Transportation in Kuala Lumpur - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The transportation system 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...

is a cooperation of complex systems of infrastructure. Kuala Lumpur, being the capital of Malaysia, has an unrivaled transportation system in Malaysia, including an integrated rail network, and to a further extent, one of the longest automated driverless metro systems in the world, 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...

.

Despite all the efforts to promote the usage of public transportation, the average usage of public transport in the city is only mere 16% in 2006, among the lowest in Asia.

Kuala Lumpur has the country's largest airport, Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Kuala Lumpur International Airport , or KLIA serves the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, and is one of Southeast Asia's largest airports. It is also Malaysia's main international airport. It is situated in the Sepang district, in the south of the state of Selangor, about from Kuala Lumpur...

, as well as South East Asia's largest intermodal transport hub, the Kuala Lumpur Sentral transportation hub.

Metro or Rapid Transit

Kuala Lumpur's metro or 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 consists of 6 metro lines operated by 4 operators. Among the 4 operators, RapidKL and Keretapi Tanah Melayu

Keretapi Tanah Melayu

Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad or Malayan Railways Limited is the main rail operator in Peninsular Malaysia. The railway system dates back to the British colonial era, when it was first built to transport tin...

are the most important rail operators in Kuala Lumpur where Keretapi Tanah Melayu

Keretapi Tanah Melayu

alone carries 30,934,651 passengers in year 2005. Metro lines in Kuala Lumpur are categorized into different types: light rail transit

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...

, commuter rail, and monorail

Monorail

A monorail is a rail-based transportation system based on a single rail, which acts as its sole support and its guideway. The term is also used variously to describe the beam of the system, or the vehicles traveling on such a beam or track...

. Others such as the Intercity rail and the airport express

KLIA Ekspres

KLIA Ekspres is a non-stop, airport rail link service between Kuala Lumpur Sentral and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport ERL station in Malaysia. The service is run by Express Rail Link Sdn. Bhd. which began its operations on 14 April 2002...

are obviously not metro systems. It may even be argued that commuter rail services from Kuala Lumpur cannot be considered a metro system because it extends far beyond Kuala Lumpur and its immediate surroundings.

Light Rail Transit

There are two fully grade-separated light rail transit

Light Rail Transit

systems in Kuala Lumpur. 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...

and 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....

. They are both operated by RapidKL.

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...

is the most important rail line in Kuala Lumpur as it links 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...

and 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...

that primarily serves the 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...

region to the south; southwest and central Kuala Lumpur, and 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...

City Centre to the centre. Todate, it carries over 170,000 passengers a day and over 350,000 a day during national events such as National Day

National Day

The National Day is a designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a nation or non-sovereign country. This nationhood can be symbolized by the date of independence, of becoming republic or a significant date for a patron saint or a ruler . Often the day is not called "National Day"...

celebration and New Year's Eve countdown celebration. At 29 km in length, the Kelana Jaya Line is the third longest fully automated driverless metro system in the world, after the SkyTrain

SkyTrain (Vancouver)

SkyTrain is a light rapid transit system in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. SkyTrain has of track and uses fully automated trains on grade-separated tracks, running mostly on elevated guideways, which helps SkyTrain to hold consistently high on-time reliability...

in Greater Vancouver

Greater Vancouver

Greater Vancouver is the metropolitan area centred on the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, roughly coterminous with the Greater Vancouver Regional District, which is governed by a body known as Metro Vancouver...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

(49.5 km) and the Lille Metro

Lille Metro

The Lille metro is a driverless metro in and around Lille, France. The system was inaugurated on 25 April 1983 and was the first to use VAL system....

VAL in Lille

Lille

Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

(32 km). In the 29 km railway line, there are 16 are elevated train stops, and 5 stops between Pasar Seni and Ampang Park are underground.

Passengers riding the rapid transit pay with stored value cards such as 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....

, which are also valid in other transit systems in Kuala Lumpur. Apart from Touch 'n Go

Touch 'n Go

, monthly travel pass issued by RapidKL is also accepted to pay fare.

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....

is the other rapid transit system for the two routes of the line operating in RapidKL Rail Network. These sub-lines are Ampang(formerly, Ampang line) and Sri Petaling (formerly, Sri Petaling line). These two lines are carrying over 130,000 to 150,000 per day on a weekday basis and an average of 120,000 per day on weekends. The Ampang Line consists of two routes totaling at a length of 27 kilometres that begin at two different stations at the south, meeting at an interchange station and ending at the same station at the north. Ampang Line has a total of 29 stations, with a combination of elevated and at-grade stations. However, there are no subways in the system.

Similarly, passengers riding the rapid transit pay with stored value cards such as Touch 'n Go

Touch 'n Go

and monthly travel pass issued by RapidKL to pay the fare.

Commuter Rail

Kuala Lumpur has the most extensive commuter rail system in Malaysia. Commuter rail in Kuala Lumpur is operated by two operators, which are Keretapi Tanah Melayu

Keretapi Tanah Melayu

(Malayan Railways Limited) and Express Rail Link

Express Rail Link

The Express Rail Link is a standard gauge and electrified airport rail link in Malaysia that connects the Kuala Lumpur International Airport with the Kuala Lumpur Sentral transportation hub, 57 kilometres apart...

. These two operators operates 4 commuter rail lines in Kuala Lumpur, namely Sentul-Port Klang Line, Rawang-Seremban Line, Rawang-Kuala Kubu Bharu Shuttle Service and KLIA Transit

KLIA Transit

KLIA Transit is a rail service linking Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia and KL International Airport as well as three other stops in between...

. The KLIA Transit

KLIA Transit

KLIA Transit is a rail service linking Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia and KL International Airport as well as three other stops in between...

is operated by Express Rail Link

Express Rail Link

whereas the remaining 3 is operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu

Keretapi Tanah Melayu

, which runs under a system called 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...

. All 4 commuter lines integrate in KL Sentral intermodal transportation hub. The KLIA Transit

KLIA Transit

KLIA Transit is a rail service linking Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia and KL International Airport as well as three other stops in between...

commuter rail line shares the same track with KLIA Express which links Kuala Lumpur City Center and Southern Kuala Lumpur & Klang Valley.

Airport Express

The airport express service is provided by Express Rail Link

Express Rail Link

, linking Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

City Center and Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

. The Airport rail link

Airport rail link

An airport rail link is a service providing passenger rail transport from an airport to a nearby city; by mainline- or commuter trains, rapid transit, people mover or light rail...

service between Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur International Airport only takes 28 minutes running at a maximum speed of 160 km/h. The train of the express service departs at 15 minute intervals during peak hours and 20 minute intervals during off-peak hours.

