From The Star


Monday August 30, 2004

October launch for Klang Sentral
BY S.C. CHEAH IN KLANG

KLANG Sentral, billed as the most modern transportation hub in Malaysia and the largest commercial centre in Meru, Selangor, will be launched in October.

The hub will be developed by NPO Development Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Titijaya group (a diversified property development group).

Titijaya group managing director Datuk Lim Soon Peng told StarBiz that this 83-acre freehold landmark in the fast developing North Klang corridor was envisioned to be the most modern transportation hub in the country.

Included in the Klang Sentral complex will be 390 modern and spacious three-storey shop offices around the bus and taxi terminal.

The shop offices will come in two modern design concepts: (a) shop-shop-office with retail outlets on the ground and first floors and offices on the second floor, and (b) shop-office-office with a retail outlet on the ground floor and offices on the first and second floors.

Earthworks and site clearing works have started. The bus and taxi terminal on a six-acre site is due to be completed in 2006, while the shop offices are scheduled for completion in 2007.

The project in Bukit Raja at 3km Jalan Meru, commands a wide frontage along the busy Jalan Meru and is opposite SP Setia Bhd's nearly 4,000-acre Setia Alam. Right behind Klang Sentral is a proposed residential development called Aman Perdana by the Mah Sing group.

?Klang Sentral is probably the biggest commercial centre of its kind not only in Meru, but in Klang. It is our group's biggest project to date with a gross development value of RM300mil,? said Lim, who was pleased with the ?overwhelming? response to its recent registration exercise.

More than 2,000 people have shown interest in buying the shop offices that would be sold en bloc or by strata title, thus offering purchasers flexible ownership of their properties.

Lim said the price had not been fixed yet, but it would not be more than RM750,000 for the three-storey shop offices. He anticipates that about 100,000 people would pass through Klang Sentral daily with 1,600 bus and 2,000 taxi trips.

He said currently there was no proper bus and taxi terminal in Klang and buses were parked all over the place. The situation was aggravated, following the recent burning down of the old bus terminal in Klang.

Other features of Klang Sentral will be a street mall, pedestrian mall, waterway, boulevard and a promenade serviced by a 100ft wide road at the main entrance, and 66ft-wide roads within the development.

The street mall and pedestrian mall will feature an urban streetscape with an eclectic mix of styles in the form of illuminated signs, sculptures, and lighting pylons, banners, benches under shaded trees, multi-coloured paving and cafe-style seating. The waterway and boulevard will have distinctive landscaping to enhance the overall look and add ambience to the surroundings, while design elements will include a boardwalk and alfresco outlets.

Ng said investors should seize this opportunity to invest in Klang Sentral in view of the rapid growth in this part of Meru where several townships like Setia Alam, Sime UEP's Bandar Bukit Raja, Guthrie Bhd's Sungai Kapar Indah and Aman Perdana were coming up.

?There is no place to expand in Meru town. A lot of business people from Meru want to invest in our project. There are also not enough commercial units in Kapar which is about 7km away,? he said, adding that purchasers these days were very discerning and did not mind paying more provided they could lease out their properties.

?What is the point of buying a cheap property in a faraway place when you cannot get rental income?? he asked.

There are also large catchments with a population of a million people in Klang and 588,000 in the vicinity of Klang Sentral. To support his claim of the good demand for commercial properties in the area, Lim said both its Mutiara Bukit Raja 1 and 2 shop offices had been 98% sold and almost fully tenanted.

Location-wise, it is also very strategic as Klang Sentral is a mere 6.5km from Klang town centre, 3km to Meru town and about 4km to the Klang Parade shopping centre.

It also boasts excellent road linkages to Shah Alam and Klang via the North Klang Valley Expressway, New North Klang Straits Bypass and the North Klang Straits Expressway, as well as the Federal High

har!?!?!?
the most modern transportation hub in Malaysia ?
most modern transportationhub in malaysia again pula?
few days later i saw news on9 say tat melaka sentral is the most modern n pretty transportation in ASIA .
if hv change i paste the news for u all..

Go Klang go go go!Hehe....

WAt!?Melaka has the most modern bus station?hhhmmm...to me its great but not as great as the most modern..hehe...

har!?!?!?
the most modern transportation hub in Malaysia ?
most modern transportationhub in malaysia again pula?
few days later i saw news on9 say tat melaka sentral is the most modern n pretty transportation in ASIA .
if hv change i paste the news for u all..



haha.....sometimes these developers are realy hilarious. They just say that to boost sales of their commercial and residential developments around the stations. ;)

I seriously dun think anything else built elsewhere outside KL (no offence to non KLites) could beat Kisho Kurokawa's KL Sentral! ......I mean even many country's transport/train hub can't beat that! :D

Okay....let's not mention KL Sentral......I am sure Melaka's or Klang's couldn't even match JB Sentral lah! :lol:

