KUALA LUMPUR | Public Transport

[nazrey]

Originally Posted by johan is

New KTM Komuter

- RAIL commuters can expect better service by March once KTM Bhd rolls out 13 new six-car trains for its KTM Komuter service.
- The new SCS will serve these routes: Seremban-Rawang-Seremban, Batu Caves- Pelabuhan Klang-Batu Caves, Rawang-Tanjung Malim-Rawang, and Seremban-Sungai Gadut-Seremban.
- Shorter wait periods from the current 30 minutes to 15 minutes during peak hours.
- The new trains can accommodate 1,000 passengers per trip compared with 300 on existing trains.
- KTM Bhd president Dr Aminuddin Adnan believed the introduction of the 38 SCS by next year would boost the train commuter services industry. There are 25 trains currently in operation.
- Expect the intervals to go down to 10 minutes between each trip when we have 63 trains in operation by the end of June.

http://www.nst.com.my/local/general/...#ixzz1hqUqhSrR

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http://www.myrapid.com.my/rail/routes

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LRT Extension alignment

Kelana Jaya line

Station 1, 2 and 3


Station 3 and 4


Station 4 and 5


Station 5 and 6


Station 6 and 7


Station 7 and 8


Station 8 and 9


Station 9 and 10


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Station 11 and 12


Station 12 and 13 (final)


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Station design

Kelana Jaya line extension



Ampang line extension

Side platform


Island platform


Sungai Buloh-Kajang line (first heavy capacity urban rail line in Kuala Lumpur)

[TWK90]

Construction progress update

LRT Extension

Ampang line extension














Kelana Jaya line extension

[mkmoey13]

In November last year, SPAD came up with their masterplan for Klang Valley's public transport. Sungai Buloh Kajang Line is OK, MRT circle line seems ok, but there are other lines that they may have simply drawn without much thought. I got more comments here.

[TWK90]

From ERL extension to KLIA2 public display at KL Sentral

This is the information of the ERL extension to KLIA2, with proposed fare and design of the KLIA2 ERL station. It is an extension of current airport rail link from existing Kuala Lumpur International Airport terminal to future low cost carrier terminal which will be known as KLIA2.

The distance between KL Sentral (transport hub in Kuala Lumpur) and the KLIA 2 will be 59 km. It is scheduled to be completed in October 2012.

[nazrey]

Originally Posted by nazrey

Ampang Line
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Hang Tuah LRT Station by Shockerz bugs, on Flickr

Kelana Jaya Line
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Originally Posted by nazrey

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A walk around old KL by yewenyi, on Flickr
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Monorail by mikecogh, on Flickr

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KL Monorail by suneelpervez, on Flickr

LRT, monorail fully integrated
By NICHOLAS CHENG 01 March 2012 | last updated at 02:11pm
http://www.nst.com.my/local/general/...#ixzz1ns8vKcxA



The MyRapidCard allows commuters to add value to the card
at ticketing vending machines. Pic by Aizuddin Saad

KUALA LUMPUR: KUALA LUMPUR: LIGHT Rail Transit and monorail networks will begin operating today as full integrated stations, allowing commuters to use a single ticketing system when travelling between the two networks.

Prasarana Rail Division group director Khairani Mohamed said this was the second phase of Prasarana's Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) system.

"The LRT for the Ampang and Kelana Jaya lines, and KL Monorail will be fully integrated, starting today (yesterday). People can enjoy the convenience of changing lines within the integrated stations and exiting only at their final destination."

Khairani said the move will effectively upgrade the Hang Tuah and Titiwangsa stations as integrated platforms for the KL Monorail and Ampang LRT.

Masjid Jamek will serve as the integrated station for the LRT lines between Ampang and Kelana Jaya.

While integration works for the Hang Tuah and Titiwangsa stations have been completed, Khairani said there would still be on-going construction work at both sites.

"These are purely renovation works," he said.

Launched in November last year, the first phase of the AFC integrated ticketing system successfully linked the Ampang and Kelana Jaya LRT lines with Masjid Jamek as the integrated station.

Under the AFC system, the old Stored Value Ticket (SVT) was rebranded as MyRapidCard.

MyRapidCard allows commuters to add value in the cards at ticketing vending machines (TVMs). Commuters can also purchase single journey tokens at the TVMs.

The new AFC system also allows the usage of Touch 'n Go cards to commute within its network.

