Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

KL monorail

http://www.monorail.com.my/klms/images/KLMS_logo.gif (http://www.monorail.com.my/)

KTM intercity

http://www.kliaekspres.com/web%2005%20a/links/logo&icon/logo_ktm1.gif (http://www.ktmb.com.my/)

KTM komuter

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STAR (Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan) LRT 1

http://www.monorail.com.my/klms/images/starlrt_logo.gif (http://www.klrt.com.my/starlrt/main.html)

PUTRA (Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik) LRT 2

http://www.monorail.com.my/klms/images/putralrt_logo.gif (http://www.putralrt.com.my/)

KLIA Ekspres/Transit

http://www.monorail.com.my/klms/images/erl_logo.gif (http://www.kliaekspres.com/)

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KLIA Transit waiting lounge...

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Inside KLIA Transit train overlooking the waiting lounge and escalators...

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Kuala Lumpur 2004.

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Oy Bung Nazray,


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I've been to KL and use 20 ringgit card to Ride Putra whci his REALLy good ....
Smooth riding indeed ... Well, at least I'm fortunate enough to catch Putra feeder bus to go back to PJ Hilton (about 4-500 m from Tanamn Jaya). Usually, we have to walk all the way from Taman Jaya to PJ Hilton. Dopping down at pasar Seni to eat bukkuteh and then shop around petaling street is quite a bargianing even though going to KLCC (twin tower) is a lot cooler from my experience ....

http://www.rotfaithai.com/files/jamekstar1.jpg
However, I have to buy 50-ringgit Touch 'n Go smart cards If I REALLY want to ride both STAR and PUTRA without having to buy another cards ... That's NOT quite convenient tough ... If I want to use such a card, I need to hang aroudn in KL for 7 days though .... Furthermore, not all STAR stationd have facility to handle Smart card .... ONLy the terminals and important stations will have ...

http://www.rotfaithai.com/files/jamekstar11.jpg
So far, I could take a photo of Star at Majid Jamek since it is an interchange with Putra since I have very little vacant time to do so. Next time to KL, better try KL Kommuter and Star .... Star have better interchanges to KL Monorail that the interchange between Putra ann KL Monorail though ....

http://www.rotfaithai.com/files/kltransit1.jpg

I have riding KL Express to KL Sentral .... it's really fast and smooth ... However, I could NOT get the special package -> 2 person round trip from 140 Ringgit to 98 Ringgit since I COULD NOT locate the lift which lead us to KL Transit terminal (the station at grade) ...until we are going back home.... I can ONLY find the KL Express terminal (underground station).

http://www.rotfaithai.com/files/klexpresssub1.jpg
Well, the owner of KLIA Express better negotiate with KTMB so that they can extend the route to JB as well as the route to Ipoh, Padang Besar .... even though they may need to sell some stocks to KTMB ..... but MAS and Air Asia may stand on theri ways though ...

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the Riding quality of KLIA People mover is NOT very good, better use KL putra rolling stock instead unless KL Monorail could manage to improve the riding quality in the 2nd generation of KL Monorail to replace both KLIA People Mover as well as the 1st generation of KL Monorail. After improving ridign quality, they should use that monorail for Putrajaya Monorail network as well as the suburb of Seoul as feeder lines for Seoul Subway ....

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For KL Monorail, the riding quality is NOT at par with KL Putra even though it helps us to head into Sugei Wang Shopping Mall at Bikit Bintang. The interchange between Dang Wangi (Putra) and Bukit Nanas is acceptable even though it would better if Putra has dug the tunnel to across the street to Bukit Nanas so we don't have to go across the street.

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Even worse, the conflicts of interests has prevented KL Monorail from constructing the station next to KL Sentral .... We have to walk all the way from KL Central (Monorail) to KL Sentral (Putra). Even worse still, the Southern section of KL Monorail which head to Mid Valley Mall and OUG is NOT constructed yet .... Well, I could drop down at Bungsar to go into Midvalley Mall but I think I should drop down at Abdullah Hukum and then walk all the way through the Kampung Abdullah Hukum.... to that mall ....

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The single ticket through the booths may be a little bit annoying ... KL Monorail better negotiate with Putra and Star while rejigging and retooling the ticket system so as to allow KL Putra and Kl Star to use the store value tickets on KL Monorail ....

Here is a map of Kuala Lumpur's subway system :)

http://www.urbanrail.net/as/kual/kuala-lumpur-map.gif

System
The Malaysian capital is building a new three line metro system. Although it's called LRT (Light Rail) it is a fully independent metro network. There are three lines operated by different companies:

LRT 1 - STAR Route (Lines C and D)
STAR stands for "Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan" and is an elevated driver operated system. After construction began in 1993, the line started revenue service in three stages: 16 Dec 1996 Sultan Ismail - Ampang (12 km); 12 July 1998 Chan Sow Lin - Sri Petaling (southern branch) and finally in Dec. 1998 the northern stretch to Sentul Timur. Total length of the line is 27 km (17.6 at grade without level crossings, 9.4 elevated mainly between Sultan Ismail and Plaza Rakyat), 25 stations (17 at grade, 8 elevated). Trains run at a maximum speed of 70 km/h (commercial speed 35 km/h) and are air-conditioned. During 1999, its first full year of operation, it carried 26 million passengers.

LRT 2 - PUTRA Route (Line E)
For one year this 29 km line was actually the world's longest fully automated line until Lille's Line 2 was extended to 32 km in Oct. 2000. It is mainly elevated with a 4.4 km underground section between Dang Wangi and Ampang Park. All stations are wheelchair accessible, have toilets, and platform screen doors in underground stations, info is also provided in English. The PUTRA (Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik) line is operated by 35 two-car air-conditioned trains which carry some 35 million passengers per year. On 1 Sept 1998 it started operating between Subang Depot and Pasar Seni (14.1 km), and from 26 June 1999 it continues north to Terminal Putra (14.9 km). KL Sentral station (central railway station) finally opened on 1 April 2001.

LRT 3 - PRT Monorail Line (Line F)
Elevated monorail line (16 km), construction began in 1997. The initial section of the PRT (Peoplemover Rapid Transit) line (northern part) is 8.6km long and includes 11 stations, Titiwangsa - KL Sentral (where a new stop will only open in 2006/07). Permanently coupled 4-car trains are driver operated and run every 2-5 minutes during peak hours. The 63.5m long and 3m wide trains are based on the Tokyo Monorail designed by Hitachi Ltd. Stations are built 10m above the road with side platforms, distance between stations is 600-1000 m. It will link to both existing LRT lines twice.

Letters A and B were assigned to commuter lines, Line A linking Sentul to Port Klang, and Line B from Rawang to Seremban.

History
LRT 1 (STAR)
16 Dec 1996 Sentul Timur - Ampang (12 km)
12 July 1998 Chan Sow Lin - Sri Petaling (southern section)
Dec 1998 - northern section

LRT 2 (PUTRA)
1 Sept 1998 - Subang Depot - Pasar Seni (14.1 km)
26 June 1999 - Pasar Seni - Terminal Putra (14.9 km)
1 April 2001 - KL Sentral station opened

LRT 3 (KL Monorail)
31 Aug 2003 - Titiwangsa - Tun Sambanthan (8km)
14 April 2002 - KLIA Ekspres (Airport Express Line with commuter service)

Projects
In neighbouring Putrajaya, Malaysia's future capital city, an 18km, 23-station monorail network is under construction, scheduled to be completed in 2004. The network consists of two lines, one will be 12km with 17 stations and the other 6km with 6 stations. It will be partly underground.

Hah ..I'm so shockkkkk that khun Wisarut (our mass transit expert) been to KL. Don't know..,when you were been in KL?! :) So what about KL today...

So far so good Bung Nazray ... I've been to KL from September 1-5, 2004. I've been to medeka Square, masjid Jamek, KLCC + Twin Tower (several times), UM.,

Too bad, I have no time to climb KL Tower and the Skytbridge at KLCC since the tickets usually RUN OUT by 10 AM. Same can be said to AmCorp Mall near Taman Jaya ... but Shopping around Pasar Seni and KLCC would be okay ... I also have no time to go to the HQ of Royal Selangor Pewter ...

Connection between Bukit Bintang and Sugei Wang as well as the undergroudn tunnels connecting KLCC station with KLCC Mall you have SHOWN me are a few good samples other stations should follows but it seems to me that some malls such as Midvalley Magamall and Amcorp Mall failed to do so ... but that will be changed if the Southern extension of KL Monorail become a reality ....

Well, I've been to Putrajaya and Cyber Jaya by Taxi and the taxi make a short stop at Bandar Sunway .... Well, I wish Putra LRT has been extended to Bandar Sunway and Puchong though ...

For the case of Putrajaya, I foudn that even though the buidings are REALLY elegant
-> esp the Pedina Metri House and Putrajaya Mosque as well as putra bridge and convention center ... it would takes time to get enough residents to stay at Putrajaya as well as Cyberjaya -> at least 30% of capacity to speed up Putra Monorail whcih has nto reached yet .... During the Merdaka holiday there are so few people that i could see ONLY the construction workers from Java and Sumatra instead of the local residents ....

Err, I see some mall on the highway between Asia Jaya and Taman jaya but it is quite fare away so it is quite hard to make a connection to either Putra station ....

However, I have no time to investigate on Star yet .... so I have no comment on that even though I would like to see how they implement the new national sport complex at
near Buki Jalil station

At least, lots of green space to bootfor both KL and suburbs (such as PJ + UM or so), but it seems to me that PJ Municiple still leaves some pathway unfinished .... The KLIA is REALLY stunning to boot though ...

Hope tehy come up with the ring line along with Putra-Star extensions after finishing the Soutehrn part of KL Monorail ... Some even make a wishful thinking about the KL Kommuter extension from Seremban to PD. and Rawang to Ipoh ... let along the OSuthward extesnion of KLIA Express

Aiyohh Wisarut... y don't u tell me u'r comin to KL dat day?? I'll be more than happy to bring u around! Next time msg me if any of u guys/forumers comin to KL kay!!! :)

KL Transit Network

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Aiyohh Wisarut... y don't u tell me u'r comin to KL dat day?? I'll be more than happy to bring u around! Next time msg me if any of u guys/forumers comin to KL kay!!! :)


yup....he's right........ ;)

Wisarut > Just meet up with us and I could explain all that you need to know about KL's transportation network.

There is a metro stop at Midvalley by the way - the Midvalley KTM Komuter station. :)

Thanks for your detailed insight.....I would try to explain more later :okay:

KL central railway station.

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Ampang park station located in front of Ampang park mall beside of its.

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There is a metro stop at Midvalley by the way - the Midvalley KTM Komuter station. :)



I took in May 2004

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MidValley Phase 2

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=107875

New MidValley KTM Komuter Station To Begin Operation August 23, 2004 - Poster

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KL Transit Network

http://www.monorail.com.my/network.gif

Thank you bobdikl.
Here is another thread about Railway Industries in Malaysia.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=110614&highlight=rawang+ipoh

Bukit Jalil station - National stadium

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Kuala Lumpur Transit map [2004]
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Kuala Lumpur Transit map [2020] Masterplan for next 15 years. 500km;380 stations
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I took in May 2004

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MidValley Phase 2

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=107875

New MidValley KTM Komuter Station To Begin Operation August 23, 2004 - Poster

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Finished..
by ZaHiRnYa???

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How long does it take from KL sentral to Mid valley?? Whats the frequency of the train like?? How much??

The station of Mid valley (shopping mall new halt station) must be before Seputeh station after KL sentral of KTM komuter for Rawang-Seremban line if ain't mistake.

http://www.monorail.com.my/network.gif

So must be not much more over 10 mins.!!!
But for the cost.Waiting for Malaysian forummer to tell us..!

Whats the frequency of the train like??


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3 types.

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Dear Nazrey,

By showing the pics of Class 81, 82 and 83 EMUs, have you answered babystan's query on the frequency of KTM Komuter ?

Fyi, KTM Komuter runs at 20 minz interval on non-peak hours. the fare from Sentral to Megamall is just RM 1 if i am not mistaken.

And if there's anyone who can verify this map of proposed routes in Klang Valley ? I read about Minister of Federal Territory Mohd Isa Samad abt his plan of 500 km of mrt and 380 stations by the year 2020. Is Kepong and Jinjang penalised again and don't get any lines because they voted the wrong candidate into parliament ? Is this the finalised version ?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/propose.jpg

What you guys think about Penang's proposed routes for light monorail then ? Having the interchange in Ayer Itam instead of Georgetown is weird. Gurney Drive, Burmah Road and Jelutong are not covered, why ?

http://onthemove.penang.gov.my/image/light_monorail.jpg

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[COLOR=Blue]Dear Nazrey,

By showing the pics of Class 81, 82 and 83 EMUs, have you answered babystan's query on the frequency of KTM Komuter ?

Fyi, KTM Komuter runs at 20 minz interval on non-peak hours. the fare from Sentral to Megamall is just RM 1 if i am not mistaken.




You might not know this but Nazrey isn't Malaysian (he's Thai). Thanks for the info.....the reason why Nazrey did not answer to babystan's question is probably due to his limited comprehension of the English language. Have a heart...... ;)

I wouldn't be able to answer that myself as I seldom been on KTM Komuter thus my knowledge on that is limited :)

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And if there's anyone who can verify this map of proposed routes in Klang Valley ? I read about Minister of Federal Territory Mohd Isa Samad abt his plan of 500 km of mrt and 380 stations by the year 2020. Is Kepong and Jinjang penalised again and don't get any lines because they voted the wrong candidate into parliament ? Is this the finalised version ?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/baqthier/propose.jpg




I dun think this is the finalised version ;)

I'll check for ya if Jinjang and Kepong is included as I am not too sure of that myself. And even if it isn't, I don't think it has anything to do with politics. Cheras and Seputeh contituency had been the opposition stronghold for donkey years and these places do have a proper proposal in place for the metro expansion. Kepong and Jinjang probably isn't an exception ....maybe because of unfavourable demographics? :)

There will be a Kepong Sentral and Batu Caves station next year, too :)

Here is the route map of Penang Monorail...

http://img59.exs.cx/img59/85/PenangMonorail.jpg

By showing the pics of Class 81, 82 and 83 EMUs, have you answered babystan's query on the frequency of KTM Komuter ?

Yes that's it!!!

Skytrain/subway - PUTRA LRT2

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Express Rail Link (ERL) linked between KL and Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).Opened 2002.

KL sentral station

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The 1st LRT of Malaysia.

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Some commuters.

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KL monorail,newest line for KL opend last 31 August 2003.

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Does KTM Kommuter serve KL only or the whole of West Malaysia?

It looks like a ''subway/metro'' system. So Starline wasn't the first ''metro'' system to be built in KL huh.

Does KTM Kommuter serve KL only or the whole of West Malaysia?

It looks like a ''subway/metro'' system. So Starline wasn't the first ''metro'' system to be built in KL huh.

The lines serve KL-Rawang to the north, Port Klang to the west and Seremban to the south in Klang Valley metro.

It's more of a metro system because of the ticketing system and seating arrangements.

STAR LRT

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Express Rail Link (ERL)

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Kuala Lumpur - PUTRA LRT
by hkskyline

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STAR line

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KL monorail

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Does KTM Kommuter serve KL only or the whole of West Malaysia?

It looks like a ''subway/metro'' system. So Starline wasn't the first ''metro'' system to be built in KL huh.


yes....KTM Komuter is the first metro system for KL. Many hyped Starline because it is purposed built as a metro system while KTM Komuter runs on the normal railway line. ;)

So KTM Kommuter shares the railway tracks with the normal KTM intercity services?

KTM Intercity and KTM Komuter run on different tracks...different entities...they have different platforms at KL Sentral..

I was kinda confused about the new electrified route Rawang to Ipoh.. is it part of KTM intercity non-electrified one???? So how about the southern route KL to Seremban?

KTM Intercity and KTM Komuter run on different tracks...different entities...they have different platforms at KL Sentral..


KTM komuter platform.

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KTM intercity platform.

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Mid Valley commuter station

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@ KL sentral station

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commuter train ticket machine.

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So KTM Kommuter shares the railway tracks with the normal KTM intercity services?


KTM Intercity and KTM Komuter run on different tracks...different entities...they have different platforms at KL Sentral..

I was kinda confused about the new electrified route Rawang to Ipoh.. is it part of KTM intercity non-electrified one???? So how about the southern route KL to Seremban?


KTM Komuter and KTM Intercity runs on the same track. ;)

Yes...they have different platforms at KL Sentral because they are both different services. The tracks are then merged :)

The Electrification and Double Tracking project from Rawang To Ipoh is exactly gonna be the same as that of KL-Rawang, KL-Port Klang and KL-Seremban stretches. And the non-electrified Intercity does runs on the same track as the electrified ones when its operational. ;)

Rapid KL, to operate public transport
November 2004



Within the next 18 month , Rapid KL will operate an integrated public transport system in the Klang Valley.
The government owned company will take over the services of Putraline and Starline LRT service , Intrakota and Cityliner bus services.
According to the Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop the four services make uo 65 percent of the Klang Valley’s public transport system. Rapid KL would be subjected to a key performance index (KPI) to ensure that services level are maintained.
Fast info : Rapid KL newly appointed COO : Ridza Abdoh Salleh for rail based services and Mohd Ali Mohd Nor for bus services.

http://www.ktmrailwayfan.com/pics/data/media/70/midvalley_feb1_facilities.jpg

The new Mid Valley station

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KL sentral station

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KLIA transit @ KL sentral station platform/machine

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Hotel service taxi in Kuala Lumpur @ KL sentral arrival point.

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KTM komuter @ KL sentral platform.

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RAPID KL Launches three more bus routes


Kuala Lumpur, 14th January 2005 - Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd today announced three extra bus routes beginning 17th January 2005.

The routes are 114, 124 and 91 offering frequency of 15 minutes. Route 91 is from Terminal Central Market to Terminal UIA at Universiti Islam Antarabangsa in Gombak. Buses are available from 5.45 am to 10.00 pm with a maximum fare of RM1.60. Route 124 and 114 both begin from Terminal Jalan Silang to Terminal Taman Maju Jaya and Terminal Cheras Flat respectively. Both routes will start from 6 am to 10.30 pm daily with the maximum fare of RM1.20.

Also recently launched is the RAPID KL Bus Pass. Encik Mohamad Ali said the sale of the cards are picking up and he would like to encourage more customers to purchase the Bus Pass for their convenience.

The Bus Pass for February will be on sale from 25th January 2005 until 7th February 2005. Refund for Fare Card will commence on 17 January 2005 at the following offices, namely Terminal Jalan Silang, Jalan Sultan Muhamad and Pejabat Tun Dr Ismail.

Ali also reminded all its customers that the Bus Pass is not applicable on PUTRALINE Feeder Buses.

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Dateline: 02/02/05
MONORAIL CUSTOMER SERVICE CAMPAIGN


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In line with the ‘Budi Bahasa dan Nilai-Nilai Murni’ (Courtesy and Noble Values) nation wide campaign, launched recently by YAB Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on January 11, KL Monorail has launched its Customer Service Campaign which begins today.

This 1 month long Courtesy Campaign is one of KL monorail’s efforts to increase customer service satisfaction in its objective to increase ridership by 30% in 2005.

This campaign which involves all monorail employees will see the staff at their best. The staff will be constantly observed and monitored for their actions at all time so that they will develop into a courteous, helpful and friendly monorail staff. As one of the main transportation used by tourists traveling within the city, KL Monorail knows that its customer service plays an important role to create a good 1st impression for tourists in Malaysia.

The courtesy campaign will be held from time to time to ensure the best customer services can be achieved and sustained. The public is encouraged to convey their feedbacks and suggestions by dropping a note at the KL Monorail suggestion box placed at all 11 stations.

The KL Monorail is now into its 18th month of operation and hopes to foster a good relationship between monorail employees and its valued passengers. Since its operation in August 2003, KL Monorail has carried more then 15 million passengers and it operates from 6am to 12 midnight daily with 4 minutes train headway during peak hours.

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FIRST WEDDING ON KL MONORAIL



On Saturday 8 January 2005, Mr Kok Meng and Ms Shook Yeen will be married and the bridegroom has chosen to use the KL Monorail to fetch his bride who lives in Bukit Bintang. This will be the first time a wedding is held using the KL Monorail system.

At 10am, the wedding couples together with an entourage of about 20 members will arrive at Bukit Bintang Station (between Sungei Wang Plaza and Lot 10) to depart for the church ceremony near Maharajalela Station. To celebrate this special occasion, KL Monorail will arrange for a special train to ferry the bride and bridegroom and their friends and relatives. The entourage shall board the train at 10.15am and depart for Maharajalela Station.

En Bakhtiar Jamilee bin Haji Abdul, Managing Director of KL Monorail System will be on hand to congratulate the couple.

We would like to invite the press to share this special moment and interview the couple at Bukit Bintang Station. Photo opportunities will be available.

