Nadi Putra

Pengangkutan Awam Putrajaya Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd dba Nadi Putra is the city bus operator in Putrajaya, the administrative capital of Malaysia, mainly serving Putrajaya city and nearby resident areas. Originally established as an agency of Putrajaya Corporation under the Ministry of Federal Territories, it was privatised in 2018.

Nadi Putra is however not the only bus operator in Putrajaya; RapidKL, the largest city bus operator in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, also has several routes serving Putrajaya.

History

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.

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 (RapidKL'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

Originally, Nadi Putra's fleet consist of several numbers of Optare Metrorider, MAN SL 252 and Hino RK1J buses, however in 2006, it was replaced with Badanbas-bodied South Korean Daewoo 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.

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, 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 is a new bus operator of Nadi Putra from January 2023, the revamped bus routes will use the Alexander Dennis Enviro200 bus fleet.

Criticism

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 and Bandar Saujana Putra.

Strikes broke out among Nadi Putra bus drivers in 2007 and 2018 due to shortage of buses available in service.

The implementation of cashless payment via ''Kad Putra'' instead of the more widely accepted Touch 'n Go 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, the station being Nadi Putra's hub. The cards were abolished in January 2020, and were replaced by QR code mobile applications.

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

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.

Direct routes (D)

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.

= School routes (temporary grounded)

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Operating hours start from 6.30am to 4.00pmhttp://www.papsb.com.my/perkhidmatan-bas/laluan-sekolah

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

* Prasarana Malaysia Berhad
** Rapid Bus Sdn Bhd
*** Rapid KL
**** BRT Sunway Line
**** BRT Federal Line
*** Rapid Penang
*** Rapid Kuantan
* Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD)
* Public transport in Kuala Lumpur
* Buses in Kuala Lumpur
* List of bus routes in Kuala Lumpur
* Perbadanan Putrajaya
* Putrajaya Sentral

References

External links

Official Nadi Putra website

Perbadanan 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