KL Sentral would be having Arena Sentral soon and also a huge mall. Plus there's Hilton KL and Le Meridian hotel......facilities and amenities also kalah already!... :D :D :D

haha.....sometimes these developers are realy hilarious. They just say that to boost sales of their commercial and residential developments around the stations. ;)

I seriously dun think anything else built elsewhere outside KL (no offence to non KLites) could beat Kisho Kurokawa's KL Sentral! ......I mean even many country's transport/train hub can't beat that! :D

Okay....let's not mention KL Sentral......I am sure Melaka's or Klang's couldn't even match JB Sentral lah! :lol:

KL Sentral would be having Arena Sentral soon and also a huge mall. Plus there's Hilton KL and Le Meridian hotel......facilities and amenities also kalah already!... :D :D :D
How true, man! Not many transport terminals have all the facilities that KLS has... I mean, the CAT itself is beautifully designed and well-planned, and i'm waiting for the two hotels to open (when is the date, btw?) so that i can check both out...

In my opinion it's very difficult to claim a place to be the best....most places including transport hubs are great and have their own pros and cons..

I think the hotels are due to open in October

Wohoo! Klangites are going to have it's very own "Klang Sentral". I can saw a lot of banners around the major road mentioned about the so called "Klang sentral". Seems like it is going to be built. Hopefully it is not another white elephant's project. But i think it is quite far away from the present bus station. Approximately 5 kilometres? That's mean i have to switch another bus in order to go back home after school session :(

Kepong Sentral will be the 42nd Station for the KTM Komuter. Any news or pics? ;)

Riding on success of Midvalley
Monday, 6 September 2004


KTM Komuter received a much-needed boost with the amazing success of its station at Midvalley. It now hopes to replicate this experience in future projects, writes LEONG SHEN-LI.

IN the national scheme of things, the opening of the Midvalley KTM Komuter station in Kuala Lumpur would have hardly caused a ripple.

The new station was just an additional stop along the existing Rawang-Kuala Lumpur-Seremban line, and its RM12mil price tag hardly puts it in the league of mega projects.

In fact, in strict railwayman jargon, Midvalley is not even a station but a mere halt where trains stop just long enough for passengers to get on or off.

Yet, the station, located next to the busy Midvalley Megamall, has achieved something infrastructure projects many times its cost has not managed to do – perform beyond expectation.

KTM Bhd conservatively estimated that the station would cater to around 2,000 people at the beginning, rising to 4,000 by the end of its first year of operation.


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SPECIAL FEATURES:The Midvalley station
ushers in a new era for the KTM Komuter network
in terms of design. It is the first station outside
KL Sentral and Kuala Lumpur to be totally covered.


However, at the close of business on the first day of operations on Aug 23, over 3,000 people had walked through the station's turnstiles. On the third day, the target level was surpassed when over 7,000 people used the station.

On its fifth day, a Saturday, the numbers surged past the 10,000 mark and three days later on National Day, it went over 27,000.

Although the high use can be attributed to the holiday season, and the volume under “normal” conditions is expected to stabilise at a much lower level, the response has been nothing short of amazing.

“I will need to belanja everyone makan,” KTM general manager commuter services, Roslan Mohammed was heard telling some of his staff just after the official launch of the station on Aug 26.

The tremendous response, on hindsight, should not have been surprising. The station, after all, was designed with the necessary characteristics needed for a well-patronised, commuter-friendly station.

Although the requirements are very basic and would have been prescribed by any transport expert, they have unfortunately not been followed consistently when the Klang Valley’s rail-based public transport system was developed. That is why you find many stations with hardly any people in them.

KTM managing director Mohd Salleh Abdullah knew he had a good location for his Midvalley station. His railway lines ran hardly 100m from one of Kuala Lumpur’s busiest shopping centres.

However, he did not have a station there and for years, he missed out on the opportunity to capture the thousands who flocked to the mall everyday, all of whom needed some form of transport to get there.

When the wheels of bureaucracy turned in his favour, construction of the station began in July last year and was completed in just over a year.

Midvalley is the fourth station to have a direct link to a shopping complex, after Putraline light rail transit system’s tunnel between its KLCC station and Suria KLCC, and the monorail’s bridge links between its Bukit Bintang and Imbi stations with Sungei Wang Plaza and Berjaya Times Square respectively.

And Midvalley proves for the fourth time that such link-ups benefit both the public transport operator and the shopping centre.

While the station’s location was ideal, access to the mall was not. The busy Lingkaran Syed Putra encircles Midvalley Megamall and shoppers would have had to dodge cars and dash across the road to get to the station.

Realising the problem, mall owners Midvalley City Sdn Bhd constructed a bridge linking the mall directly to the station. The link was made user-friendly with escalators and a roof. For the blind, tact tiles were laid.

Signage within the mall was also changed to lead people to the bridge, and it did not take long for shoppers to discover this convenience.