ADDED SAFETY FEATURE TO KL MONORAIL
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KL Monorail on the recommendation of its design engineers have added in a new safety feature to ensure that incidents like the Jan 21 mishap will not recur. This new safety measure, with a safety factor of 12 (ie 12 times the force or load expected), calls for the wheel housings to be secured with the inspection covers welded down.

The new feature approved by the Independent Checking Engineers, Mott MacDonald of Britain and the Department of Railways, Ministry of Transport, has been installed in all the trains put into service as from today.

KL Monorail have been able to undertake this improvement in such a short time because the trains are designed and manufactured with locally available expertise and resources provided by Monorail Malaysia Technology Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of MTrans Holdings Sdn Bhd.

Joint Press Conference on the KLIA Transit F1 Transfer Package The fastest way to the F1 race
Thursday 10th March 2005



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Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd the concessionaire for the KLIA Transit services today announced that the company will be providing a special transfer package for F1 fans to attend the race this 18- 20 March 2005 at Sepang International Circuit.

“We are the fastest way to the F1 race, as we’ll be bringing you there on a high speed train and on a shuttle bus with a dedicated bus lane”, said Dr. Aminuddin Adnan, Chief Executive Officer of ERLSB. With an increased train frequency and up to 30 buses on race day, he was confident that passengers traveling from KL Sentral could reach SIC within 60 minutes.

Similar to last year, the packages are attractively priced at RM80 for three days and RM55 for the race day. The packages include return KLIA Transit tickets between KL Sentral and KLIA, and return shuttle bus services between KLIA and the circuit. The packages are already available for sale to the public at all KLIA Transit ticket counters. Besides KLIA Transit counters, the public may also purchase these packages from SIC sales outlets in KL Sentral.

SIC General Manager En. Ahmad Mustafa added, “We hope that the public will take advantage this great offer by KLIA Transit to attend the F1 race, as it is fast, convenient, and also helps reduce the traffic congestion leading to the circuit”.

SUPER GRANNY... Even having four grandchildren and having served as a bus driver for 30 years does not stop Shamsiah Samah from continuing her job as a bus driver with RapidKL(Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras KL). Hats off to Shamsiah, 48, still being able to pour her deeds to Malaysians who wants to get to their destination. Shamsiah plies the route 25 Taman Dagang, Ampang and hopes to serve as long as health permits. On March 8, women all over the world celebrate International Women's Day.


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AUTO RELOAD WITH TOUCH ‘n GO ZING CARD


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Touch ‘n Go (TnG) cardholders can now look forward to uninterrupted convenience and peace of mind with the new Touch ‘n Go Zing (Zing) card, a new breed of TnG card with an inbuilt auto reload feature. To be issued on a bank-by-bank basis, Zing is available directly through participating banks to their existing and/or new credit card cardholders. It is a 2-card implementation where participating banks will issue a separate Zing linked to the bank’s respective cardholders’ credit card.

The Zing card will have a completely new design to differentiate it from the traditional TnG card, with the bank’s logo on the top right hand corner so cardholders can associate it with the respective issuing bank. While all Zing cards will have the same motif design, colour will be used to denote the participating bank.

Cardholders will be billed, through their credit card, for a one-time issuance fee of RM10, which is at the discretion of the respective issuing banks. The automatic reload will be triggered once the prepaid value drops to below the threshold amount of RM50 with the reloaded prepaid amount then debited to the user with a RM2 fee for each auto reload transaction.

Other than that, Zing works the same way as the traditional TnG card where all the user needs to do is touch the card at the TnG reader. For SmartTAG users, Zing can be slipped into the SmartTAG transponder and used as normal.

Rapid KL Buys 200 New Buses For Feeder Services, Says Dr Hilmi
March 28, 2005 13:31 PM





KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 (Bernama) -- Feeder bus services by Rapid KL to Light Rail Transit (LRT) stations in the Klang Valley are expected to improve by September with the purchase of 200 new feeder buses and 80 refurbished ones, the Dewan Rakyat was told Monday.

Finance Ministry parliamentary secretary Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya said additional feeder buses are expected to increase LRT users from the current 50 per cent from the targeted passenger volume.

He said feeder bus services, previously provided by private bus companies, have now been taken over by Rapid KL.

Rapid KL should have 1,000 buses to serve all the routes in the Klang Valley but it has only 450 todate, he said when replying to a supplementary question from Hasni Mohammad (BN-Pontian) during question time.

After the services were taken over by Rapid KL, some of the buses had to be written-off as they were in very bad condition, he said.

He said feeder services could operate at full capacity by year-end with the purchase of brand new and refurbished buses.

On LRT passengers, Dr Hilmi said passenger volume on Star and Putra lines had increased to 50 per cent from the targeted volume compared to 12 per cent on Star and 18 per cent on Putra in 2000.

Inadequate feeder bus services and limited coverage of the Star and Putra lines were the main factors for the lack of response from the public, he said.

Replying to the original question from Datuk Seri Law Hieng Ding (BN-Sarikei), Dr Hilmi said the government was considering extending LRT services to rapid growth areas like Subang, Shah Alam, Damansara, Selayang and Puchong.

Studies carried out covered various aspects including population density and accessibility by road, he added.

-- BERNAMA

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Monorail, LRT Get The Thumbs Up From Commuters
April 14, 2005 17:19 PM





KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 (Bernama) -- The Monorail and Light Rail Transit (LRT) have received the thumbs up from a large number of public commuters for their generally satisfying services.

Malaysian commuters, however, gave the thumbs down to three other public transport services, including taxis, buses and other forms of public transport, expressing dissatisfaction with their timings, comfort factor and fares.

Kamaruldzaman Salleh, group account director of an international research firm, Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) said, in a study conducted by the firm, Monorail and LRT scored 61 in a customer retention index signifying the highest score in the study, while buses 32 and taxis were handed the lowest score at 29.

The TNS study, "Assessment of the Malaysian Public Transport Sector", was conducted in March this year, with the participation of over 600 adults aged between 18 and 60 in the urban Peninsular Malaysia.

The study also revealed that only one, out of 10 commuters had a satisfying experience using public transportation, while two thirds of those polled said if given the choice, they would opt for a new alternative in transportation.

"Our study shows that the public transportation system is under pressure to significantly improve its performance with the Monorail and LRT now becoming the benchmark for other public transport players to emulate," Kamaruldzaman said in a media briefing Thursday.

The firm had also identified several areas in which taxis and buses could improve their services.

Noting ride comfort as top on the list of complaints by commuters, he suggested upgrading the condition of vehicles, improving seat comfort and not being selective in the routes as measures that could be taken.

As to fares, he said commuters wanted them to be aligned with other modes of public transport, while resolving customer complaints was also a major request from commuters.

"As for buses, a majority of commuters want bus operators to increase service frequencies and reduce the waiting time, while improving the condition of buses overall," he said.

Passengers also want bus operators to improve on customer service, courtesy of staff and to promptly attend to complaints, he added.

However, despite the gloomy picture painted by most commuters on the state of public transportation, some were expecting to see positive changes over the next five years.

About 41 percent of those polled were upbeat that the LRT service would improve, 40 percent believed that bus operators were set to make some positive changes and 28 percent hoped taxi services would become better.

-- BERNAMA

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RENTAS, new KTM Komuter's newsletter
Now available!


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The bulletin was launched
by KTM Managing Director Datuk Mohd
Salleh Abdullah at Stesen Central in
Kuala Lumpur. Buletin Rentas
highlights the latest development and
promotion of KTM Commuter, safety tips,
commuters’ feedback and news on
business activities.

RENTAS, KTM Komuter's newsletter will be available for public viewing begining April 12, 2005 through this website (http://www.ktmb.com.my/).
It was originally published as KOMUTER TERKINI in 2003 for internal distribution. Beginnning this year RENTAS will be distributed for public and will also be available for viewing in this website. For free copy of this newsletter please write to , The Editor, RENTAS, Komuter Services Department, KTM Berhad, Level 4, Sentral KL Station.

RENTAS will be officially launched on April 12, 2005 by Y.Bhg. Dato' Mohd Salleh Abdullah , Managing Director of KTM Berhad at Sentral KL Station.

Express Rail Link sees passenger increase by 20 pct
08 September, 2004


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Kuala Lumpur,Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERLSB), the operator of the KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit services, expects KLIA Ekspres passenger growth to increase 20 per cent by the end of this year, its chief executive officer Dr.Aminuddin Adnan said Tuesday.

He said that the factors that would boost ticket sales included the opening of two new hotels - Hilton Kuala Lumpur and Le Meridian in KL Sentral -, before the year end.

“With the opening of Hilton Kuala Lumpur and Le Meridian, we hope to achieve the target,” he told reporters after a smart partnership signing ceremony with KL Hilton, here.

Last year, KLIA Ekspres recorded 1.75 million passengers.

Aminuddin said that the smart partnership with Hilton Kuala Lumpur had carved a new development by giving both services the extra edge against each other in this competitive industry.

It will strengthen the positioning of the KLIA Ekspres brand amongst Hilton’s guests by bridging two essential services in totality, he said.

“Guests of the Hilton Kuala Lumpur will be assured that upon arrival at the KL International Airport (KLIA), they will be taking the fastest ride to the city within less than an hour,” Aminuddin said.

Under the smart partnership, the first 500 customers of Hilton Kuala Lumpur on entering KLIA, will get free ERL return passes to KL Sentral. After that, there will be a subsidised package offered to the hotel, which had not yet been determined.

Hilton, the five-star hotel, will commence its operation on Sept 22, offering 510 guestrooms.

Aminuddin said that currently there is an average of 5,300 passengers a day using the KLIA Ekspres.

“We are still in negotiation with other hotel and airline companies to provide special packages for them. If that happens, we can increase the average passengers now from 5,300 to 6,000 passengers a day,” he said.

He added that a special counter had already been set up at KLIA where the hotel guests would be greeted and escorted by porters to and from the KLIA Ekspres, right up to their check-in at Hilton Kuala Lumpur and also checking in for flights.

Other than that, under the ‘e-XKL’ service, passengers would be entitled for the same treatment with an addition of premium limo pick up from KL Sentral to city destination while the second passenger from the same destination is charged at only RM30 per person.

ERLSB has served more than 3.5 million passengers when it started its operation in 2002.

Meanwhile, Hilton Kuala Lumpur General Manager, Kees Hartzuiker, said that the hotel is the first in Malaysia to enjoy a partnership with ERL and to provide a smooth journey on KLIA Ekspres.

“We have worked out a choice arrangement where our guests will be treated to a seamless and hassle-free journey, either upon arrival or departure. No more traffic-jams to contend with, no more delayed journeys, no more impatient drivers, for the whole journey spares passengers having to go through all such stress-related conditions,” he said.-Bernama

ERL focuses on profits and passengers
08 September, 2004
By B.K. SIDHU in Madrid




EXPRESS Rail Link Sdn Bhd's (ERL) focus in the immediate term is to grow its passenger numbers and profits before pursuing plans for a listing on Bursa Malaysia.

That is why it has yet to appoint any merchant banker to advise on the planned flotation even though it has received several proposals.

“We are concentrating on building up our numbers (passengers and profit) - which are showing an encouraging trend - before appointing a merchant bank. Whether the listing happens next year depends on our numbers,” ERL chief executive officer Dr Aminuddin Adnan said in Madrid, where the company was an exhibitor at the 10th World Route Development Forum this week.

The company chalked up an operational profit in 2003 and expects to maintain its performance this year.

Increasing market share means improving ridership and that remains its ongoing focus. To this end, it has several plans, among which is increasing international ridership. For that it wants to work with airlines to explore ways of packaging rail transport as part of its air ticket offering to travellers.

“We want to talk to airlines to offer the KLIA Express service as part of the offering to travellers. This would be done next year and that would boost our ridership,'' Aminuddin said.


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“We began working with hotels and travel agents (to package rail transport as part of the offering to guests), the next step is to work with airlines,” he added.

ERL also wants to increase the number of airlines offering check-in facilities at KL City Air Terminal (KL CAT) at KL Sentral terminal from the current three - Malaysia Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways and Brunei Airlines.

To this end, it is in talks with Japan Airlines, Qatar Airways, Thai Airways and even Garuda Indonesia.

As part of efforts to increase ridership, the company offers porter service at the KL International Airport to users of KLIA Express.

Malaysians make up 60% of KLIA Express passengers. Last year the company carried 1.75 million passengers and this year the target is 2.2 million.

With all these plans in place, Aminuddin is confident that ERL will be able to increase its market share of passengers travelling to and from KLIA to 20% next year from 16%.

About 35,000 to 45,000 passengers travel to and from KLIA daily, via private vehicles, coaches or airport limousines.

“There is big scope for us to increase market share and we want to do just that to grow our numbers and profitability,” Aminuddin said.

MALAYSIAN AIR AND RAIL TRAVEL AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE
08 September, 2004
By B.K. SIDHU in Madrid


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Malaysia Airlines and Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERLSB) today signed a Sales Agency Agreement allowing the airline’s sales offices and ticketing agents worldwide to sell KLIA Ekspres® travel coupons along with the purchase of flight tickets. The Agreement will be in effect from January 15th 2004.

Introduced in April 2002, the KLIA Ekspres® operates every 15 minutes between KL Sentral and Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Malaysia Airlines operates six check-in counters from Kuala Lumpur City Air Terminal (KL CAT) at KL Sentral. The opening of such facilities, offering inner city check-in and a dedicated high-speed train service, brought KLIA into the ranks of modern advanced airports across the world.

The KLIA Ekspres® one-way fare on sale by Malaysia Airlines at its worldwide sales outlets is priced at RM35 for an adult ticket and RM15 for a child, exactly in line with local prices.

Speaking at the Signing Ceremony today, Dato’ Ahmad Fuaad Dahlan, Senior General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Malaysia Airlines said, “Our two companies share an integrated aim in bringing the best to our customers, both in the air and on the ground. Customer satisfaction is key to our operations. In advancing our business partnership with today’s signing ceremony, we advance the vision of seamless travel conceived in our national infrastructure projects, and provide greater cohesion between air and rail travel in Malaysia for both domestic and international travellers.”

Representing ERLSB, Chief Executive Officer Dr Aminuddin Adnan said, “Today’s air travellers expect convenience, reliability and speed. With this one-stop ticketing facility available globally, visitors to Malaysia can now enjoy the best of both worlds; travelling on Malaysia Airlines with the world’s best cabin staff, and taking the fastest train in South East Asia to the city centre in Kuala Lumpur.”

Customers can contact Malaysia Airlines toll-free number 1-300-800-3000 for reservations and enquiries on this new service and all other operations.

ERL posts first full-year profit and revives IPO plans
08 September, 2004
By B.K. SIDHU in Madrid




EXPRESS Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL), which runs trains from Kuala Lumpur to KL International Airport, has revived plans for an initial public offering (IPO) after posting its first full-year profit in 2003, executive chairman Datuk Mohd Nadzmi Mohd Salleh said.

“It was profitable last year and we hope it can be profitable this year,” Nadzmi said in an interview in Kuala Lumpur, declining to provide earnings figures. “Flotation is of course in our mind. That’s how we want to bring this company forward.”

In April, ERL scrapped plans for a 2003 IPO as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak and the US-led war against Iraq led tourists and businesspeople to avoid the region.
Travel has since rebounded; with Malaysia predicting a record number of tourists will visit the country this year.

That should lift passenger revenue at ERL, which is 40%-owned by Lembaga Tabung Haji and half-owned by YTL Corp Bhd. The company plans to sell shares to help pay loans used for the construction of the RM2.4bil line, which started operating in June 2002.

“With the decline of the ringgit I expect an influx of tourists to enjoy one of the more value-for-money destinations in the region,” said Azrul Azwar, an economist with MIDF Sisma in Kuala Lumpur. “With a strong jump in arrivals from last year, businesses such as transportation, hotels and restaurants should benefit.”

The ringgit, which was pegged to the US currency in September 1998, has declined in tandem with the dollar over the past 12 months. In that time, the euro had risen 20% and the yen 11%.

ERL owes RM940mil to Bank Pembangunan & Infrastruktur Malaysia Bhd. The Ministry of Finance earlier took over a Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederanfbrau loan extended under the German government’s export-guarantee scheme.

The company spent last year reducing costs after the SARS outbreak, which killed 774 people around the world and cut ERL's daily passenger numbers by about a fifth to 4,000.
The company renegotiated contracts on maintenance, the provision of spare parts and insurance, helping reduce costs by about 5%, Nadzmi said.

The company also cut the size of its workforce by 15% to 110 people. The cost-reduction efforts helped increase the yield-per-passenger to about RM34.20, compared with RM29.70 at the start of the year.

It now wants to increase the number of people using the service between Kuala Lumpur and the airport to a daily average of about 6,000. Currently, about 5,000 people make the 56km journey every day.

ERL has signed an agreement with Malaysian Airline System Bhd for the national carrier to sell tickets to international visitors and increase the number of people using the train to get from the airport to Kuala Lumpur.

The company, which has a 30-year contract to operate the service, uses eight electric trains built by Siemens AG, completing the journey between the city and the airport in 28 minutes. - Bloomberg

ERL keen to list shares on KLSE
08 September, 2004
By B.K. SIDHU in Madrid


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ERL keen to list shares on KLSE

HIGH-speed train operator Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL) has expressed interest to list its shares on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange but has not set a time-frame for the exercise.

Executive chairman Datuk Mohd Nadzmi Mohd Salleh said the company’s shareholders approve of the idea and ERL is conducting a feasibility study on the proposed listing.

“But we will not indicate the exact date for the listing. We will announce it when it is the right time for us to do so,” he told newsmen on the sidelines of the one-day ICT and Venture Capital Financing Forum 2004 in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday.

ERL runs a high-speed non-stop rail service, KLIA Ekspres, from Kuala Lumpur Sentral to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang. It also operates KLIA Transit, a rapid transit service that makes three quick stops at key townships along its route.

Mohd Nadzmi said 2003 was a good year for ERL, which registered profits for the first full year in operation despite the occurrence of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and the war in Iraq.

He said that based on the daily average number of commuters using KLIA Ekspres, the company had been on a steady growth path and was not really affected by the fallout of the SARS outbreak.

“Last year, we managed to register an average of between 3,000 and 4,000 commuters daily for our KLIA Ekspres,” Mohd Nadzmi said. This, he added, indicated that the company has managed to capture between 14 and 15 per cent of the KLIA-Kuala Lumpur transport sector.

Against the backdrop of strong economic growth this year, Mohd Nadzmi said he expects the company to register an average of 6,000 passengers a day for KLIA Ekspres, focusing more on inbound tourists.

He said ERL has outlined several campaigns to woo international tourists to use KLIA Ekspres. For instance, the company early this month appointed Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to sell KLIA Ekspres tickets overseas via a “single ticketing” system.

Some international tourists may not be aware of the ERL service or may have decided to take a taxi or other means of transport as soon as they touch down in Malaysia, Mohd Nadzmi said.

The “single ticketing” concept provides MAS passengers the convenience of purchasing KLIA Ekspres tickets together with their airline tickets via the national air carrier’s ticketing offices worldwide.

Mohd Nadzmi said this move will benefit ERL as MAS currently commands about 70 per cent share of KLIA’s traffic.

“ERL’s second strategy is to sell KLIA Ekspres tickets on board MAS flights. With this service, passengers will have the convenience of getting the KLIA Ekspres tickets first hand and at their leisure on board the plane,” he said.

He said the company has also started a campaign to woo tourists by providing them limousine services to take them to their destinations as soon as they reach Kuala Lumpur by KLIA Ekspres.

Mohd Nadzmi said 2004 will be a more challenging year for ERL but it will try its best, especially to achieve a 19 per cent share of the transport sector between Kuala Lumpur and KLIA. “But this will depend on the passenger traffic at KLIA.”

Mohd Nadzmi said growing passenger traffic at the airport would shore up demand for the firm’s shares, adding that he did not expect the bird flu scare to hit the travel industry as much as SARS did.

Built to handle up to 25 million passengers a year, KLIA is expected to report a 4 per cent rise in passenger traffic for 2003 over the previous year’s 17 million.

ERL is 50 per cent owned by YTL Corp, 40 per cent by Tabung Haji (Pilgrim’s Fund) and the remaining 10 per cent by Mohd Nadzmi. - Business Times.

ERL, AirAsia in package talk
03 February 2004



ERL, AirAsia in package talk

Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL) is in negotiation with no-frills airline AirAsia Sdn Bhd to offer transit train services from Kuala Lumpur Sentral to the KL International Airport at a discounted rate to the latter’s passengers.

ERL executive chairman Datuk Mohd Nadzmi Mohd Salleh said both parties were still discussing the terms of cooperation. He said the collaboration with AirAsia would not necessarily deliver significant revenue, but would change the way people travel to the airport from KL.

“The transit train service at a cheaper price is also in line with AirAsia’s concept of providing budget services to its customers,” he said on the sidelines of a conference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

Transit train service is different from express service as it makes intermediate stops at three key townships - Bandar Tasik Selatan, Putrajaya and Cyberjaya, and Salak Tinggi. Currently, transit and express services charge RM35 for an adult and RM15 for a child for a one-way trip.