[TWK90]

RapidKL to officially launch its bus fleet tracking system

Source : http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2012/03/0...rapidkls-buses/







Key points

- RapidKL has set up bus fleet tracking system for all of its 1,450 buses

- Fully operational by mid-April

- It will monitor bus drivers, as well as telling passengers when their next bus was going to arrive

- First phase, 59 LED panels will be installed

- The system is accurate even if the bus is in traffic congestion, because the GPS will calculate it

- GPS unit is installed inside each bus, hidden from view from passengers and driver

- The GPS unit is assisted by GPRS mobile connection, it can tell where exactly the bus was, as well as the name of bus driver and the speed of the bus

- Information would be sent to RapidKL bus control centre in Jalan Kelang Lama

- The control centre is manned by 9 persons, 18 hours a day

[nazrey]

KUALA LUMPUR: Current lines as of March 2012
TOTAL: 278.6 km, 115 stations
http://www.spad.gov.my/images/stories/urdp.pdf

Originally Posted by nazrey

Kuala Lumpur
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KTM Komuter - 157 km, 50 stations
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MyKomuter (NEW)



Rapid KL LRT1 (Ampang Line) - 25km, 25 stations
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Rapid KL LRT2 (Kelana Jaya Line) - 29km, 25 stations
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KL Monorail - 8.6km, 11 stations
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ERL - 57km, 5 stations
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UNDER CONSTRUCTIONS
TOTAL: 87.84 km
- MRT 1 (Sungai Buloh-Kajang) 51km
- LRT Ampang line extension (Sri Petaling-Putra Heights) 17.7km
- LRT Kelana Jaya line extension (Kelana Jaya-Putra Heights) 17km
- ERL extension (KLIA-KLIA2) 2.14 km

Originally Posted by nazrey

http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story...0&sec=business

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- Part of where the Sungai Buloh-Kajang line will run near Kota Damansara. — Picture by Choo Choy May
- Work begins: The Semantan station marks the start of the 9.5km MRT underground route which would resurface at the Maluri Station.

http://www.kliaekspres.com/erlsb/Por...IA2Leaflet.pdf


http://thestar.com.my/archives/edito...0119165054.jpg

[nazrey]

MRT developer engages project delivery partner
By FAZLEENA AZIZ Saturday March 3, 2012
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.as...36&sec=central



Under way: Construction progress for the Cochrane MRT Station.

[nazrey]

Originally Posted by nazrey

The first six car set (SCS) train
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KTM Komuter to add 10 new trains this month
Monday March 5, 2012
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp...173&sec=nation

PUTRAJAYA: Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) will be adding 10 new six-car train sets to its KTM Komuter line-up of train fleets this month.

Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha said the new trains would alleviate the congestion on-board the current trains, which were running beyond capacity.

He said the new trains would be able to transport 1,000 passengers at any one time.

The additional trains scheduled for the KTM Komuter service is in tandem with work to build over 6,000 new parking bays across 18 Light Rail Transit (LRT) and KTM Komuter stations in Klang Valley to better facilitate commuters with private vehicles.

He said this exercise would contribute to the Government’s aspiration to increase public transport ridership in the Klang Valley to 25% by the end of the year.

Kong also said his ministry was looking into providing incentives to passengers who use the KTM Komuter, particularly the handicapped, senior citizens and students to lighten their burden of transportation cost.

The initiatives to improve the commuter experience on the LRT and KTM Komuter services fall under the GTP’s Urban Public Transport NKRA, which aims to increase the ridership of public transport in the Klang Valley.

[nazrey]

Originally Posted by nazrey

LRT EXTENSION - GREATER KUALA LUMPUR
- Ampang line extension (Sri Petaling - Putra Heights)
- Kelana Jaya line extension (Kelana Jaya - Putra Heights)

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http://www.lrtextension.com/index.ph...id=127&lang=en

Construction progress update
Photos by TWK90
Ampang line extension






Kelana Jaya line extension

LRT extension project begins in full force
By CHOONG MEK ZHIN Tuesday March 6, 2012
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.as...95&sec=central


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CONSTRUCTION works on the LRT Line Extension Project (LEP) that will serve an additional half a million commuters upon completion has started in full force with the lifting of the first set of segmental box girders (SBG) along the Kelana Jaya line yesterday.

