergency.
Since October 2006, the operator has ordered 35 new 4-car trainsets to be delivered starting from 2008. Due to some delays from the manufacturer, the delivery was delayed to November 2008. After extensive series of testing, the first batch of trains began operation on Dec 30, 2009.
The rolling stock of the Ampang Lines consists of a fleet of 90 Adtranz
Adtranz
ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation , commonly known under its brand Adtranz, was a multi-national rail transport equipment manufacturer with facilities concentrated in Europe and the USA....
standard gauge
Standard gauge
The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...
trains manufactured by Walkers Limited, an engineering and company. The trains consist of electric multiple unit
Electric multiple unit
An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power. An EMU requires no separate locomotive, as electric traction motors are incorporated within one or a number of the carriages...
s, which draw power from the underside of a third rail
Third rail
A third rail is a method of providing electric power to a railway train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track. It is used typically in a mass transit or rapid transit system, which has alignments in its own corridors, fully or almost...
installed along a side of the line. All cars in each train are fitted with both current collector and motors. The trains are manned, with driver cabs occupying the tips of the trains.
The trains come in two trainset configurations. The first and most common variation is the six-car trainset, which consists of three sets of two EMUs (2+2+2) and utilises the maximum platform length of the lines' stations. Each two EMU sets at the front and rear consist of one driving and one non-driving motor car, while the two EMUs between are non-driving motors. There are no gangway connections between the two-car sets. The second variation is a four-car trainset, a more obscure configuration that consists of only two EMU sets (2+2) of one driving car and one non-driving motor at each end, thus with two-thirds the capacity of the more common six-car set. The 2+2 trainsets were once used in full in the service until the massive deployment of 2+2+2 trainsets.
Each car has 3 bogies, 2 powered end bogies and one trailing bogie under the central articulation. The end cars, numbered 1101 to 1260 have driver cabs. The middle car number 2201 to 2230 have concealed driver control panels to enable the car to be moved around the depot independently.
Extensions to existing lines
On 29 August 2006, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Mohd Najib Abdul RazakNajib Tun Razak
Dato' Sri Haji Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak is the sixth, and since 2009, Prime Minister of Malaysia. He previously held the post of Deputy Prime Minister from 7 January 2004 until he succeeded Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as Prime Minister on 3 April 2009. Najib is President of the United...
announced that the western end of the Kelana Jaya Line would be extended to the suburbs of Bandar Sunway
Bandar Sunway
Bandar Sunway is a township in between Petaling Jaya and Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is situated in the district of Petaling, Selangor. It is a 5 to 10 minutes drive to Subang Jaya, UEP Subang Jaya, Puchong and other suburbs and townships of Petaling Jaya...
, Subang Jaya
Subang Jaya
Subang Jaya is a suburban city in the Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. It comprises the southern third of the district of Petaling, and is home to a third of the district population of 1.78 million. Subang Jaya comprises , Bandar Sunway, UEP Subang Jaya, Putra Heights and Batu Tiga...
and UEP Subang Jaya
UEP Subang Jaya
UEP Subang Jaya is an affluent major residential township in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is one of the most prestigious addresses in the Klang Valley. It is located in the Mukim of Damansara, district of Petaling and the state of Selangor. USJ has a population of over 1,200,000 in 2010...
(USJ), which are located to the south-west of Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
. The extension will be part of a RM10 billion plan to expand Kuala Lumpur's public transport network
Public transport in Kuala Lumpur
Public transport in Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley covers a variety of transport modes such as bus, rail and taxi.-History of public transport in Kuala Lumpur:...
.
The expansion plan will also see the Ampang Line extended to the suburb of Puchong
Puchong
Puchong is a major town in the Petaling district of Selangor, Malaysia. The town used to be a rubber estate and tin-mining town in the 1960s. During 1980s, Puchong consisted of only one two-lane road running through estates and villages...
and the south-west of Kuala Lumpur The plan also involved the construction of an entirely new line, tentatively called the Kota Damansara-Cheras Line
Kota Damansara-Cheras Line
The MRT Line 1 or Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line is a proposed new line under the Selangor and Kuala Lumpur rail transit system. Announced in 2006, the line was initially planned as a Light Rail Transit at 43 km in length, linking the densely populated areas of Damansara in the northwest and Cheras...
which later on changed to mass rapid transit line rather than the original planning, running from Kota Damansara
Kota Damansara
Kota Damansara is a 4,000-acre developing township located in the mukim of Sungai Buloh in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia....
in the western portion of the city, to Cheras
Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
Cheras is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. The township is located to the south-east of Kuala Lumpur. Cheras is also adjacent to Ampang to the north and Kajang to the south, both of which are major cities within the metropolitan area of Kuala Lumpur.-Origins:Originally,...
which lies to the south-east of Kuala Lumpur.
