Rapid KL

This article is about the public transport system in Greater Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley. For the metro/rapid transit operator, seeRapid Rail.For the bus rapid transit operator, seeRapid Bus.For the football club representing this brand, seeRapid KL F.C.

Rapid KL
Hyundai RotemEMUSet 216 entering Kampung Batu Station.
Overview
Native name	Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Kuala Lumpur
Owner	Prasarana Malaysia
Locale	Klang Valley,Malaysia
Transit type	Rail: Light metro(LRT) - narrow profile Rapid transit(MRT) - wide profile Monorail Bus: Bus rapid transit(BRT) Stage Bus & Feeder Bus
Number of lines	Rapid Rail and BRT: 7 (operational) 1 (under construction) 1 (planned)
Line number	Rapid Rail and BRT: 34589111213B1
Number of stations	144 (Rapid Rail and BRT)
Daily ridership	1,004,591 (2024)
Website	myrapid.com.my
Operation
Began operation	1996(1996)(asrapid transit) 2004(2004)(asbrand name)
Operator(s)	Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd Rapid Bus Sdn Bhd
Technical
System length	210.4 km (Rapid Rail and BRT)
Track gauge	1,435 mm(4 ft8+1⁄2in) 3459111213 Straddlebeammonorail 8 Fully elevated singlecarriageway B1
Electrification	750 V DCthird rail
System map Gombak 5 Taman Melati Wangsa Maju Sri Rampai Setiawangsa Jelatek 12 Dato' Keramat Damai 34 Sentul Timur Ampang Park Sentul KLCC 8 Titiwangsa Kampung Baru PWTC Chow Kit Putra Medan Tuanku Sultan Ismail Bandaraya Bukit Nanas Bank Negara Dang Wangi Masjid Jamek Raja Chulan Bukit Bintang 9Plaza Rakyat Imbi Hang Tuah Hang Tuah 9Pasar Seni Kuala Lumpur Maharajalela Tun Sambanthan Pudu Monorail Depot Chan Sow Lin 10KL Sentral 678 Cheras Miharja Salak Selatan Maluri9 Bangsar Bandar Tun Razak Abdullah Hukum Pandan Jaya Kerinchi Bandar Tasik Selatan 67 1 Universiti Sungai Besi Taman Jaya Bukit Jalil Asia Jaya Sri Petaling Taman Paramount Pandan Indah Taman Bahagia Cempaka Kelana Jaya Cahaya Lembah Subang Ampang Depot Subang Depot Ampang 3 Ara Damansara Awan Besar Glenmarie Muhibbah Alam Sutera Subang Jaya Kinrara BK5 future station 2 IOI Puchong Jaya SS15 Pusat Bandar Puchong SS18 Taman Perindustrian Puchong B1USJ7 Bandar Puteri Taipan Puchong Perdana Wawasan Puchong Prima USJ21 Subang Alam future station Alam Megah Kampung Sungai Baru Depot Putra Heights45 Persiaran Kerjaya Johan Setia Depot Malawati Johan Setia Bandar Anggerik Batu Nilam UiTM Bukit Tinggi Seksyen 7 Sri Andalas Pasar Besar Klang Taman Selatan Jalan Meru Klang

Rapid KL(promoted asrapidKL) is a public transportation system owned byPrasarana Malaysiaand operated by its subsidiariesRapid RailandRapid Bus.The acronym stands forRangkaianPengangkutanIntegrasiDerasKualaLumpur,which translates to Kuala Lumpur Rapid Integrated Transport Network in theMalay language.Rapid KL, with its 204.1 km (126.8 mi) ofmetro railwayand 5.6 km (3.5 mi) ofBRTcarriageway,is part of theKlang Valley Integrated Transit System,operating throughoutKuala LumpurandSelangor'ssatellite citiesin theKlang Valleyarea.

