The BRT Federal Line was a proposed
bus rapid transit for
Kuala Lumpur
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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 operational by 2018,
but is now shelved indefinitely. The government cited "redundancies with the
LRT3 (Shah Alam Line)" as the reason for its decision to cancel the project.
Designed to complement existing bus and rail transport networks, the BRT Federal line was to employ all-electric buses similar to
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.
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, however at ground level.
Background and history
According to a
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Report, the
Klang-
Shah Alam
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Petaling Jaya
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corridor has nearly a million private vehicles travelling on the Federal Highway daily during morning peak hours.
,
Liow Tiong Lai
Tan Sri Dato' Sri Liow Tiong Lai (; born 13 October 1961) is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Transport, Minister of Health, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Pr ...
has proposed the BRT KL-Klang line to ease the congestion.
Unlike the BRT Sunway Line, the BRT KL-Klang will be on ground level.
Prime Minister,
Najib Razak has allocated
RM 1.5 billion for the project during the
2016 Budget presentation.
The BRT line is planned to be built in the middle of
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and the construction is expected to start in the third quarter of 2016.
Upon completion, about 80% of the BRT line will offer some form of connection with the LRT as well as
KTM Komuter
KTM Komuter is a commuter rail system in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM). It was introduced in 1995 to provide local rail services in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley suburban areas. Services were later expanded to o ...
and will cut down travel times between Kuala Lumpur and Klang to 40 minutes from current 70 minutes.
This project was said to start from Q3-2016, but no progress has been done yet.
Although the Transport Minister,
Liow Tiong Lai
Tan Sri Dato' Sri Liow Tiong Lai (; born 13 October 1961) is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Transport, Minister of Health, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Pr ...
, said that the project would be finished in 2 or 3 years time, it was confirmed to be shelved by the Economic Council, to "give priority to other transportation projects such as the high speed rail and the mass rapid transit".
The
Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) has also annulled the BRT tender as shown on their website.
Timeline
19 January 2017 - The
Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) invites bid for "comprehensive planning, design, finance, construction, operation, maintenance and upgrade" of the KL-Klang BRT project.
24 November 2017 - The tender agreement by the Land Public Transport Commission was officially annulled.
Route maps
The official Greater KL / Klang Valley Integrated Transit Map
See also
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List of bus rapid transit systems
This is a list of bus rapid transit (BRT) systems which are in operation or under construction. The term "BRT" has been applied to a wide range of bus services. In 2012, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) published ...
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Prasarana Malaysia
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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.
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Rapid Penang
Rapid Penang (styled as ''rapidPenang'') is a public bus brand in the Penang, State of Penang, Malaysia. Formed as a subsidiary of Prasarana Malaysia in 2007, to date it is the main public transport operator within Penang; its bus network serves ...
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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
References
External links
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