According to news reports, tenders of the line extension is expected to be out in Q1 2009. It is expected large local constructions players will take in track and civil works, fare collection, and systems works involving power supply, signaling and communication worth RM 1 billion. Extensions will involve the construction of 24 new stations and 32 km of new tracks. It is expected that 35 new trains for the Kelana Jaya Line and 20 for the Ampang line will be added to the rolling stock.
Soil testing has been seen sighted in Subang Jaya
Subang Jaya
Subang Jaya is a suburban city in the Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. It comprises the southern third of the district of Petaling, and is home to a third of the district population of 1.78 million. Subang Jaya comprises , Bandar Sunway, UEP Subang Jaya, Putra Heights and Batu Tiga...
in mid February although the project has not been given a final approval yet from the government.
It has been learned by April 2009, that design contracts has been awarded to HSS Integrated and Minconsult. Meanwhile, project management has been awarded to Opus, a subsidiary of United Engineers Group
UEM Group
United Engineers Malaysia Berhad or UEM Group is a Malaysian company of Engineering and Constructions, Township and Property Development, Expressways and Asset Facilities Management....
. Extension of the lines is expected to cost around MYR
Myr
The symbol myr was formerly used in English-language geology, and remains as the standard usage in astronomy, as a unit of one million years.It is an abbreviation for 'million years' and lower case is used in geology, while upper case is used in astronomy....
3 billion for each line.
Asset owner of the project, Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd, has invited locally incorporated companies to submit the “expression of interest (EOI)” to participate in the extension and upgrading of the KL light rail transit system project on May 2009. This is considered as a pre-qualification bidding process. The EOI, which has no ending date covers two major jobs, which are civil construction works and mechanical/electrical works. The jobs is expected to be RM7 billion in which RM1 billion will be set aside to purchase new rolling stocks from Bombardier.
On 25 July 2009, RapidKL, the operator of the lines has conducted a town-hall meeting with Subang Jaya
Subang Jaya
Subang Jaya is a suburban city in the Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. It comprises the southern third of the district of Petaling, and is home to a third of the district population of 1.78 million. Subang Jaya comprises , Bandar Sunway, UEP Subang Jaya, Putra Heights and Batu Tiga...
and USJ
UEP Subang Jaya
UEP Subang Jaya is an affluent major residential township in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is one of the most prestigious addresses in the Klang Valley. It is located in the Mukim of Damansara, district of Petaling and the state of Selangor. USJ has a population of over 1,200,000 in 2010...
residents concerning the extension of the Kelana Jaya Line
Kelana Jaya Line
The Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network...
towards their neighbourhood. Although the proposed alignment shown is still under proposal phase, it is to believe that the line will continue from the current terminus at Kelana Jaya
Kelana Jaya
Kelana Jaya is a suburb of Petaling Jaya city, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. Kelana Centre Point is a popular shopping mall in this township...
towards Lembah Subang depot and go through Subang Jaya Komuter station
Subang Jaya Komuter station
The Subang Jaya KTM Komuter station is a commuter station located in SS16, Subang Jaya and served by the Sentul-Port Klang Route.The station is situated behind Subang Parade and Carrefour and is a popular train and bus hub...
, Jalan Jengka, passing by Shah Alam Expressway
Shah Alam Expressway
Shah Alam Expressway, SAE , is part of a comprehensive network of road links in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. The expressway connects from Pandamaran in Klang, Selangor to Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur. Shah Alam Expressway is the third east-west-oriented expressway in the Klang Valley after the...
towards The Summit USJ mall and go through USJ 8, USJ19 and USJ21 before heading towards Putra Heights
Putra Heights
Putra Heights is an affluent residential township in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located in the Mukim of Damansara. The township could be easily located by the tall and famous Bukit Cermin hill in Putra Heights....
for the new terminus. The operator said there will be three Park and Ride facilities in Subang Jaya and hopes the extension will complete by 2013.
Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad has formally announce its plans to extend the two lines and begins the public display of the plan for three months beginning September 15, 2009. The public display aims to gather public input as well showing where all the lines and stations will be constructed.
On June 2010, Prasarana announced that it had obtained approval to build the extension, although the extension has to be built in two phases as certain parts of the extensions have yet to obtain approval. The stations that are in the first approved phase is a 9.2 km track from Kelana Jaya LRT station
Kelana Jaya LRT station
Kelana Jaya LRT station is a light rail station on the Kelana Jaya Line. It is the western terminus for passenger services on the line. The line extends further to the maintenance depot in Lembah Subang....
to USJ
UEP Subang Jaya
UEP Subang Jaya is an affluent major residential township in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is one of the most prestigious addresses in the Klang Valley. It is located in the Mukim of Damansara, district of Petaling and the state of Selangor. USJ has a population of over 1,200,000 in 2010...
near Shah Alam Expressway
Shah Alam Expressway
Shah Alam Expressway, SAE , is part of a comprehensive network of road links in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. The expressway connects from Pandamaran in Klang, Selangor to Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur. Shah Alam Expressway is the third east-west-oriented expressway in the Klang Valley after the...
for the Kelana Jaya line and 7.4 km track from Sri Petaling LRT station
Sri Petaling LRT station
Sri Petaling LRT station is a LRT station in Sri Petaling, a suburb about 20 km south of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. The original name was Komanwel LRT station, where "Komanwel" is the Malay spelling for "Commonwealth"....
to Bandar Kinrara
Bandar Kinrara
Bandar Kinrara is a township in Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia. The Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve is situated to its south. Island & Peninsular Berhad commenced the township development under Perumahan Kinrara Berhad in 1991. The only link road to the development then was via Jalan Puchong before entering...
3. Prasarana also announce that preliminary work involving relocating utility lines is expected to begin in mid-July while the actual construction of the lines will commence by end of 2010 after the tendering process.
On November 2010, Prasarana announced that it has awarded RM1.7 billion for first phase of the project. The winners include Trans Resource Corp Bhd for the Kelana Jaya line extension portion and Bina Puri Holdings Bhd and Tim Sekata for the Ampang line extension. UEM Builders Bhd and Intria Bina Sdn Bhd were appointed as subcontractors for the fabrication and supply of segmental box girder
Segmental bridge
As its name implies, a segmental bridge is a bridge built in short sections , i.e., one piece at a time, as opposed to traditional methods that build a bridge in very large sections...
jobs for the Kelana Jaya line while Bina Puri and Tim Sekata will do it for the Ampang line.
On December 2010, local authority Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya
Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya
Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya or Subang Jaya Municipal Council is a local authority which is in charge of the Subang Jaya city and the southern parts of Petaling district. This agency is under Selangor state government...
approved the location of seven LRT stations. They are at SS15, SS17, USJ 10, USJ 15 and USJ 21. All the station aforementioned are of Kelana Jaya Line. Two stations along the Bukit Jalil - Puchong highway also have been approved by the local authority.
On June 2010, Parasana announced that CMC Engineering-Colas Rail-Uniway join venture won the contract to build the Kelana Jaya Line extension. The contact is work RM 673.9 million. The joint-venture company is the only company to fulfill all tender conditions, beating out the others.
On July 2011, Parasana announced that MRCB and Sunway won tenders for Package B for the Ampang Line and Kelana Jaya Line respectively. The tender is valued at RM 1.33 billion for the Ampang Line and RM 569 million for the Kelana Jaya Line. Package B consists of construction and completion of facilities works that include the fabrication and delivery of segmental box girders. Works is expected to start on August 2011 and complete 20 to 30 months later.
