Putrajaya line

Putrajaya Line
4-coach Hyundai Rotem EMU rolling stock during a test run, often referred to as "Ducky"
Overview
Native name	MRT Laluan Putrajaya
Status	Under construction 95.33% as of 31 October 2021
Owner	MRT Corp
Line number	12 (Yellow)
Locale	Klang Valley
Termini	PY01  Kwasa Damansara  PY13  Kampung Batu (Phase 1)  PY41  Putrajaya Sentral (Phase 2)
Stations	34[1][Note 1]
Website	mymrt.com.my
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Rapid KL
Services	Sungai Buloh – Kuala Lumpur – Serdang – Putrajaya
Operator(s)	Rapid Rail
Depot(s)	Sungai Buloh Depot Serdang Depot
Rolling stock	49 Hyundai Rotem four-car trainsets (wide profile)
History
Planned opening	Phase 1: Q2 2022 Kwasa Damansara – Kampung Batu Phase 2: January 2023; 1 year's time (2023-01) Kampung Batu – Putrajaya Sentral
Technical
Line length	57.7 km (35.9 mi) start from Kwasa Damansara 52.2 km (32.4 mi) Elevated: 38.75 km (24.08 mi) Underground: 13.5 km (8.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail, 750 VDC
Conduction system	Automated and driverless
Route map Legend to Kajang KG04/PY01 Kwasa Damansara 9 Sungai Buloh Depot KG03/PY02 (provisional station) KG02/PY03 Kampung Selamat KG01/PY04 Sungai Buloh 2 MRT1 Phase 1: operational MRT2 Phase 1: opening March 2022 PY05 Damansara Damai PY06 Sri Damansara Barat PY07 Sri Damansara Sentral PY08 Sri Damansara Timur 2 PY09 Metro Prima PY10 Kepong Baru PY11 Jinjang PY12 Sri Delima PY13 Kampung Batu 1 MRT2 Phase 1: opening March 2022 MRT2 Phase 2: opening January 2023 PY14 Kentonmen PY15 Jalan Ipoh PY16 Sentul Barat 13 PY17 Titiwangsa 3 4 8 PY18 Hospital Kuala Lumpur PY19 Raja Uda PY20 Ampang Park 5 PY21 Persiaran KLCC PY22 Conlay PY23 Tun Razak Exchange 9 PY24 Chan Sow Lin 3 4 PY25 Bandar Malaysia Utara (future station) PY26 Bandar Malaysia Selatan  ETS   HSR  ( future station) 1 7 13 PY27 Kuchai PY28 Taman Naga Emas PY29 Sungai Besi 4 PY30 (future station) 1 PY31 Serdang Raya Utara PY32 Serdang Raya Selatan PY33 Serdang Jaya PY34 UPM Serdang Depot PY35 Taman Universiti (future station) PT36 Taman Equine PY37 Putra Permai PY38 16 Sierra PY39 Cyberjaya Utara PY40 Cyberjaya City Centre 14 PY41 Putrajaya Sentral  ECR  7 14 Interchange stations integrated paid area single fare trip non-integrated paid area multiple fare trips rapid transit commuter rail This diagram: view talk

Route of Putrajaya line

The MRT Putrajaya Line or MRT 2, previously known as the Sungai Buloh–Serdang–Putrajaya Line (SSP Line), will be the twelfth rail transit line, the second Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line, and the fourth fully automated and driverless rail system in the Klang Valley area. It is a part of the larger rail transport system in Kuala Lumpur known as the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System. The line is numbered 12 and coloured yellow on official transit maps.

It is one of three planned mass rapid transit (MRT) rail lines under the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Project by MRT Corp. Phase 1 operations of the line between Kwasa Damansara and Kampung Batu stations is scheduled to be operational by March 2022.^[2] The remaining line is expected to be operational in January 2023.^[3][4]

The approved rail alignment is 52.2 km in length, of which 13.5 km is underground. A total of 37 stations, 11 of them underground, will be built. The line will stretch from Sungai Buloh to Putrajaya and will include densely populated areas Sri Damansara, Kepong, Batu, Jalan Ipoh, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, Jalan Tun Razak, KLCC, Tun Razak Exchange, Kuchai Lama, Seri Kembangan and Cyberjaya. It is expected to have a ridership of 533,000 passengers per day once completed.

The only half-sunken Jalan Ipoh MRT station along with its pedestrian bridge in the background

Chronology[]

 KG04  PY01  Kwasa Damansara cross-platform interchange station between Kajang Line and the Putrajaya Line line will commence in 2022.