Monorail

Previously operated by KL Infrastructure Group, The monorail service in Kuala Lumpur serves as a people mover

People mover

A people mover or automated people mover is a fully automated, grade-separated mass transit system.The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks, but is sometimes applied to considerably more complex automated...

system for the city. It connects the Kuala Lumpur Sentral

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...

transport hub with the Golden Triangle. The system spans over 8.6 km, with 11 elevated stations, has a daily ridership of 36,000. Since November 2007, the monorail service is taken over by RapidKL, the largest public transport operator of Kuala Lumpur. Passengers may have an option of paying cash or using Touch 'n Go

Touch 'n Go

installed in automatic fare gate to pay the ride's fare.

Buses

Kuala Lumpur bus service is rather poor compared to other cities around the world before the bus network revamp, resulting only 16% of the total population in Klang Valley use public transport.

RapidKL is the largest single operator of bus network in Malaysia. Since the take over from Intrakota Komposit Sdn Bhd, RapidKL has redrawn the entire bus network of Kuala Lumpur and 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...

metropolitan area to increase ridership and improve Kuala Lumpur's public transportation system. The management of RapidKL has adopted the hub and spoke system to provide greater connectivity, and cutting down the need of more buses. It currently operates 177 bus routes using 849 new buses.

Bus fare charges varries with bus operator, where RapidKL buses

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....

uses daily pass system and Metrobus Nationwide

Metrobus Nationwide

Metrobus Nationwide is a privately owned public transport company in the Klang Valley that was formed in 1992. It is based in Subang Jaya. It is the second largest stage bus and feeder bus operator in Kuala Lumpur after Rapid KL...

, SJ Bus and Selangor Omnibus uses zoning system.

The revamp of RapidKL bus service involved redrawing all its routes and reorganising them based on the "hub and spoke" concept. Four types of bus services were created, namely express routes (EKSPRES), city shuttles (BANDAR), trunk routes (UTAMA) and local shuttles (TEMPATAN). Buses are labeled with a number and a prefix identifying different service, E for express routes, B for city shuttles, U for trunk routes and T for local shuttles. Whereas for Metrobus Nationwide

Metrobus Nationwide

buses and others, they continue using the conventional numbering system which are considered complicating.

Each area outside Kuala Lumpur city center has only one bus hub to feed passengers to city bus hubs. Whereas in Kuala Lumpur city center, there are 4 bus hubs namely KL Sentral, KLCC

KLCC LRT station

KLCC LRT station is an underground rapid transit station served by the Kelana Jaya Line.It is located in the basement of Avenue K, a shopping mall along Jalan Ampang...

, Maluri

Maluri

Maluri is one of the main housing estates in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, near the state border to Selangor. It can be accessed through the Maluri LRT station on the Ampang Line. It is the closest housing estate to Kuala Lumpur's Golden Triangle and is accessed via Jalan Cochrane, Jalan Perkasa,...

and Titiwangsa

Titiwangsa

Titiwangsa is one of the main areas located in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It can be accessed through the Titiwangsa LRT and Monorail stations. The Kuala Lumpur General Hospital is located south of Titiwangsa. The Eye on Malaysia, a large observation wheel, was formerly located here...

. Bus hubs are usually located near public transit stations such as Kelana Jaya Line transit stations. This hub and spoke service only applies to RapidKL bus

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....

service.

Apart from RapidKL, Metrobus Nationwide is a private owned public transport company in the Klang Valley

Klang Valley

that was formed in 1992. It is the second largest stage bus and feeder bus operator in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

after Rapid KL

Rapid KL

RapidKL, short for Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd, is a government-owned company which was formed in 2004 as part of the restructuring of the public transport system in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital....

. Metrobus Natiowide owns a fleet of Nissan Diesel, Hino

Hino Motors

-External links:Global* * * Overseas offices****.*.***.*.* - Philippines**...

and Mercedez Benz

Mercedes-Benz buses

Mercedes-Benz has been making buses since 1895 in Mannheim in Germany. Since 1995, the brand of Mercedes-Benz buses and coaches is under the umbrella of EvoBus GmbH, belonging 100 % to the Daimler AG.-Heritage:...

buses but buses are below service standards.

Intercity Rail

The Intercity rail is operated by Malaysia's largest railway operator Keretapi Tanah Melayu

Keretapi Tanah Melayu

. The KTM Intercity rail network is part of the Trans-Asian Railway

Trans-Asian Railway

The Trans-Asian Railway is a project to create an integrated freight railway network across Europe and Asia. The TAR is a project of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific .- Overview :...

where it is linked to Singapore and Thailand. There are two types of KTM intercity train services namely express trains, which provide point-to-point service and mail trains. Almost all intercity trains originate from KL Sentral, whereas some originate from Gemas

Gemas

Gemas is a small town in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, just near the Negeri Sembilan-Johor state border. The town is located approximately 165 km from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. It is the meeting place of Malaysian west and east coast rail lines operated by Malayan Railways. For this...

. Among all services, KL-Singapore route has the highest ridership, which has 466,000 in year 2005.

The Intercity service serves major cities in Malaysia, as well as Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

and Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

Kuala Lumpur - Singapore High Speed Rail

Plans are underway to construct Asia's first transnational high-speed rail system (HSR). The proposal was mooted by the Najib Razak administration is September 2010 under the Economic Transformation Programme initiative. It is envisaged to link Penang

Penang

Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the...

, Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

with Singapore

Singapore

Roads

Roads are the major arteries of Kuala Lumpur's transportation network. The road network system in Kuala Lumpur is similar to the city road network system in major Chinese cites, where it has ring roads. The main ring roads in Kuala Lumpur are Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road

Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road

Kuala Lumpur Inner Ring Road is an urban and municipal ring road system of Kuala Lumpur consisting Jalan Sultan Ismail , Jalan Imbi, Jalan Shaw and Federal Route ...

, Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1

Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1

Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 is an urban and municipal main ring road in Kuala Lumpur. It is also known as Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya Traffic Dispersal Scheme, Jalan Tun Razak, Lebuhraya Mahameru, Jalan Damansara, Jalan Istana and Jalan Lapangan Terbang by Malaysian Public Works Department . It...

and Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2

Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2

Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 or MRR2 , Federal Route is a ring road build by the Malaysian Public Works Department to connect neighborhoods near the boundary of Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor...

. Roads in Kuala Lumpur are usually 3 lanes on both directions, and certain roads such as Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Bukit Bintang are one way streets.

Expressways
Expressways in Kuala Lumpur are tolled roads. They serve as an alternative during peak periods at which time some parts of Kuala Lumpur's ring roads become highly congested. Kuala Lumpur is well connected by many intracity expressways such as the Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway

Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway

Ampang – Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway, AKLEH is the first elevated highway in Malaysia. The elevated highway connects Ampang and Kuala Lumpur. This highway was built to reduce traffic jams and make access to the city more convenient. Motorcycles and other vehicles with 2 wheels or less are not...

