Pengangkutan Awam Putrajaya Travel & Tours
Sdn Bhd
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dba Nadi Putra is the
city bus operator in
Putrajaya, the administrative capital of
Malaysia
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, mainly serving Putrajaya city and nearby resident areas. Originally established as an agency of
Putrajaya Corporation
Perbadanan Putrajaya (PPj) or Putrajaya Corporation (PjC) is a local authority that administers the Federal Territory of Putrajaya and is under the Federal Territories Ministry of Malaysia. Founded in 1995, the corporation is responsible for ...
under the
Ministry of Federal Territories, it was privatised in 2018.
Nadi Putra is however not the only bus operator in
Putrajaya;
RapidKL
Rapid KL (styled as ''rapidKL'') is a public transportation system owned by Prasarana Malaysia and operated by its subsidiaries Rapid Rail and Rapid Bus. With its coverage throughout Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley areas, it was followed by a ...
, the largest city bus operator in
Selangor
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and
Kuala Lumpur
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, also has several routes serving Putrajaya.
History
![Nadi Putra buses at Putrajaya Sentral](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Nadi_Putra_buses_at_Putrajaya_Sentral.jpg)
Established on 20 May 1999 with 14 routes covering almost all of the areas inside Putrajaya, ''Nadi Putra'' is the trade name of Putrajaya intra-city bus services and has been in operation in July 1999. The bus service was privatised and handed over to ''GETS Global Berhad'' in 2018.
Cashless payment was implemented in January 2018, using ''Kad Putra''; the cards were discontinued two years later in favour of
QR code payment
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.
All Nadi Putra bus services will be free of charge for Malaysian citizens effective 1 November 2020. However, usage of Nadi Putra app is still mandatory for contact tracing and citizenship verification.
From 1st January 2023, Putrajaya Corporation have revamped the Nadi Putra bus routes in Putrajaya with
Rapid Bus
Rapid Bus Sdn Bhd is the largest bus operator in Malaysia operating mainly in urban areas of Klang Valley, Penang & Kuantan. As of August 2022, Rapid KL service brands unit of Rapid Bus, has operates 112 normal routes and also 69 MRT Fe ...
(
RapidKL
Rapid KL (styled as ''rapidKL'') is a public transportation system owned by Prasarana Malaysia and operated by its subsidiaries Rapid Rail and Rapid Bus. With its coverage throughout Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley areas, it was followed by a ...
's primary bus network) as the new bus operator. The service will be known as Nadiputra Putrajaya and the bus fares will no longer free (remain free for P101 route).
Fleet
![NadiPutra Daewoo BV120MA](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/NadiPutra_Daewoo_BV120MA.jpg)
Originally, Nadi Putra's fleet consist of several numbers of
Optare Metrorider
The Optare MetroRider was a midibus manufactured by Optare between 1989 and 2000.
History
Optare based the original design on the MCW Metrorider after it bought the rights from Metro Cammell Weymann after the latter decided to cease production ...
, MAN SL 252 and Hino RK1J buses, however in 2006, it was replaced with Badanbas-bodied
South Korea
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Daewoo
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BV120MA NGV buses. The fleet then expanded to 176 buses in 2009 with the additional fleet and the introduction of the shorter Daewoo BS106 buses for routes with sharper corners. Majority of this fleet has been retired in 2019 due to high maintenance cost, however 8 BV120MA's has revived to improve frequencies.
![NadiPutra Scania NEDO](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/NadiPutra_Scania_NEDO.jpg)
In 2015, a collaboration between Perbadanan Putrajaya and Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) was made to aim for the green public transportation by 2025, which led to the introduction of 5 prototype electric supercapacitor buses, jointly built by
Scania
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, Deftech and Toshiba. Nicknamed NEDO-EV buses, this buses can run up to 30 kilometres on a single 10-minute charge. This bus entered service in 2018, however it has been suspended in 2020 due to internal problems, and expectation to re-enter service is yet to be unknown.
With
Rapid Bus
Rapid Bus Sdn Bhd is the largest bus operator in Malaysia operating mainly in urban areas of Klang Valley, Penang & Kuantan. As of August 2022, Rapid KL service brands unit of Rapid Bus, has operates 112 normal routes and also 69 MRT Fe ...
is a new bus operator of Nadi Putra from January 2023, the revamped bus routes will use the
Alexander Dennis Enviro200
The Alexander Dennis Enviro200 (previously known as the TransBus Enviro200) is a midibus that was manufactured by TransBus International and later Alexander Dennis between 2003 and 2018. The original TransBus Enviro200 design was innovative but ...
bus fleet.
Criticism
![NadiPutra abandoned bus](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/NadiPutra_abandoned_bus.jpg)
Nadi Putra's service quality has reportedly declined since privatisation in 2018. Most of the buses are poorly maintained frequencies are breaking down, causing outrage among the residents and workers in Putrajaya,
Cyberjaya
Cyberjaya (a portmanteau of ''cyber'' and ''Putrajaya'') is a city with a science park as the core that forms a key part of the Multimedia Super Corridor in Malaysia. It is located in Sepang District, Selangor. Cyberjaya is adjacent to, and deve ...
and
Bandar Saujana Putra
Bandar Saujana Putra is a township in Kuala Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia.
It is located across the Klang River from Putra Heights, and across the ELITE toll road from Cyberjaya.
This township is under the administration of Zone7 of the ...
.
Strikes broke out among Nadi Putra bus drivers in 2007 and 2018 due to shortage of buses available in service.