The event was witnessed by asset and project owner Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana), Department of Occupational Safety andHealth (DOSH), project consultant Opus Ace Vector and main contractors Trans Resources Corporation and Sunway Construction for the Kelana Jaya Line and Bina Puri Holdings and MRCB for the Ampang Line.

“This project began some two years ago and we had to overcome many challenges to arrive to this day.

“Among the problems we faced involved land acquisition, resident issues that dealt mostly with the alignment and other issus with the local authorities,” Prasarana group managing director Datuk Shahril Mokhtar said.

He said currently the progress of the project stands at 30% and contracts worth over RM4.5bil has already been awarded.

“The remaining four work packages that is worth RM2.5bil will be awarded in the next two months,” he added.

The four packages are for the Ampang line and supply of the Light Rail Vehicle, construction of Station 12, supply and management of the access card and the engineering procurement construction.

Shahril said the additional 10 stations on the Ampang Line and 12 stations on the Kelana Jaya line along 34.7km of elevated tracks will serve an additional half a million passengers daily in addition to the existing 300,000 that use the current two lines.

These tracks will be built on 14,692 SBGs, that weigh roughly 25 tonnes a piece, and placed on top of 1,270 columns.

In addition to the stations that will be built, an integrated station will be constructed at Putra Heights where the Ampang and Kelana Jaya Lines will meet as well as two provisional stations along the Ampang line.

Shahril said the project will provide some 8,000 to 10,000 job opportunities.

“The total project construction cost was RM7bil,” he added.

The project is due to be completed by the end of 2014.

[nazrey]

http://ktmkomuter.com.my/scs/index.php

Originally Posted by nazrey

New KTM Komuter trains launched
Updated: Thursday March 8, 2012 MYT 6:25:17 PM
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp...557&sec=nation

KUALA LUMPUR: Under the National Key Result Area (NKRA) policy, the Government wants the use of public transport in the Klang Valley to reach 25% or 600,000 passengers during peak hours, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

He said the initiative to enhance the national public transport (NKRA-UPT) had begun two years ago, and for the comfort of the people, the Barisan Nasional government had invested RM1.9bil to acquire 38 sets of sophisticated MyKomuter trains which would be absorbed into the KTMB services in stages.

Muhyiddin said this initiative would not stop at the Klang Valley but would be extended throughout the country.

"To date, the Malaysian government has received 16 sets of MyKomuter from China, where four of them had already undergone stringent safety tests under the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) while the remaining 12 trains are undergoing tests and commissioning," he said in his speech when launching the MyKomuter set which began operations from KL Sentral Thursday.

All these trains had passed the stringent standards set by the international commissioning agency, namely the TUV (Technical Inspection Association), he said.

Members of the public using the MyKomuter service would receive free coupons to board the train worth RM2 which could be used for a six-month period, he said.

KTMB will also provide a 50% discount for the purchase of weekly tickets, and free transport for students wearing uniforms, the handicapped, and senior citizens for six months.

"Continuous efforts by the Transport Ministry, particularly the NKRA Unit and the KTMB in raising the quality of public amenities, especially the railway, reflects the continued concern of the Government on the importance of public transport in the country," he said.

He said that the use of KTM Komuter during peak hours had reached 1.4 times the passenger capacity limit as the commuter coach could only carry 150 passengers but now it had to carry 200 passengers at any given time.

"This causes discomfort to the passengers and also resulted in several other problems cropping up including maintenance, delays in scheduling and the cancellation of services. As a result, consumers chose to opt for their private vehicles as the mode of transport for daily tasks especially during the peak hours between 7am and 9am," he said. - Bernama

Originally Posted by nazrey

New coaches more spacious with latest high-tech gadgets
By ISABELLE LAI Wednesday March 7, 2012
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp...360&sec=nation



Helpful feature: The new trains will be equipped with
an LCD screen notification system. — AZHAR MAHFOF / The Star.

KTM to introduce six-car-set train service
06 March 2012 | last updated at 08:02pm
http://www.nst.com.my/top-news/ktm-t...ursday-1.56581



trains also had improved safety The six-car-set trains has three closed-circuit
television cameras in each coach. -- Pix by Effendy Rashid

KUALA LUMPUR: The public using the KTM Komuter will enjoy better service when four units of six-car-set (SCS) trains owned by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) start operating this weekend.

KTMB corporate communications unit senior manager, Mohd Fazil Ismail said the SCS train was capable of carrying up to 1,100 commuters one-way compared to 400 with the existing sets.