The rail transit line was opened in 1996. It was followed by a federal government restructuring of public transport systems in Kuala Lumpur in the early 2000s after the bankruptcy of STAR and PUTRA Light Rapid Transit operators, the precursors to theAmpang/Sri Petaling LinesandKelana Jaya Linerespectively, and the creation of the Rapid KL brandIn 2003, it had inherited bus services and assets formerly operated and owned by Intrakota and Cityliner after being bailed out. Four years later, the Malaysian Government bailed out KL Infrastructure Group, the owner and operation concession holder of theKL Monorail,and placed it under ownership of Prasarana Malaysia. Since then, the Rapid KL system has expanded to include twoMRTlines and aBRTline.

History

See also:Prasarana Malaysia

Planning and constructing

After the adoption of the Federal Territory (Planning) Act of 1982, theKuala Lumpur City Hallwas obliged to prepare a structure plan for the areas under its jurisdiction. In line with this, the 1981 Master Plan Transportation Study Report specifically recommended the implementation of alight rapid transit(LRT) system with exclusive rights-of-way and a capacity of 20,000 passengers per hour per direction. The proposed network has 4 corridors from the city centre to the northwest, northeast, southwest and southeast.

In 1984, the Federal Government approved the construction of the LRT system but plans were abandoned soon after. The LRT project was revived with the signing of an agreement for Phase 1 of the STAR-LRT (abbreviation forSistem Transit Aliran Ringan Sdn Bhd) in December 1992.The LRT system was first opened in December 1996.This was followed by a second system operated byProjek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik Sdn Bhd(PUTRA-LRT) in 1998.

Public transport restructuring

The operation of Kuala Lumpur's LRT lines since its inception had lower ridership than expected, which led to the concessionaire operators of the LRT lines, being unable to repay their commercial loans. The1997 Asian financial crisisaggravated the situation, and by November 2001, the two companies owed a combined total ofRM5.7 billion. TheMalaysian Government's Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee (CDRC) stepped in to restructure the debts of the two LRT companies. In 2002, both companies and their respective LRT services were bought over byPrasarana Malaysia,and operations of the lines eventually were transferred to Rapid KL. The STAR-LRT and PUTRA-LRT lines effectively became theAmpang/Sri Petaling Linesand theKelana Jaya Linerespectively.

The Malaysian government would continue to bail out KL Infrastructure Group, which was the operator concessionaire holder and owner of theKL Monorailline, for RM 822 million. It was then promptly taken over by Prasarana Malaysia and operated by Rapid Rail in 2007.

The bus service in Kuala Lumpur was also facing problems with lower ridership due to an increase in private car usage and a lack of capital investments. The two new bus consortia formed in the mid 1990s to consolidate all bus services in Kuala Lumpur, Intrakota Komposit and Cityliner, began facing financial problems. Intrakota had reportedly accumulated losses amounting to RM450 million from the 1997 financial crisis untilPrasarana Malaysiatook over in 2003. With decreased revenues, the bus operators could not maintain their fleets, much less invest in more buses. Frequencies and service deteriorated as buses began breaking down, and ridership suffered as a result. Public transport usage in theKlang Valleyarea dropped to about 16% of all total trips as a result.

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  Kelana Jaya Linetrain Set 09Bombardier Innovia Metro(refurbished 1st generation stock)
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  A 6-car train manufactured byCSR ZhuzhouatAwan Besaron theSri Petaling Line.
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  Scomi Sutra4-car train onKL Monorail.
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  BYD K9on theBRT Sunway Line.
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  Volvo B8Lon route 300 at Jalan Ampang
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  Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMCoperated byRapid Busat Cheras Selatan depot.
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  MAN18.280 HOCL-NL at bus stop in front of Hotel Furama,Jalan Pudu.

Services under Rapid KL

Rail

Main article:Rapid Rail

The entire rail network, operated byRapid Railis 210.4 km (130.7 mi) long and has 144 stations. The network's trains can travel up to 80 km/h. In 2008, the rail network carried a total of over 350,000 passengers daily, and has risen significantly since then.TheBRT Sunway Line,despite being operated byRapid Bus,is a component of and integrated with the Rapid KL rail network.