ERL is 50%-owned by YTL Corp Bhd. The other shareholders are Tabung Haji Technologies Sdn Bhd and Mohd Nadzmi’s Trisilco Equity Shd Bhd, which hold a 40% and 10% stake respectively.

Mohd Nadzmi said the company was targeting to have 19% of the passengers landing at KLIA use its trains this year against 15% currently.- The Edge Daily

Track-ing Express Rail Link with Secretaries Society of Malaysia


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Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd, the concessionaire for the high speed KLIA Ekspres© and KLIA Transit© train services today hosted members of the Secretaries Society of Malaysia on a special excursion themed “Track- ing Express Rail Link” in conjunction with the Secretaries Week.

Members were first given a first hand look on the operational aspects of the high speed trains as well as the baggage handling system for KLIA Ekspres© before leaving for Putrajaya for a day trip. The tour was led by the Deputy Vice President for Marketing & Sales Management of ERLSB, Ms. Annie Yahaya. The event was also co-hosted by Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur and Taman Warisan Pertanian Putrajaya.

Speaking to the media prior to the trip, Dr Aminuddin Adnan, Chief Executive Officer of ERLSB, said that “We value the roles of secretaries in easing the headaches of their bosses’ daily schedule. It is not an easy job and we take this opportunity show them our gratitude for their profession”. He also added that the tour is also a part of their tactical promotions to further promote the KLIA Ekspres© and KLIA Transit© services amongst secretaries in Malaysia.

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KL SENTRAL - A lot more than just a railway station




Kuala Lumpur Sentral (KL Sentral) is more than just a rail transportation hub. This is a point its developer, Kuala Lumpur Sentral Sdn Bhd (KLSB) is keen on highlighting in a recent interview.

Beyond being a focal point of four rail networks (KTM Intercity, KTM Komuter, KLIA Express, KLIA Transit and the Putra Light Rail Transit), KL Sentral is a RM1.4 billion mixed development with commercial and residential components, being built over a 15-year period.

Because of this, KLSB has the uphill task of changing Klang Valley’s thinking that KL Sentral is significant only to those with a rail or LRT ticket in hand. One reason for this perception is the emphasis placed on Stesen Sentral, which began construction in 1997.

The Government, in privatising the project in 1994, thought only of enhancing public transportation in the Federal Capital through an integrated rail services hub. But the KL Sentral that KLSB now wants to promote is what came out of an exchange for the building and surrendering of Stesen Sentral to the Government, as per the concession agreement signed on Aug 18, 1997.

This task of changing the public perception rests with KLSB chief executive officer Chan Chee Meng. In an interview with PropertyTimes, Chan, who was appointed to the post last September, said in time, KL Sentral will evolve to be more than a rail transportation hub. Here are excerpts of the interview.

Aside from the residents of Suasana Sentral and occupants of the Plaza Sentral office block, the perception is that KL Sentral is nothing more than a rail station. How do you plan to change this perception?

The station was the motivation for this development. But it is an integrated 72-acre freehold mixed project that will serve as a city-within-a-city, with a total population of 250,000 when fully developed.

As we roll out more and more components, the public will know that the
Sentral is more than just a station. We are doing a branding exercise, in which we are looking at integrating the various components into a KL Sentral brand name.

We understand that a mall will also be built here. Is this a sure way of attracting bigger crowds?

Of course. The mall is certainly a major component, and will be a catalyst to attract people. It will be the draw card, reinforcing KL Sentral’s appeal and complementing other components.

When will the mall be launched?
We expect to launch it by end of the year, with construction beginning in the first or second quarter of next year, and completion in another three years. We are reviewing its design to allow for the integration of the KL Monorail system with KL Sentral.
(MRCB has taken over the stakes of the mall’s equity partners Centrepoint Properties Ltd and F&N Holdings Bhd, which owned 25 per cent each in the joint venture vehicle named Promising Quality Sdn Bhd.)

What are your views about the retail market? Will it present any challenges to the mall?

Looking at the bigger picture, the economy is in recovery and if there’s confidence, consumer spending will also be there. We are optimistic that the mall will do well.

We’d like to emphasise that we are a development built around a transportation hub, which of course is advantageous to us. The importance of the rail is becoming more apparent by the day. We see it playing a bigger role especially with the recent floods in Kuala Lumpur and road closures because of the NAM Summit.

We are also building our own niche. After all, we will have a population of 250,000 excluding passengers, once the whole development is completed. It will be a city within a city, without suffering poor traffic flow and parking problems that other malls do.

Our passenger capacity is only 30 per cent utilised now.

Is the image Brickfields a hindrance to your efforts to promote KL Sentral? Do you think it needs a facelift to keep with your international image?

We don’t think that KL Sentral’s image will be pulled down by Brickfields. The functionality of the project alone will overcome any negative connotations that may arise. In fact, we see a positive effort on the part of the government to improve the image of the environment. We are, after all, creating another landmark for the city.

Can you say KL Sentral is poised to become a key gateway to the nation?


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If we look at connectivity, KL Sentral is almost there as the nation’s gateway to the world. All rail networks connect here and so does the KL City Air Terminal where KL International Airport passengers can check-in. Soon, they will also be able to check out. The station will then be designated as XKL - as a destination within the country.

Rail connectivity is expanding and as the double-tracking rail line progresses from Rawang to Ipoh and Butterworth, and with the proposed Intercity rail connection to Kunming in China, we will see more people coming into the city. Future restriction of cars into the city centre will also increase the importance of the rail service.

KL Sentral is seeing an average of 24,000 passengers a day. Are active steps being taken to increase this number, perhaps in conjunction with the rail operators?

Operation of the rail systems is the prerogative of the operators. From what we understand, they are trying to improve by increasing frequencies and improving parking facilities.

The Klang Valley Urban Task Force, which operates under the Ministry of Finance, is looking at the integration of the rail and bus services as well. All this will increase the number of people coming to KL Sentral and benefit development of the area as a whole.

Usage of KL Sentral will no doubt increase as the various residential and commercial components are completed, but will these components be physically linked to the station?

Under our master plan, pedestrian bridges and covered walkways will link all the various components. The aim is to ensure that residents and commuters will be able to get to and fro from the station to the various components with ease, even in inclement weather.

Certain lots within KL Sentral were sold for development independently or in joint ventures with KLSB or MRCB. Lot I, for instance, was sold to Daito Asia and Daisho Asia for the construction of the Le Meridien and Hilton Hotels. What is the rationale for this?

When we conceptualised the KL Sentral master plan, the various components were to be developed together with investors who shared our vision.

We felt that the involvement of more parties would speed up the development of the project as a whole. Furthermore, we complement one another by contributing the expertise that any party may lack on its own.

Lot G, upon which the mall is to be built, also includes a retail centre, service apartments, offices and a hotel. Doesn’t KL Sentral as whole have one too many hotels? How would you address this perception?

We are offering niche space in the market and again, it is because of our location and prominence as a transportation hub. The hotels at Sentral target different market segments and the one slotted for Parcel G carries a three-star rating different from the five-star Le Meridien and Hilton hotels.

What are some of the other upcoming developments?
Scheduled to be developed this year is the mall, phase two of Plaza Sentral where the remaining four towers will be constructed, the second phase of the condominium component after Suasana Sentral and the entertainment centre.

Will KL Sentral be injected into UDA, now that MRCB has acquired a 25 per cent stake in the company from Landas Utama Sdn Bhd?

There is now the question of injecting KL Sentral into UDA. And as both companies are part of MRCB’s property development stable, there may be good opportunities for synergy.

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Located on the fringe of the city centre inside KL Sentral Station, Kuala Lumpur City Air Terminal or KL CAT serves as an extension of Kuala Lumpur International Airport and is officially recognized by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as a city destination with the code XKL.

At KL CAT, you can check in for your flight, just like in an airport, and enjoy free porter service. Regarded as a premium value-added service, passengers traveling with Malaysia Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways and Royal Brunei Airlines are able to check in at KL CAT as early as 12 hours (on departure day) before flight departure time. The minimum check-in time is 2 hours before flight departure time (1 ½ hours for those on Malaysia Airlines' domestic flights without luggage). Your luggage will be tagged to your destination and automatically transferred to your flight at KLIA. Every piece of luggage is bar-coded for easy tracking, and is integrated with the KLIA baggage handling system.

The check-in service is provided for air travelers who hold valid KLIA Ekspres tickets. You will also find a unique ambience of food and retail outlets as well as travel-related services at KL CAT such as airline ticketing, travel boutiques, hotel desks, banking kiosks, bureau de change and taxis.

KL City Air Terminal is easily accessed by road, and is supported by other public transportation systems such as the PUTRA-LRT, KL Monorail, KTM commuter, KTM Intercity, feeder bus and city taxis.


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Express Rail Link Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: the 35½-mile line in the Malaysian capital from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to KL Sentral Station is covered in only 28mins and provides two services: KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit.

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The KLIA Ekspres is a non stop service connecting KL International Airport and the Hub for Kuala Lumpur transportation system, KL Sentral. The service is non-stop with a journey time of 28 minutes and frequency of every 15 minutes during peak periods. (Non peak would be at every 20 minutes). With a fast 28 minutes journey time, KLIA Ekspres would be the best bet for you from any other form of transport to get to Kuala Lumpur from KLIA. Its hassle free and gives you the comfort of relaxing after your long flight. Just take the weight off your feet and enjoy the journey. Find out further information here on Kuala Lumpur City Air Terminal’s facilities, shops and restaurants, and the airlines that use it..

THE ROUTE

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KLIA STATION

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Special Appearance of Dewi Remaja 2003 Finalists KL City Air Terminal


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Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd is proud to co- host the Special Appearance of Dewi Remaja 2003 Finalists at KL City Air Terminal® together with its organizer Kumpulan Karangkraf Sdn Bhd.

The Finalists are introduced to the major public here in KL City Air Terminal® before departing to KLIA together with a special group of orphans from Sekolah Kebangsaan Seksyen 19, Shah Alam, invited by Kumpulan Karangkraf. “We are delighted to be associated with Kumpulan Karangkraf and by having such an event it would create more excitement at KL CAT® as one of those places where it is more than just an extension of the airport” said Dr. Aminuddin. The event is also co- sponsored by Semasa Sentral Sdn. Bhd.

Dr. Aminuddin Adnan, pointed out that ERLSB is currently rationalizing its train operations and changes are being made to improvise its services. “The KLIA Transit®, will be servicing its commuters every half hour and we are positive that by increasing KLIA Transit®’s frequency it will boost our ridership as well as opening up areas within the Transit’s vicinity particularly Bandar Tasik Selatan” he added. The new frequency for KLIA Transit® are now on trials and will take effect on 1 July 2003.

KLIA Ekspres® and KLIA Transit® New Time Table and Packages
30 June 2003


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Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd, the concessionaire for the KLIA Ekspres® and KLIA Transit® services in a media conference today announces the restructuring of both services, taking effect Tuesday, 1st July 2003.

Starting, 1 July 2003, the KLIA Ekspres® shall operate every 15 minutes during peak periods (5.00am – 9.00am and 4.00pm – 10.00pm) and every 20 minutes during off-peak periods (9.00am – 4.00pm and 10.00pm – 12.00mid-night). The KLIA Transit® will operate every 30 minutes with the last train leaving KLIA at 1.00am.

The streamlining of the KLIA Ekspres® and the KLIA Transit® services is to ensure that the services being offered to passengers would be fully optimized during such period, hence making the service more resilient and competitive. We have done some trials on the train schedule recently and the feedbacks were very positive. Most commuters welcomed the increase frequencies for KLIA Transit®

Dr. Aminuddin Adnan, Chief Executive Officer of ERLSB said that the company is now seriously looking at promoting Bandar Tasik Selatan as a second hub. “If a passenger takes the KLIA Transit® from Bandar Tasik Selatan to KLIA, he or she would only be paying RM26.50 for a single trip which is relatively cheaper than taking a cab” he said. Now the public, especially residents of Ceras, Ampang, Pandan and Bukit Jalil would have another alternative to get to KLIA other than going to KL City Air Terminal®, at Stesen Sentral. “We are trying to make Bandar Tasik Selatan as an extended hub of KL City Air Terminal®” he added.

ERLSB is also in discussion with other rail counterparts particularly Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd and KTMB in a collaboration effort to promote “One ticket for all”. By having such collaboration, it would benefit the major public for which it provides convenient and freedom of movement to passengers getting anywhere in the Klang Valley by rail. “We will also try to promote Park & Ride and Kiss & Ride” in making the KLIA Ekspres® and KLIA Transit® more attractive and comprehensive.

With this new campaign for KLIA Transit®, passengers can now take the train from either KL Sentral or Bandar Tasik Selatan, and can further enjoy the “RM98 for 2 Adults Return” and “RM100 Family Return Package” on KLIA Transit®. Senior citizens will have a further RM 5 discount on KLIA Transit® at only RM 20 per trip from either KL Sentral or Bandar Tasik Selatan.

We believe that these new offers would be well received by the cost-conscious passengers and those who may not have any luggage to check-in or would check it in at KLIA. Free car park is available at the moment. Previously, we have not promoted BTS as a second hub. Once the numbers are there, we will further improve signages and passenger access to the station.

After one year of operation and some experience with passenger requirements, we have embarked on this new marketing strategy. We are re-branding KLIA Ekspres® as a premier service – high frequencies with toilet facility on-board the train, whilst KLIA Transit® are meant for the budget travelers whereby we can introduce various special packages.

Currently, riderships are beginning to pick up again back to the February 2003 level prior to the SARS case. On the average, KLIA Ekspres® carries 4,500 pax per day, and the ridership has started to increase again. KLIA Transit® passengers have been increasing steadily and currently stands at around 2,500 ppd.

Touching on the company’s marketing strategy for the year, Dr. Aminuddin said, efforts are being made in wide-ranging awareness campaigns to the public. “We want KLIA Ekspres® and KLIA Transit® to be first thing in the public mind when going to KLIA. ERLSB have been working closely with other organizations and agencies through Smart Partnerships programs in making their marketing approach more effective. The company has already been working with organizations like MAS, Meda Group and Kumpulan Karangkraf and the results, he said, have always been good. “ERLSB is always open to discussion for any proposal for such smart partnership alliance” he added.

KLIA Transit® Photo Contest "I was @ Bandar Tasik Selatan Station "
14 September 2003


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Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd, the concessionaire for the high speed KLIA Transit®services today announces a new marketing campaign, “I was @ BTS KLIA Transit® Station” Photo Contest aiming at increasing its KLIA Transit® ridership particularly from the Cheras and Ampang residential areas through Bandar Tasik Selatan (BTS).

“The ridership from the BTS Transit Station as at June 2003 stands at an average of 790 passengers per day and we intend to double it up by the year end”, said Dr. Aminuddin Adnan, Chief Executive Officer of ERLSB. The current ridership is at an average of 930 passengers per day. We would consider this as a two prong effort as not only it would improve the ridership but to also greater expose our Bandar Tasik Selatan Station and its connectivity; KTM Komuter and STAR Line to the public, he added.

The BTS Station not only has a futuristic design but also its roofs designed like silver humped shape of a two half pies for which Malaysia’s renowned cartoonist, Dato’ Lat, had his impression of in one his sketches. In the near future, the Bandar Tasik Selatan area will be developed as the new Southern Bus Terminal for buses bound for Melaka, Negeri Sembilan and Johor. Currently, the BTS KLIA Transit® station serves as a Second Hub for the KLIA Transit® services to KL City Air Terminal® in Stesen Sentral KL.

The KLIA Transit® Photo Contest “I was @ Bandar Tasik Selatan Station” is open to all Malaysian Citizens and Permanent Residents aged 18 and above. Those who are interested to participate for the contest are required to take a snapshot of themselves, family or friends at the BTS KLIA Transit® Station or on board the KLIA Transit® train. Entries may not explicitly focus on the passengers themselves but also could be in the form of activities at the station such as children playing rollerblades, remote control cars, the uniqueness of the station and its surroundings. Entry with the most interesting caption and refreshing shot stands the chance to win a Return Flight to London for Two, a Canon Powershot A70 digital camera and Two KLIA Transit return tickets. Contest forms and regulations can be found in The Malay Mail, Harian Metro, China Press and Nanyang Press.

ERLSB will be on a road tour to promote this campaign with some attractive prizes to be won together with free train ticket vouchers to be given away to the first 50 visitors (conditions apply). The ERLSB promotion team will be promoting the campaign at the following locations:-

Carrefour Cheras 20 & 21 September 2003
Carrefour Wangsa Maju 27 September 2003
Carrefour Seri Petaling 28 September 2003
Cheras Leisure Mall 5 October 2003

The campaign is jointly sponsored by Malaysia Airlines, Foto Shangri-La, Tanjong Jara, The JW Marriott Hotel and the Shook! Restaurant. The Malay Mail, Harian Metro, China Press and Nanyang Press are the Official Press for the campaign.

The First Wedding Ceremony On Board The KLIA Ekspres®
23 February 2003


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Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd is proud to host the First Wedding Ceremony on Board the KLIA Ekspres® today, said Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Aminuddin Adnan. “This would be the first couple having their wedding ceremony on board the KLIA Ekspres® and we are honoured to host the ceremony which is certainly going to be something very unique so far”, he added.

The groom, Mr. Yesudason Mark, 31, who is also the Assistant Vice- President for Human Resources and Training Management of ERLSB together with his bride Ms. Shobana Grace were thrilled and excited to have their wedding on board the KLIA Ekspres®. “This experience indeed be one of my fondest memories in life”, said Mr. Yesudason or better known as Mr. Dason by his colleagues.

A cake cutting ceremony was held on board the KLIA Ekspres® to commemorate the union of Mr. Dason and Ms. Grace. The ceremony was also attended by ERLSB crew, family members and friends of the bride and bridegroom. Some 50 boxes of the wedding cake were also given away to the passengers on the wedding train as a token of appreciation from the couple. The reception organized by ERLSB is also co-sponsored by The JW Marriott Hotel Kuala Lumpur, Spring Cottage Sdn Bhd, Trinity Synergy Sdn Bhd and Koikome Advertising Sdn Bhd.

The ceremony, which lasted 28 minutes, ended at KLIA where family members, friends and well- wishers greeted them before sending them off for their honeymoon.

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ERL to work with tour agencies, hotels

By Jimmy Yeow, 3.02pm
09-08-2002



Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL), the operator of the high-speed train service linking Kuala Lumpur City and the KL International Airport, is currently negotiating with several tour agencies and hotels to boost its ridership.

ERL chief executive officer Dr Aminuddin Adnan said the company was talking to 30 agencies on details of the strategic partnership.

"We are trying to iron out the passenger volume and pricing with the tour operators and hotels. Our prices will be competitive with those offered by tour bus operators," he said at a joint media conference with Malaysia Airports (Niaga) Sdn Bhd to announce a series of promotional programmes for Merdeka Day on Aug 9.

ERL operates two types of services: the KLIA Ekspres for air travellers and the KLIA Transit designed for commuters and airport workers.

Aminuddin said the KLIA Ekspres has an average daily ridership of 4,000 while the KLIA Transit about 500 per day.

"We are targeting our ridership on the KLIA Ekspres to increase to 6,600 passengers daily by the end of the year while for the KLIA transit, more promotions will be carried out to boost its ridership to 1,000 during weekends," he said.

He said based on the company's projection, the payback time for the RM2.4 billion ERL project was 16 years.

ERL is a joint venture company that is 60 per cent owned by Tabung Haji Technologies Sdn Bhd and 40 per cent by YTL Corp Bhd.

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Rapid KL on the move
By Yap Lih Huey
25-11-2004


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The newly-formed government agency to integrate the Klang Valley’s public transport system, Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras (Rapid) KL, has started operations.

Newly painted public buses emblazoned with the Rapid KL logo in red, blue and white were seen plying some of the busiest routes in the Klang Valley on Nov 24.

FinancialDaily reported on Sept 16 that Rapid KL will take over Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd’s (SPNB) operational role and assets in Putra, Star, Intrakota and CityLiner, leaving SPNB’s role to build and finance the infrastructure.

A media briefing organised by the Steering Committee for the Integration and Restructuring of the Public Transport System in the Klang Valley (Inspak) will be held today at Putrajaya.

Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop and Datuk Siti Hadzar, chairperson of Inspak are expected to talk about Inspak’s action plans.

Among others, they will also talk about the core changes to public transportation services in the Klang Valley and the responsibility of SPNB and Rapid KL.

Inspak is tasked with encouraging greater use of public transportation to reduce traffic congestion and initiate the establishment of the Klang Valley Urban Transport Authority as the regulatory authority for public transportation in the Klang Valley.

Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy has said the use of public transportation has decreased from 34% in 1985 to the current 16% of the total mode of transportation among commuters; while the use of private cars has jumped to 71% from 47% for the same period.

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MTrans confirms talks on Klang Valley transportation system
By Ng Kar Yean, 9.16pm
13-10-2003


MTrans Holdings Sdn Bhd, whose listed subsidiary KL Infrastructure Group Bhd operates the KL monorail system, has confirmed that a consortium which includes the former is in talks with the government to integrate Klang Valley's public transport systems.

