Klang Valley Integrated Transit System

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Klang Valley Integrated Transit System
KL Sentral at Night.jpg
KL Sentral, the largest transit station in Malaysia KTM Komuter Rapid KL Express Rail Link
Overview
Native nameSistem Transit Bersepadu Lembah Klang  (Malay)
LocaleKlang Valley
Transit typeCommuter rail, rapid transit & bus rapid transit
Number of lines16
(11 in operation, 2 under construction and 3 shelved)
Number of stations177 transit stations
Daily ridership671,885 (2019[1])
Annual ridership245,238,163 (2019[1])
for Line 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Operation
Began operation14 August 1995; 26 years ago (1995-08-14)
Operator(s)ERL
KTM
Rapid Rail
Rapid Bus
Technical
System length555.7 km (345 mi)
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) for 1 2 10
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) for 3 4 5 6 7 9
Straddle beam monorail for 8
Fully elevated single carriageway for B1

The Klang Valley Integrated Transit System is an integrated transport network that primarily serves the area of Klang Valley and Greater Kuala Lumpur. The system currently consists of 11 fully operating rail lines; two commuter rail lines, five rapid transit lines, one bus rapid transit line and two airport rail links to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (and its low-cost terminal klia2) and another one to the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport.

History[]

Klang Valley Integrated Transit System Timeline

Initially, different competing companies operated the various transit systems and had developed these rail and bus systems separately and at various times.

As a result, many of these systems did not integrate well with the others, making transferring from system to system inconvenient for passengers.

Aggravated by Kuala Lumpur's poor pedestrian network, moving from one rail system to another often required a lot of walking, stair-climbing, and escalator-use.

The introduction of the integrated ticket for all rail-based systems, the Touch 'n Go cards, helped any passenger transfer seamlessly across all stations and lines in the Klang Valley region.

Integration[]

Since 28 November 2011, the paid areas of shared stations along the Rapid KL system for the Kelana Jaya Line, Ampang Line, and Sri Petaling Line, as well as the KL Monorail from 1 March 2012, have been integrated physically under a common ticketing system, effectively making those stations interchange stations. This enables commuters to transfer between lines the interchange stations without buying a new ticket each time, provided that they do not exit the paid area. This is currently possible at the Titiwangsa, Hang Tuah, Putra Heights, and Masjid Jamek stations. With the addition of the latest rapid transit line on 17 July 2017, the Kajang Line, the integrated system has been expanded to Pasar Seni, Merdeka-Plaza Rakyat, and Maluri stations, and to USJ 7 station with the launching of the BRT Sunway Line.

The Touch 'n Go stored value fare card is accepted as a mode of payment on the Rapid Bus system, LRT, MRT, BRT, and monorail lines, as well as the KTM Komuter, easing the hassle of buying separate tickets for travelling on different networks. However, the fare integration for the Rapid KL system does not include other rail systems such as KTM Komuter and Express Rail Link.

Rapid Rail, the operator of the LRT, MRT, monorail, BRT lines, and Rapid Bus (which covers about 70% of the Klang Valley's bus network), has launched a daily bus ticket which costs as low as RM1, and an integrated transit daily pass which can be used on both its rail and bus services costing RM7.

System network[]

See also: List of rail transit stations in Klang Valley
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Railway lines around Klang Valley

The KTM Komuter, a commuter rail service, was introduced in 1995 as the first rail transit system to provide local rail services in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley suburban areas.[citation needed] Light rapid transit (LRT) lines and monorail line were introduced later on to serve the urban Kuala Lumpur area and its satellite towns. (i.e. Ampang, Petaling Jaya, Gombak, etc) The mass rapid transit (MRT) lines aims to connect the outskirts of the Klang Valley (i.e. Sungai Buloh, Putrajaya, Kajang) with the city centre. Malaysia's first bus rapid transit (BRT) line was introduced to ease pedestrian traffic in Bandar Sunway, a thriving leisure and entertainment township in Subang Jaya. 3 airport rail links connect the city centre with the 3 major airports of the Klang Valley, two to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) and klia2, and one to the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang.

Line Number Line Name Began Operation Last Extension Terminus Stations Length
(km) 		System Depots Operator
1 Seremban Line 14 August 1995 August 2010[note 1] Batu Caves Pulau Sebang/Tampin 26 135.6 Commuter rail
(S-train)		 • Sentul
• Seremban		 KTM
2 Port Klang Line 14 August 1995 12 July 2016[note 2] Tanjung Malim Port Klang 34 127.5 Commuter rail
(S-train)		 • Sentul
• Seremban		 KTM
3 Ampang Line 16 December 1996 6 December 1998 Sentul Timur Ampang 18 15 Light metro • Ampang
• Kuala Sungai Baru		 Rapid Rail
4 Sri Petaling Line 16 December 1996 1 December 2016 Sentul Timur Putra Heights 29 37.6 Light metro Rapid Rail
5 Kelana Jaya Line 1 September 1998 30 June 2016 Gombak Putra Heights 37 46.4[2] Light metro • Subang Rapid Rail
6 KLIA Ekspres 14 April 2002 1 May 2014 KL Sentral klia2 3 59.1 Express Airport rail link • Salak Tinggi ERL
7 KLIA Transit 14 April 2002 1 May 2014 KL Sentral klia2 6 59.1 Airport rail link • Salak Tinggi ERL
8 KL Monorail 31 August 2003 - KL Sentral Titiwangsa 11 8.6[3] Monorail • Brickfields Rapid Rail
9 Kajang Line 16 December 2016 17 July 2017 Sungai Buloh Kajang 31 51[4] Rapid transit • Sungai Buloh
• Kajang		 Rapid Rail
10 Skypark Link 1 May 2018[note 3] - KL Sentral Terminal Skypark 3 24.5 Airport rail link (Limited express) • Sentul KTM
B1 BRT Sunway Line 2 June 2015 - Sunway-Setia Jaya USJ 7 7 5.6 Bus rapid transit • Sunway Rapid Bus
Total 177[note 4] 502.3