. Moreover, Kuala Lumpur is the home for the world's first SMART Tunnel

SMART Tunnel

The "Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel" or "SMART Tunnel", is a storm drainage and road structure in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a major national project in the country...

, which is a unique solution to Kuala Lumpur's long-term traffic problems and floodwater mitigation woes.

Most expressways in Kuala Lumpur adopt a open toll collection system. NKVE is the only closed toll system in Klang Valley. In the open toll system, the user pays the toll at each toll plaza, while for the closed toll system, the tolls are to be paid at the toll plazas when exiting the expressway. Payment options includes cash, stored value card Touch 'n Go

Touch 'n Go

or electronic toll collection

Electronic toll collection

Electronic toll collection , an adaptation of military "identification friend or foe" technology, aims to eliminate the delay on toll roads by collecting tolls electronically. It is thus a technological implementation of a road pricing concept...

system SmartTAG.

Access from the city to the surrounding areas are facilitated by a series of expressways which is both integrated and complex. From the city center to the south-western areas, access is provided mainly from Federal Highway

Federal Highway, Malaysia

Federal Highway, or Lebuhraya Persekutuan in Malay is a Malaysian highway connecting the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, and Klang, Selangor. The highway starts from Seputeh in Kuala Lumpur to Klang, Selangor...

which connects the city to Klang

Klang

Klang , formerly known as Kelang, is the royal city and former capital of the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It is located within the Klang District in Klang Valley. It is located about 32 km to the west of Kuala Lumpur and 6 km east of Port Klang...

and bridging Petaling Jaya

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...

, 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...

and Shah Alam

Shah Alam

Shah Alam is the state capital of Selangor, Malaysia situated within the Petaling District and a small portion of the neighboring Klang District. It is located about west of the country's capital, Kuala Lumpur. Shah Alam replaced Kuala Lumpur as the capital city of the state of Selangor in 1978...

. New Pantai Expressway

New Pantai Expressway

New Pantai Expressway, ' is a major expressway in the Klang Valley region of Malaysia. The expressway has provided an easier access to Kuala Lumpur from Subang Jaya and Bandar Sunway to avoid the traffic jams on the Federal Highway route during rush hour...

provides an alternative route to Subang Jaya

Subang Jaya

, bypassing the morning and evening traffic jams on the Federal Highway. An alternative connection to Shah Alam, Subang Jaya and Klang is provided by New Klang Valley Expressway

New Klang Valley Expressway

The New Klang Valley Expressway, or the NKVE refers to a stretch of the North-South Expressway in Peninsular Malaysia which starts from Bukit Raja near Klang town, and ends at Jalan Duta in Kuala Lumpur. It is a busiest expressway in Klang Valley during rush hour from/to Kuala Lumpur...

which connects with Sprint Expressway

Sprint Expressway

Sprint Expressway is the main expressway network in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The of expressway is divided into three sections. This sections included the Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link...

. This connects the city center to 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...

, west of the city center. The New Klang Valley Expressway also provides connections to 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...

and Kepong

Kepong

Kepong is a major township in the borders Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, located about 6 km from the KLCC, to the south of Sungai Buloh, to the east of Bukit Lanjan, to the west of Selayang and to the north of Jalan Duta. The main access roads to Kepong are Damansara-Puchong Expressway, Jalan...

, and is linked to the northern section of the North-South Expressway, which provides access to northern states like Perak

Perak

Perak , one of the 13 states of Malaysia, is the second largest state in the Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of Thailand to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, Selangor the Strait of Malacca to the south and west.Perak means silver in Malay...

, Penang

Penang

and Kedah

Kedah

Kedah is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 km², and it consists of the mainland and Langkawi. The mainland has a relatively flat terrain, which is used to grow rice...

. Connection from Damansara in the northwest to 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...

in the south-west of Kuala Lumpur is facilitated by Damansara-Puchong Expressway

Damansara-Puchong Expressway

The Damansara–Puchong Expressway or Lebuhraya Damansara-Puchong, LDP, is a major expressway in Klang Valley, Selangor in Malaysia. It links major townships in Damansara and Puchong and decreases travel time between them...

, which also provides connection to Putrajaya

Putrajaya

Putrajaya is a planned city, located 25km south of Kuala Lumpur, that serves as the federal administrative centre of Malaysia. The seat of government was shifted in 1999 from Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya, due to the overcrowding and congestion in the Kuala Lumpur areas...

.

Access from the city center to southern areas is provided by Sungai Besi Expressway

Sungai Besi Expressway

Sungai Besi Expressway, SBE, or Besraya Expressway is an expressway in the Klang Valley region of Malaysia connecting Kuala Lumpur to UPM Interchange...

, which leads to the Bukit Jalil

Bukit Jalil

Bukit Jalil is a suburb about 20 km. south of Kuala Lumpur. It is a small suburb bounded by the National Sports Complex on the east, the Shah Alam Expressway on the north, city boundaries to the west, and the Puchong-Sungai Besi Highway as well as city boundaries to the south...

and Sungai Besi

Sungai Besi

Sungai Besi is a township in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. The deepest tin mine in Malaysia is located here. Sungai Besi was a historical mining town with many heavy industries such as steelworks, waste steel plants and other steel industries...

areas. The highway runs in parallel with the Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway

Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway

The Kuala Lumpur – Seremban Expressway is a main expressway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This expressway linking Kuala Lumpur in the north to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan in the south....

. The highway also provides an alternative route 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...

by connecting with Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway

Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway

Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway, SILK, also known as Kajang SILK Highway is an expressway built to disperse and regulate the traffic flow in Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. The expressway is to allow motorists to bypass the town centre of Kajang...

.

Access from the city center to south-eastern areas is provided by Cheras Highway

Cheras Highway

Cheras Highway, Federal Route also known as Jalan Cheras and Jalan Loke Yew is a major highway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.-History:...

which connects 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,...

. The highway is connected with Cheras - Kajang Expressway

Cheras - Kajang Expressway

The Cheras-Kajang Expressway is an expressway in Klang Valley that links the incorporated township of Cheras, Kuala Lumpur to the town of Kajang in Selangor, Malaysia.-Route background:...

, which provides access to Kajang

Kajang

and that highway itself is connected with Kajang-Seremban Highway

Kajang-Seremban Highway

The Kajang-Seremban Highway, KASEH , or LEKAS Highway is an expressway in Malaysia connecting Kajang, Selangor to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan...

and Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway

Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway

, giving alternative access to Seremban

Seremban

Seremban is the capital of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan, located within the district of Seremban, one of the seven districts of Negeri Sembilan. The town's administration is run by the Seremban Municipal Council or Majlis Perbandaran Seremban...

and southern parts of the city.