"We can't disclose any details at this stage as it is quite sensitive. There are still a lot of discussions between us and the government," MTrans director and KLIG executive director Lai Ying Choy told reporters after KLIG's annual general meeting on Oct 13.

Lai was commenting on The Edge weekly report that a consortium comprising MTrans Holdings, Nadicorp Holding Sdn Bhd and KUB Malaysia Bhd would become the master operator of Klang Valley's integrated transport system.

Asked on when the discussions would be concluded, Lai said: "It (the discussion) is ongoing, it's hard to say."

He said that for the same reason he could not say whether MTrans would lead the consortium.

The Edge weekly report said it was suggested that Nadicorp would handle the bus transportation system while MTrans, which held a 52.67 per cent stake in KLIG as at Aug 18, 2003, would manage the STAR and Putra light rail transit systems.

Nadicorp operates more than 1,200 buses under the Transnasional name.

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MRCB invites foreigners to set up base in KL Sentral




Property and media company, Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB) is inviting several foreign parties to set up their international operations at the KL Sentral site in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur.

MRCB president Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Maidin said the company was negotiating with the parties from Singapore and Europe to discuss possibilities to turn KL Sentral into one of their major international centers.

"We want some of these international companies to set up facilities to manage their international operations from KL Sentral," said Abdul Rahman.

He was speaking at a ceremony to hand over the partly completed KL Sentral station to Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik Sdn Bhd (Putra) and Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL).

The handover marks the completion of the portion of the station dedicated to the rail operators and will make way for the two operators to install their services.

Abdul Rahman said KL Sentral would be ideal for international companies, which required air and land transportation connections.

KL Sentral is a massive privatisation project located on a piece of 72-acre former railway yard. When completed, the project will be a modern transportation hub integrating several public transport modes such as bus and rail connection to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

The KL Sentral project also encompasses office towers, condominium and convention centers. Various stages of the project have been completed.

Abdul Rahman said the main centerpiece of the project, the KL Sentral station, was "90 per cent completed."

MRCB was carrying out some tests on the station before handing it over to the Government by mid-November. The hand-over will make way for the opening of the Putra light rail transit station and KTM Bhd commuter station by February next year.

"We are looking at putting some IT components to provide information on public transportation in the area," he said.

He added that 80 per cent of the condominium units, priced between RM500,000 and RM3.5 million had been sold.

"We are expected to hand over one of the office building projects soon to Tabung Haji, one of the clients for the development," Abdul Rahman said.

One-card system for public transport stalled
Friday April 22, 2005
BY LEONG SHEN-LI




PETALING JAYA: The Government spent RM10mil to set up electronic fare-card readers at KTM Komuter, monorail and Express Rail Link stations to allow commuters to use Touch 'n Go fare-cards on all systems. This was to make public transport in the Klang Valley more efficient.

But one-and-a-half years later, the fare-card readers remain idle because the rail operators and Rangkaian Segar Sdn Bhd, which runs the Touch 'n Go system, are still wrangling over the commission rate.

Sources said Rangkaian Segar wants 2.5%, while the rail operators were prepared to pay less than 2%.

This disagreement, they added, had resulted in the operators holding back implementation of the system.

“The system is ready. All that is needed is for the operators to agree and the cards can be accepted immediately,” the sources said.

However, there are indications that KTM Komuter is likely to adopt the system in July although KTM Bhd is still unhappy with the commission issue and will continue to push for a lower rate.

Under the common ticketing system, all public transport systems in the Klang Valley are to accept Touch 'n Go cards, allowing commuters to hop from one system to another without needing to buy new tickets.

Currently, KTM Komuter, KL Monorail, KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit, which carry a total of about 150,000 passengers a day, do not accept the cards, but the two light rail transit systems – Putraline and Starline – do.

Public transport operators have been reluctant to accept Rangkaian Segar's rate, saying the high commission will eat into their already narrow profit margins.

Rangkaian Segar, they argue, should recognise that public transport operators are not profit-oriented, unlike operators of privatised expressways, and should adjust the commission rate accordingly.

“However, Rangkaian Segar looks unlikely to budge on this matter,” a source said.

According to the sources, the operators have also appealed to the Government to step in but it has been reluctant to intervene directly because commissions are deemed “a commercial matter”.

Nevertheless, the Transport Ministry has organised several meetings between the different parties since the issue surfaced.

The sources said a breakthrough with KTM was finally reached last week.

But KTM was still unhappy with the commission issue and would continue to push for it to be reduced, they said.

Similar breakthroughs were not expected in negotiations with KL Infrastructure Group Bhd, the monorail's operator, and Express Rail Link, which operates the KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit.

“The two seem adamant about standing firm,” said a source.

When contacted, KTM Bhd managing director Datuk Mohd Salleh Abdullah declined to comment on the commission issue, but confirmed that KTM was looking at implementing the Touch 'n Go system in July.

KTM to implement Touch ’n Go in July
Sunday April 24, 2005



KUALA LUMPUR: KTM Berhad said in a statement it will implement the Touch 'n Go system for its Komuter train service in July following the Government's call for a common ticketing system for public transportation in the Klang Valley.

The statement was made following a report in The Star on Friday that KTM Komuter, KL Monorail, KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit still do not accept Touch 'n Go fare cards despite card readers being set up at the stations one-and-a-half years ago.

The delay was due to a disagreement between Touch 'n Go operator Rangkaian Segar, which wanted 2.5% in commission, and the rail operators who were willing to pay only 2%.

Well, I hope that they could settle on the revenue sharing on
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Siemens: Rail saves cost
Saturday May 14, 2005
BY DANNY YAP



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A COMPREHENSIVE and integrated rail system in Malaysia would significantly cut the cost of fuel used in transporting goods across the country, said Siemens Transportation Systems Group (TS) special adviser Dr Jon Bader.

Comparing road with rail, Bader said rail transportation was far more efficient in terms of cost and would have a measurable impact on the economic development of a country.

“For instance, if four million tonnes of goods were transported by rail instead of road to the same destination, the savings in fuel alone could be as much as 80% based on the current diesel price,” he told StarBiz in Petaling Jaya.

Bader said rising diesel prices and the rapid economic development in South-East Asia had made it imperative for developing countries like Malaysia to have a more integrated rail system.

“It may take several years for Malaysia to develop a more integrated rail system but I’m confident it will happen in time,” he said.

Currently, freight transported via rail in Malaysia accounts for about 3% of the total freight by all modes of transportation, compared with 40% in Europe, Canada and the United States.

Bader said while the cost of developing a comprehensive rail system was huge, it was a key infrastructure in nation building and played a vital role in the economic and social development of a country.

It also addressed environmental concerns, he added.

Bader said most of the rail projects undertaken by TS cost over US$1bil, and generally took about three years to complete, citing the Express Rail Link (ERL) project as an example.

The ERL carries passengers from KL Sentral to KL International Airport over a distance of 57km.

“We completed the ERL project ahead of time and within budget,” Bader said.

He added that TS, a unit of Germany-based Siemens AG, had to-date completed over 30 turnkey projects worldwide.

For the financial year ended Sept 31, 2004, TS posted a turnover of 4.31 billion euros.

Looks great but I am curious.
Why two different kinds of elevated lines. Your elevated RT is the same as Vancouver's SkyTrain but then why also monorail?
You think for maintenance, control, and car shelter stations it would be cheaper to just have the one type of elevated system whether it be SkyTrain or Monorail.

Well, it is all about Dr M's plan to please his cronies so KL get such a kind of mixture.

At least KL Monorail is Made in Malaysia but they need better shock absorbers to run the system ....

Different companies (or cronies of you would like to say) have different kind of system ... KL STAR for the one with driver, KL Putra are driverless LRT, KL Monorail for KL Giolden triangle area, KL Kommuter for electgrified Meter gauge commuters and KLExpress for Highspeed railon Standard gauge ....

Well, it is all about Dr M's plan to please his cronies so KL get such a kind of mixture.
i really hope that this kind of statement would be avoided next time?

Khun Wisarut > I would suggest you stop blaming Dr. M for everything since I presume you do not know much bout anything and everything in Malaysia from your previous post.

When KL came out with a masterplan for transportation 2 decades ago.....there aren't any takers as the economic situation then doesn't justify for a metro system in KL. KTM which is the state railway company then came out with the commuter train idea as its rail network covers many suburbs and downtown area of KL. Then came the consortium that comprises of some govt agencies and a few companies that proposes a metro system based on Adtranz's LRT for the eastern and southern route.

Later...another company proposes a more advanced system for the western to eastern route and naturally it was accepted. Then the economic crisis came and they had to built a line that bridges the two major system and to linked up the famous Bukit Bintang area. But to built an underground line would be prohibitively expensive and thus the monorail idea is a perfect one since it could be a tourist attraction too by giving tourist an elevated view of KL off its busy streets below. Initially it was Hitachi's monorail system but since it is too expensive, they've decided to manufacture its own monorail. So it is more of a revolution of rail transportation in KL rather than just simply awarding it to 'cronies'. The right company with the right technology prevails in KL's transportation. In fact it is not uncommon to see multiple systems in a city worldwide. The problem with KL is the integration of all the systems and they are working on it now. ;)

...gotta go now .....I'll elaborate later :)

Sorry for My rude refernce to Dr. M., Khun Szehoong ...

Sorry for My rude refernce to Dr. M., Khun Szehoong ...


It is okay Khun Wisarut. Maybe you're just misinformed about the situation here but no harm done ;)

If Dr. M we're to give everything to his cronies now......he would be living like a king in Malaysia by now. Many would say he have lotsa cronies but the truth is that the benefits given to some companies is because they are the only ones having the capabilities to pull such big ticket projects off. He wouldn't want small companies to do an incompetent job only later to be declared bankrupt. :)

No....he's not a dictator whom squandrel billions of dollars. If he did.....he would have been toppled from power long time ago and went into exile. :D

Dr M helped me not so long a time ago (i had a minor accident with my first bike), when he was just a doctor in alor setar.. does that make me a crony? ha haa just kidding la..

cho san, cho san habibie szehong. vely good elabolation.

Irregular feeder bus service upsets commuters
Saturday, May 21, 2005



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Commuters have voiced their frustrations over the irregularity and lack of feeder buses servicing the KL Sentral-Pusat Bandar Damansara route especially during peak hours in the morning and evening.

The matter was brought to StarMetro’s attention by a complainant who only wanted to be known as Jessie.

Recently, 100 regular passengers travelling on the route took their grievances to the bus operator Triton Commuter Sdn Bhd, Transport Ministry and Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (LPKP).

They said they were usually forced to wait close to an hour at KL Sentral in the morning and the bus would be packed with passengers from Mont Kiara when it reached Pusat Bandar Damasara in the evening.

Jessie said she was forced to take a taxi to get around the problem.

“It is too expensive to take a taxi on my own. I usually share a taxi with three other passengers. The ride cost us between RM6 and RM7.20 per trip,” she added.

A spokesperson for Triton Commuter said five buses serviced the route at 20 to 25-minute intervals depending on the traffic condition.

“We will be looking into adding more buses to cater to the commuters' needs during peak hours,” the spokesperson added.

UEM in talks with govt on rail project
By Jimmy Yeow, 19 May 2005 10:40 PM



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Datuk Abu Hassan Kendut, Kuala Lumpur Sentral chairman Shahril Ridza
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CEO Chan Chee Meng take a closer look at a model of Kuala Lumpur
Sentral's latest development project.


United Engineers (Malaysia) Bhd (UEM) is in talks with the government to take over as the main contractor of the RM2.58 billion double tracking rail project between Rawang and Ipoh, says UEM managing director Datuk Ahmad Pardas Senin.

We are definitely interested. If considered, we know we have the capability as we are already involved as the sub-contractor for the bridges (in the project), he said on May 19.

Ahmad Pardas said the negotiations with the government were ongoing, but declined to reveal any details. I am not aware if UEM is the only party the government is talking to, to replace DRB-Hicom (Bhd), he added.

Last Saturday, the Transport Ministry announced that it had taken over the project, which has been delayed by at least two years, and that DRB-Hicom would be replaced as the main contractor by another entity.

DRB-Hicom earlier this week said it had not been fully paid for 88% of the civil works completed on the project as well as some RM700 million in variation cost owed by the government.

We have not been offered (the project) yet and it is up to the government when to announce who would take over as the lead contractor, Ahmad Pardas said. We are not asking for the price (of the contract to complete the job) as we have to wait for the government to decide, he added.

Ahmad Pardas was speaking to reporters after UEM signed a sale and purchase agreement with Kuala Lumpur Sentral Sdn Bhd for the purchase of a plot of land at RM54 million to house the new UEM Group headquarters at Kuala Lumpur Sentral.

He said the 29-storey headquarters to cost RM144 million, including the land cost, would be completed by early 2008. It includes a 23-storey office space, five-storey car park and ground floor. It will finance the project from internal funds.

Kuala Lumpur Sentral chairman Shahril Ridza Ridzuan said the company was undertaking the largest commercial development at the site with gross development value of RM1.2 billion.

The projects to be completed by 2008 include Plaza Sentral's phase 2 premier office suites, Lot N office tower, Suasana Sentral Loft condominiums and a shopping mall as well as service apartments.

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Public Transport Commission Will Be Set Up Soon
May 19, 2005 15:56 PM



KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 (Bernama) -- The public transport commission which is aimed to regulate and improve the public transport system in the Klang Valley will be set up soon, deputy Minister of Transport, Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas said.

He said it was expected to be commissioned this year considering that traffic in major urban centres particularly in Kuala Lumpur would continue to grow rapidly.

"For the past 10 years, it is estimated about RM14 billion was invested to upgrade the urban transport system in Klang Valley," he told reporters after opening a conference on urban transport, here.

Uggah said despite the high capital investment to develop and upgrade the urban transport system, the usage of urban public transport had been decreasing from 34 percent in 1985 to a mere 16 percent in 2003.

"This does not seem to be a good trend when compared with other major developed cities like Seoul (60 percent), Singapore (56 percent) and Tokyo (49 percent)," he said.

In view of this scenario, he said, measures were currently being undertaken to restructure urban public transport system in the Klang Valley.

These measures, according to Uggah included the taking over operations and assets of LRT systems and bus services namely Intrakota and Park May.

The operation of these services is currently run by government owned operating company while the assets are vested separately under a government owned asset company.

In the last two decades there have been phenomenal developments in land transport systems in Kuala Lumpur, specifically the development of highways, amalgamation of bus operators and the operations of integrated urban rail systems in KTM Commuter, STAR LRT, PUTRA LRT, Express Rail Link and KL Monorail.

Since the operations of the urban rail system, the ridership for this system had shown increase in number of passengers reflecting the encouraging preference of users to commute using the urban rail system.

According to Uggah this is evidenced by ridership for PUTRA LRT system that has increased from 56 million passengers in 2003 to 58 million passengers in 2004.

In the case of STAR LRT system the ridership had increased from 39 million passengers in 2003 to 43 million passengers in 2004.

The Express Rail Link's ridership has also increased from 2.7 million passengers in 2003 to 3.6 million in 2004.

The Monorail which started commercial operations on Aug 31, 2003 recorded a ridership of 2.9 million passengers for the four month in 2003 and 12 million passengers in 2004.

The Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station integrates the urban rail stations which consists of KTM Commuter, PUTRA LRT, KTM Intercity and KL City Air Terminal.

"To further promote and provide accessibility and facilitate greater use of urban public transport the government has developed and will continue to develop integrated transport interchanges and transit networks in Kuala Lumpur such as the interchanges between STAR LRT, PUTRA LRT and Monorail systems," he said.

He said the bus and taxi terminals that integrated with urban rail transport system would also be developed with the objective of reducing traffic congestion.

In realization of greater need and demand for single common ticketing system, for the ease of user, he said the government was currently looking into detail technical aspects of introducing the single ticketing system for all urban transport operators.

The feeder bus services, he said had been enhanced to ferry passengers effectively from residential areas to the LRT stations.

"Parking facilities are being upgraded constantly, wherever possible, to promote the park and ride concept," he added.

-- BERNAMA

Going places with ticketing system
Sunday May 22, 2005
BY LEONG SHEN-LI



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WORKING WELL: Mohd Azman demonstrating his multicard
electronic farecard readers, which are being used for the government's
common ticketing system project.


LISTEN to Pradonet Sdn Bhd chief executive director Mohd Azman Nasir talk about the challenges he faced setting up his business and you would think that he was dealing with either state secrets or something illegal.

Although technology for his business has been in existence for over 20 years, Azman and his team still had to start from scratch when they set out to provide local IT solutions for automatic fare collection and ticketing systems for the public transport market in Malaysia.

And even after they became successful, Azman says, Malaysians still had to be convinced that his company’s products were as good as, if not better, than those manufactured by foreign players.

“The secrets of the business (the technical know-how) are well-guarded,” Azman says.

“Because of this, we had no choice but to start from the very beginning and catch up through our own research and development.”

In 2002, Azman together with two others decided to try and break the tight grip a small group of foreign companies had over the Malaysian market.

Having been involved in various public transport projects in Britain and Malaysia – he was a senior manager in Kuala Lumpur's Putra-LRT (now Rapid KL’s Putraline LRT system) – Azman provided the expertise in public transport while chief technology officer Rozaimi Shafri handled the technical details.

Azman’s previous experience in the public transport sector made him realise how dependent the local operators were on foreign suppliers.

“We had to go back to the supplier for every little thing, sometimes even for something as simple as changing the fare structure. That has cost and time implications,” he explains.

The Malaysian operator also had to rely on the supplier for after-sales service, spare parts, repairs and maintenance.

There were also cases where certain parts were no longer manufactured, leaving the operators in a lurch especially when they wanted to open new stations or add new machines for existing stations.

“And if you want these giant players to modify something to suit local conditions, you might as well forget it,” Azman says.

With local providers, he says, the above problems will more or less disappear.

“Furthermore, because we are not saddled by legacy issues, our solutions are probably more up-to-date, and designs more modern,” he adds.

But the price tag will be the main selling point for local companies like Azman’s.

“We can do the job for the same standards, if not better, for up to 40% less,” he says.

Despite such plus points, he says most Malaysian operators still prefer to buy foreign systems, often merely because of the weight of an established brand name.

“I guess there is always some risk involved when you move away from a well-known brand and many people are not willing to take such risks,” says Azman, whose big break came with the government’s push for a common ticket for all public transport systems in the Klang Valley.

The project will allow Touch ‘n Go cards to be used to pay fares for the KTM Komuter, monorail, light rail transit (LRT), Express Rail Link and, ultimately, the buses.

Besides being the systems integrator, Pradonet also worked closely with Iris Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd, which handled the million-ringgit project, to design new electronic farecard readers.

These have now been installed at the turnstiles of KTM Komuter, monorail and ERL stations (which, unlike the LRT, still do not accept Touch ‘n Go cards).

The job has been completed but the system is still not up and running due to some outstanding commercial issues between Rangkaian Segar Sdn Bhd (Touch ‘n Go’s operator) and the public transport companies.

“The system has undergone initial tests and worked very well. The moment the parties agree, it can start operating,” says Azman.

What is unique about the system is that the readers can read different cards. (All existing card readers, including those used at toll plazas, are only made to read Touch ‘n Go cards.) This is because the readers have additional slots for security chips. Similar to the SIM cards in mobile telephones, these enable the readers to read different cards.

“This means that operators and users have options and are not restricted to just one farecard system,” Azman explains.

Azman has also come up with a booking office machine, which is basically a ticketing machine for counter use.

The machine is capable of using tickets that are manufactured by other companies, allowing operators to replace existing machines without any problem.

“This solves the problem where foreign companies no longer manufacture certain types of machines,” Azman says.

Other products in the pipeline include fare gates and other machinery related to ticketing and fare collection.

Azman is extremely grateful to Iris for providing the support that he needed as a start-up company. And it is also with Iris that he hopes Pradonet can move to markets beyond Malaysia.

“We would have gone nowhere without Iris. Now, we hope we will be able to go places with it,” Azman says.

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Touch 'n Go with KTM Komuter


Effective July 1, 2005, you can now touch and go with KTM Komuter! Touch 'n Go Electronic Payment System lets you enjoy cashless and convenient way of paying for your KTM Komuter fare.

All you have to do is to touch in and out with your Touch 'n Go card and the fare will be automatically and accurately deducted from your card prepaid value. It is fast and hassle free.


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KTM komuter

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STAR (Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan) LRT 1

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Last two LRT firms accept Touch 'n Go
Updated : 12-07-2005
Media : The Star
Story By : LEONG SHEN-LI



The long-awaited common ticket¡± for all rail-based public transport in the Klang Valley will become reality with the last two operators agreeing to accept Touch 'n Go cards for fare payment.

The operators of KL Monorail (KL Monorail System Sdn Bhd) and KLIA Ekspres (Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd) have agreed to use the card along with KTM Komuter (KTM Bhd), Putra LRT and Star LRT (both operated by Rapid KL).

KL Monorail said commuters would be able to use the cards at their stations from August, while ERL has resumed testing the card readers at KL Sentral for implementation in the near future.