MRT Line 1
More than one million Klang Valley residents will benefit from the much awaited new Kota Damansara-Cheras rail transit line. The Government had earlier said the new line and extensions should be ready by 2014. Sources said with the average construction period taking three to four years, work would have to start by the end of this year.The 40 km route covers some of the most densely populated areas in the Klang Valley such as Damansara and Cheras as well as the fast growing area of Kota Damansara. It will also serve the heart of the Golden Triangle, the business and financial hub of Kuala Lumpur. Currently, the area is only served by KL Monorail, which is already suffering from overcrowding.
The new line, which sources said would cost over RM4billion and will be mostly elevated, will provide the much needed expansion to the current 56 km, 48-station light rail transit network, especially in view of the rising fuel prices and the new emphasis on public transport. The line was announced in October 2006 by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak but little has been heard about it since then.
The alignment, made available to The Star, showed the new line running from Kota Damansara along Persiaran Surian to the Damansara-Puchong Expressway and then heading towards the city centre along the Sprint Expressway, through Bangsar Baru and Jalan Bangsar. It will then run parallel to the existing Kelana Jaya Line
Kelana Jaya Line
The Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network...
to KL Sentral, Pasar Seni and Masjid Jamek before heading to the Golden Triangle along Jalan Raja Chulan. The route will then pass Pasar Rakyat in Bukit Bintang and then Jalan Tun Razak where it will join Jalan Cheras. It will continue along the road and the Cheras-Kajang Expressway to the Balakong interchange near Cheras Batu 11. Passengers will be able to switch with the existing Kelana Jaya Line
Kelana Jaya Line
The Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network...
at Bangsar, KL Sentral, Pasar Seni and Masjid Jamek; and the Ampang Line
Ampang Line
The Ampang Line is one of the two lines in Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System network operated by RapidKL Rail network. The other rail network is the Kelana Jaya Line....
at Masjid Jamek and Maluri. There will be around 30 stations along the line, including the interchange stations.
Sources said the route was a “desktop alignment” which would form the basis for the eventual line. The number of stations has also not been finalised. The final alignment and number of stations is unlikely to vary in any major way from the “desktop” plan. As with the other lines, the new line will be owned by Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd and operated by RapidKL.
While the Government has yet to announce when work will begin on the new line, sources pointed to the “positive statements” by Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop. Nor had announced that public transport would be getting more incentives, allocations and assistance in Budget 2009 and future budgets. Sources said the Government was also currently conducting the mid-term review of the 9th Malaysia Plan and there were concerted efforts to get the new line in.
On September 2008, the Chief Executive Officer of SPNB, the asset owner of the Ampang Line
Ampang Line
The Ampang Line is one of the two lines in Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System network operated by RapidKL Rail network. The other rail network is the Kelana Jaya Line....
and Kelana Jaya Line
Kelana Jaya Line
The Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network...
said that the line may be upgraded to a Mass Rapid Transit
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
system as the line will connect two high density areas of Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
. The company expects a daily ridership of more than 300,000 in which an MRT system is more suitable than an LRT system. However, a study will be done first before any decision is made. He added that an integrated transport platform will be built with the new line in areas of Damansara
Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
Damansara is a township in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Damansara is a central commercial hub, second only after Kuala Lumpur , and houses several affluent residential areas...
or Sungai Buloh
Sungai Buloh
Sungai Buloh is a subdistrict of Petaling District in the state of Selangor, Malaysia, bordering Gombak District. It is a 15-minute drive from Sungai Buloh to Kuala Lumpur, the national capital...
similar to the one that is currently built in Bandar Tasik Selatan station
Bandar Tasik Selatan station
Bandar Tasik Selatan station is a Malaysian interchange station located next to and named after Bandar Tasik Selatan, in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. The station serves as both a stop and interchange for KTM Komuter, Ampang Line, and the Express Rail Link's KLIA Transit trains, and...
. The CEO also said that the detailed design stage will begin in 2nd quarter 2009.
On June 2010, Prime Minister Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak
Najib Tun Razak
Dato' Sri Haji Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak is the sixth, and since 2009, Prime Minister of Malaysia. He previously held the post of Deputy Prime Minister from 7 January 2004 until he succeeded Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as Prime Minister on 3 April 2009. Najib is President of the United...
announce plans to build three Mass Rapid Transit lines which compromise a Sungai Buloh
Sungai Buloh
Sungai Buloh is a subdistrict of Petaling District in the state of Selangor, Malaysia, bordering Gombak District. It is a 15-minute drive from Sungai Buloh to Kuala Lumpur, the national capital...
to Cheras
Cheras LRT station
Cheras LRT station is a Malaysian at-grade rapid transit station situated near and named after the Kuala Lumpur township of Cheras. The station is part of the Sri Petaling-Sentul Timur branch of the Ampang Line .The station was opened on July 11, 1998, as part of the second phase of the STAR...