Connection from the city center to eastern areas is provided by Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway

Ampang-Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway

. The highway is connected to Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2

Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2

for access to Batu Caves

Batu Caves

Batu Caves , is a limestone hill, which has a series of caves and cave temples, located in Gombak district, north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It takes its name from the Sungai Batu or Batu River, which flows past the hill. Batu Caves is also the name of the nearby village.The cave is one of the...

and Gombak

Gombak

. In close proximity with Karak Expressway, it provides access to the east coast area of Malaysia. There is no dedicated highway leading from the city center to the northern areas such as Batu Caves

Batu Caves

, however, Jalan Kuching is the main road from the city to the northern area.

The MMR2 connects with KESAS Highway

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...

which provides yet another alternative route to Shah Alam

Shah Alam

and Subang Jaya

Subang Jaya

. The KESAS highway also has connections to Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway

Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway

The Kuala Lumpur – Seremban Expressway is a main expressway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This expressway linking Kuala Lumpur in the north to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan in the south....

which integrates with the southern section of North-South Expressway and North-South Expressway Central Link

North-South Expressway Central Link

North South Expressway Central Link, NSECL , also known as ELITE or ELITE Highway, is the main expressway in Malaysia. The of the expressway starts from Shah Alam Interchange until Nilai North Interchange...

which provide access to Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

.

Connection from the city to Putrajaya

Putrajaya

is facilitated by a direct highway, Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Expressway which also provide connections to Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

through North-South Expressway Central Link

North-South Expressway Central Link

. The highway also provides alternative access to southern areas of the city such as Puchong

Puchong

and Bukit Jalil

Bukit Jalil

.