This development follows a front-page report in The Star on April 22 which said that RM10mil worth of Touch 'n Go equipment installed at KTM Komuter, monorail and ERL stations had been lying idle for more than one-and-a-half years.

This was because Touch 'n Go operator Rangkaian Segar Sdn Bhd and the five operators could not agree on the commission rate.

Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy responded to the article by saying he no longer wanted to listen to excuses as to why there was a delay in the implementation of the Touch 'n Go card as a common ticket.

KTM Komuter began using the card on July 1.

Prior to that, only Putra LRT accepted the card.

Star LRT adopted the system last year after it came under the same management as Putra LRT.

Sources said The Star's report and subsequent statements from Chan prompted the parties to arrive at ¡°an agreed commission rate¡± that was ¡°in between what the two sides wanted.

With the KL Monorail and ERL accepting the card, buses remain the only mode of public transport in the Klang Valley yet to accept the card for fare payment.

INTEGRATED TICKETING Thread - Touch N' Go fiasco! (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=205077)

Bung Nazray, Hope that I could use just the stored value Touch 'N Go Smart Card next time Icome to KL ... Probably RMS 200 for all 5 systemswold be OKAY ... :lol:

An intergrated ticketing system using a stored value card is great.

The name whilst appealing has a dual meaning as in many Eng speaking countries as 'touch and go' means that something is 50/50 or the outcome of an event is just possible but not assured. Not the sort of connetation that you would want commuters to have!
Not being a Malaysian resident, but an irregular vistor, I wonder if the phrase has the same meaning there ?

New names to integrate LRT network
By CHOW HOW BAN
Friday July 22, 2005



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Westra (third from left) with (from left) Rapid KL (buses) chief
operating officer Mohamad Ali Mohamad Nor, Rapid KL (rail-based services)
chief operating officer Ridza Abdoh Salleh and senior general manager for
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KELANA Jaya, Ampang and Seri Petaling lines. These are the new names for the existing light rail transit network (LRT) after Rapid KL's takeover of the LRT systems and much of Klang Valley's bus routes in November last year.

Kelana Jaya Line has replaced the Putraline which runs from Terminal Putra to Kelana Jaya.

The Starline route between Ampang and Sentul Timur has been renamed Ampang Line while the one between Seri Petaling and Sentul Timur is called Seri Petaling Line.

Rapid KL chief executive officer Rein Westra said the renaming exercise was part of the company's efforts to integrate Putraline and Starline into a single LRT network.

“This is an important step to communicate with our commuters and passengers that we are now one integrated LRT and bus system. Putraline and Starline (emblems) will be phasing out and more signages on Kelana Jaya, Ampang and Seri Petaling lines will be introduced,” he said at a press conference on Tuesday.

Besides the change of names, Westra also announced the introduction of four integrated ticketing products with the aim to encourage cashless and convenient travelling on LRT trains and Rapid KL buses.

The four integrated cards are:


- Monthly Rapid KL Integrated LRT & Bus Card which allows unlimited travel on all LRT and Rapid KL stage and feeder bus routes; spouses and four children below 15 years old will enjoy free travelling services on weekends and public holidays; RM125

- Monthly Rapid KL Bus Card which allows unlimited travel on all buses across all zones; RM80

- Monthly Rapid KL Integrated LRT Card which allows unlimited travel on all LRT lines; RM90

- Monthly Rapid KL Concession Bus Card which allows unlimited travel on all bus routes; applicable for school children and senior citizens aged above 60; RM40

All cardholders need to do is flash their cards to bus drivers and personnel at LRT stations when using the integrated card system to travel around the Klang Valley.

The present Putra, Star and Combi MTC (Monthly Travel Cards) used by commuters will be replaced by the new cards.

The cards will be available at Pasarama bus station, Jalan Sultan Muhammad bus counter, Jalan Silang bus stop and all LRT stations, from July 24 onwards.

Single and return tickets are still available for occasional commuters and passengers. A campaign will be held at LRT stations over the next few weeks to explain the benefits of the cards.

Currently, there are 12,000 Star MTC holders, 25,000 Putra MTC holders and 7,000 bus card users, all of which only make up about 7% of the total users of the Rapid KL system.

“We hope that the buyers of MTC will continue to buy the new cards and at the same time we aim to increase the number of new cardholders.

“We think this is the way to move forward. It is not so much about how many people we are going to capture but the value is the thought of moving around with an integrated card and public transport system,” said Westra.

He said commuters might be surprised with how much they could save if they use the monthly cards to travel to and fro downtown for appointments, meetings and lunch.

He said the company would look into the possibilities of working with other providers like Express Rail Link (ERL) to introduce daily or tour ticketing package for tourists for a more convenient travelling experience.

Westra also revealed that some 120 new buses would roll out to the road soon.

When asked about proposals to build new LRT stations in Puchong, Rapid KL (rail-based services) chief operating officer Ridza Abdoh Salleh said the company had also heard about such suggestions but everything was still in the proposal stage.

Finally, KL is moving in the right direction by naming lines after the areas they serve instead of numbers or the operator running them...truly a step towards having a world class transportation system. Any pictures of the new system map?

However, I don't really like the idea of renaming the PUTRAline as Kelana Jaya line. It seems as though it only goes towards Kelana Jaya from the city (cause all LRT lines go to the city, so understood they serve the city and these aeas in the name la). I would rather they call it the east-west line or something. Or Kelana Jaya-Terminal Putra line.

New KL transit systems map

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Uh, what is the difference in the maps shown with the current ones?

Uh, what is the difference in the maps shown with the current ones?

The maps shown nothing difference much except added more with Mid valley KTM komuter station (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=107875&goto=lastpost) (Opened August 2004) for Rawang-Seremban line in central KL compared to see fully rail map in the Klang valley (metro KL). :)

Touch N Go as CTS for major rail and bus services
Updated : 29-07-2005
Media : Sun2Surf
Story By : Husna Yusop




By September, all major rail and bus services in the Klang Valley will have Touch N Go facilities as a common ticketing system (CTS).

This is the time when passengers will get to travel using one common ticket across the public transport system in the Klang Valley, as put it by Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd (Rapid KL) chief executive officer Rein Westra.

"We will be implementing Touch N Go in all the Rapid KL buses towards end of the year. Once this is available, travelling would be seamless across the public transport in the Klang Valley.

"Going forward, we are also working with our rail partners and Rangkaian Segar on new services such as season passes to further promote the usage of Touch N Go and public transport," he said to reporters yesterday.

During a ceremony held at the KL Sentral, Rapid KL, Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB), Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL) and KL Monorail System Sdn Bhd signed a joint statement of commitment.

They pledged commitment to deploy Touch N Go facilities as a common ticket for all rail and bus services operated by them in the Klang Valley in an integrated system.

The four companies were represented by Westra, KTMB operations general manager Roslan Mohammad, ERP chief executive officer Dr Aminuddin Adnan and KL Monorail managing director Bakhtiar Jamilee Abdul.

Also present were Transport Ministry director-general Annuar Kassim and Rangkaian Segar Sdn Bhd (RSSB) chief operating officer Swinder Grewal.

Roslan said KTMB has introduced the system at all their stations for KTM Komuter on July 1 and it now has an average of 3.5% customers using the facility.

"We are confident the usage will continue to increase," he said, adding KTM Komuter has 81,000 passengers a day.

Aminuddin said ERL will install the facility on its KLIA Ekspres first on a trial basis to measure the performance of the system.

"We are currently doing the testing and commissioning and we hope the system will be ready for use by our KLIA Ekspres passengers by early September," he said.

He said KLIA Transit would be implemented with Touch N Go after the completion of sourcing for the budget to implement the system as it involves additional gates and stations.

Bakhtiar said KL Monorail will have the Touch N Go facilities in all its 11 stations in August. Its average passengers daily is around 50,000.

On average, KLIA Transit currently carries 13,000 passengers per day.

Swinder said RSSB being the operator of the Touch N Go card is proud to be associated with the CTS.

82 new buses for Rapid KL’s fleet
By SALINA KHALID
Monday August 1, 2005




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COMMUTERS in the Klang Valley can look forward to better bus services with more buses on the road with the addition of 82 buses to the Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd (Rapid KL) fleet. .

Rapid KL chief executive officer Rein Westra said the new buses were an increase of almost 10% to the company's existing fleet.

He added that the company would be receiving more new buses in order to strengthen Rapid KL's ability to meet the service levels promised and demanded.

However, he added that about 200 buses from the current fleet are more than 10 years old.

“Ideally, we need about 1,200 buses to be able to serve commuters efficiently and, now, we are about halfway to meeting this target,” he said.

Rapid KL, which also controls Intrakota and Cityliner bus services, currently operates 94 stage bus routes and 39 feeder bus routes.

Westra said the 82 new buses are being deployed to strengthen social routes.

“We want to ensure there is no less than one bus per hour all day long and a minimum of two buses per route are allocated.

“In addition, feeder bus services will be strengthened to ensure better access to the LRT system,” he said.

He said Rapid KL would also take greater emphasis on social routes to improve the timetable system, in addition to their recently introduced six routes - route 1, 65, 68, 108, 109 and 122 - to ensure consistent departure times at each bus stop.

Rapid KL, set up in November, was one of two companies formed as part of the Government's efforts to revamp the Klang Valley's public transportation system. The other company, Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd, owns all the assets that Rapid KL operates.

Syarikat Prasarana Negara has acquired all the buses on behalf of the government to increase the current fleet.

Prasarana chief executive officer Shaipudin Shah Harun said its role was to work with RAPID KL to ensure that the restructuring of the public transportation system is achieved.

“We will look into purchasing more buses according to the integrated network strategies planned by Rapid KL,” he said, adding that the 82 new buses were just the first instalment of many more to come.

The first article below contains a garbled statement regarding extending the Kuala Lumpur Monorail to Putrajaya. The Putrajaya line is actually a completely separate system as explained in the second and third articles.

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Monorail link to MidValley
PAULINE ALMEIDA
KUALA LUMPUR, July 30:

The public can expect to enjoy monorail service to Midvalley Megamall in two years’ time at the most.

KL Monorail System Sdn Bhd expects to link the service to the transportation hub of KL Sentral as well via the Tun Sambanthan station.

It is learnt that KL Monorail System also held final discussions with the authorities on extending the line to Putrajaya.

KL Monorail managing director Bakhtiar Jamilee said they are looking at Midvalley as it is a “catchment area” with limited parking space.

Negotiations on land acquisition and discussions with various parties are in progress for this link.

“We want to do it fast and resolve all issues. Nevertheless, the public can expect the service in two years, maximum,” said Bakhtiar.

Work is likely to begin next year. He said the KL Sentral link is planned for passenger convenience.

“It only involves a distance of less than 100 metres (from Tun Sambanthan station).”

He said both linkages are aimed at meeting their target of 80,000 passengers daily compared to the current 50,000 daily passengers.

“Although we are doing well, given the fact that we have been operating for the past two years, we can still accommodate more passengers.”

Bakhtiar said this during a Press conference involving major public transport operators on their commitment of using Touch ‘n Go at KL Sentral yesterday. KL Monorail passengers can use Touch ‘n Go from Aug 5.

Rapid KL, the operator of public transport system in the Klang Valley, will install readers to allow passengers to pay via Touch ‘n Go by next year.

Its chief executive officer, Rein Westra, said it is an alternative mode to the monthly travel cards launched recently for buses and rail.

Meanwhile, 3.5 per cent of KTM Komuter’s 81,000 commuters are using Touch ’n Go, which was launched recently, said KTMB operations manager Roslan Mohamad.

Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd will install the Touch ’n Go facility on its KLIA Express on a trial basis to gauge its performance, said its chief executive officer, Dr Aminuddin Adnan.

It is expected to implement the system in September.

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Work on Putrajaya monorail to resume

PUTRAJAYA, Sun.

Work on the RM368 million monorail project in Putrajaya, which was shelved last year, will resume soon in order to facilitate the park-and-ride concept in the federal administrative capital.
Basic infrastructure for the 8km monorail, such as a tunnel and elevated track, are nearing completion and will be handed over to the Transport Ministry. An operator and contractor will be appointed later to outfit the monorail system.

Deputy Federal Territories Minister Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique said Putrajaya’s developer, Putrajaya Holdings, was only responsible for building the tunnel, elevated track and areas for underground stations.

"The Transport Ministry will appoint contractors to do the rails, the electrical system and other fittings."

The tunnel is ready while the elevated track on a bridge across Putrajaya Lake is about 90 per cent complete.

The monorail will connect major precincts and landmarks in Putrajaya, such as the Convention Centre, the Putrajaya Mosque and the Government Administrative Complex. The underground section is 4km long.

He said a second monorail line would also be built.

"We need to have the monorail up and running first before we can implement the park-and-ride concept," he said, referring to the plan to have the public park their vehicles in designated areas and use public transport within Putrajaya.

In addition to the monorail, 55 new Nadi Putra public buses will be added to the current fleet of 25.

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Putrajaya Monorail Project To Resume Soon


PUTRAJAYA, July 31 (Bernama) -- The monorail project in the federal government's administrative centre will resume soon for the convenience of the residents, workers and visitors, said Deputy Federal Territories Minister Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique.

He said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was expected to announce the details soon.

Speaking to reporters after flagging off 165 vehicles which took part in the Putrajaya Treasure Hunt 2005, Zulhasnan said the areas where the rails, underground tunnels and stations would be built had been identified.

He said project implementor Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd was ready to hand over the facilities to the Transport Ministry for further action.

The first phase of the project would involve constructing an underground and overhead monorail system spanning 8km from the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Ministry in Precinct 3 to the Education Ministry in Parcel E, he said.

Zulhasnan also said Putrajaya Corporation, the local authority, was expanding the public transport system in Putrajaya in stages.

He said it had offered a new tender to Nadi Putra, which operates the bus service, to deploy 53 more buses run on natural gas.

Hopefully, with the monorail in service and deployment of more buses, the transportation problem faced by a large number of the 70,000 residents and workers who commuted within the Putrajaya area daily would be overcome, he said.

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Rapid KL monthly travel cards snapped up within days
By KHAW CHIA HUI
Friday August 5, 2005




RAPID KL has introduced its latest monthly travel cards to provide seamless travel for regular bus and LRT commuters.

Response from users was so good that their Integrated Bus and LRT cards were sold out in a couple of days after the release.

This card, which costs RM125, allows users to travel on the Rapid KL bus, feeder buses and the LRT.

Besides that, the card also allows the holder’s spouse and four children below 12 years old to travel for free on weekends and gazetted public holidays.

Rapid KL's other cards are Bus Integrated System (RM80), Concession Bus System (RM40) and Integrated LRT System (RM90).

Only senior citizens and uniformed schoolchildren under the age of 15 are eligible for the concession card.

Senior manager Katherine Chew explained that the new cards did not reflect a price hike because the integrated bus card allowed commuters to enjoy all the routes.

Previously each route had a separate monthly card and that system has been scraped.

“If you add it up, it is actually much cheaper and more convenient,” she added when contacted.

She also assured that Rapid KL would not increase bus fares despite the recent rise in fuel prices.

Touch ‘n Go cards as KL Monorail fares from today
By LEONG SHEN-LI
Friday August 5, 2005




Commuters can use Touch 'n Go cards to pay for fares when they travel on the Kuala Lumpur Monorail beginning today.

The cards can be used for journeys between any of the system’s 11 stations.

KL Monorail will be the third operator of the Klang Valley public transport network to adopt the electronic stored-value fare card as a common ticket.

The other rail operators which have adopted Touch ‘n Go are Rapid KL which operates the Kelana Jaya (formerly known as Putra-LRT), Seri Petaling and Ampang (both formerly known as Star-LRT) light rail transit lines, and KTM Komuter.

Passengers with Touch ‘n Go cards transferring from the LRT or KTM Komuter to the monorail at KL Sentral, Hang Tuah and Titiwangsa will experience less hassle because they no longer need to line up to buy tickets.

KL Monorail ferries around 50,000 commuters a day, and its operator KL Monorail System Sdn Bhd said Hang Tuah and KL Sentral stations were among its busiest.

With KL Monorail accepting the card, the only rail operator currently outside the common ticketing system is Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd, which operates KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit high-speed train services between KL Sentral and KL International Airport.

ERLSB had said Touch 'n Go would be accepted on its KLIA Ekspres in September. It is still looking for funding to make the system available to KLIA Transit users.

All buses also do not accept the card, although Rapid KL said its bus services – which covers around 70% of Klang Valley's bus network – will have Touch 'n Go facilities by next year.

One card to ride them all
By K.W. MAK
Friday August 5, 2005




Rail operators announced in a recent joint press conference their commitment to use Touch ‘n Go facilities as the common ticketing system.

The commitment came from KTM Bhd (KTMB), Rapid KL, Express Rail Link (ERL) and KL Monorail. Both KTMB and Rapid KL have the system implemented, while ERL and KL Monorail will be upgrading their stations in the coming months.

The ease of payment will allow commuters using multiple transportation platforms to travel without having to buy different tickets from the different operators.

KL Monorail has installed and tested the common ticketing system and the service will be available from Aug 3.

“The need for a common ticketing application by the transport industry is long overdue and we are ready to support the Government and collaborate with all transport operators on the use of Touch ‘n Go,” said KL Monorail System managing director Bakhtiar Jamilee Abdul.

KTMB, which introduced the system on July 1, has an average of 3.5% of their 81,000 daily passengers using the service.

“We are confident the usage will continue to increase,” said KTMB customer service general manager Roslan Mohammed.

LRT passengers have also been using the Touch ‘n Go ticketing system and Rapid KL chief executive officer Rein Westra said the company would expand the service to their line of buses next year.

“We are in the midst of upgrading and buying new buses, so the implementation of Touch ‘n Go on the buses will take time,” said Westra.

Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Dr Aminuddin Adnan said the system was being installed on the KLIA Ekspres and would undergo trials.

“We hope the system will be ready for use by early September,” said Aminuddin.

He added that the Touch ‘n Go system would be implemented on KLIA Transit after the budget was worked out as it involved additional gates and stations.

The rail operators will also be setting up more points of sales for Touch ‘n Go cards, with the latest located in KL Sentral.

Touch ‘n Go users can expect more services from middle of this month, such as recovery of the cash balance after cancellation of card and the ability to check the transactions online.

“Users will have to register with us for the services, but they are not forced to do so,” said Rangkaian Segar Sdn Bhd chief operating officer Swinder Grewal.

Grewal said the technology to implement the cancellation of the card had always been available, but was never implemented in the past because it could cause problems for road users.

“If a driver uses a barred card, he could end up delaying the drivers behind him,” said Grewal.

“The service will still be made available to those who register, but we will have to ask them to be more careful with their cards so we can avoid such problems,” she added.

Present to witness the event was Transport Ministry director-general (rail) Annuar Kassim.

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i love this station its very unique. :)

An intergrated ticketing system using a stored value card is great.

The name whilst appealing has a dual meaning as in many Eng speaking countries as 'touch and go' means that something is 50/50 or the outcome of an event is just possible but not assured. Not the sort of connetation that you would want commuters to have!
Not being a Malaysian resident, but an irregular vistor, I wonder if the phrase has the same meaning there ?

Nope don't have a single clue what the phrase mean originally before you explained that lol...

It's just that the commuters need to display their cards to the machines just like supermarket scanners and then they're free to pass the gate hence the coined phrase "Touch and Go".

Whoa! That's a beautiful transit system!! It puts US transit system to shame. I wish we have this in Chicago.

What's the ridership like? Anybody knows? FYI, on an average weekday, nearly 1.5 million rides are taken on the Chicago Transit Authority (which included buses serving suburbs).

Whoa! That's a beautiful transit system!! It puts US transit system to shame. I wish we have this in Chicago.

What's the ridership like? Anybody knows? FYI, on an average weekday, nearly 1.5 million rides are taken on the Chicago Transit Authority (which included buses serving suburbs).
It is impressive for Malaysia definitely. :)

I think the ridership is quite high as the Komuter services bring people from outer-city areas into the city itself. For the monorail, I think it is currently 45,000 to 50,000 per day if I am not mistaken. Not so sure about the other lines.

New Monthly Travel Card (MTC)


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FREE TRAVEL FOR HANDICAPS ON RAPID KL BUS AND LRT SYSTEMS



Kuala Lumpur, 7 th July – RAPID KL today presented complimentary Handicap Complimentary Travel (HCT) cards to two handicap associations Presidents, Encik Mah Hassan, Pertubuhan Orang Cacat Penglihatan Malaysia and Encik Mohd Sazali Shaari, Persekutuan Orang Pekak Malaysia during a handover ceremony in its Dang Wangi Station.

These are the first two batches of HCT cards specially offered to the handicaps as RAPID KL’s special commuters to travel along both RAPID KL LRT systems, STAR line and PUTRA line as well as its stage buses and feeder service.

Ms Katherine Chew, Senior Manager Corporate Communications Division of RAPID KL said, ‘We recognize these special group of community as our important customers. The Management decided to offer free travel for those who registers with selected associations to help the handicap be more mobile and to encourage others to get out more often using the public transport.’