The Midvalley station also ushers in a new era for the nine-year-old KTM Komuter network in terms of design. It is the first station outside KL Sentral and Kuala Lumpur to be totally covered. It also has lifts, toilets and is disabled-friendly.

“When I told several passengers who were pushing strollers to use the lift, they were surprised. They thought it was like the other stations which only had stairs,” said Mohd Salleh. Now, KTM hopes to construct roofs at all stations.

Midvalley has certainly increased the number of people using the KTM Komuter network.

“I believe at least 80% of those using Midvalley are new users. It would not have taken away passengers from other stations,” Mohd Salleh said.

More passengers mean more revenue and, although the collection from the new station is not expected to be high – most passengers only travel the short distance to KL Sentral, which costs only RM1 – the extra money is certainly welcome.

But most importantly, Midvalley has provided a tremendous boost to the morale of those in KTM. This is especially sweet when, according to Mohd Salleh, there have been “very few things for a very long time which have brought such joy.”

“Midvalley shows that if given the opportunity, we can do well,” he said.

The good feeling has given him strength for the other projects that have been lined up, namely the Kepong Sentral commuter station, and the long-awaited Sentul-Batu Caves extension.

“I believe we can replicate our Midvalley experience if we bring the KTM Komuter to Batu Caves,” he said, adding that he was awaiting the government's green light to proceed with the project.

Meanwhile, he has been relishing every moment spent at the Midvalley station, either standing at the ticket booth or sitting on a bench at the platform, observing the cycle of commuters building up and then disappearing with each departing train.

“I more or less knew we would do well here. I just didn't know it would be this well,” he said. -THE STAR-

RM90 Mln To Repair KTM's 10 Commuter Trains, Says Chan
Friday, 27 August 2004


The repair cost of KTM Berhad's 10 commuter trains is RM90 million, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said Thursday.

The project, expected to complete by July next year, would enhance KTM's commuter services, including increasing its frequency from every 15 minutes to 10 minutes during peak hours, he said.

The trains would also be able to carry 120,000 passengers daily compared to 75,000 passengers at present, he told reporters after opening the Mid Valley KTM Commuter Station, here.

Last year, 24.6 million people used the commuter service and the number is expected to reach 26.8 million this year.

On the RM12.11 million Mid Valley station, Chan said it was the 41st commuter station and was connected to the Mid-Valley Mega Mall shopping complex.

Chan said his ministry had approved the proposal to build the 42nd commuter station to be named Kepong Sentral Station.

The RM11 million project, adjacent to Kompleks Desa, would start soon and was slated for completion by end of next year, he said.

On the requirement to install a speed limit monitoring system on vehicles, he said the ministry was studying the proposal.

"We are concerned about human lives. We are not delaying but we need more time to discuss the proposal to find out an effective way and technology that can be applied for this," he said.

In addition, the government would try to implement rules to control the speed, he said.

"We're not sitting down doing nothing, we are doing a lot of enforcement work," he said.

The ministry was making it compulsory for commercial vehicle drivers to undergo comprehensive training, he added.-BERNAMA-

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From Rentas newspaper

they shud have the Klang Sentral built somewhere kat Sentosa/Andalas area, then it wud very much be a happening development.. heh heh.. and so ez for me to go to my sis' hse..

They should really use some advertising terms like "Probably the most modern transportation hub in Malaysia..."

tsk tsk...

Klang Sentral
The Transportation Hub of Klang

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A BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) Agreement for the local bus and taxi terminal as well as the express bus terminal was signed in January 2007. Piling for the former has been completed, and the local terminal is expected to be ready by end-2007 whilst the express bus terminal will follow soon after.

This, coupled with the soon-to-be-announced well-known operators for the hypermarket and fast-food drive-thru, make Klang Sentral the ultimate business/investment choice along the North Klang Growth Corridor.

There are 3-storey shops/offices available for sale, both en-bloc as well as by strata from only RM130,000 with a down-payment from as low as RM3,888.

1. PROJECT BRIEF

a) Size of Development - 83 acres

b) Tenure - Freehold

c) Concept - A modern, contemporary-design commercial development within Klang's complete and
comprehensive bus & taxi terminal complex

d) Development Mix - Bus & taxi terminal, hypermarket, shopping complex, fast food drive-thru,shopoffices and
commercial centre

e) Surrounding Developments - Bandar Setia Alam
- Bandar Bukit Raja
- Sungai Kapar Indah
- Aman Perdana

2. CONCEPT

Klang Sentral, the new premier landmark in North Klang, will be the most modern transportation hub in this part of the country.

The double-storey Klang Sentral bus interchange and taxi terminal will serve as the central transportation stop, together with a host of amenities provided by the adjacent shops.

Klang Sentral also boasts an uniquely triangular landscaping feature to complement the overall development. An aesthetically designed entrance with landscaping and water feature is set to be a landmark of the development.

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