 KG04  PY01  Kwasa Damansara station Level 2 island platform

 KG04  PY01  Kwasa Damansara level and platform signage, showing platforms 3 and 4 dedicated for the Putrajaya Line

 KG20  PY23  Tun Razak Exchange station's Putrajaya Line future platform

• 13 October 2014 – The 2nd MRT line is now planned to be from Sungai Buloh, Selayang to Pandan;^[5] instead of from Kuala Lumpur to Port Klang.^[6][7][8]
• 3 December 2014 – During a briefing of the 1st MRT line, the MRT CEO revealed more details about the 2nd line. He had said that the line will be 59.5 km long with 49.3 km will be elevated and 10.2 km will be underground. There will be 40 stations where 31 will be elevated and 9 will be underground. Construction is expected to begin by November 2015 will approval and public discussion starts in early 2015.^[9][10]
• 12 February 2015 – MRT Corp prepares tender for MRT2, project display in Q2.^[11]
• 16 March 2015 – MRT2 from Sungai Buloh to Putrajaya has been approved by the Federal government.^[12] The project was allocated RM23 billion in the Budget 2015.^[13]
• 2 April 2015 – New alignment for MRT2 proposed.^[14] The alignment south of Tun Razak Exchange was then altered drastically to provide connectivity with the proposed High Speed Rail project. With this revision, the line stands at 52.2 km long with a total of 36 stations. Of these, 11 are underground while 25 are elevated.
• 22 April 2015 – Department of Environment (DOE)'s Detailed Environment Impact Assessment (DEIA) for the MRT2 is available for download from their website.
• 14 May 2015 – Details of MRT2 project on public display start on 15 May 2015. The public can visit the SPAD office, MRT Corp offices, Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Selayang Municipal Council and Petaling Jaya City Council, with roadshows, primarily at shopping malls near the MRT2 alignment.^[15]
• 12 August 2016 – On the MRT2 project, the groundbreaking ceremony was expected to be held at end of the month of August 2016 or early September 2016.^[16]
• 15 September 2016 – Construction on the MRT line launched with a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future Putrajaya Sentral MRT station by former Prime Minister Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak.^[17]
• 31 March 2017 – The line is 5.3% completed.^[18]
• 24 May 2017 – 7.5% of the line was completed. For the elevated section, progress of the first and second packages are at 20.9% and 10.3% respectively with increased works being seen from Jalan Kuala Selangor to Jalan Kepong. Whereas for underground works, the work progress was at 8.7%.^[19]
• June 2017 – The line is 10.25% completed, based on the video released by MRT Corp in 18 December 2017.
• 5 September 2017 – The line has reached the completion of 12.05% and expected to reach 19% by the end of 2017. The underground works will commence by the first quarter of 2018 with the arrival of 2 Tunnel Boring Machine (TBMs) within 2–3 weeks and another 2 of them by early next year.^[20][21]
• 26 September 2017 – The project director Datuk Amiruddin Ma’aris mentioned the line is currently achieved completion of 13.70%.^[22]
• 28 September 2017 – According to the MRT Corp director of underground works for the MRT line, Blaise Mark Pearce, 23% of the underground works for the MRT line were expected to be completed by the end of 2017.^[23]
• 10 October 2017 – An explosion has occurred at the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station construction site in Bandar Malaysia. According to the police, it was believed that the explosion happened because of an old unexploded bomb from the Second World War through the initial investigation. Three Bangladesh workers were seriously injured and two of them lost their legs while another suffered injuries on the hands and legs.^[24]
• 13 October 2017 – Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) has won the prestigious “Be Inspired Awards 2017” for its use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the construction of the MRT line.^[25]
• 13 November 2017 – The first Tunnel Boring Machine arrived in Port Klang and delivered to site. The rest are expected to arrive in coming weeks.^[26]
• 18 December 2017 – MRT Corp released a video describing the progress of the MRT line from 2016 to 2017 in YouTube. The progress is described in packages. The progress statistics are: 23.68%, 15.43%, 9.05%, 10.32%, 35.31% and 11.51% respectively for packages V201, V202, V203, V210, Serdang Depot and underground.^[27]
• 1 January 2018 – Malaysia's 1st shopping mall, Ampang Park, is officially ceased its operation in order to make way to the construction of the Ampang Park station under such line.
• 18 February 2018 – The line has achieved 21% completion. The final Tunnel Boring Machine for the MRT line is expected to be launched by mid-2019.^[28]
• 1 March 2018 – Underground works commenced with the first Tunnel Boring Machine. The launching is done at the shaft located at the Bandar Malaysia North MRT station. The line has achieved 22% completion according to the CEO of the MRT Corp, Datuk Seri Shahril Mokhtar.^[29]
• 3 March 2018 – A construction worker died while two others survived when a launching gantry at an MRT construction site in Jalan Jinjang (Work Package V203), collapsed at around 11:40pm.^[30]