She added, ‘We have selected a few recognized associations to work with as our agents to promote HCT program as well as to register genuine candidates. Currently, Pertubuhan Orang Pekak Malaysia, Pertubuhan Orang Cacat Penglihatan Malaysia, Persatuan Kebangsaan Autisma Malaysia, Persatuan Orang Cacat Anggota Malaysia and Persatuan Down Sndydrome Malaysia are our partners in this program.’

RAPID KL has issued 100 HCT cards for the deaf and over 650 for the blind. Soon to be issued are HCT cards for the autistics, mentally and physically challenged.

Katherine added that handicap categorized as blind, deaf, physically handicapped, autistic, Down Syndrome and mentally challenged are encourage to apply through these associations. Children below six years old travels free. A registration fee of RM5 is chargeable for each application plus two recent photographs attached during application. The cards are valid until 2007. Each applicant will be given a RAPID KL lanyard and plastic casing for each cards issued. Eligible applicants can call RAPID KL at 1-800-388 228 for more information.
Also present during the ceremony was Mrs Liew, President of Persatuan Kebangsaan Autisma Malaysia and Encik Jamil Ismail, Executive Secretary of Persatuan Orang Cacat Anggota Malaysia.

Travel by Rapid KL
Places of Interest

Places of Interest LRT Station
KLCC Suria, Petronas Twin Towers, KLCC
KL Convention Centre
Ampang Park, Hotel Nikko, Ampang
China Town Pasar Seni,
Hang Tuah & Plaza Rakyat
Little India Masjid Jamek
Genting Highlands Bus Service Terminal Putra
Shangri La Hotel, Renaissance Hotel, Dang Wangi
Concorde Hotel, Hard Rock Cafe, (Bukit Nanas Monorail Interchange)
Zouk, Malaysia Tourism Centre
Mid Valley Mega Mall*, Bangsar Village, Bangsar
Ikano*, The Curve*, One Utama* Kelana Jaya
Legend Hotel, The MALL, PUTRA PWTC
World Trade Centre
Sogo Shopping Mall Bandaraya
Stadium Negara Hang Tuah
Pudu Wet Market Pudu
Ampang Famous Yong Tau Foo ** Ampang
Bukit Jalil national sport complex Bukit Jalil

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NOW you can travel across the RAPID KL
network in the most efficient way by using the Monthly Travel Card.

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Choose from the four cards most convenient for your travel needs.

Integrated LRT and Bus monthly Travel Card
Integrated LRT Monthly Travel Card
Bus Monthly Travel Card
Bus Concession Monthly Travel Card

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LRT & BUS MTC - RM125.00
Seamless Travel !

This Monthly Travel Ticket is the smartest way to travel with us on both Bus
and the LRT for JUST RM125 per month.

Benefits!
Unlimited travel on the RAPID KL bus and feeder bus system and the LRT
lines, namely the Kelana Jaya Line, Ampang Line and Sri Petaling Line
(previously known as the PUTRA Line and STAR Line) all day and throughout
the month.
Family namely, spouse and (4) children age 15 years and below of the MTC
holder are entitled to an unlimited travel on any RAPID KL LRT, bus and
Feeder bus systems during weekends (Saturday and Sunday) and gazette
public holidays only.

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LRT MTC - RM90.00

Unlimited Travel !

The RAPID KL Integrated LRT system Monthly Travel Pass is valid on all lines
priced at only RM90 per month!.

Benefits!
'One LRT ticket' to travel across PJ, Gombak, Sentul, Ampang and Sri
Petaling.

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BUS MTC - RM80.00

Value for Money !

Travel anywhere you like across all zones! The RAPID KL bus system takes
you there at a saving for just RM80 per month!.

Benefits!
Unlimited travel on the RAPID KL Bus and Feeder Bus System all day,
throughout the month.

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CONCESSION MTC - RM40

Travel at Half The Price !

We take care of our Senior Citizens* and school going children*. Get the
concession monthly travel ticket now at RM40 !.
Note 1US dollar = 3.8 RM

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Rapid KL launches new bus routes
Saturday September 10, 2005
By SUEN ONG


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IT WILL be a breeze for residents from densely populated Sri Petaling, Pandan Indah and Bandar Tasik Selatan to travel into the city centre when Rapid KL’s integrated bus and rail service goes full swing this month.

A total of 14 new buses have been mobilised to ply four new routes currently without any bus service.

The new services, which operate from 6am to 11.30pm, will ferry commuters to stations along the Ampang and Sri Petaling LRT lines.

Rapid KL chief operating officer (buses) Mohd Ali Mohd Nor said the buses were scheduled to arrive every 15 minutes, and for travellers’ convenience, the bus-stops were located not more than 250m from their doorsteps.

CEO Rein Westra said: “These four new routes mark the first phase of the company’s rail backbone plan which is to feed more people from housing areas to the LRT stations near them, via bus service.”

According to Westra, there are more than 12,000 people residing in the vicinity of Route 301 and 55,000 over at the southern side of the Pandan Indah LRT station, which is Route 302 (refer to map).

He said residents in other parts of Klang Valley could expect a similar service within the next six to nine months, in line with the company’s objectives to reduce travel time by providing efficient bus and rail services.

Rapid KL line
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ERL celebrate 10 millionth passenger
Kuala Lumpur, 19 September 2005



Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERLSB), the concessionaire for the high-speed KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit train services, recently welcomed the 10 millionth passenger using its train services. The celebration ended the three-month "Are You the ONE?" search for the 10 millionth passenger.

Passengers travelling on the 10:00am KLIA Ekspres train departing from KLIA to KL Sentral were pleasantly surprised by an announcement on board informing them that someone on that train would be the lucky 10tn millionth passenger as they walked through the gates in KL Sentral, and would take home two Malaysia Airlines Business Class return air tickets to New York and 100 free trips on KLIA Ekspres.

To heighten the excitement, the passengers were not told who had won on that day, but the five passengers closest to the count would be invited back to a Celebratory Dinner where the winner would be announced.

On arrival in KL Sentral, all passengers onboard the wining train were greeted by traditional Malaysian kompang and a silat performance, followed by refreshments.

This event also concluded the Guess The ONE Date contest, where participants tried to guess the date, time and direction in which the 10 millionth passenger would be travelling. The contest, which ran from 1 August 2005 till 15 September 2005, offered two Air France-KLM Business Class return air tickets to Jakarta and 100 free trips on KLIA Ekspres.

At the press conference, Dr Aminuddin Adnan, Chief Executive Officer of ERLSB, noted that the 99.7% service reliability record was instrumental in building the public's confidence in both the KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit services.

"We are proud to welcome our 10 millionth passenger in just three years of service. This is a result of the 14,000 passengers daily on both train services who know that we really are the fastest way to travel" he said.

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ERL Confident Of More Than 20 Pct Share Of Passenger Traffic
Updated : 03-12-2005
Media : Bernama



PUTRAJAYA, Nov 3 (Bernama) -- ERL Sdn Bhd, which provides the speed train service to the KL International Airport (KLIA), is confident of raking in and maintaining more than 20 per cent market share of the 22 million-passenger traffic for the sector in the next five years.

Its chief executive officer, Dr Aminuddin Adnan, said today that this year the company achieved 18 per cent share of the total traffic compared with 14 to 15 per cent since the service started three-and-a-half years ago.

"The ERL commuter traffic has been encouraging both in the express service as well as in the KLIA transit service," he told reporters after the launch of ERL's train service-cum-travel package, "Discover Putrajaya with KLIA Transit", here by Tourism Malaysia Director-General Datuk Kamaruddin Siaraf.

Currently, up to 5,800 commuters use the ERL express service while another 14,000 use the KLIA transit service daily, he added.

"We witnessed a lot of commuter traffic using the Bandar Tasik Selatan, Putrajaya and Salak Tinggi ERL stations," he said.

Aminuddin said the Formula A1 race at the Sepang International Circuit near KLIA last month had contributed to ERL's commuter traffic and he expected the Asean Summit at the KL Convention Centre starting next week to do the same.

Earlier, in his speech, he said the Discover Putrajaya package was started six months ago on weekends and in just two months, over 1,300 visitors had signed up for the first edition of the package.

He said the ERL was teaming up with Tourism Malaysia, tour operators and agents in promoting the package not only in Malaysia but also other places worldwide where Tourism Malaysia had operations.

With the school holidays this month, he expected more than 2,000 transit passengers to sign up for the package.

Under the package, for a mere RM25, a KLIA transit commuter will be taken on a coach ride to Istana Melawati, Mercu Tanda Putrajaya, the government office complexes, Perdana Putra complex, the Boulevard and the National Millennium Monument.

KL' s public transport looks gr8

Commuters To Enjoy Better Integration At Monorail And Rapid KL



KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 (Bernama) -- KL Monorail and Rapid KL transport commuters can now enjoy interchanging facilities with the completion of three covered and elevated walkways.

The RM6 million walkways, which include escalators and pedestrian crossings, were opened 18 days ahead of schedule Thursday by Deputy Transport Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Azlan Ibni Sultan Abu Bakar.

The three walkways connect KL Monorail's Titiwangsa Station and Rapid KL's Titiwangsa Station, KL Monorail's Bukit Nanas Station and Rapid KL's Dang Wangi Station and KL Monorail's Hang Tuah Station and Rapid KL's Hang Tuah Station.

Speaking to reporters later Tengku Azlan said the building of the three walkways were fully financed by the Transport Ministry.

KL Monorail System Sdn Bhd took a year to build the linkages which were completed on Dec 8 this year.

The three walkways connected :


KL Monorail's Titiwangsa Station and Rapid KL's Titiwangsa Station
KL Monorail's Bukit Nanas Station and Rapid KL's Dang Wangi Station
KL Monorail's Hang Tuah Station and Rapid KL's Hang Tuah Station.

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Beautiful system! Kuala Lumpur is a major world city indeed. I wish São Paulo leaders had the same mentality.

SPNB to invest RM2b on trains for Putra LRT over next 3 years
By Ashwin Raman, 03 Jan 2006 9:52 PM


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Integrasi Deras chairman Datuk Rahim Mokhti and SPNB chairman Datuk
Nordin Baharuddin at the handover of 120 new buses



SPNB chief executive officer, Shaipudin Harun, said they were in discussions with potential sponsors for the purchase and a deal would likely be concluded by the first quarter of this year, with the first batch of trains arriving in the next 18 to 20 months.

He said the additional trains were to fully utilise Putra’s existing network. SPNB owns the public transport infrastructure for both buses and rail operated by Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd (Rapid KL).

Rapid KL operates the Intrakota and CityLiner buses as well as the Putra and Star LRT systems.

In addition to the trains, Shaipudin said SPNB will spend up to RM280 million this year to add 600 new buses to its existing fleet of 1,237 buses in a move to increase the frequency of public transportation in the Klang Valley. The expansion is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Out of the 600 buses, he said SPNB will purchase up to 200 compressed natural gas (CNG) buses, in line with the government’s efforts to promote a greener and healthier environment.

CNG is made by compressing purified natural gas and is considered to be an environmentally cleaner alternative to gasoline or diesel, which all buses currently run on.

Shaipudin said CNG buses would cost about RM600,000 a unit but would save RM25,000 in fuel costs a year and would be profitable in the long run. He said that the CNG buses would be added to Rapid KL’s fleet by the end of this year.

"Funding for these purchases will come partly from the government. We will also go to the local capital markets. It will be a mixture of debt and equity,” he told reporters at the handover of 120 new buses to Rapid KL in Petaling Jaya on Jan 3.

The 120 buses, Shaipudin said, were ordered last year and did not include the 600 buses SPNB planned on purchasing this year.

He said the cost of the 120 buses, purchased from Mtrans Bus Sdn Bhd, was RM210 million and the buses will be used by Rapid KL to implement the first phase of a new bus network in the city centre by the middle of this year.

KL bus and rail overhaul
Minderjeet Kaur
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3:


The public transport system here and in Petaling Jaya will be overhauled at a cost of RM2 billion and work will commence this year.

The plan calls for putting more buses on the road and extending the commuter rail service.

"We are going all out to get people out of their cars andon to buses and trains," Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad chief executive officer Shaipudin Shah Harun said today.

SPNB, which owns both Kuala Lumpur’s light rail transit and buses under the name RapidKL, will streamline the existing public transport infrastructure.

Some features of the plan:

• Improving bus service.

• Extending the Putra LRT rail service to Subang Jaya and the Star LRT service to Old Klang Road.

• Adding carriages to the existing Putra LRT’s two-carriage trains and building up to 12 new lines.






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The plan was announced by Shaipudin after he handed over 120 buses, costing RM43.2 million, to RapidKL.

With the new buses, SPNB has delivered 202 buses to RapidKL.

He said only 15 per cent of the people who travelled to work in the city daily were using public transport.

"We aim to double Kuala Lumpur’s bus ridership in two years to bring it on par with Bangkok, but we will still be way behind Singapore’s 60 per cent," he said.

RapidKL’s data show that about 1.5 million people drive to the city centre and only about 500,000 use public transport.

The data show that 180,000 commute by bus, while 190,000 take the Putra LRT, exceeding its capacity by 40 per cent.

Another 120,000 go by Star LRT, which is under-utilised by 66 per cent.

To attract more commuters to use the trains, Shaipudin said the existing rail services would be extended by 10 to 15km.

He said part of the funding would come from the Government and the rest would be raised from the capital market.

Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd (RapidKL) chief executive officer Rein Westra said by the end of next year there would be 1,500 buses serving Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya.

A new ticketing system will also be introduced to integrate the bus and train services.

The City Shuttle Network, which will ensure everyone is within 250m of a bus stop or an LRT station, covers five new hubs. These are Pekeliling, KLCC, KL Sentral, Central Market and Taman Maluri.

"The service will start in the middle of this month and we are talking about a bus service every five minutes," Westra said.

RapidKL now has a fleet of 1,117 buses serving 15 routes.

Rapid KL to launch downtown shuttle service
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10:

Beginning Jan 16, public transport operator Rapid KL will launch a downtown shuttle service as the first phase of a new integrated public transport network.

By only buying one city shuttle ticket at RM2, commuters will enjoy unlimited travel within KL city centre for the whole day.

Its chief operating officer for buses, Mohamad Ali Mohamad Nor, said the newly-designed system came about after worsening traffic congestion in the city.

“With the new system, passengers can expect travel time to be shortened, as we will have more buses to service the routes with the waiting time reduced to only five minutes,” he said.

Mohamad Ali said the new network will be serviced by 964 buses.

Chief executive officer Rein Westra said commuters can expect more new services within the next few months.

“There will soon be local shuttles from residential areas to main routes, trunk lines to transport passengers to city hubs, sub-trunk services that inter-connect suburban hubs and an express service to serve suburbs during peak hours to city hubs,” he said.

Westra said some of the new suburban areas to be included are Rawang, Bangi, Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, Sri Petaling and Port Klang.

He said although these services will be launched in phases, commuters can expect the entire system to be up and running by end June.

He said all old buses will be phased out by September.

“We hope the new system will attract more people to use the public transport service, and to double the current ridership within the next couple of years.”

RapidKL delivers
R.S. Kamini and Zayana Isa
KUALA LUMPUR, Fri


The city’s new shuttle buses picked up passengers every five minutes today, delivering on RapidKL’s promise of faster and more efficient services.

But Kuala Lumpur’s commuters are a hardened lot, sceptical after the bus and light rail operator’s previous attempts to overhaul the city’s public transportation network.

"They may be punctual now since it is the first day but I am not sure if they will keep to their schedule in future," said clerk Jessie Choong, 32, on the No 108 from Medan Pasar to Bukit Bintang.

Today, RapidKL, or Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd, launched the shuttle service, the first phase to integrate the Klang Valley’s bus and light rail systems.

The company has put more than 100 new, more spacious, buses on 15 routes within the city, and is offering free rides until Sunday. A RM2 all-day pass will be sold from Monday.

RapidKL has redeployed its buses along the city’s congested roads, hoping to move more people more efficiently and at less cost.

Teething problems were evident, sowing doubts and confusion in commuters’ minds. Many of them missed buses, not expecting the new-look shuttle buses.

Driver Mohd Raffi Musa said many of his passengers did not know they did not have to pay today.

RapidKL staff produced stickers stating rides were free about 3pm.

But there were optimistic commuters, happy with just the free rides and the hope of improved services in the future.

Lecturer Mohd Eliyas Hashim, 37, said: "This is an excellent idea. The timing is convenient, and the buses are spacious so we don’t have to squeeze.

" It keeps our pockets safe from pickpockets as well."

Rapid KL on the move
By Yap Lih Huey
25-11-2004


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The newly-formed government agency to integrate the Klang Valley’s public transport system, Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras (Rapid) KL, has started operations.

Newly painted public buses emblazoned with the Rapid KL logo in red, blue and white were seen plying some of the busiest routes in the Klang Valley on Nov 24.

FinancialDaily reported on Sept 16 that Rapid KL will take over Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd’s (SPNB) operational role and assets in Putra, Star, Intrakota and CityLiner, leaving SPNB’s role to build and finance the infrastructure.

A media briefing organised by the Steering Committee for the Integration and Restructuring of the Public Transport System in the Klang Valley (Inspak) will be held today at Putrajaya.

Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop and Datuk Siti Hadzar, chairperson of Inspak are expected to talk about Inspak’s action plans.

Among others, they will also talk about the core changes to public transportation services in the Klang Valley and the responsibility of SPNB and Rapid KL.

Inspak is tasked with encouraging greater use of public transportation to reduce traffic congestion and initiate the establishment of the Klang Valley Urban Transport Authority as the regulatory authority for public transportation in the Klang Valley.

Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy has said the use of public transportation has decreased from 34% in 1985 to the current 16% of the total mode of transportation among commuters; while the use of private cars has jumped to 71% from 47% for the same period.


One of these new Rapid KL busses

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New shuttle buses

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Those rapid buses looks dynamic! Are they runned by natural gas?

More pics...

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No matter how efficient Kl's transport system is, something has to be done to deal with its massive traffic problems!! :) :bash:

No matter how efficient Kl's transport system is, something has to be done to deal with its massive traffic problems!! :) :bash:

umm...i think the problem is with the inadequate lines of the LRTs/Monorail to cover the whole of KL and also the inadequate parking spaces at respective stops for those who wish to park their car at the LRT stops to board the LRTs/Monorails and if there are parking facilities, they lack security therefore many people still prefer to drive.

When I visited I thought the transport was fairly good, just a few problems like difficult interchanges (we got lost looking for the monorail at KL Sentral) although I did see at one station which had walkways linking the stations which was an improvement :)
also was a bit dissapointed to see such small trains, only 2 coaches :runaway:
and so there were times we were very cramped. :sleepy:
Those issues aside I quite liked the transport system :) , and I do like the look of those new shuttle buses :okay:

ERL expects 20% rise in users of transit promotional packages
By Kevin Tan, 03 Mar 2006 6:42 PM

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Express Rail Link (http://www.kliaekspres.com/) (ERL) Sdn Bhd expects a 20% rise in the number of F1 fans using the KLIA Transit promotional packages to 6,000 this year from over 5,000 last year.

He said the majority of the fans using the KLIA Transit service were foreigners. We expect the number of fans using the KLIA Transit packages to increase by 20% to 6,000 passengers.

ERL chief executive Dr Aminuddin Adnan said the special transfer packages for F1 fans to the Sepang International Circuit (SIC) were part of its strategy to boost passenger volume.

He was speaking to reporters in Kuala Lumpur on March 3 after announcing the KLIA Transit F1 transfer packages. Malaysia will host the 8th F1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix 2006 at SIC from March 17-19.

In conjunction with the event, ERL is offering a three-day package at the rate of RM100 per person and for the race-day (March 19) package at RM80 per person.

The fares include a return high-speed train ride on KLIA Transit plying between KL Sentral and KLIA and a return bus shuttle service between KLIA and SIC.

To cater for the expected increase, ERL would be operating more trains and shuttle buses, especially during peak periods to minimise waiting time, Aminuddin said.

For example, on race day after the race, the KLIA Transit will be running with five services an hour, instead of four, increasing capacity by 25%.

"Similarly, we have increased the shuttle buses on race day from 35 last year to 45 this year, he added. Each ERL trip has a capacity to carry 550 passengers.

Meanwhile, SIC general manager Datuk Ahmad Mustafa said the organiser was confident of selling 120,000 tickets for the Sepang F1 race. It has already sold about 15,000 tickets.

We are expecting a huge rush for hillstand tickets on Saturday (March 18), he added.

Ahmad said F1 tickets were being sold from as low as RM50 for open hillstand seats and RM150 for covered hillstand for the entire three days. There are also special tickets from as low as RM25 for students, he added.

Believe me, this is the cheapest F1 race in the world, he said, adding that this would give the opportunity for more Malaysians to see the race.

Some buses in Kuala Lumpur
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KL sentral
Kuala Lumpur central railway station
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Idaman 25
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CLASS 81 EMU @ old KL railway station
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Great pictures & info updates, nazrey. KL is really on the move when it comes to transit!

