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After the MRT project was formally launched on July 8, 2011,
the following amendments have been made to the original plan: |
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31 stations instead of 35
stations will be built and provisions have been made for 3
more stations |
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Section 16 and
Section 17 stations
have been combined into the
section 16 station |
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TTDI
station has been moved |
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Bukit Bintang
stations have been combined into one, moved and will be
integrated with KL Monorail
station. The station will be named
Bukit
Bintang Central instead of Bukit Bintang. |
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KL Sentral station
will be built at Muzium Negara and will be integrated with KL
Sentral through a tunnel link. |
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Park and Ride
facilities has been increased to 16 from 13 previously. |
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Taman Mesra
station has been removed. |
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Sungai Buloh
and Bandar
Kajang station alignments have been adjusted. |
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Project's Data |
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Malaysia's largest
megaproject and first Mass Rapit Transit (MRT) project. |
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The Greater KL MRT
Project is one of the key initiative identified under the
government's Economic Transformation Programme (ETP). |
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Project owner is
MASS Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) |
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Project Delivery
Partner (project manager) awarded to MMC-Gamuda Joint Venture
Sdn Bhd. |
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Project regulator
and licensing authority is Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD). |
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Estimated total
costs of 3 MRT lines is at least RM36.6 billion. |
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The first phase is
scheduled for ground breaking in July 2011 and fully
operational by 2017. |
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The whole MRT
project is expected to create 130,000 jobs. |
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By 2020, the MRT is
expected to carry 2 million riders, serving over 11% of total
travel across Klang Valley and 64% of travel in and out of KL
City Centre. |
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Sungai
Buloh - Kajang
Line (SBK Line) |
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The Sg Buloh-Kajang
MRT Line is the first of at least 3 MRT lines being planned,
with a total length of 150km. |
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Estimated to be
51km in length. |
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31 stations, with 16
of them incorporating park-and-ride facilities. |
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There will be
4 interchange stations. |
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9.5km of the length
will be underground. |
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Population
catchments of 1.2 million, with estimated daily ridership of
442,000. |
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Construction period
from 2011 to 2017 |
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A ride from the
first to the last station will take approximately 90 minutes. |
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Integration with
existing KTM Komuter stations in Sungai Buloh and Kajang. |
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Integration with
existing LRT stations either at
KL Sentral or
Pasar Seni and
Maluri. |
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May integrate with
future MRT Line stations at Pusat Bandar Damansara and KL
International Financial District (KLIFD). |
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Connectivity for
upcoming mega urban development area such as Sg Buloh RRIM,
Warisan Merdeka, KLIFD and Cochrane City. |
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Groundbreaking
expected to kick off on July 2011 and actual work expected to
start on November 2011. |
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First Sg Buloh-Kajang
MRT line on schedule, ready by June 2017,
read more... |
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