• 23 April 2018 – The Director of Strategic Communications and Stakeholder Relations from MRT Corp, Dato' Najmuddin Abdullah, says the line is now completed at the progress of more than 24%.^[31]
• June 2018 – The line is 30% completed, based on the video released by MRT Corp in 9 December 2018.
• 11 July 2018 – The line was close to 30% complete as at early July, according to the project director Datuk Amiruddin Ma’aris.^[32]
• 8 October 2018 – The Finance Minister, Lim Guan Eng announced the decision to change the project structure as well as terminate the contract from MMC-Gamuda and re-tender the unfinished underground portion of the project by an open tender process, due to the fact the Federal Government and MMC-Gamuda have failed to reach an agreement relating to the underground portion of the construction project. This decision had caused a lot of protests from MMC-Gamuda and workers due to the fact that some 20,000 workers tend to lose their job.^[33][34]
• 9 October 2018 – The shares of MMC and Gamuda fell due to the government's decision to terminate the underground section project.^[35]
• 10 October 2018 – The Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad told the press that the decision to cancel the contract from MMC-Gamuda for the underground portion will be reconsidered.^[36]
• 11 October 2018 – The Economic Affairs' Minister, Dato' Seri Azmin Ali confirmed that the Cabinet has set up a committee to review the underground contract that was awarded to MMC-Gamuda for the project. According to the source, the four members of the committee are Minister of Finance Lim Guan Eng, Minister of Works Baru Bian, Transport Minister Anthony Loke and Economic Affairs Minister Azmin Ali.^[37]
• 17 October 2018 – The Finance Minister, Lim Guan Eng said the decision to terminate the contract was Cabinet's decision.^[34]
• 26 October 2018 – Due to budget concerns, and a re-tender, construction costs proposed by MMC-Gamuda is about half what it was previously. The two Bandar Malaysia Stations have also been cancelled. The cost for construction of the underground portion is now RM13.11 billion. This brought to the entire cost for this project to be RM30.53 billion from the RM39.35 billion previously. This means MMC-Gamuda now secured the contract of the underground section and allowed to continue the construction.^[38][39]
• 13 November 2018 – Three MRT stations from the MRT Kajang Line (Sungai Buloh, Kampung Selamat and Kwasa Damansara) closed for two days to accommodate the first migration system works of the line.
• 9 December 2018 – MRT Corp released another video describing the progress of the MRT line from 2017 to 2018 in YouTube. The progress is described in packages. The progress for all packages have been mentioned. Package V201 achieved the highest progress with 45.7% whilst package V206 achieve the lowest progress with 13.1%. Underground section had the progress with 33.3%.^[40]
• 24 January 2019 – The first batch of carriages for the two sets of trains have arrived at Westport, Port Klang.
• 29 January 2019 – First TBM breakthrough happened at Chan Sow Lin station. The TBM was bored between Bandar Malaysia North and Chan Sow Lin. MRT Corp Sdn Bhd strategic communications and stakeholder relations director, Datuk Najmuddin Abdullah said the overall construction was on track with a 41% completion rate as of December 2018.^[41]
• 9 March 2019 – Three MRT stations from the MRT Kajang Line (Sungai Buloh, Kampung Selamat and Kwasa Damansara) closed again for two days to accommodate the second migration system works of the line.^[42]
• 15 March 2019 – Second TBM breakthrough at Chan Sow Lin station based on the Instagram source from Datuk Najmuddin Abdullah.^[43]
• 15 March 2019 – Ninth and final TBM breakthrough of the year at Ampang Park station.^[44]
• 17 January 2020 – MRT is 70% completed with expected completion date for Phase 2 delayed to January 2023.^[45]
• 31 October 2020 – MRT Putrajaya Line construction is 82.51% completed. Phase One from the Kwasa Damansara to the Kampung Batu will begin operations in July 2021, while the rest of the line from the Kampung Batu Station to the Putrajaya Sentral will be operational under Phase Two in January 2023.
• 3 April 2021 – The Construction progress of Phase One section of the MRT Putrajaya Line (Kwasa Damansara – Kampung Batu) is at 97% and will begin operations in August 2021.^[46]
• 7 July 2021 - MRT Corp decided to postpone the opening of phase 1 from August to mid-November 2021 due to the COVID-19 movement control order in Malaysia.^[4]
• 16 November 2021 - MRT Corp announced that Phase 1 opening will be delayed again to March 2022 as further tests are required. No exact date was provided.
• 2 December 2021 - MMC-Gamuda won Major Project of the Year award from International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association (ITA) for projects above 500 million euros. They managed to beat out the Ismailia Tunnels project under the Suez Canal, Egypt and Shantou Bay Tunnel project from China.^[47]
• 6 December 2021 - MMC Gamuda also bagged the International Project of the Year at the Ground Engineering Awards 2021 in London.^[47]