Those rapid buses looks dynamic! Are they runned by natural gas?

No, only taxis in KL are running using natural gas (NGV)

Affordable shuttle from KL Sentral
KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.


A dedicated shuttle service boasting cheap fares will be launched soon to transfer AirAsia passengers from the city to Sepang’s Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT).

And passengers may heave a sigh of relief knowing that KL Sentral will be the designated pick-up and drop-off point.

Set to start operations on March 23, the LCCT is expected to handle an average of 11,000 passengers daily and the shuttle will complement the taxi service announced by Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development Minister Datuk Khaled Nordin yesterday.

Declining to identify the company awarded the shuttle concession, Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board chairman Baharom Mohamad confirmed that a new transport industry player had forwarded the proposal.

He said, however, that approval from the authorities was pending.

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New shuttle fare at RM6 to RM10
KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.


Between RM6 and RM10 — that’s how much airline passengers could end up paying for the bus trip from KL Sentral to KLIA’s Low Cost Carrier Terminal.

The company expected to operate the KL Sentral-LCCT dedicated shuttle service has offered bright red-white air-conditioned buses to run at 15-minute intervals to coincide with AirAsia departure and landing schedules, the main tenant of the country’s first dedicated facility for no-frills airlines.

The Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board is expected to announce which firm is going to operate the service next week.

Sources identified the new operator as Nareco (M) Sdn Bhd.

"A new transport industry player has submitted the proposal to operate the new route. In fact, theirs was the only proposal received," CVLB chairman Baharom Mohamad told the New Sunday Times.

With the inclusion of KL Sentral, this would bring to three the number of stations in the city offering transport services to KLIA.

The others are Hentian Duta and the Chan Sow Lin LRT station in Jalan Chan Sow Lin, both operated by Airport Coach Sdn Bhd.

The sources said the new operator had also offered to operate van services at RM50 per trip.

"Each van can carry eight passengers. But each trip will cost RM50 regardless of the number of passengers being ferried.

Corporate: Work on LRT lines to start this year?

By Nadia S Hassan


Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd (SPNB) will extend the Putra and Star LRT (light rail transits) lines as well as construct a new line.
SPNB chief executive officer Shaipudin Shah Harun says the Putra and Star lines will be extended by between 10 and 12 km each, whilst the new line may reach up to 30 km and dissect the centre of Kuala Lumpur.

SPNB is the ultimate holding company under Minister of Finance Incorporated (MOF Inc) and owns the rail lines in addition to the Cityliner and Intrakota buses. The assets are managed and maintained by SPNB's sister company, Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd (Rapid KL), which is also under MOF Inc's umbrella.

Shaipudin says SPNB is hoping to start work on the expansion this year.
"SPNB is currently undertaking preliminary studies, which should take a few months. It is quite complex, involving not only passenger volume — both present and future — but also geological, that is soil conditions that will have an impact on the complexity or ease of construction, and hence, cost. Not to mention cost of land acquisition if we have to go through populated areas."
However, Shaipudin did not reveal the total cost of these new lines, saying only that they are "big ticket" items and could cost billions of ringgit.
"Unfortunately, we cannot give any indication right now until our studies are complete and the numbers are clearer," he says.
Apart from expanding its existing rail lines, SPNB is also investing in additional carriages. It was previously reported that SPNB was looking to invest RM2 billion in new carriages for the Putra LRT.

Shaipudin says SPNB is in the process of acquiring up to 140 additional train coaches for the Putra line, which is heavily congested. The company expects to receive the first batch of new trains in the next 18 to 20 months.
The Putra and Star lines carry a total of about 3.3 million customers per week, according to Rapid KL.

Shaipudin declined to comment on the route of the extended rail lines or the new line, saying it was too early to tell. It had been reported that SPNB was planning to extend the Putra line to Subang Jaya and the Star line to Old Klang Road.

However, industry sources say the extension to the LRT lines could take the form of four packages for four stretches ranging from 8 km to 15 km each. The sources say the tentative extensions are:

From Putra's Kerinchi station to Kota Damansara;
From Putra's Kelana Jaya station to Subang Jaya;
From Star's Bandar Tasek Selatan station to Taman Tun Hussein Onn in Cheras; and
From Star's Bukit Jalil station to Bandar Sunway.
However, the sources say the tentative routes could change as the project firms up.

SPNB has also enlisted the services of SNC Lavalin Sdn Bhd (SNCL) as its system and engineering consultant. Shaipudin says that SNCL is advising SPNB on its purchase of the new Putra train coaches.
When asked if the presence of SNCL would help to bring down the cost of construction, Shaipudin says, "Cost, although very important, should not be the overriding consideration. In an extreme example, the cost may be very cheap, but there may be sacrifices or trade-offs along the way, which may not acceptable.

"Our guiding principle would be the lowest acceptable proposal, with emphasis on the word 'acceptable', which denotes a comprehensive evaluation."
SPNB had assumed management of the Putra LRT in September 2002 from Renong Bhd as part of the government's restructuring of Kuala Lumpur's public transport system. The government had taken over all of Putra's assets and outstanding debts amounting to RM4.2 billion. The Putra LRT, which had originally cost RM5.2 billion, stretches 29 km from Taman Melawati to Kelana Jaya.

SPNB took over the Star line about two months later. The Star line runs from The Mall in Kuala Lumpur to Bukit Jalil.
SPNB is in the process of renaming the Putra line as the Kelana Jaya line, and the Star line as the Ampang and Sri Petaling line.

The company is also investing in new buses. It was reported that SPNB would spend up to RM280 million to add 600 new buses to its fleet of 1,237 vehicles. The present fleet services some 1.3 million customers per week.
SPNB hopes to get the new buses on the road by September.

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RapidKL to integrate public transport system by July
By Gan Yen Kuan, 24 Mar 2006 4:19 PM


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Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd (RapidKL) hopes to complete its task of integrating the public transport system in Klang Valley by July this year.

Its chief executive officer Rein Westra said RapidKL had put in 400 new bus stops and would continue to “slowly but surely” add another 10,000 locations with the assistance from local authorities.

“We have over 200 new buses, and we are expecting another 600 more to come support us with the launching of more areas in Klang Valley,” he said.

Westra said the integrated system would provide sufficient short-distance buses to the users at all residential areas in the suburbs, and link them to the rail stations or the hubs that head for the city.

“By July, the whole (public transport system in) Klang Valley will be restructured,” he said at the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding between RapidKL and Pos Malaysia Bhd on March 24.

RapidKL, in search of additional sales channels, is teaming up with Pos Malaysia to sell its monthly travel card (MTC) via Pos Malaysia’s 98 selected post offices in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, with immediate effect.

“We hope to increase our ridership for both the rail and bus to double the current figure of 480,000 per day, within one to two years.

“With this in mind, the sales channels must be in place to provide broader sales support to the public,” said Westra.

Of the 98 post offices, 57 are located in Kuala Lumpur and 41 in Selangor.

With the Pos Malaysia partnership, RapidKL’s marketing division senior general manager Zoolina Mohd Naim said they hope to increase its current monthly MTC customer base of 40,000 by 10%.

“We have printed an additional 3,000 cards for Pos Malaysia's distribution.

The re-packaged MTC, which was launched in August last year, are sold at RM40 (for students and senior citizens), RM80 (bus services), RM90 (rail systems) and RM125 (all bus and rail systems).

She added that the monthly sales of MTC was recorded at RM3 million, of which RM2.25 million was attributed to the sale of about 25,000 pieces of the RM90 rail system cards.

Zoolina said they also plan to increase its sales channels in the future to include mini post offices, convenience stores like 7-Eleven, and various other kiosks.

Its other sales outlets are the 48 LRT stations and three bus terminals at Jalan Sultan Mohd, Jalan Tun Tan Siew Sin (previously Jalan Silang) and Jalan Chow Kit.

Hi,

Do anyone know where to get the Master Plan for STAR & Putra LRT? Thanks.

Do anyone know where to download 9th Malaysia Plan in softcopy? Thanks.

>> The 9th Malaysia Plan (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=203554)

At the Airport
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New shuttle bus (KL Sentral-LCCT)
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ERL plans link to low-cost carrier terminal
By Zaidi Isham Ismail
March 30 2006

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EXPRESS Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL (http://www.kliaekspres.com/)), which ferries air travellers between Kuala Lumpur Sentral and the KL International Airport (KLIA), plans to extend its railway tracks to the newly-built Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT).

ERL chief executive officer Dr Aminuddin Adnan said the train operator plans to lay 11km of additional railway tracks which will take between 12 and 18 months to complete. ERL is currently 57km long.

"ERL submitted its proposal to the Transport Ministry three weeks ago and the contractor will probably be local.

"We are keen to construct the link between the main terminal and the LCCT but we do not know yet when we can start," Aminuddin told Business Times in a phone interview yesterday.

He, however, declined to reveal the cost involved but sources said the project is expected to cost RM10 million and some of its technology such as light trains will be provided by German engineering giant Siemens AG.

Siemens chief executive officer Rainer Althoff told Bloomberg over the weekend that it was prepared to build the rail link to the RM108 million LCCT which was launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi earlier this month.

Launched four years ago, ERL has a 30-year concession to operate. It carried its 10 millionth passenger in September last year and targets to ferry 6,000 passengers a day by the year-end.

ERL is 50 per cent owned by YTL Corp Bhd, with Tabung Haji Technologies Sdn Bhd holding 40 per cent and Nadicorp Holdings Sdn Bhd 10 per cent.

Putting public transport system on the right track

By CHOW HOW BAN
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THE Ninth Malaysia Plan (2006-2010), unveiled yesterday, will emphasise on the development of an integrated and efficient public transport system in the Klang Valley.

The Government will spend on building two integrated transportation terminals in Gombak and Bandar Tasik Selatan in Kuala Lumpur. Apparently, the proposed terminals will be located near Terminal Putra LRT station in Taman Melati, Gombak, and the Bandar Tasik Selatan LRT and ERL stations.

The Gombak transportation hub will serve places east of Kuala Lumpur while the Bandar Tasik Selatan hub will cater for the south.

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The Transport Management Centre in Bukit Jalil, the hub for the ITIS system, is equipped with state-of-the-art technology.

According to the KL Structure Plan 2020, other inter-regional hubs will be built in Jalan Ipoh (to serve the north) and the existing Jalan Duta bus terminal (to serve the west).

These terminals will be integrated with the rail systems via multi-modal interchanges to enable easy access to the city centre and other areas in the city.

Apart from such future plans, the Government has seen some positive returns from the RM365mil Integrated Transport Information System (ITIS) project it funded under the 8th Malaysia Plan.

ITIS is developed and operated by Kuala Lumpur City Hall to help the local authority detect, analyse and act on specific traffic conditions in the Klang Valley.

City Hall receives live images of the traffic situation from communication nodes placed in city roads and highways.

The nodes collect data from all roadside equipment like closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, automatic incident detection cameras and automatic vehicle location system 24 hours a day and relay it to the Transport Management Centre in Bukit Jalil.

The information is analysed before the processed information is disseminated and displayed on variable message system electronic boards. The centre has begun operations since middle of last year.

A total of 140 variable message system electronic boards, 255 closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) and 728 automatic incident detection cameras have been installed on major roads and highways in the city.

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Zulhasnan speaking to an operator at the Transport Management Centre in Bukit Jalil Friday while (from left) Deputy Federal Territories Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop, FT Ministry parliamentary secretary Yew Teong Look, KL police chief Datuk Mustafa Abdullah and City Hall director-general Salleh Yusup look on.

Another 1,600 automatic vehicle location system, fitted with global positioning system tracking devices, had been placed in cars, taxis and public buses to help the centre create a real-time travel database for areas that were beyond the monitoring equipment's reach.

Besides warning displayed on electronic boards, motorists can find real-time (live information) traffic situations at www.itis.com.my or by calling the centre at 03-8947 4002 to plan their travelling journey better.

Last week, Federal Territory-Level National Safety Council chairman Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique, who is also Federal Territories Minister, proposed that ITIS be integrated with the police surveillance systems in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya as part of the council’s effort to turn the two federal territories into safe cities.

He said the CCTVs operated by City Hall not only could be used to address traffic problems but also fight crime.

Speaking to reporters after his visit to the centre yesterday, Zulhasnan said ITIS is an advanced traffic management system comparable with similar systems in other developed cities.

“We have an advanced ITIS masterplan in which many other features have yet to implemented. We will study the masterplan again and provide more value-added services and applications.

“We have not made a decision on which agency should be responsible for traffic management if the integration is done. But to ensure the success of the safe city concept, we need to have an integration and include Putrajaya,” he said.

Other services and benefits of the ITIS will be 24-hour live traffic information transmitted via SMS, MMS and radio broadcast, crime prevention up to 50%, detection of traffic violations and vehicle tracking as well as advertising services.

KL Infra's RM4.5b plan to get Klang Valley moving
By Dalila Abu Bakar
April 15 2006

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KL INFRASTRUCTURE Group Bhd (KL Infra), together with its sister firm MTrans Technology Bhd, has submitted a RM4.5 billion plan to the Government to extend the current rail transit system in the Klang Valley.

KL Infra chairman Datuk Ahmad Sa'adi said the proposal involves four additional lines covering 71km and using 62 four-car monorail trains. The extension will be carried out over six years.

The current 65km system - incorporating the Ampang Line, Sri Petaling Line (both formerly known as STARline), Kelana Jaya Line (formerly PUTRAline) and KL Monorail - cost some RM9 billion to set up.

Ahmad said the additional transit lines will facilitate unhindered and congestion-free travelling in the Klang Valley.

It will complement the existing rail transit routes, ensure that growing travel needs are met and reduce the problems of mobility, congestion and parking.

"We believe these lines can be completed in six years. If the decision can be made soon, then the public can enjoy the benefits and this new mobility by 2012 once the four lines are completed," Ahmad said in an interview with the New Straits Times and Bernama on Thursday.

He said a conceptual proposal was submitted to the Government about two months ago.

"We have been transit system advisers in Korea and the Middle East. In line with the Government's desire for a more integrated and improved public transportation system for the Klang Valley, we would like to contribute our ideas and expertise," Ahmad said.

The Government had announced that the RM4.4 billion yearly savings on the petrol subsidy would be used to improve public transportation.

The company's KL Monorail system, which has been running on a 9km line for two-and-a-half years, has carried more than 33 million passengers.

KL Monorail's average daily ridership rose 42 per cent to 33,837 in 2004 from that in 2003. It increased 31 per cent to 44,442 last year, and 12.5 per cent to 50,000 as at last month.

"It is proven that people accept the monorail. We are happy it is a success. That's why we are contributing our expertise and ideas to help improve the transport system in the Klang Valley," Ahmad said.

The four additional lines are expected to ferry some 400,000 passengers per day and to complement the existing lines by increasing a projected 320,000 passengers per day through interfaces at respective stations.

Ahmad said a ridership of 720,000 passengers per day can be generated by implementing the four lines, bringing the total ridership for all transit systems to one million passengers per day.

This would help increase the share of public transport to 25 per cent from 16 per cent currently.

With the likely increase in feeder buses, the proposal is expected to realise the 30 per cent target outlined in the Ninth Malaysia Plan.

This pic looks strangely familar and Ive never been to KL.

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Four new Monorail Lines with a total length of 71km



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This letter in the Saturday April 15 NST (http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Friday/Letters/20060421090317/Article/index_html) from Datuk Ahmad Sa’adi, Chairman KL Infrastructure Group Berhad, is quite interesting.

I am happy to see his statement that the KL Monorail system is capable of heavier operations. For example, the trains can in theory be extended to 6 cars capable of carrying 1,200 passengers per train or 18,000 passengers per hour. Similarly he says that the future system can start with 4 car operation and expand to 8 car operation.

However, before handing RM4.5 bn to the KLIG is it not right for the people of KL to ask for proof that the KL Monorail system is the most cost effective and flexible option. I would like to see rapidKL and KLIG competing to serve our needs. That is the way things should be.

KL Monorail system has disadvantages in 3 areas...meeting passenger needs, safety concerns, and proven track record of success. If KLIG can reduce these disadvantages, then by all means, they should try to compete to build the rail network of the future.

I personally think that the claim that BRT or Tram systems are not effective for KL is a serious misconception. Monorails cannot be run at ground level. They must be elevated. Trams can run at ground level, above ground, or underground, or in mixed traffic if need be.

A tram service can operate elevated in KL but at ground level in the suburban areas, either along roads or private right of way.

Much of the RM4.5 bn projected cost of this Monorail system will be going into the elevated construction and station construction. Trams and BRT have the lowest capital costs per kilometer because they require less infrastructure. A properly designed tram system can move 10,000-15,000 passengers easily.

Well, those are my thoughts. As I said above, I would be happy to see KLIG implementing their monorail system if they make it worthwhile.

Cheers, m

The following is the text of the letter referenced in the above post:

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Friday/Letters/20060421090317/Article/index_html

Monorail a morecost-effective system
21 Apr 2006
DATUK AHMAD SA’ADI Chairman KL Infrastructure Group Berhad


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WITH reference to the remarks by Moaz Yusuf Ahmad ("Monorail plan has drawbacks" — NST, April 19) regarding our monorail extension plan, we would like to dispel some misconceptions about the monorail system and our proposed extension.

The writer implied that our proposed monorail system would not be cost-effective compared to the LRT system. (See chart for comparison).

Clearly, the total investment cost (inclusive of the construction of the stations and depot, electrification and the train vehicles) for an LRT system is much higher.

The reason the Monorail can be more cost-effective is that it is manufactured in our factory in Rawang, while the LRT system is imported.

The investment cost per km for the proposed new monorail lines is also noticeably lower (RM63 million versus RM100 million for the KL Monorail system).

This is because MTrans, the manufacturer of the monorail system in Malaysia, has managed to lower the cost curve for implementing transit systems, with further savings achieved through research and development.

A grave misconception is that the monorail system is limited in capacity.

The KL Monorail system is a two-car train with a capacity of 214 passengers per train. However, it is capable of being extended to a six-car train to ferry 1,200 passengers per train or 18,000 passengers per hour per direction.

We are planning to introduce a three-car train which will be adequate to meet the current peak-hour demand for the KL Monorail system.

As for the proposed new lines, we have suggested a four-car train to serve initial demand. This could eventually be extended to an eight-car train carrying 25,000 passengers per hour per direction.

Each monorail car measures 10 metres in length while each LRT (Putraline) car measures 15 metres.

Transport planners are realising that the monorail system is an effective system to solve their transport problems.

The advantages of a monorail system are:

• It has the smallest footprint among tracked systems. Occupying mainly the airspace and being elevated, it eliminates the cost of land acquisition.

• It has a lighter structure than other LRT systems and is easier and cheaper to construct.

• It runs quietly with rubber tyres on concrete beams, compared to LRT’s steel wheels on steel rails.

• During construction, it requires only partial road closure and allows uninterrupted traffic flow.

• It has a low radius of curvature capability, enabling the monorail to be flexible in alignment planning.

A street-level tram system or a bus-rapid transit system with dedicated lanes would not have the capacity to serve long-term needs.

The solution rests with a rail system which will never clog up the ground level reserved for roads.

In any case, our road system does not have the space for a tram or a bus-rapid transit system.

RapidKL introduced the Area 2 network on March 16. This network covers the North and Northwest of KL, including Batu Caves, Selayang, Gombak, Sentul, and Kepong.

Here is information about the introduction of the new service (http://www.rapidkl.com.my/o_newnetwork2006.htm), dated back to March 16.
Here is a network map (http://www.rapidkl.com.my/rapidbus_route_slygkpggombak.htm) of the new service region.

Rapid KL has introduced the new restructured service into Area 3, since Sunday April 30.

This area covers Pandan, Hulu Kelang, Ampang, Wangsa Maju, Keramat and Setapak, basically the northeast of KL.

Not surprisingly, there is no news coverage and no announcement on rapidKL's website. If I can get the brochure I will scan it and see if I can post it on this page.

This article in the Malaysia Star (http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/5/3/central/14100612&sec=central) describes a complaint by the MPAJ, asking rapidKL to delay the system to give them time to study it.

I wonder who is acting poorly here...rapidKL for giving no information, or the MPAJ for not getting the info.

Cheers, m

Hope that KL Infrastructure Group Berhad woudl FIX the shock absorber issues on KL Monorail before undertaking ANY further expansions ... I still remeber that Bumpy ride of KL Monorail.

Fuurthermore, You have to settle down the dispute so yoiu can start the construction of the Interchange with KL Sentral .... without this interchange It woudl do NO GOOD for KL Monorail ....


I would have ANY impression at all unless the company has fied such the problems I stated here ... even your have installed the integrated smart card systems ...

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^ the terminals must be really noisy.

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I like how the monorail runs indoor. Fancy.

ONLY Puytra LRT can run INDOOR ... KL Monorail is still OUTSIDE!