Below is a non-exhaustive list of expressway serving the Klang Valley area:-

Expressway Name	Areas Served	Linkage to other Expressways
Federal Highway Federal Highway, Malaysia Federal Highway, or Lebuhraya Persekutuan in Malay is a Malaysian highway connecting the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, and Klang, Selangor. The highway starts from Seputeh in Kuala Lumpur to Klang, Selangor...	Klang Klang Klang , formerly known as Kelang, is the royal city and former capital of the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It is located within the Klang District in Klang Valley. It is located about 32 km to the west of Kuala Lumpur and 6 km east of Port Klang... , 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... , 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... , 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... and Shah Alam Shah Alam Shah Alam is the state capital of Selangor, Malaysia situated within the Petaling District and a small portion of the neighboring Klang District. It is located about west of the country's capital, Kuala Lumpur. Shah Alam replaced Kuala Lumpur as the capital city of the state of Selangor in 1978...	New Pantai Expressway New Pantai Expressway New Pantai Expressway, ' is a major expressway in the Klang Valley region of Malaysia. The expressway has provided an easier access to Kuala Lumpur from Subang Jaya and Bandar Sunway to avoid the traffic jams on the Federal Highway route during rush hour... , Sprint Expressway Sprint Expressway Sprint Expressway is the main expressway network in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The of expressway is divided into three sections. This sections included the Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link...
SMART Tunnel SMART Tunnel The "Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel" or "SMART Tunnel", is a storm drainage and road structure in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a major national project in the country...	Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan Tun Razak	Federal Highway Federal Highway, Malaysia Federal Highway, or Lebuhraya Persekutuan in Malay is a Malaysian highway connecting the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, and Klang, Selangor. The highway starts from Seputeh in Kuala Lumpur to Klang, Selangor... , Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway The Kuala Lumpur – Seremban Expressway is a main expressway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This expressway linking Kuala Lumpur in the north to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan in the south.... , Cheras Highway Cheras Highway Cheras Highway, Federal Route also known as Jalan Cheras and Jalan Loke Yew is a major highway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.-History:...
New Pantai Expressway New Pantai Expressway New Pantai Expressway, ' is a major expressway in the Klang Valley region of Malaysia. The expressway has provided an easier access to Kuala Lumpur from Subang Jaya and Bandar Sunway to avoid the traffic jams on the Federal Highway route during rush hour...	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...	Federal Highway Federal Highway, Malaysia Federal Highway, or Lebuhraya Persekutuan in Malay is a Malaysian highway connecting the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, and Klang, Selangor. The highway starts from Seputeh in Kuala Lumpur to Klang, Selangor... , Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway The Kuala Lumpur – Seremban Expressway is a main expressway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This expressway linking Kuala Lumpur in the north to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan in the south....
Sprint Expressway Sprint Expressway Sprint Expressway is the main expressway network in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The of expressway is divided into three sections. This sections included the Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link...	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... , Taman Duta	New Klang Valley Expressway New Klang Valley Expressway The New Klang Valley Expressway, or the NKVE refers to a stretch of the North-South Expressway in Peninsular Malaysia which starts from Bukit Raja near Klang town, and ends at Jalan Duta in Kuala Lumpur. It is a busiest expressway in Klang Valley during rush hour from/to Kuala Lumpur... , Federal Highway Federal Highway, Malaysia Federal Highway, or Lebuhraya Persekutuan in Malay is a Malaysian highway connecting the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, and Klang, Selangor. The highway starts from Seputeh in Kuala Lumpur to Klang, Selangor...
New Klang Valley Expressway New Klang Valley Expressway The New Klang Valley Expressway, or the NKVE refers to a stretch of the North-South Expressway in Peninsular Malaysia which starts from Bukit Raja near Klang town, and ends at Jalan Duta in Kuala Lumpur. It is a busiest expressway in Klang Valley during rush hour from/to Kuala Lumpur...	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... , Klang Klang Klang , formerly known as Kelang, is the royal city and former capital of the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It is located within the Klang District in Klang Valley. It is located about 32 km to the west of Kuala Lumpur and 6 km east of Port Klang... , 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...	North-South Expressway, North-South Expressway Central Link North-South Expressway Central Link North South Expressway Central Link, NSECL , also known as ELITE or ELITE Highway, is the main expressway in Malaysia. The of the expressway starts from Shah Alam Interchange until Nilai North Interchange... , Sprint Expressway Sprint Expressway Sprint Expressway is the main expressway network in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The of expressway is divided into three sections. This sections included the Kerinchi Link, Damansara Link and Penchala Link...
North-South Expressway Central Link North-South Expressway Central Link North South Expressway Central Link, NSECL , also known as ELITE or ELITE Highway, is the main expressway in Malaysia. The of the expressway starts from Shah Alam Interchange until Nilai North Interchange...	Putrajaya Putrajaya Putrajaya is a planned city, located 25km south of Kuala Lumpur, that serves as the federal administrative centre of Malaysia. The seat of government was shifted in 1999 from Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya, due to the overcrowding and congestion in the Kuala Lumpur areas... , Cyberjaya Cyberjaya Cyberjaya is a town with a science park as the core that forms a key part of the Multimedia Super Corridor in Malaysia. It is located in the district of Sepang, Selangor and is situated about 50 km south of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia... , Kuala Lumpur International Airport Kuala Lumpur International Airport Kuala Lumpur International Airport , or KLIA serves the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, and is one of Southeast Asia's largest airports. It is also Malaysia's main international airport. It is situated in the Sepang district, in the south of the state of Selangor, about from Kuala Lumpur... , Saujana Putra, Shah Alam Shah Alam Shah Alam is the state capital of Selangor, Malaysia situated within the Petaling District and a small portion of the neighboring Klang District. It is located about west of the country's capital, Kuala Lumpur. Shah Alam replaced Kuala Lumpur as the capital city of the state of Selangor in 1978... , Nilai Nilai Nilai is a town located in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Due to its proximity, and connection through the KTM to Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, and Kuala Lumpur International Airport, it is a rapidly growing town. Development projects can be seen as one drives around Nilai...	New Klang Valley Expressway New Klang Valley Expressway The New Klang Valley Expressway, or the NKVE refers to a stretch of the North-South Expressway in Peninsular Malaysia which starts from Bukit Raja near Klang town, and ends at Jalan Duta in Kuala Lumpur. It is a busiest expressway in Klang Valley during rush hour from/to Kuala Lumpur... , North-South Expressway
Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway The Kuala Lumpur – Seremban Expressway is a main expressway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This expressway linking Kuala Lumpur in the north to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan in the south....	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... , Seremban Seremban Seremban is the capital of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan, located within the district of Seremban, one of the seven districts of Negeri Sembilan. The town's administration is run by the Seremban Municipal Council or Majlis Perbandaran Seremban... , 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... , Bangi, Nilai Nilai Nilai is a town located in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Due to its proximity, and connection through the KTM to Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, and Kuala Lumpur International Airport, it is a rapidly growing town. Development projects can be seen as one drives around Nilai...	North-South Expressway Central Link North-South Expressway Central Link North South Expressway Central Link, NSECL , also known as ELITE or ELITE Highway, is the main expressway in Malaysia. The of the expressway starts from Shah Alam Interchange until Nilai North Interchange... , North-South Expressway, SMART Tunnel SMART Tunnel The "Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel" or "SMART Tunnel", is a storm drainage and road structure in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a major national project in the country... , Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Expressway
Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Expressway	Putrajaya Putrajaya Putrajaya is a planned city, located 25km south of Kuala Lumpur, that serves as the federal administrative centre of Malaysia. The seat of government was shifted in 1999 from Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya, due to the overcrowding and congestion in the Kuala Lumpur areas... , Cyberjaya Cyberjaya Cyberjaya is a town with a science park as the core that forms a key part of the Multimedia Super Corridor in Malaysia. It is located in the district of Sepang, Selangor and is situated about 50 km south of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia...	Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway The Kuala Lumpur – Seremban Expressway is a main expressway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This expressway linking Kuala Lumpur in the north to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan in the south.... , KESAS Highway 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...
KESAS Highway 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...	Shah Alam Shah Alam Shah Alam is the state capital of Selangor, Malaysia situated within the Petaling District and a small portion of the neighboring Klang District. It is located about west of the country's capital, Kuala Lumpur. Shah Alam replaced Kuala Lumpur as the capital city of the state of Selangor in 1978... , 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... , Klang Klang Klang , formerly known as Kelang, is the royal city and former capital of the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It is located within the Klang District in Klang Valley. It is located about 32 km to the west of Kuala Lumpur and 6 km east of Port Klang... , Kota Kumuning, Bukit Jalil Bukit Jalil Bukit Jalil is a suburb about 20 km. south of Kuala Lumpur. It is a small suburb bounded by the National Sports Complex on the east, the Shah Alam Expressway on the north, city boundaries to the west, and the Puchong-Sungai Besi Highway as well as city boundaries to the south... , 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...	Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Expressway, Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway The Kuala Lumpur – Seremban Expressway is a main expressway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This expressway linking Kuala Lumpur in the north to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan in the south....
Sungai Besi Expressway Sungai Besi Expressway Sungai Besi Expressway, SBE, or Besraya Expressway is an expressway in the Klang Valley region of Malaysia connecting Kuala Lumpur to UPM Interchange...	Sungai Besi Sungai Besi Sungai Besi is a township in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. The deepest tin mine in Malaysia is located here. Sungai Besi was a historical mining town with many heavy industries such as steelworks, waste steel plants and other steel industries... , Bandar Tasik Selatan Bandar Tasik Selatan Bandar Tasik Selatan is a township in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was established in 1991.Bandar Tasik Selatan station is a rail interchange with the KTM Komuter, Sri Petaling Line and KLIA Transit services passing through....	Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway, SILK, also known as Kajang SILK Highway is an expressway built to disperse and regulate the traffic flow in Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. The expressway is to allow motorists to bypass the town centre of Kajang... , North-South Expressway
Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway, SILK, also known as Kajang SILK Highway is an expressway built to disperse and regulate the traffic flow in Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. The expressway is to allow motorists to bypass the town centre of Kajang...	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... , 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,... , Sungai Long	South Klang Valley Expressway South Klang Valley Expressway The South Klang Valley Expressway or SKVE is an expressway in the southern part of Klang Valley, Malaysia's most densely populated region. This dual-carriageway provides links to the booming towns in southern Klang Valley, including the country's administrative capital, Putrajaya... , Cheras - Kajang Expressway Cheras - Kajang Expressway The Cheras-Kajang Expressway is an expressway in Klang Valley that links the incorporated township of Cheras, Kuala Lumpur to the town of Kajang in Selangor, Malaysia.-Route background:... , Sungai Besi Expressway Sungai Besi Expressway Sungai Besi Expressway, SBE, or Besraya Expressway is an expressway in the Klang Valley region of Malaysia connecting Kuala Lumpur to UPM Interchange...
Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway Duta-Ulu Klang Expressway, DUKE, is the main expressway network in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The expressway connects New Klang Valley Expressway's Jalan Duta Interchange to Taman Hillview Interchange on Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 in Ulu Klang...	Taman Duta, Ulu Klang Ulu Klang Ulu Klang is a popular residential area in Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia. Several landslides have occurred in this area, forcing people mainly living in flats to evacuate.-List of residential areas:Bukit AntarabangsaVilla Sri Ukay*Taman Hillview... , 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...	New Klang Valley Expressway New Klang Valley Expressway The New Klang Valley Expressway, or the NKVE refers to a stretch of the North-South Expressway in Peninsular Malaysia which starts from Bukit Raja near Klang town, and ends at Jalan Duta in Kuala Lumpur. It is a busiest expressway in Klang Valley during rush hour from/to Kuala Lumpur... , Kuala Lumpur-Rawang Highway Kuala Lumpur-Rawang Highway Kuala Lumpur Rawang Highway, Federal route also known as Jalan Kuching and Jalan Ipoh is a major highway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.-History:... , Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 or MRR2 , Federal Route is a ring road build by the Malaysian Public Works Department to connect neighborhoods near the boundary of Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor... , Karak Expressway
Cheras Highway Cheras Highway Cheras Highway, Federal Route also known as Jalan Cheras and Jalan Loke Yew is a major highway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.-History:...	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,... , Sungai Besi Sungai Besi Sungai Besi is a township in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. The deepest tin mine in Malaysia is located here. Sungai Besi was a historical mining town with many heavy industries such as steelworks, waste steel plants and other steel industries... > Cheras - Kajang Expressway Cheras - Kajang Expressway The Cheras-Kajang Expressway is an expressway in Klang Valley that links the incorporated township of Cheras, Kuala Lumpur to the town of Kajang in Selangor, Malaysia.-Route background:... , Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 1 is an urban and municipal main ring road in Kuala Lumpur. It is also known as Kuala Lumpur-Petaling Jaya Traffic Dispersal Scheme, Jalan Tun Razak, Lebuhraya Mahameru, Jalan Damansara, Jalan Istana and Jalan Lapangan Terbang by Malaysian Public Works Department . It... , Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 or MRR2 , Federal Route is a ring road build by the Malaysian Public Works Department to connect neighborhoods near the boundary of Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and Selangor... , Salak Expressway
Cheras - Kajang Expressway Cheras - Kajang Expressway The Cheras-Kajang Expressway is an expressway in Klang Valley that links the incorporated township of Cheras, Kuala Lumpur to the town of Kajang in Selangor, Malaysia.-Route background:...	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,... , 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...	Cheras Highway Cheras Highway Cheras Highway, Federal Route also known as Jalan Cheras and Jalan Loke Yew is a major highway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.-History:... , Kajang-Seremban Highway Kajang-Seremban Highway The Kajang-Seremban Highway, KASEH , or LEKAS Highway is an expressway in Malaysia connecting Kajang, Selangor to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan... , Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway, SILK, also known as Kajang SILK Highway is an expressway built to disperse and regulate the traffic flow in Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. The expressway is to allow motorists to bypass the town centre of Kajang... , SMART Tunnel SMART Tunnel The "Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel" or "SMART Tunnel", is a storm drainage and road structure in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a major national project in the country...
Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway, SILK, also known as Kajang SILK Highway is an expressway built to disperse and regulate the traffic flow in Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. The expressway is to allow motorists to bypass the town centre of Kajang...	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... City Center	Cheras Highway Cheras Highway Cheras Highway, Federal Route also known as Jalan Cheras and Jalan Loke Yew is a major highway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.-History:... , Kajang-Seremban Highway Kajang-Seremban Highway The Kajang-Seremban Highway, KASEH , or LEKAS Highway is an expressway in Malaysia connecting Kajang, Selangor to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan...
Kajang-Seremban Highway Kajang-Seremban Highway The Kajang-Seremban Highway, KASEH , or LEKAS Highway is an expressway in Malaysia connecting Kajang, Selangor to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan...	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... , Semenyih Semenyih Semenyih is a small town in Selangor, Malaysia, about 8 km southeast of Kajang along the Kajang-Seremban road. The meaning of the name of the town is not certain... , Seremban Seremban Seremban is the capital of the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan, located within the district of Seremban, one of the seven districts of Negeri Sembilan. The town's administration is run by the Seremban Municipal Council or Majlis Perbandaran Seremban...	Cheras - Kajang Expressway Cheras - Kajang Expressway The Cheras-Kajang Expressway is an expressway in Klang Valley that links the incorporated township of Cheras, Kuala Lumpur to the town of Kajang in Selangor, Malaysia.-Route background:... , Cheras Highway Cheras Highway Cheras Highway, Federal Route also known as Jalan Cheras and Jalan Loke Yew is a major highway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.-History:...
Salak Expressway	Taman Coughnaut, Sungai Besi Sungai Besi Sungai Besi is a township in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. The deepest tin mine in Malaysia is located here. Sungai Besi was a historical mining town with many heavy industries such as steelworks, waste steel plants and other steel industries...	Cheras Highway Cheras Highway Cheras Highway, Federal Route also known as Jalan Cheras and Jalan Loke Yew is a major highway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.-History:... , Cheras - Kajang Expressway Cheras - Kajang Expressway The Cheras-Kajang Expressway is an expressway in Klang Valley that links the incorporated township of Cheras, Kuala Lumpur to the town of Kajang in Selangor, Malaysia.-Route background:... , Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway Kuala Lumpur-Seremban Expressway The Kuala Lumpur – Seremban Expressway is a main expressway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This expressway linking Kuala Lumpur in the north to Seremban, Negeri Sembilan in the south.... , SMART Tunnel SMART Tunnel The "Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel" or "SMART Tunnel", is a storm drainage and road structure in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a major national project in the country...