Station designs[]

Elevated station concepts[]

The proposed design for the elevated stations is based on the “Serambi” concept. This concept is focused on the inspiring interaction and communication at a foyer or entrance space of a house such as the entrance space at a traditional “rumah kampung” or “rumah panjang”. The design opted is a simple and timeless design, which is derived from various design concepts, including that of the Japanese “Zen” concept. Other aspects include open space, natural lighting and ventilation, and natural visual effects via play of lighting and shadows.^[48]

Compared to the Kajang Line's elevated station design, the columns have been pushed to the sides of the station, giving the stations an open and airy feel.

Underground station concepts[]

Each of the underground stations will carry its own individual theme, similar to that of the Kajang Line stations. The proposed designs range from preserving the rustic, reflecting tidal rhythm, promoting well-being, vibrancy, pulse of life, discovering culture, molding forms, inspired by nature to streamlined flow.^[48]

List of stations[]

The MRT Putrajaya Line Route Map

Following the initial proposal during the public display period, 37 stations have been approved along 52.2 km of track.^[49]

The stations listed below are as displayed on the government website for the draft environmental impact assessment.^[50] All the station names are interim and subject to change.

28 (23 elevated + 1 half-sunken + 4 underground) out of 35 stations (excluding the ones on the MRT Kajang Line) are expected to have feeder bus services.