ONLY Puytra LRT can run INDOOR ... KL Monorail is still OUTSIDE!outside, downstairs, and 5-7 minutes walk across a parking lot (through a market) and across a street...

oh, and there are no signs directing you to the monorail or telling you how to get there :p

Cheers, m

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RAPID KL (Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd)

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The leading public transport operator in Klang Valley is tasked with providing integrated public transport system to the public.

Rapid KL, 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.

Rapid KL, which is 100%-owned by the government, is the operator of Kuala Lumpur's three light rail transit (LRT) lines. It is also the largest stage bus (regular or trunk bus route) and feeder bus operator in Kuala Lumpur.

All assets of the LRT and bus service is owned by another government-owned company, Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) which was also formed under the restructing process.

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Kuala Lumpur is a beautiful efficient city.The public services are excellent.I hope the malay peoples keep up the good work and develop their country into the 1st world.As a Tamil American , i am more at home in Kuala Lumpur due to a large minority of Tamils who are malay citizens, than in New Delhi, the capital of India.

Bung Nazrey, Hope that Rapid KL would extend both STAR and PUTRA next tiem I visit KL ... :P

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Awesome pic there man!

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Anyone stuck in the Kelana Jaya LRT yesterday?

I was stuck at Kg. Baru for 40 minutes and ironically my destinasi was KLCC :bash:

It didnt help that people in the train were interfering with the rapidKL ops people, delaying things even further.

Eventually boarded a train back to Dang Wangi and caught the rapidKL shuttle to KLCC.

Methinks that the LRT system is over capacity. Serious investment in expansion is needed. Buy more carriages, please!

Cheers, m

The article below is from the NST.http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/National/20060725083134/Article/local1_html

KUALA LUMPUR: At least 400 passengers were temporarily trapped when three LRT trains stalled in a tunnel running below the city yesterday.

At least four fainted in the crowded trains while Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras (Rapid KL), the service operator, scrambled to rectify a malfunction.

The trains came to a halt at 6.30pm after a computer glitch disrupted the services. Agitated passengers forced open the doors to get out after 30 minutes of waiting for help.

S. Ganesan, 47, who was travelling to Kuala Lumpur City Centre, said passengers were told the technical problem was being rectified via the communication system. However, they prised open the doors using an axe kept in a glass box for emergencies.

"Our train stopped in the tunnel between the Pasar Seni and Masjid Jamek stations. After we got the doors open, we walked along the tracks until we reached the Masjid Jamek station," he said.

Another passenger, who wanted to be known only as Vidya, 35, said she was disappointed help took so long to come.

"I realised something was wrong when the train was moving slower than normal. They should have stopped the train at the station to let the passengers out rather than allow it to continue its journey.

"It was hot and I started to sweat. It became unbearable especially for those who were standing," she said.

Two other trains on the north-bound track of the Kelana Jaya Line, formerly known as Putra LRT, stopped between the Masjid Jamek and Dang Wangi stations.

Jalan Hang Tuah Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Azizan Ismail said about 400 passengers from the three trains had got out when firemen arrived at 7pm.

"We helped evacuate the passengers who were still in the tunnel," he said, adding that five fire engines, three rapid reaction units and 57 firemen responded.

The four people who fainted due to heat exhaustion were given first aid treatment.

It was learnt that the disruption occurred when the main computer screen at the control headquarters indicated a "missing" train along the 29km line.

This resulted in major stations along the line — Masjid Jamek, KLCC, Ampang Park, KL Sentral and Bangsar — closing their doors to passengers to prevent overcrowding while the problem was being identified. Passengers returning home from work were stranded at all 24 stations.

Rapid KL senior corporate manager Katherine Chew said the Rapid KL special response team took about 30 minutes to rectify the problem.

Services resumed at 7.30pm on the south-bound track at irregular intervals before returning to normal at 9pm on both tracks.

Residents can apply for bus stops
Tuesday July 25, 2006
By CHOW HOW BAN
TheStar

KUALA Lumpur residents can request for bus stops to be built in their neighbourhood by writing in to City Hall’s Urban Transportation Department.

“There is sufficient budget to build new bus stops but the department will have to consider the location and suitability of the facility before approving such projects,” said department technician Zani Zaid Md Tahir.

“We have two designs of bus stops that are already outdated. We are in the process of upgrading the old bus stops but we cannot change all of them.

“Priority will be given to those that are really dilapidated,” he said during a visit to a newly-built bus stop in East Road, Jinjang Utara.

The bus stop costing RM10,000 was built by City Hall. It will now be used by residents, especially those from the Taman Wahyu 1 PPR.

Initially, residents had asked for the bus stop to be built nearer to the PPR’s entrance but the department felt that the location was unsuitable as it would have obstructed some shops in the area.

On March 22, the residents requested for the facility through the Kepong Gerakan Youth division.

The bus stop was approved by the department on June 18 and the project was completed within five weeks.

Zani said although most of the bus stops in the city were built by City Hall, some were funded and built by developers in the area where there were a shortage of bus stops.

He said the department would conduct surveys from time to time to see whether old bus stops needed to be upgraded in view of an increase in population in the area.

On unused bus stops, Zani Zaid said that could not be avoided as the bus service provider which used to utilise them was no longer plying the area because the routes were incurring losses.

Kepong Gerakan Youth division chief Lau Hoi Keong urged residents not to park their vehicles in front of the bus stop as public buses needed adequate space to drop off and pick up passengers.

He said he had highlighted to the department complaints of unlit bus stops and the department had assured him that it was doing its best to reinstate electricity supply to the units.

On complaints about the lack of bus service at the densely-populated Taman Fadason flats, he said he would write to Rapid KL and the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board to request for public transport service in the area.

LRT commuters in stalled train ignored
By Shalina Azhar
Malaysiakini Jul 25, 06 2:51pm


I refer to the reports today in various newspapers of the passengers trapped in the Putra LRT trains yesterday evening. I really take offence with the statements by the Jalan Hang Tuah Fire and Rescue Department and Rapid KL's senior corporate manager who were not truthful and glossed over the exact details of the event.

Services did not resume at 7.30pm, It could not have as for us stuck between the Masjid Jamek and Dang Wangi stations, we only got out of the train at 7.40pm.


Firemen did not rescue us at 7pm, This only happened at 7.40pm.


For the train stuck between Pasar Seni and Masjid Jamek, the firemen did not rescue the passengers. The passengers pried open the doors themselves. I know because my colleague was in that train.


The trains did not stall for only 30 minutes. We were stuck in the train for one hour and 10 minutes.


How dare the senior corporate manager say that it was a technical glitch? Technical glitches are when the trains stop moving for 10 minutes. This was a whole system failure.

I am extremely upset that none of the news reports came down hard on Rapid KL for such a traumatic event for a lot of us. The staff were rude and brusque after the whole ordeal.

How difficult is it to make an announcement to the affected customers? How can a big company like RapidKL that manages the LRT lines not know how to communicate with its passengers?

I was on the 6.30pm Putra LRT train when it stopped moving between the Masjid Jamek and Dang Wangi stations. Incidences of the trains stalling, especially after a downpour, are normal. Regular commuters even expect it.

But yesterday was different. At the Masjid Jamek station before boarding, after waiting for 10 minutes at the platform, there was an announcement that they were experiencing technical difficulties and that trains will move slower than usual. When the next train did come along at 6.30pm, passengers moved in. But I grew a tad concerned when I overheard two RapidKL staff saying that it would be risky ride on that particular train.

True enough, hardly had the train moved for two minutes when it stalled. Over the next one hour, there were at least three announcements, beseeching passengers to be patient with their ‘technical glitches’ and that train will start moving shortly. This only served to anger passengers even more as the train had been immobilised for the past 30 minutes.

And to make matters worse, there were no phone signals. Everyone was either frantically trying to call or SMS out, but to no avail. Passengers were getting agitated and were trying to pry open the doors and break the windows.

Fifty minutes into this ordeal, the power went off and we were all plunged into darkness and left without any air. That’s when passengers started getting panicky. Just when I was feeling lightheaded myself, one of the doors was pried open by a fireman.

No explanations, no representatives from RapidKL to assist the passengers. When we made it back to the Masjid Jamek station, the shutters were down, as with all the ticketing machines. Not a single kind comforting word from any of the RapidKL staff.

I finally made it back home at 10.30pm, turning a 30-minute commute into four hours.

My questions to SPNB therefore are:

What is the SoP (standard operating procedure) for emergencies?


What is the response time for such emergencies? Should you not be rescuing passengers after only a few minutes?


What are the steps being taken to ensure that this does not happen again?
How can passengers communicate with the control room when all the mechanisms to do so in the train do not serve their purpose? We were pressing the red button and smashing the glass and yet nobody got back to us.

I am angry. And fearful. Why can’t Malaysian companies really think of the many lives that are in their hands daily and do everything in their power to safeguard it?

Customer service is not just about smiling faces and a friendly approach. It is about the value and worth attached to each and every customer.

And I detest knowing that Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad, which owns RapidKL, thinks that my life is expendable.

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Hmmm, bad PR for RapidKL. Were any of the trains damaged? And what time did the service resume, if at all? Hope RapidKL has some sense to give those people affected refunds.

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outside, downstairs, and 5-7 minutes walk across a parking lot (through a market) and across a street...

oh, and there are no signs directing you to the monorail or telling you how to get there :p

Cheers, m

The parking lot will be turn into a shopping mall and Monorail will be extended to Mid Valley. Maybe after that it will not be bad anymore. :)

Transnasional is operating a double-deck bus service from KL to Klang (http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Sunday/National/20060924082526/Article/index_html)

There are stops at Batu 10 and Asia Jaya LRT station.

This is the same bus route as the new RapidKL E4 express

Cheers, m

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Express Rail Link Celebrates 4th Anniversary
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Kuala Lumpur: Express Rail Link (ERL) celebrated its 4th Anniversary in its home ground at the KL City Air Terminal (KL CAT). Teaming up with Kumpulan Karangkraft in their search for the new Dewi Remaja, ERL added a touch of glamour by selecting its very own brand ambassador- Duta Remaja ERL 2006 from among the 22 contestants who vied for the Dewi Remaja crown.
Before the start of the event, guests were treated to a brief parade of ERL’s Kebaya Batik uniform by its female front-line staff. This Kebaya uniform by local designer Azizul Ahmad will be donned by ERL female staff for all official functions.

Speaking at the celebration, Dr Aminuddin Adnan, CEO said,” You may ask what ERL & Dewi Remaja have in common - We are both young, enthusiastic, vibrant, and ready to surge ahead. Leveraging on Brand Ambassadors does help to elevate the image of a product or service.” He added,” The Brand Ambassador will help us to publicise ERL’s future developments and enhancements to our products and services, such as our free-porter service, our VIP service and the Discover Putrajaya Package.”

With the added value to services at KL CAT and with KLIA Ekspres offering seamless city-to-airport transfers, Dr Aminuddin called on more airlines to take advantage of the convenience of city check-in and airport transfer for their passengers. He continued, “With our check-out facility set to come on stream by early 2008, KL CAT will play an even more significant role in the seamless travel experience.”

Dr Aminuddin also registered the company’s achievement in hitting the highest number of passengers carried per day of 17,408 passengers on the first day of the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix. He also made mentioned of the company’s milestone in having transported its 10 Millionth passengers. This milestone was celebrated in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister, YAB Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak in November 2005.

During lunch, a simple cake cutting ceremony was officiated by Dr Aminuddin together with Tuan Hj Hussamuddin Yaacub (Group Managing Director Kumpulan Karangkraf), Puan Emylia Rosnaida (Actress & Winner of ERL’s 10 Millionth Passenger contest), En. AC Mizal (Actor, Singer, Host of live show), En Yusop Jaridi (Asistant General Manager Customer Services Malaysia Airlines), Cik. Farida Hanim Hj. Abdul Rahman (Station Supervisor Royal Brunei Airlines), En Fauzi Abdul Aziz (Station Manager Cathay Pacific). Guests were also entertained by D’Cat, ERL’s very own in-house rock band.

After lunch when the scores were tabulated, Ms Ivy Lee Win Sin, 22, from Selangor was crowned Duta Remaja ERL 2006 by Puan Emylia amidst cheers and applauds from the audience. Her prizes included one year unlimited travel on the KLIA Ekspres, and a 3D/2N stay at the Tanjung Jara Beach Resort for 2.

Later 22 children from an orphanage, who were special guests at the 4th Anniversary celebration, were treated to a ride on the KLIA Ekspres together with the contestants and the newly crowned Duta Remaja ERL 2006.

Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERLSB), the concessionaire for the high speed KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit train services was launched by Tun Mahathir,the former Prime Minister, on 13 April 2002. The KL CAT’s city centre check-in facilities and fast connection to the airport have today become necessary conveniences for many travellers.

SPN orders 22 new trains for Kelana Jaya line
By Jimmy Yeow

Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd (SPN) is buying 22 new trains comprising 88 cars with an option for 13 more trains (52 cars) in a multi-million-ringgit deal, as part of the Klang Valley public transport network expansion.

The new trains would be acquired from an internationally backed consortium, according to a statement by SPN on Oct 11 announcing the agreement-signing ceremony scheduled for Oct 13.

When contacted, an SPN official declined to disclose details of the deal. The new train sets are for the Kelana Jaya line, which is the former Putra LRT line.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is expected to witness the signing of the deal. In August, Najib unveiled plans for the extension of the LRT lines in the Klang Valley that include the Kelana Jaya, Seri Petaling and Ampang lines as part of a RM10 billion expansion of the Klang Valley public transport network.

Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd, the company tasked with providing an integrated public transport system in the Klang Valley incorporating rail and bus services, operates the 29km Kelana Jaya line linking Depot Subang to Terminal Putra in Gombak.

The Kelana Jaya line will be extended to Bandar Sunway, Subang Jaya and USJ while the Seri Petaling Line will link Puchong.

The current Kelana Jaya line uses the state-of-the-art driverless system by Advanced Rapid Transit Mark II technology from Canada. It has a proven record of very high performance specification in North America and Europe and is designed to meet the demands of a modern city like Kuala Lumpur.

Najib will also witness the launch of SPN’s new logo and the signing of a corporate diploma programme in Passenger Transport Management with UiTM.

HooorraaayyyY! Finally some good news for RapidKL.

4 car trains will make a huge difference on the KJ line. Now if they can resolve the breakdowns on the KJ lines, then things will be great.

Cheers, m

SO it seems SPNB will buy those coaches from abroad instead of manufacturing them locally as the stated in 2004.But I believe there'll be delays if they do try to produce them locally... :dunno: ...however, I do hope SPNB would someday manufacture LRT coaches locallly when they are ready in the future. :)

SO it seems SPNB will buy those coaches from abroad instead of manufacturing them locally as the stated in 2004.But I believe there'll be delays if they do try to produce them locally... :dunno: ...however, I do hope SPNB would someday manufacture LRT coaches locallly when they are ready in the future. :)The consortium is Bombardier-Hartasuma and about 30% of the components will be assembled locally.

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Cheers, m

http://society.guardian.co.uk/localgovt/story/0,,1886483,00.html

Thisarticle, Going Nowhere Fast, in the Guardian Newspaper, describes traffic congestion in Manchester, UK from 20 years of degreulation and privatization of the industry.

These are the exact same problems being faced in malaysia. The resemblances are striking, just swap the location from Manchester to Penang

Cheers, m

I noticed recently that RapidKL is not running any of the older (white colour) buses in the Subang Jaya area.

So, a good move on their part. Im glad that their fleet is being updated for Subang and USJ.

I rode the latest, newest bus yesterday, on Route 623 (Kelana Jaya LRT feeder bus to Sunway and Subang).

The previous "new" buses that were introduced in September were from Higer (from China).

This latest bus is from another Chinese company, Wuxi An Yuan and the model name is AYVIP.
It is noticably different because the roof Air Conditioner unit is at the front of the bus.

See www.busandcoachinternational.com for more info (the ads for the manufacturer and this webpage are on the backs of all the seats).

Anyways, this bus was fairly comfortable, although the seats are 100% moulded plastic.

Inside it has a GPS system (not operating) as well as a pixel board that has time information, temperature information, and positive messages scrolling repeatedly.

I think that when the GPS is operating, this board will show the route information and information about the next stop and available buses at the next stop.

Cheers, m

Foreign expert to help solve LRT service woes
Monday October 30, 2006
By SIMON KHOO
TheStar


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MAKING HIS MARK: Chan signing a plaque to mark the opening of the Hin Ann Association building in Kuantan.


KUANTAN: A foreign consultant will be appointed soon to conduct a comprehensive audit of the condition of the light rail transit’s rolling stock, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said.

He said the ministry was looking at hiring a consultant from Germany or from another European country which had expertise and vast experience in the field.

“As the minister, I cannot accept the fact that three incidents involving the LRT system had occurred within a period of three months.

“These are no longer isolated incidents although no human casualties were involved,” he said after opening the Hin Ann Association building here yesterday.

On Friday, a coach of the Rapid KL Ampang LRT Line (formerly known as Star-LRT) overshot the end of its track and ended up dangling about 25m above the ground near the Sentul Timur station.

The Kelana Jaya Line (formerly Putra-LRT) also experienced disruption to its services twice over the past three months, leaving thousands of passengers stranded.

Chan said a preliminary report on the latest incident would be submitted to him today.

“I will make the report public as it is a matter of public interest. Action will be taken if human negligence is found to be the cause,” he said, adding that those responsible could be charged under the Railways Act 1991.

Chan said the ministry viewed the matter seriously as it might affect public confidence in the LRT services.

“Let this be a reminder to the operating firms not to take things for granted.

“We will not compromise on the safety aspects,” he said.

Chan said the LRT services would still operate as usual and assured the public that the system was “up and working well.”

“As a responsible government, we must take pro-active measures now and not after a tragedy happens,” he said.

Chan said the Government would still proceed with the expansion plans involving the LRT system as part of the country’s agenda to improve the public transportation system.

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When did RapidKL start painting the STARline trains with the red and black livery?

Cheers, m

ERL sees 10% growth in passenger traffic in ‘07
By Isabelle Francis


Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL) expects a 10% increase in daily passenger volume next year, boosted by higher tourist arrivals in conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year 2007.

Its chief executive officer Aminuddin Adnan said the KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit currently handled 6,000 passengers daily. Tourism Ministry has estimated 20.1 million tourist arrivals next year.

He said the growth would mainly be driven by transit passengers, which currently account for 20% to 30% of the estimated 40,000 passengers arriving at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) daily.




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From left: Aminuddin with Malaysia Airport Holdings Bhd MD Datuk Seri Bashir Ahmad Abdul Majid at the KLIA Ekspres VIP Service
Aminuddin was speaking to reporters in Kuala Lumpur on Dec 4 at ERL’s KLIA Ekspres VIP Service Celebration of New Partnership.

He said ERL’s KLIA Ekspres VIP Service, a door-to-door executive limousine transfer between KLIA and city centre hotels, now receives 1,000 bookings monthly.

The KLIA Ekspres VIP Service hotel partners are JW Marriott, Ritz Carlton, The Westin Kuala Lumpur, The Regent Hotel, Park Royal and Impiana Hotel.

ERL’s shareholders are YTL Corporation Bhd, Lembaga Tabung Haji and Trisilco Equity Sdn Bhd with 50%, 40% and 10% interest, respectively.

ERL Signs On Four More Partner Hotels For KLIA Ekspres VIP Service

December 04, 2006 19:50 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 (Bernama) -- Express Rail Link (ERL), the operator of the KLIA Ekspres and the KLIA Transit high-speed train services, Monday signed on four new partner hotels for its KLIA EKSPRES VIP Service.

They are The Westin Kuala Lumpur, The Regent Kuala Lumpur, Park Royal Kuala Lumpur and Impiana Hotel.

The KLIA Ekspres VIP Service was introduced in August 2004 for KLIA Ekspres customers who would like to have a door-to-door hassle-free high speed train and executive limousine transfer between KLIA and their city centre hotel.

The JW Marriott & The Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur were founding partner hotels of this service.

For a fee of RM100, a passenger arriving in KLIA will be paged and greeted by ERL staff upon arrival at the Baggage Reclaim Hall, assisted with baggage, and escorted all the way onboard the train to KL Sentral by the company's "flying porter" service and transferred to their hotels in a limousine.

ERL Chief Executive Officer Dr Aminuddin Adnan said from a humble start of about 300 passengers a month, the KLIA Ekspres VIP Service has been registering over 1,000 bookings per month now, with many of them repeat customers.

-- BERNAMA

NEW LRT/MONORAIL LINE

the KL Monorail proposal
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compare to the FLKIR RUNDING SDN BHD [:?]

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Hello

The FLKIR RUNDING SDN BHD map in post 242 looks wonderful!!!

Do you know where can I obtain a more "readable" map? this one is very diffcult to read!!!

thank you very much

Guys, great pics of the transit system... either authentic or by our buddies in www.Ktmrailwayfan.com. The Flkir Runding S/B map is, what can i say... Fantastic, but too ahead of time perhaps.

Why not come and lepak in http://transit.vectordesigns.org website, and if possible, provide us whatever latest news or information you know about Malaysia's transport system.

We appreciate your feedback, thank you very much :nuts: