New LRT line to help ease traffic woes
A new LRT line between Kota Damansara and Cheras, cutting across Kuala Lumpur will be ready in four years while the present two light rail transit network, Putra and Star will be extended.
The new and extended rail lines are part of the efficient and cost effective public transportation system, approved by the Government, involving an expenditure of RM10 billion to be spent in the Klang Valley.
The new Kota Damansara line will cover some 30km, while the Putra LRT from Kelana Jaya line will be extended to cover Subang Jaya and USJ.
The Star LRT from Bukit Jalil will now cover Seri Petaling and Puchong.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who announced this Tuesday, said the Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) had proposed its public transportation plan in Klang Valley up to 2010.
“Apart from the rail lines, SPNB will buy train coaches, new buses, building new infrastructure, developing new ticketing programme and developing integrated transport terminal in Gombak and Bandar Tasik Selatan.
“Rapid KL which is under SPNB is getting 1,130 buses and repairing the existing 600 buses. So by the first quarter of next year, Rapid KL will have 1,700 buses plying bus routes within Klang Valley,” he said after chairing the first meeting of the Cabinet committee on public transportation.
Also present was Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy.
Najib hoped with the improved bus service, the public transportation in Klang Valley would be integrated involving monorail, LRT, commuter train and Express Rail Link (ERL).
The new and extended rail lines are part of the efficient and cost effective public transportation system, approved by the Government, involving an expenditure of RM10 billion to be spent in the Klang Valley.
The new Kota Damansara line will cover some 30km, while the Putra LRT from Kelana Jaya line will be extended to cover Subang Jaya and USJ.
The Star LRT from Bukit Jalil will now cover Seri Petaling and Puchong.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who announced this Tuesday, said the Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) had proposed its public transportation plan in Klang Valley up to 2010.
“Apart from the rail lines, SPNB will buy train coaches, new buses, building new infrastructure, developing new ticketing programme and developing integrated transport terminal in Gombak and Bandar Tasik Selatan.
“Rapid KL which is under SPNB is getting 1,130 buses and repairing the existing 600 buses. So by the first quarter of next year, Rapid KL will have 1,700 buses plying bus routes within Klang Valley,” he said after chairing the first meeting of the Cabinet committee on public transportation.
Also present was Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy.
Najib hoped with the improved bus service, the public transportation in Klang Valley would be integrated involving monorail, LRT, commuter train and Express Rail Link (ERL).
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