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Current services

Code	Line	Stations	Length	Began operation	Termini
3	Ampang Line	18	45.1 km	16 Dec 1996	Sentul Timur	Ampang
4	Sri Petaling Line	29		11 Jul 1998	Sentul Timur	Putra Heights
5	Kelana Jaya Line	37	46.4 km	1 Sep 1998	Gombak	Putra Heights
8	KL Monorail	11	8.6 km	31 Aug 2003	KL Sentral Monorail	Titiwangsa
9	Kajang Line	29	46 km	16 Dec 2016	Kwasa Damansara	Kajang
12	Putrajaya Line	36	57.7 km	16 Jun 2022	Kwasa Damansara	Putrajaya Sentral
B1	BRT Sunway Line	7	5.6 km	2 Jun 2015	Sunway-Setia Jaya	USJ 7
	TOTAL	144	210.4 km

Future services

Code	Line	Stations	Length	Status	Planned opening	Termini
11	Shah Alam Line	25	37.8 km	Under construction	August 2025	Bandar Utama	Johan Setia
13	Circle Line	31	50.8 km	Approved	Phase 1:December 2028	Bukit Kiara South	UM
					Phase 2:2030

Rapid KL dedicated bus lane

Bus

Main article:Rapid Bus

The entire bus network is operated byRapid Bus,one of the largest bus operators in theKlang Valleyarea, along with Transnasional. Currently, there are 98 stage bus routes and 39 feeder bus services which operate from the rail stations. The bus routes operated by Rapid Bus were previously operated by Intrakota Komposit Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of DRB-Hicom; and Cityliner Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Park May Bhd. In 2008, Rapid Bus carried around 390,000 passengers daily.

On 18 June 2020, Rapid Bus released new features on real time locations of bus inGoogle Maps,via collaboration withGoogle Transit.Almost 170 Rapid KL bus routes are covered with this real time feature. Rapid Bus also plans to expand the application to MRT feeder bus service,Rapid Penang,andRapid Kuantanin the future. Now all the buses can be tracked via PULSE application.

Fares and ticketing

Tokens of Rapid KL rail transit.

Rapid KL's ticket vending machine interface

Rapid Rail implements an automatic fare collection system with stored value tickets and single journey tickets in the form of tokens. Tickets can be purchased either from ticket vending machines or at station counters found at all train statioms stations.Turnstilesare located at the entrances to train platform, which separate the paid area and unpaid area of the stations. In 2011, Prasarana Malaysia announced a new ticketing system, effectively integrating the different rail lines which previously functioned as different systems. The new system allowed passengers to transfer seamlessly between rail lines at designated interchange stations without exiting the system and paying multiple fares or buying new tokens.

Touch 'n Gostored value cards are also accepted at fare gates on the Rapid Rail network as well as theRapid Bus networkas well as the KTM Komuter system to improve integration.The Touch 'n Go system is also used in the production of Rapid KL's monthly/weekly passes as well as their stored-value concession cards.These passes can be purchased by frequent users of the Rapid KL rail and bus networks, The Rapid KL concession cards are provided for students, the elderly and disabled people, which provides a 50% discount on all train and bus fares.

Services

The rail services operate daily from 6a.m. to 11p.m. The operation hours will be extended for certain stations when special events such as the final ofPiala Malaysiaand theNew Year's Evecountdown.

Rail Lines	Peak-Hour Headway
Ampang Line	3 minutes (CBD) 6 minutes (Non CBD)
Sri Petaling Line	3 minutes (CBD) 6 minutes (Non CBD)
Kelana Jaya Line	3 minutes 2 minutes (Q4 2024)
KL Monorail	7 minutes 5 minutes (Q1, 2026)
Kajang Line	4 minutes
Putrajaya Line	5 minutes
BRT Sunway Line	4 minutes

During theMovement Control Order,the waiting times between trains were extended to 10 minutes during peak hours and 30 minutes during other times, as fewer people went outside due to the lockdown.

On 10 September 2021, Rapid KL reduced its waiting times for trains and buses to support the growing number of workers going back to their reopened workplaces. On peak hours, trains arrived at around 4 to 10 minutes, on non-peak hours, trains arrived from 7 to 12 minutes, and on weekends they arrived on 7 minutes (central business district for LRT Ampang/Sri Petaling) or 15 minutes.

Infrastructure

The Ampang Line and Sri Petaling Line are two sub-lines of a single LRT system, one a north–south line and one heading eastward.TheChan Sow Lin-Putra Heightsroute serves the southern part of Kuala Lumpur and the town ofPuchonginSelangor.The Chan Sow Lin-Ampangroute primarily serves the suburbs ofAmpangin Selangor andCherasin Kuala Lumpur, both of which are located in the northeastern region of the Klang Valley. Both lines converge at Chan Sow Lin; the merged line leads north, terminating atSentul Timur.

The Kelana Jaya Line consists of a single line that connectsPutra Heightsin the south toGombakin the northeast, passing through the cities ofSubang JayaandPetaling Jaya,as well as the Kuala Lumpur city centre and various low density residential areas further in northern Kuala Lumpur. The line has a total of 870 individual bridges, the longest of which has a 68m span.The Ampang/Sri Petaling Lines and the Kelana Jaya Line intersect atMasjid JamekandPutra Heights.

The Kajang Line runs fromKajangin the south toKwasa Damansarain the north, where it meets the Putrajaya Line; the Putrajaya Line then proceeds southward towardsPutrajaya Sentral,both lines passing throughKuala Lumpur.The Kajang Line and Putrajaya Lines serves to connect the city with the fringes of the Klang Valley, such asSungai Buloh,Putrajaya,Cyberjaya,andKajang,while also providing rail connection to neighbouring towns and cities such asPetaling Jaya(Damansara),Seri KembanganandCheras.

The KL Monorail connects theKL Sentraltransport hub in the south andTitiwangsain the north with the "Golden Triangle", a commercial, shopping, and entertainment area in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, consisting of theBukit Bintangarea, and surrounded byJalan Imbi,Jalan Bukit Bintang,Jalan Sultan Ismail,andJalan Raja Chulan.

The BRT Sunway Line, the world's first all-electricbus rapid transitsystem, has an exclusiveright-of-wayand operates on an elevated guideway that is not shared with normal road traffic. The BRT line serves the high-density areas ofSunwayandSubang Jaya.

Stations

See also:List of rail transit stations in the Klang Valley area

Since the Kelana Jaya Line and Ampang/Sri Petaling Lines were intended to be operated by different owners during the planning and construction phase, both lines have unique and distinct station designs. Except for the underground section between thePasar SeniandDamai,the entirety of the Kelana Jaya Line is elevated or at-grade. The Kelana Jaya Line runs in a northeast-southwesterly direction. Of a total of 37 stations, 31 are elevated, 5 are underground, and one,Sri Rampaiis at-grade. The service depot is located in Subang.

The stations are styled in several types of architectural designs. Elevated stations, in most parts, were constructed in four major styles with distinctive roof designs for specific portions of the line. TheKL Sentrastation, added later, features a design more consistent with the Stesen Sentral station building. Underground stations, however, tend to feature unique concourse layout andvestibules,and feature floor-to-ceilingplatform screen doorsto prevent platform-to-track intrusions. 22 stations (including two terminal stations and the five subway stations) use a singleisland platform,while 15 others use twoside platforms.Stations with island platforms allow easy interchange between north-bound and south-bound trains without requiring one to walk down/up to the concourse level.

On the Ampang and Sri Petaling Lines, the system includes a total of 36 stations: eleven along the sharedChan Sow Lin-Sentul Timursection, seven along theAmpang-Chan Sow Lin section and eighteen along thePutra Heights-Chan Sow Lin section. The service depot and primary train depots for the system are situated before the Ampang station at the end of the Ampang-bound line, and beside the Putra Heights station at the end of Putra Heights-bound line.

The line between the Plaza Rakyat station to the Sentul Timur station is strictly elevated, with the line between the Bandaraya station to the Titiwangsa station running along the Gombak River. The Chan Sow Lin-Ampang line is primarily surface leveled, while the Chan Sow Lin-Putra Heights line uses a combination of surface leveled and elevated tracks. There are no subway lines in the system.

External links

• Official website
• Prasarana Malaysia Berhad