Proposed and Future lines[]

Klang Valley Integrated Transit System Map that include proposed and current lines

The construction for the second MRT line, the Putrajaya Line was started in November 2015.[5] The fourth LRT line, the Shah Alam Line is also under the construction phase.[6] The construction of the third MRT line, the Circle Line is expected to commence by 2022.[7]

Line Number Line Name Stations Length Status Planned Opening Terminus
11 Shah Alam Line 25 37 km Under Construction 28 February 2024  SBK09   JS01 
Bandar Utama 		 JS26 
Johan Setia
12 Putrajaya Line 37 52.2 km Phase 1: November 2021  SBK04   PY01 
Kwasa Damansara 		 KC03   PY13 
Kampung Batu
Phase 2: January 2023  PY14 
Kentonmen 		 KT3   PY41 
Putrajaya Sentral
13 Circle Line 31 51.31 km Pre-construction phase[8] Phase 1: 2027  CC01   SBK12A  Bukit Kiara  CC31  PPUM
14 Putrajaya Monorail 8 TBA Under planning for new proposed LRT line[9][10] TBA  KB06   SBK35 
Kajang 		Bandar Cyberjaya
B2 BRT Federal Line 24 32.52 km Shelved on 28 November 2017 N/A  KJ14   SBK16   FB01 
Pasar Seni 		 KD14   JS20   FB24 
Klang

Fleet[]

Code Name Formation In service
On order 		EMU/Fleet Manufacturers
1 Seremban Line 6 carriage EMU 37 trainsets (222 car) KTM Class 92 China CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive
2 Port Klang Line
3 Ampang Line 6 carriage LRV 50 trainsets (300 car) CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive LRV "AMY" China CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive
4 Sri Petaling Line
5 Kelana Jaya Line 2 carriage EMU 35 trainsets (70 car) Bombardier Innovia Metro Canada Bombardier
4 carriage EMU 49 trainsets (196 car)
27 trainsets (108 car) 		*Consortium
Canada Bombardier / Malaysia Hartasuma
6 KLIA Ekspres 4 carriage EMU 8 trainsets (32 car) Siemens Desiro ET 425 M Germany Siemens AG
2 trainsets (8 car) CRRC Changchun "Equator EMU" China CRRC Changchun
7 KLIA Transit 4 carriage EMU 4 trainsets (16 car) Siemens Desiro ET 425 M Germany Siemens AG
4 trainsets (16 car) CRRC Changchun "Equator EMU" China CRRC Changchun
8 KL Monorail 2 carriage EMU 12 trainsets (24 car) MTrans Monorail Malaysia Scomi Rail
4 carriage EMU 6 trainsets (24 car) Scomi SUTRA
9 Kajang Line 4 carriage EMU 58 trainsets (232 car) Siemens Inspiro "The Guiding Light" *Consortium
Germany Siemens / China CRRC Nanjing Puzhen / Malaysia SMH Rail
10 Skypark Link 3 carriage EMU 4 trainsets (12 car) KTM Class 83 South Korea Hyundai Precision / Japan Marubeni
11 Shah Alam Line 3 carriage LRV 22 trainsets (66 car) CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive LRV *Consortium
China CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive / China Siemens Ltd China / Malaysia Tegap Dinamik
12 Putrajaya Line 4 carriage EMU 49 trainsets (196 car) Hyundai Rotem EMU *Consortium
South Korea Hyundai Rotem / Malaysia Apex Communications / South Korea POSCO Engineering
B1 BRT Sunway Line Single-deck bus 15 battery run-electric bus BYD K9 China BYD Auto

Gallery[]

  • A KTM Class 92 EMU at Kuala Lumpur railway station 12

  • Seremban station 1

  • Rawang station 2

Notes[]

  1. ^ Batu Caves branch line formerly under Port Klang Line
  2. ^ Trian service of Port Klang Line extend to Tanjung Malim
  3. ^ Use the same KTM track for Subang Jaya-KL Sentral section
  4. ^ Counting interchange stations (direct and connecting) only once.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Statistik Rel 2019" (PDF). Ministry of Transport (Malaysia). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Kelana Jaya Line". Prasarana Malaysia. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  3. ^ "KL Monorail Line". Syarikat Prasarana Negara. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  4. ^ Razak Ahmad, Hemananthani Sivanandam (17 July 2017). "Najib launches Phase 2 of Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT line". The Star.
  5. ^ Brenda Ch'ng (3 December 2014). "Building of new MRT second line to begin next November - Community | The Star Online". Thestar.com.my. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  6. ^ Ali, Sharidan M (13 December 2014). "Prasarana to roll out LRT 3 projects by second half of 2015 - Business News | The Star Online". Thestar.com.my. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  7. ^ "MASS RAPID TRANSIT LINE 3: CIRCLE LINE - DRAFT". Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  8. ^ "MRT Line 3: Circle Line - Environmental Impact Assessment & Strategic Impact Assessment Letter to KL Mayor". Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Kajang-Putrajaya rail link may be revived | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my.
  10. ^ Sulaiman, Noor Atiqah (19 April 2019). "Monorail project in Putrajaya to go on". NST Online.

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