Taxis

Metered taxis

Taxicab

A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice...

or 'Teksi Bermeter' in Malay can be hailed throughout the city. However, traffic jams, especially during rush hour

Rush hour

A rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice a day—once in the morning and once in the evening, the times during when the most people commute...

are fairly common in KL and it might be difficult to get a taxi during rush hour. There have been many incidents of taxi drivers charging extravagant fares, especially among tourists, therefore, tourists are advised to travel with taxis who charge fare according to meters, or insist on using the meter.

Taxi stands are available around the city and most taxis will stop at the taxi stand. Taxis in Kuala Lumpur are coloured in various colors such as a combination of red-white, red, yellow-blue, green or yellow. However, taxis could be easily recognized as the taxis' vehicle registration number carries a prefix H or LIMO for airport limousine.

Intermodal transportation hub

There are various intermodal transportation hubs in Kuala Lumpur, with one major intermodal transportation hub in the city center of Kuala Lumpur, the Kuala Lumpur Sentral

Kuala Lumpur Sentral

transportation hub.

Kuala Lumpur Sentral

Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral) or Sentral Kuala Lumpur is a transit-oriented development that houses the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur, which has officially taken over the role of Kuala Lumpur Railway Station

Kuala Lumpur Railway Station

Kuala Lumpur Railway Station is a train station located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Completed in 1910 to replace an older station on the same site, the station was Kuala Lumpur's railway hub in the city for the Federated Malay States Railways and Malayan Railway , before Kuala Lumpur Sentral...

. It is the largest train station in South East Asia.

Stesen Sentral is designated the transportation hub within its KL Sentral development project, although both the public and connected transit lines generally refer to the station itself as "KL Sentral". Among rail lines in Kuala Lumpur, 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...