"A key issue for public complaints against the KTM Komuter service is the delay problem and long waiting period. But we (KTM) believe that with the introduction of the SCS train, all these problems will be overcome," he said.
According to him, KTMB would have 38 sets of SCS trains and to date, 16 sets had been received while the remaining 22 would be acquired in stages until June this year.
He was speaking to reporters who were brought to experience the SCS train ride on the KL Sentral-Kajang-KL Sentral route.
He said the SCS train service had cost RM1.894 billion, with each set worth RM49 million.

The service, expected to be launched by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin this Thursday, is part of the National Key Result Area (NKRA) programme to improve the quality of urban transport services.

Fazil said KTMB also planned to implement the schedule of arrival every 10 minutes during peak hours when all 38 sets of SCS trains had been acquired.
"Our target is to reduce the waiting period. For April and May, the targeted waiting time is 15 minutes and for June, 10 minutes when all the 38 sets have been obtained.

"The number of passengers is also expected to increase to 200,000 daily when the service has improved."

Fazil said the SCS trains made by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Company (ZELC) of China came with several special features such as a more ergonomic seating and standing space, three lines of hand rail for standing commuters and more comfortable space for disabled persons.

He said the trains also had improved safety features such as three closed-circuit television cameras in each coach, stairs to disembark in emergency situations and a better ventilation system. -- BERNAMA

[nazrey]

Kelana Jaya line extension (Kelana Jaya - Putra Heights) 17.7 km

Originally Posted by sam79

Today Progress

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[nazrey]

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[nazrey]

Originally Posted by nazrey

KL monorail fleet expansion project to double passenger capacity
16 January 2012 | last updated at 11:15pm By Nuradzimmah Daim
http://www.nst.com.my/streets/centra...pacity-1.32746

KUALA LUMPUR: The upgrading works on the KL monorail stations is 27 per cent completed.

Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd's media affairs manager Azhar Ghazali said the upgrading of Medan Tuanku, Imbi, and Raja Chulan stations, which is part of the fleet expansion project, commenced last September.

"Work at the Tun Sambathan, Maharajalela and KL Sentral stations started last November, while work on remaining five stations started in October last year.

"The stations need to be upgraded to cater for the four-car trains due to the increased ridership.

"Traffic and announcement signages including flagmen, blinkers and notices have been put in place to facilitate traffic flow and public safety," he said, adding that the upgrade works are expected to be completed in July next year.

On the design of the new monorail cars which was posted online by Transit (The Association For The Improvement Of Mass Transit) on its website, he said the matter is being looked into.

Transit posted pictures of the new four-car train in two different schemes -- blue and red, with green coloured passenger seats.

It was reported that the project would improve services by increasing the capacity of the trains and improve safety on station platforms.

Scomi Rail Bhd was awarded the RM494 million project for 12 new four-car trains.

The first four trains are expected to start operations on Nov 15.

The new trains will double the capacity of the KL monorail line to 6,400 passengers per hour per direction.

KL Monorail is currently using 12 two-car trains which can accommodate about 200 people per trip and has a daily ridership of 70,000.

The two-car trains are running at 35 per cent over capacity and the ridership is projected to increase.

The upgrade plan will include the installation of automated gates on the platform of the monorail stations which would only open when the train arrives.

KUALA LUMPUR: RapidKL Ticketing Integration - Monorail AFC Gates Installations/Platform Extension works

Originally Posted by mrtfreak

Screen grabs from the upgrade video on Scomi website.


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Originally Posted by bukhrin

Groundwork at Imbi Station, noticed the support column base





Bukit Bintang Station



Titawangsa Station

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Latest updates on MRT progress: Sg. Buloh - Kajang Line

Originally Posted by sam79

Construction Update





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[nazrey]

Rail-based Projects
[2012] KL Monorail Stations and Fleet Renewal Expansion Project
[2012] Renewal of KTM Komuter Electric-Train Fleet
[2012] Major Expansion, Integration and Upgrade Works of LRT/Monorail Stations
[2014] Rail Integration with New North-bound Transportation Hub in Gombak

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IMG_4128 by Brian Ping, on Flickr


http://www.ktmkomuter.com.my/scs/index.php#here

[mrtfreak]

Thanks for the updates. Didn't know so much information was posted here recently.

[nazrey]

Kelana Jaya Line
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