, Sungai Buloh to Serdang and a loop line around the city's edges. Length of the lines is to be between 180 kilometers to 200 kilometers with a carrying capacity of 2 million people a day. Expected cost of the project is RM36 billion. It is not sure whether the line is part of the Kota Damansara to Cheras line or a completely new line.
On December 2010, the prime minister has announced that the new MRT lines has been approved by the cabinet and the construction of the lines will begin in July 2011. He explains that the first line that will be built will be from Sungai Buloh
Sungai Buloh
Sungai Buloh is a subdistrict of Petaling District in the state of Selangor, Malaysia, bordering Gombak District. It is a 15-minute drive from Sungai Buloh to Kuala Lumpur, the national capital...
to Kajang
Kajang
Kajang, is a town in the eastern part of Selangor, Malaysia. Kajang is the district capital of Hulu Langat. It is located from of Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur.The current locational gravity of growth in Kajang would be Sungai Chua...
through the city center. The government has appointed MMC-Gamuda JV Sdn Bhd as the project manager. The whole project will be divided into nine parcels in which will be done on open tender basis. MMC-Gamuda will be barred from bidding for the tender except for the tunneling works (the most expensive portion). The project will introduce 60 km or rail tracks plus 35 new stations.
On 14 February 2011, SPAD begin a 3-month mandatory public display at participating municipals. During the public display, the alignment, plans and feedback will be shown and taken into account.
On August 2011, the government announced that a new company called MRT Co. will be created to be the project and asset owner, which at that time being held by Parasana, starting on September 1 2011. The MRT Co's project management and technical team will be led by Marcus Levon Karakashian, who had been involved in the implementation of Singapore's MRT
Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
The Mass Rapid Transit or MRT is a rapid transit system that forms the backbone of the railway system in Singapore, spanning the entire city-state. The initial section of the MRT, between Yio Chu Kang Station and Toa Payoh Station, opened in 1987 establishing itself as the second-oldest metro...
and London's Jubilee Line
Jubilee Line
The Jubilee line is a line on the London Underground , in the United Kingdom. It was built in two major sections—initially to Charing Cross, in central London, and later extended, in 1999, to Stratford, in east London. The later stations are larger and have special safety features, both aspects...
extension. The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) will remain as the supervising agency of the MRT project while MMC-Gamuda will continue to play its role as the project delivery partner.
MRT Line 2
MRT Line 2 will be an orbital line around Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
. The line will be built in two phases; Sentul Timur - Mirahja - Ampang
Ampang
Ampang is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur in the Titiwangsa constituency, partly located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia and was historically a tin mining town. Its area in Kuala Lumpur is identified as being along the Ampang Road and Ampang Hilir.-History:...
which will be completed by 2020 and Ampang - Sentul Timur which will be completed by 2030.
MRT Line 3
The third line will be built from SelayangSelayang
Selayang is the principal town of Gombak district in Selangor, Malaysia. The town is located about 10 km northwest from Kuala Lumpur, and a few kilometres from Batu Caves. A new township, Bandar Baru Selayang located just 2 km away and was named after the town, where the Selayang...
toward Seri Kembangan
Seri Kembangan
Seri Kembangan, formerly known as Serdang New Village, is a town located in Selangor, Malaysia. The town is now a considerable city in size - can be seen on the North-South Expressway Southern Route.-History:...
which will be built in two phases: Selayang - Pandan Jaya will be completed by 2020 and Pandan Jaya - Seri Kembangan which will be completed by 2030.
Klang - Kelana Jaya Line
Parasana announced during the MRT launch day that they planned to build a new LRT line from Klang to Kelana Jaya. It is unconfirmed whether this will be an extension to the current Kelana Jaya LineKelana Jaya Line
The Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network...
or it will be a totally new system integrated with the current line. The line is expected to be built in 2020.
KL Monorail Extension
KL Monorail is planned to be extend to Jalan Klang Lama. The constructions of the extension is expected to start in 2012 and end by 2018.Fares and ticketing
RapidKL LRT implements an automatic fare collection system with stored value tickets and single journey tickets issued in the form of magnetic stripe cardMagnetic stripe card
A magnetic stripe card is a type of card capable of storing data by modifying the magnetism of tiny iron-based magnetic particles on a band of magnetic material on the card...
s at every station. Tickets can be purchased either from ticket vending machines or at station counters found at all LRT stations. Turnstile
Turnstile
A turnstile, also called a baffle gate, is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. It can also be made so as to enforce one-way traffic of people, and in addition, it can restrict passage only to people who insert a coin, a ticket, a pass, or similar...
s are located at the entrances to train platforms. Rail fares range from RM
Malaysian ringgit
The Malaysian ringgit is the currency of Malaysia. It is divided into 100 sen...
0.70 to RM 2.80 (RM 2.50 for the Kelana Jaya Line) depending on the distance travelled by commuters along the network.
Touch 'n Go
Touch 'n Go
The Touch 'n Go or smart card is used by Malaysian toll expressway and highway operators as the sole electronic payment system . The credit card sized smartcard made of plastic with Philips' MIFARE microchip technology embedded in it....
stored value cards are also accepted at fare gates on the RapidKL LRT network as well as the RapidKL bus network
RapidKL buses
RapidKL bus is the largest bus operator in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. As of 2008, it operates 167 routes with 650 buses covering 980 residential areas with a ridership of about 400,000 per day....
, the KL Monorail route and the KTM Komuter system to improve integration. Touch 'n Go cards are available at all LRT stations for a RM 10 deposit. The Touch 'n Go system is also used in the production of RapidKL's monthly passes, called Rapidpasses. These passes can be purchased by frequent users of the RapidKL LRT and bus networks, which entitles them to unlimited rides for thirty days on all RapidKL buses and LRT stations. LRT Rapidpasses are valid only on the LRT network and they cost RM 100 each while Integrated Rapidpasses, which are valid on both the LRT and bus networks, cost RM 150 each. Rapidpass Pelajar is a variant of the conventional Rapidpass that can be purchased by students for a 50% discount.
Concessionary fares are available to people with disabilities
Disability
A disability may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or some combination of these.Many people would rather be referred to as a person with a disability instead of handicapped...
such as physical handicaps, learning disorders
Learning disability
Learning disability is a classification including several disorders in which a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner, usually caused by an unknown factor or factors...
, blindness
Blindness
Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness...
, deafness
Hearing impairment
-Definition:Deafness is the inability for the ear to interpret certain or all frequencies of sound.-Environmental Situations:Deafness can be caused by environmental situations such as noise, trauma, or other ear defections...
or cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
, provided that they are registered with the Department of Social Welfare. The concessionary fares range from RM 0.30 to RM 1.40.
On June 14, Parasana announced that a new ticketing system will be introduced in July 2011 with full integration made by 30 November 2011. The new ticketing system will finally combine all rail systems in Klang Valley under one roof with the exception of KTM Komuter
KTM Komuter
KTM Komuter is a commuter train service in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu . It was introduced in 1995 to provide local rail services in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley suburban areas. It is popular with commuters into the city, who thus avoid being caught in road traffic...
. The new system will feature a chip coin system for single journeys and a new contact-less smart card system for monthly passes in addition to traditional Touch 'n Go
Touch 'n Go
The Touch 'n Go or smart card is used by Malaysian toll expressway and highway operators as the sole electronic payment system . The credit card sized smartcard made of plastic with Philips' MIFARE microchip technology embedded in it....
card. The new system was develop at a cost of RM 115.2 million.
Criticisms
The lines receive a barrage of criticism. Key points of criticisms are:-- Poor integration between Ampang LineAmpang LineThe Ampang Line is one of the two lines in Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System network operated by RapidKL Rail network. The other rail network is the Kelana Jaya Line....
and Kelana Jaya LineKelana Jaya LineThe Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network...
. - Even poorer integration with other rail operators such as KL Monorail and KTM KomuterKTM KomuterKTM Komuter is a commuter train service in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu . It was introduced in 1995 to provide local rail services in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley suburban areas. It is popular with commuters into the city, who thus avoid being caught in road traffic...
. - Overcrowding on the Kelana Jaya LineKelana Jaya LineThe Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network...
, resulting in unpleasant experiences. - Underuse of the Ampang LineAmpang LineThe Ampang Line is one of the two lines in Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System network operated by RapidKL Rail network. The other rail network is the Kelana Jaya Line....
- Unreliable ticket vending machine which results in long lines at the manual ticket counter.
- The announcement is not comparable to the MRT in Singapore by telling them things like Door Are Closing, Interchange station to notify the exchange with other MRT, and many more. Unfortunately, Rapid KL service, announcement in the train is less satisfying.
The network operator, RapidKL is working the resolve these issues and improve the service by:-
- Masjid Jamek LRT stationMasjid Jamek LRT stationMasjid Jamek LRT station is a rapid transit station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the interchange station between two of RapidKL's light rail transit lines, namely the Ampang Line and the Kelana Jaya Line...
will be upgraded to ensure seamless integration between Ampang LineAmpang LineThe Ampang Line is one of the two lines in Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System network operated by RapidKL Rail network. The other rail network is the Kelana Jaya Line....
and Kelana Jaya LineKelana Jaya LineThe Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network...
. - Hang Tuah stationHang Tuah stationHang Tuah station is a designated interchange station in the Pudu district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, consisting of two stations that are part of two different railway-based transit systems: The Ampang Line and the Kuala Lumpur Monorail.Located on the northwestern tip of Pudu, the station is in...
and Titiwangsa stationTitiwangsa stationTitiwangsa station refers to is an interchange of two train stations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that provides services to the Ampang Line rapid transit system at one station, and the KL Monorail at another...
will be upgraded to ensure seamless integration between Ampang LineAmpang LineThe Ampang Line is one of the two lines in Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System network operated by RapidKL Rail network. The other rail network is the Kelana Jaya Line....
and KL Monorail. - Ticket Vending Machine can now give up to 5 tickets at once and (finally) accept multiple bank notes.
- Extending the Ampang LineAmpang LineThe Ampang Line is one of the two lines in Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System network operated by RapidKL Rail network. The other rail network is the Kelana Jaya Line....
and Kelana Jaya LineKelana Jaya LineThe Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network...
to Putra HeightsPutra HeightsPutra Heights is an affluent residential township in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located in the Mukim of Damansara. The township could be easily located by the tall and famous Bukit Cermin hill in Putra Heights....
which will serve PuchongPuchongPuchong is a major town in the Petaling district of Selangor, Malaysia. The town used to be a rubber estate and tin-mining town in the 1960s. During 1980s, Puchong consisted of only one two-lane road running through estates and villages...
and Subang JayaSubang JayaSubang Jaya is a suburban city in the Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. It comprises the southern third of the district of Petaling, and is home to a third of the district population of 1.78 million. Subang Jaya comprises , Bandar Sunway, UEP Subang Jaya, Putra Heights and Batu Tiga...
area to increase usage on both lines. It is expected that the Putra Heights terminus will integrate both lines. - Purchasing 35 new trains for the Kelana Jaya LineKelana Jaya LineThe Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network...
to increase the capacity by 100% and increase train frequency. It is expected that the train set will start operation in 2009. - Improved integration with RapidKL busesRapidKL busesRapidKL bus is the largest bus operator in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. As of 2008, it operates 167 routes with 650 buses covering 980 residential areas with a ridership of about 400,000 per day....
to increase ridership on both lines. - Introducing new, additional fare gates which only accept Touch 'n GoTouch 'n GoThe Touch 'n Go or smart card is used by Malaysian toll expressway and highway operators as the sole electronic payment system . The credit card sized smartcard made of plastic with Philips' MIFARE microchip technology embedded in it....
card to encourage electronic payment methods.- Introducing Touch 'n GoTouch 'n GoThe Touch 'n Go or smart card is used by Malaysian toll expressway and highway operators as the sole electronic payment system . The credit card sized smartcard made of plastic with Philips' MIFARE microchip technology embedded in it....
reload kiosk on select stations.
- Introducing Touch 'n Go