, KL Monorail, KTM Komuter

KTM Komuter

, KTM Intercity

KTM Intercity

KTM Intercity is the brand name for a group of diesel-hauled intercity train services in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad . Most services operate from Kuala Lumpur Sentral station in the Malaysian capital. A few operate solely along the East...

, KLIA Ekspres

KLIA Ekspres

and KLIA Transit

KLIA Transit

KLIA Transit is a rail service linking Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia and KL International Airport as well as three other stops in between...

integrate in this station.

Located within Stesen Sentral, the KL City Air Terminal (KL CAT) is virtually an extension of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

. KL CAT also has luggage check-in services. Currently, only passengers flying Malaysia Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Emirates and Royal Brunei Airlines can check in their luggage at KL CAT. KL Sentral has also been made a city bus hub by RapidKL under its bus network revamp. It is the bus hub for city shuttle bus (BANDAR) and trunk routes(UTAMA). Furthermore, some buses departing to Kuala Lumpur International Airport's Low Cost Carrier Terminal also originate from KL Sentral.

Stesen Sentral will be able to accommodate 50 million passengers a year and up to 100 million by 2020.

Puduraya
Puduraya is the main bus terminus for Kuala Lumpur. Long-distance buses arrive and leave from Puduraya for all over Malaysia. Under Kuala Lumpur 2020 Structural Plan, there are plans to move some bus operators to inter-regional hubs in other parts of Kuala Lumpur such as Perhentian Duta, Gombak Hub and Bandar Tasik Selatan hub to avoid massive congestion in Puduraya.

Puduraya is accessible via 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 Plaza Rakyat Station

Plaza Rakyat LRT station

Plaza Rakyat LRT station is an elevated rapid transit station situated in central 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.The station was opened on December...

Airports

Kuala Lumpur is the main gateway for Malaysia as it has the country biggest airport, Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

, about 25 million passengers used the airport, making it the busiest airport in Malaysia.

The city is served by 2 airports, which is Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

and Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport

Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport

Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport , LTSAAS , often called Subang Airport or Subang Skypark, is an airport located in Subang, Selangor, Malaysia, and primarily serves general aviation and some turboprop domestic flights...

(formerly. Subang International Airport). Both airports have international connections, but Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport

Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport

is solely for turboprop aircraft and private jets only. Kuala Lumpur International Airport apart from being the main passenger gateway, it is also the main cargo destination in Malaysia by cargo traffic.
Kuala Lumpur International Airport is linked to the city center by KLIA Express by rail, major expressways and bus service. Whereas Subang Airport is well connected by road networks and bus service.

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is capable of handling 35 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo a year in its current phase. It is currently ranked as the 13th busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic where it has handled 24,129,748 passengers in the year of 2006. In the same year, it is also ranked 30th busiest airport in the world by cargo traffic

World's busiest airports by cargo traffic

The world's thirty busiest airports by cargo traffic for various periods . Numbers listed refer to loaded and unloaded freight in metric tonnes.-2010 final statistics:...

where it has handled 677 446 metric tonnes of cargo. Kuala Lumpur International Airport is one of the only few airports in East Asia to have links to South America, where Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines

Malaysian Airline System Berhad , DBA Malaysia Airlines , is the government-owned flag carrier of Malaysia. Malaysia Airlines operates flights from its home base, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and its eastern hub in Kota Kinabalu. It has its headquarters on the grounds of Sultan Abdul Aziz...

, has flights out of Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

via Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

and Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

.

Both airports are operated by Malaysia Airports and is the hub for Malaysia Airlines

Malaysia Airlines

, Malaysia Airlines Cargo

Malaysia Airlines Kargo

MASkargo or Malaysia Airlines Kargo is a cargo airline with its head office in the Advanced Cargo Centre on the grounds of Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia...

, AirAsia

AirAsia

AirAsia Berhad is a Malaysian-based low-cost airline. AirAsia is Asia's largest low-fare, no-frills airline and a pioneer of low-cost travel in Asia. AirAsia group operates scheduled domestic and international flights to over 400 destinations spanning 25 countries. Its main hub is the Low-Cost...

, and AirAsia X

AirAsia X

AirAsia X is a long-haul, budget airline based in Malaysia. The airline is operated by AirAsia X Sdn. Bhd. . It commenced operations on 2 November 2007. Its first service flew from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, to Gold Coast Airport in Australia...

in Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Firefly

Firefly (airline)

FlyFirefly Sdn Bhd, operating as Firefly, is a full service point to point carrier and a full subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines. Its head office is located on the grounds of Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Selangor. It claims to be the first community airline in Malaysia...

, Transmile Air Services

Transmile Air Services

Transmile Air Services is a cargo airline based in Malaysia. It is an express freight and freighter charter company. The airline was established in November 1993. It has courier transportation services between Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia and services international companies such as DHL...

and Berjaya Air

Berjaya Air

Berjaya Air is an airline based in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. It operates domestic scheduled and charter services, as well as regional flights. Its main base is Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang, Malaysia.- History :...

in Subang Airport. Moreover, KLIA is also the stopover point for the kangaroo route

Kangaroo route

The Kangaroo Route traditionally refers to air routes flown by Qantas between the countries of Australia and the United Kingdom, via the Eastern Hemisphere. The term is trademarked by Qantas, although it is used in the media and by airline competitors....

for Malaysia Airlines.

Seaports

Port Klang is one of the main port

Port

A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....

s of Malaysia, located in the district of Klang

Klang

in the state 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...

. It serves the Klang Valley

Klang Valley

, including the federal capital Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

and federal administrative capital Putrajaya

Putrajaya

.

Port Klang was originally known as Port Swettenham when it was founded under British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

colonial rule in 1893, after the then British Resident High Commissioner for the Malay State, Sir Frank Swettenham

Frank Swettenham

Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham GCMG CH was the first Resident General of the Federated Malay States which was formed by combining a number of sultanates. He served from 1 July 1896 to 1901. He was also an amateur photographer...

. Official opening of the port was on September 15, 1901, which developed as a new port after a study found that its coastal area had a harbor with deep anchorage, free from dangers and very suitable for wharves. Its development was accelerated further with the extension of a railway line from Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

to the new port. The Port Klang Authority, established 1 July 1963, administers the three ports in the Port Klang area: Northport, Southpoint

Southpoint, Malaysia

Southpoint, Malayasia is a port in Malaysia. Called Port Swettenham under British rule, it was the only port in the area and was administered by Malayan Railways Limited...

and West Port. As of November 2007, West Port, part of the three ports in Port Klang, has handled worth of containerized cargo

Containerization

Containerization is a system of freight transport based on a range of steel intermodal containers...