![Daewoo BV120MA driver's seat](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Daewoo_BV120MA_driver%27s_seat.jpg)
The implementation of cashless payment via ''Kad Putra'' instead of the more widely accepted
Touch 'n Go
The Touch 'n Go smart card is used by Malaysian toll expressway and highway operators as the sole electronic payment system (EPS). The credit card-sized smart card is made of plastic with Philips' MIFARE Classic microchip technology embedded i ...
in January 2018 led to outcry from commuters coming from outside Putrajaya, as the cards and reloading services were only available at the
Putrajaya/Cyberjaya ERL station
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, the station being Nadi Putra's hub. The cards were abolished in January 2020, and were replaced by
QR code
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mobile applications.
![Foton NadiPutra L02](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Foton_NadiPutra_L02.jpg)
The result of poorly maintained NGV buses leads to the bus being abandoned and replaced by Foton BJ6108U7LHD-R coach buses from Konsortium Bas Ekspres Semenanjung (KBES) buses, which was unpractical for city-buses, thus led to a failure of having a sustainable city buses. This also led to some of the routes either terminated, or transferred to another companies.
Services
This is the list of active Nadi Putra routes as of 1 January 2023.
Revamped Routes (P)
The new routes begin operation from 1 January 2023, 6.30am to 8.00pm daily.
Upcoming Routes
Former Routes
![Nadi Putra Daewoo BV120MA bus on L04 route](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Nadi_Putra_Daewoo_BV120MA_bus_on_L04_route.jpg)
These are the former routes from the original Nadi Putra bus operator (Pengangkutan Awam Putrajaya Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd).
Local Routes (L)
All routes starts from
Putrajaya Sentral
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Direct routes (D)
![Foton NadiPutra Service D10](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Foton_NadiPutra_Service_D10.jpg)
This routes usually intended for government employees staying at nearby residential areas working at government areas, provides direct services to residential areas. Similar to BET services in Klang Valley, this services operates during rush hours, weekdays only. Odd route numbers starts from starting point and operates in the morning rush hour, even route numbers start from Kompleks ABCDE or Dataran Gemilang in the evening rush hour.
Inactive routes
This is the list of discontinued bus routes from the original Nadi Putra bus operator due to bus shortage or low demand.
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Operating hours start from 6.30am to 4.00pm
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Morning
* Sek 11(1) - Putra Damai - Sek 11(1) - Putrajaya Sentral
* Sek 11(1) - P10 - Sek 11(1) - Putrajaya Sentral
* Sek 11(1) - Putra Damai
Afternoon
* Sek 11(1) - P8 - P9
* Sek 8(1) - P8 - P9
* P&R P14 - Sek 11(2)
Fridays
* Sek 11(2) - Masjid P11A
See also
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Prasarana Malaysia
Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana) (English: Malaysian Infrastructure Limited) is a 100% government-owned company which was set up by Ministry of Finance (Malaysia) as a corporate body established under the Minister of Finance (Incorporation ...
Berhad
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Rapid Bus
Rapid Bus Sdn Bhd is the largest bus operator in Malaysia operating mainly in urban areas of Klang Valley, Penang & Kuantan. As of August 2022, Rapid KL service brands unit of Rapid Bus, has operates 112 normal routes and also 69 MRT Fe ...
Sdn Bhd
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Rapid KL
Rapid KL (styled as ''rapidKL'') is a public transportation system owned by Prasarana Malaysia and operated by its subsidiaries Rapid Rail and Rapid Bus. With its coverage throughout Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley areas, it was followed by a ...
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BRT Sunway Line
The BRT Sunway Line is a bus rapid transit (BRT) line that is part of the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System servicing the southeastern suburbs of Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. It is world's first all-electric Bus Rapid Transit system.
Thi ...
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BRT Federal Line
The BRT Federal Line was a proposed bus rapid transit for Kuala Lumpur– Klang Corridors, and it has been identified in the KL BRT Report 2011 as one of the potential BRT Corridors in the Klang Valley region. The BRT project was planned to be ...
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Rapid Penang
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Rapid Kuantan
Rapid Kuantan (styled as ''rapidKuantan'') is a corporate brand owned by Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana) to operate stage bus services in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. It was launched on 1 December 2012.
It currently has a fleet of 80 Scan ...
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Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD)
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Public transport in Kuala Lumpur
Transportation in the Klang Valley includes Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, and its surrounding areas. This includes a road network, a railway network, airports, and other modes of public transport. The Klang Valley is an urban conglom ...
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Buses in Kuala Lumpur
Transportation in the Klang Valley includes Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, and its surrounding areas. This includes a road network, a railway network, airports, and other modes of public transport. The Klang Valley is an urban congl ...
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List of bus routes in Kuala Lumpur
This is a list of the bus routes operated by various bus operators in and around Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, Malaysia.
Dates and times stated in the tables are according to Malaysia Time (MST) ( UTC+08:00) as of 1 December 2015.
As of 2021, the ...
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Perbadanan Putrajaya
Perbadanan Putrajaya (PPj) or Putrajaya Corporation (PjC) is a local authority that administers the Federal Territory of Putrajaya and is under the Federal Territories Ministry of Malaysia. Founded in 1995, the corporation is responsible for ...
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Putrajaya Sentral
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References
External links
Official Nadi Putra websitePerbadanan Putrajaya (PPJ)
{{Bus transport in Malaysia
1999 establishments in Malaysia
Transport in the Klang Valley
Transport in Kuala Lumpur
Bus transport in Malaysia
Bus companies of Malaysia
Transport in Putrajaya