Station Code	Station Name	Image	Platform type	Position	Park & Ride	MRT Feeder Bus Lines	Working Name	Interchange/Notes
KG04  PY01	Kwasa Damansara		Stacked Island	Elevated	✓	N/A	Kota Damansara	Northern terminus. Cross-platform interchange with  KG04  Kajang Line Kwasa Damansara station, along with the adjoining Sungai Buloh and Kampung Selamat stations are on the MRT Kajang Line. However, once operations commence on the Putrajaya Line, these three stations will be annexed by the Putrajaya Line, thus making Kwasa Damansara the interchange station between the two MRT lines
PY02	RRI	-	-	-	-	-	RRI	Shelved station
PY03	Kampung Selamat		Side	Elevated	N/A	T104	Kampung Baru Sungai Buloh
PY04   KA08	Sungai Buloh		Island	Elevated	✓	T100, T101, T102, T103, T105	Sungai Buloh	Interchange station, without paid area integration, to  KA08  Port Klang Line and  ETS  KTM ETS.
Phase 1 (under construction, to be ready by March 2022)
PY05	Damansara Damai		Island	Elevated	N/A	✓	Damansara Damai
PY06	Sri Damansara Barat		Island	Elevated	✓	✓	Sri Damansara West
PY07	Sri Damansara Sentral		Side	Elevated	✓	✓	Sri Damansara East
PY08	Sri Damansara Timur		Island	Elevated	✓	✓	Kepong Sentral	Connecting station to  KA07  Port Klang Line and  ETS  KTM ETS.
PY09	Metro Prima		Island	Elevated	N/A	✓	Metro Prima
PY10	Kepong Baru		Island	Elevated	N/A	✓	Kepong Baru
PY11	Jinjang		Island	Elevated	✓	✓	Jinjang
PY12	Sri Delima		Island	Elevated	N/A	✓	Seri Delima
PY13   KC03	Kampung Batu		Island	Elevated	N/A	✓	Kampung Batu	Connecting station to  KC03  Seremban Line. Terminus station for Phase 1.
Phase 2 (under construction, to be ready by January 2023)
PY14	Kentonmen		Side	Elevated	✓	✓	Kentonmen
PY15	Jalan Ipoh		Island	Half-sunken	N/A	✓	Jalan Ipoh
PY16	Sentul Barat		Island	Underground	N/A	✓	Sentul West	Theme: Preserving the Rustic
PY17  AG3  SP3  MR11	Titiwangsa		Island	Underground	N/A	N/A	Titiwangsa	Interchange station with  AG3  SP3  MR11  Ampang Line, Sri Petaling Line and KL Monorail. Proposed interchange with  CC08  MRT Circle Line. Theme: Tidal Rhythm
PY18	Hospital Kuala Lumpur		Island	Underground	N/A	N/A	Hospital Kuala Lumpur	Theme: Promoting Well-Being
PY19	Raja Uda		Island	Underground	N/A	N/A	Kampung Baru North	Theme: Resonating Heritage
PY20	Ampang Park		Stacked	Underground	N/A	N/A	Ampang Park	Connecting station to  KJ9  Kelana Jaya Line Theme: Vibrancy
PY21	Persiaran KLCC		Stacked	Underground	N/A	N/A	KLCC East	Theme: Pulse of Life
PY22	Conlay		Island	Underground	N/A	N/A	Conlay	Theme: Discovering Culture
PY23  KG20	Tun Razak Exchange (TRX)		Stacked Island	Underground	N/A	T407	Tun Razak Exchange	Cross-platform interchange with  KG20  Kajang Line Theme: Islamic Corporate
PY24  AG11  SP11	Chan Sow Lin		Island	Underground	N/A	✓	Chan Sow Lin	Interchange station with  AG11  SP11  Ampang Line and Sri Petaling Line Theme: Moulding Forms
PY25	Bandar Malaysia Utara		Island	Underground	N/A	✓	Bandar Malaysia North	Construction works are being carried out as of April 2021[51] Theme: Inspired By Nature (Provisional station)
PY26	Bandar Malaysia Selatan		Island	Underground	N/A	✓	Bandar Malaysia South	Construction works are being carried out as of April 2021.[51] Proposed interchange with Seremban Line and KLIA Transit Theme: Streamlined Flow (Provisional station)
PY27	Kuchai		Island	Elevated	✓	✓	Kuchai Lama	Proposed interchange with  CC26  MRT Circle Line
PY28	Taman Naga Emas		Island	Elevated	✓	✓	Taman Naga Emas
PY29  SP16	Sungai Besi		Side	Elevated	✓	✓	Sungai Besi	Interchange station with  SP16  Sri Petaling Line
PY30	Taman Teknologi	-	-	-	-	-	Technology Park	(Provisional station)
PY31	Serdang Raya Utara		Island	Elevated	✓	✓	Serdang Raya North
PY32	Serdang Raya Selatan		Island	Elevated	✓	✓	Serdang Raya South
PY33	Serdang Jaya		Island	Elevated	N/A	✓	Seri Kembangan
PY34	UPM		Island	Elevated	✓	✓	UPM
PY35	Taman Universiti	-	-	-	-	-	Taman Universiti	(Provisional station)
PY36	Taman Equine		Island	Elevated	✓	✓	Equine Park
PY37	Putra Permai		Island	Elevated	N/A	✓	Taman Putra Permai
PY38	16 Sierra		Island	Elevated	N/A	✓	16 Sierra
PY39	Cyberjaya Utara		Island	Elevated	✓	✓	Cyberjaya North
PY40	Cyberjaya City Centre		Island	Elevated	N/A	✓	Cyberjaya City Centre
PY41	Putrajaya Sentral		Island	Elevated	✓	✓	Putrajaya Sentral	Connecting station to  KT3 KLIA Transit and proposed 14 Putrajaya Monorail.

Rolling stock[]

The rolling stock will be provided by HAP Consortium which consists of Hyundai Rotem, Apex Communications and POSCO Engineering. The trains are assumed to be driverless with a capacity of 1,200 passengers in a 4-car trainsets formation.^[52]

Car length (over coupler): 18.6 m to 20.1 m

Number of passenger doors per car side / door width: 4 / 1400 mm

Traction power supply: 750 VDC, 3rd rail

Exact rolling stock details have not yet been released.

The 4-car trainsets will be maintained at 2 purpose built facilities, Sungai Buloh and Serdang depots, located nearby Kwasa Damansara and the proposed Taman Universiti stations respectively.^[53]

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