, and is moving towards its by end of 2007. Together with North port and South port, Port Klang handled of containerized cargo and 133.5 million tonnes of conventional cargo in 2007.

Apart from cargo ships, Port Klang also features a cruise ship terminal in Westport where SuperStar Virgo

SuperStar Virgo

SuperStar Virgo is a Leo class cruise ship owned and operated by Star Cruises. She was built in 1999 by the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.-Concept and construction:...

and Queen Mary 2, the world's second largest passenger ship has docked in the terminal for excursion. Port Klang is also the home port of call for SuperStar Gemini

SuperStar Gemini

MS Gemini is a cruise ship operated by Quail Travel Group. She was built in 1992 by Union Navale de Levante, Valencia, Spain for Crown Cruise Line as Crown Jewel. She has also sailed under the name Cunard Crown Jewel...

.

Port Klang has its own free zone, called Port Klang Free Zone

Port Klang Free Zone

Port Klang Free Zone is a ' located in Malaysia. It offers extensive distribution and manufacturing facilities. It is located along the Straits of Malacca, Port Klang, Klang, Malaysia. The PKFZ was previously managed by Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority . However, it was taken over and rebranded by a...

(PKFZ). It is an integrated 1000 acres (4 km²) international cargo distribution and consolidation centre situated in Port Klang, the world’s 13th ranked port in 2005 in terms of throughput volume. The PKFZ is designed to promote entreport trade and manufacturing industries involved in producing goods primarily for export. In 2007, PKFZ Authority has secured USD 220 million and projected to secure another USD 184 million in 2008. The project is similar to Dubai's Jebel Ali Free Zone

Jebel Ali Free Zone

Jebel Ali Free Zone is a free economic zone located in the Jebel Ali area at the far western end of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, near Abu Dhabi...

, which previously PKFZ is managed by Jebel Ali Free Zone

Jebel Ali Free Zone

Jebel Ali Free Zone is a free economic zone located in the Jebel Ali area at the far western end of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, near Abu Dhabi...

Authority (JAFZA).

Port Klang is well connected by road and rail networks. On rail, Port Klang is connected by Keretapi Tanah Melayu

Keretapi Tanah Melayu

, whereas by road, Port Klang is connected by Federal Highway

Federal Highway

Federal Highways and Federal Routes can be found in:*Australia, National Highway 23 a short highway in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory is called the Federal Highway ....

and Shah Alam Expressway

Shah Alam Expressway

Plaza Rakyat

Plaza Rakyat is a mixed used skyscraper complex initiated during the 1990s that was to be completed but was halted due to the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. The building was intended to replace Puduraya bus depot and also to provide better connectivity to 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....

's Plaza Rakyat LRT station

Plaza Rakyat LRT station

. It was recently announced that the project has been revived and will be completed in 2012.

LRT line extension and expansion

On 29 August 2006, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Mohd Najib Abdul Razak announced an RM10 billion plan to expand Kuala Lumpur's public transport network. The plan included extending 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...

from Kelana Jaya to USJ 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....

from Sri Petaling to Puchong and USJ. The plan also will see a new light rail transit line being constructed between Kota Damansara to the northwest of Kuala Lumpur and Cheras which lies to the southeast of Kuala Lumpur. No details of the alignment of the extensions nor the locations of new stations were revealed.

The Star, a local newspaper reported a new 40 km route from Cheras

Cheras, Kuala Lumpur

to 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....

which traverse the city center through Bangsar

Bangsar LRT station

Bangsar LRT station is the Kelana Jaya Line stop for Bangsar.It is an elevated station located above Jalan Bangsar. Although it is located at Jalan Bangsar, it is located at quite a distance from most parts of Bangsar, namely Bangsar Baru....

, KL Sentral, Pasar Seni

Pasar 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 Masjid Jamek

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. The new line is expected to be ready by 2012, however, as of July 2008, no construction has started.

Sentul-Batu Caves KTM Komuter expansion

A 7.2 km (4.5 mi), four-station extension from the Sentul station

Sentul Komuter station

The Sentul Komuter station is a Malaysian commuter train station formerly known as Sentul railway station and is located in the east side of and named after Sentul, Kuala Lumpur. The station forms part of Sentul-Port Klang KTM Komuter train services, and is the northern terminus of the service...

to Batu Caves

Batu Caves

has been approved. The project - which will cost RM515 million - will include electrification, double-tracking and refitting the existing old track, signalling, communications, as well as construction of new stations at Sentul, Batu Cantonment, Batu Village, Taman Wahyu and Batu Caves. Site possession was given to contractor YTL Corporation Berhad on November 17, 2006, and the project is to be completed in 30 months' time in May 2009. The Sentul station is part of the Sentul Raya masterplan development under YTL.

Multi Lane Free Flow

By 2008, expressways in Kuala Lumpur will introduce Multi Lane Free Flow system similar to SmartTAG. Under the Multi Lane Free Flow, which is similar to system used extensively in Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

, the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, Canada

Canada

and Singapore

Singapore

, the toll changes will be deducted electronically as vehicles beating special tags pass through too plazas a normal driving speeds as fast as 180 km/h, as there will be no barriers. Trails of the system is expected to be run starting November 2008 with the Sungai Pencala Toll Plaza on the Damansara-Puchong Expressway

Damansara-Puchong Expressway

(LDP) as the test site. Shah Alam

Shah Alam

toll plaza as also been selected as a new test site for the system beginning December 2008.|This system will implement in 2010 by stages

Outer Ring Railway Service

Currently in proposal phase as of April 2008, KTM propose a railway link to connect all suburbs in the Klang Valley

Klang Valley

. The 70 km line will be a circular loop and expected to link Sentul, Kepong

Kepong

, 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...

, 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...

, Shah Alam

Shah Alam

, Cheras

Cheras, Kuala Lumpur

and Bandar Tasik Selatan

Bandar Tasik Selatan

Bandar Tasik Selatan is a township in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was established in 1991.Bandar Tasik Selatan station is a rail interchange with the KTM Komuter, Sri Petaling Line and KLIA Transit services passing through....

without going through the city center.

Bandar Tasik Selatan Integrated Transport Hub

The 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...

will be upgraded to an integrated transport hub. It is expected to serve buses coming from the south of Kuala Lumpur. Construction has started since November 2007 and expected to complete by 2010. Currently, the station serves 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....

, Rawang-Seremban Route

Rawang-Seremban Route

Rawang-Seremban Route is one of the two KTM Komuter services provided by Keretapi Tanah Melayu. KTM Komuter is an electrified commuter train service first introduced in 1995, catering especially to commuters in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding suburban areas...

of the KTM Komuter

KTM Komuter

and KLIA Ekspres

KLIA Ekspres

line.