BRT Federal Line

Last updated

BRT Federal Line
B2
BRT Asia Jaya station.jpeg
The proposed BRT station and busway along the Federal Highway at Asia Jaya.
Overview
Native nameLaluan BRT Persekutuan
StatusShelved in 2017;5 years ago (2017)
Line number B2 (Purple)
Locale Klang Valley
Termini FB1  Pasar Seni
 FB24  Klang
Stations24 [1]
Service
Type Bus rapid transit
SystemHybrid System (combination of Direct Service, Trunk and Feeder)
ServicesPhase 1A : Pasar Seni – Kerinchi
Phase 1B : Petaling Jaya – Subang Jaya
Phase 2 : Shah Alam – Klang
Daily ridership600,000 daily (expected) [1]
Technical
Line length32.52 km (20 mi) [1]
Route map
GKLKV Integrated Transit Map -KwongTN.svg

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 operational by 2018, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] but is now shelved indefinitely. [7] The government cited "redundancies with the LRT3 (Shah Alam Line)" as the reason for its decision to cancel the project. [8]

Contents

Designed to complement existing bus and rail transport networks, the BRT Federal line was to employ all-electric buses similar to BRT Sunway Line, however at ground level.

Background and history

According to a World Bank Report, the Klang-Shah Alam-Petaling Jaya corridor has nearly a million private vehicles travelling on the Federal Highway daily during morning peak hours. [1] Transport Minister, Liow Tiong Lai has proposed the BRT KL-Klang line to ease the congestion. [9] Unlike the BRT Sunway Line, the BRT KL-Klang will be on ground level. [9]

Prime Minister, Najib Razak has allocated RM 1.5 billion for the project during the 2016 Budget presentation. [10]

The BRT line is planned to be built in the middle of Federal Highway and the construction is expected to start in the third quarter of 2016. [1] Upon completion, about 80% of the BRT line will offer some form of connection with the LRT as well as KTM Komuter and will cut down travel times between Kuala Lumpur and Klang to 40 minutes from current 70 minutes. [11] This project was said to start from Q3-2016, but no progress has been done yet.

Although the Transport Minister, Liow Tiong Lai, said that the project would be finished in 2 or 3 years time, [12] 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". [13] The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) has also annulled the BRT tender as shown on their website. [14]

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. [15]

24 November 2017 - The tender agreement by the Land Public Transport Commission was officially annulled. [14]

Route maps

See also

Related Research Articles

KL Monorail

The KL Monorail Line is the eighth rail transit line and one of the operational monorail systems in Malaysia. Operated by Rapid Rail, a subsidiary of Prasarana Malaysia, it is one of the components of the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System. The line is numbered 8 and coloured Light Green on official transit maps.

UEP Subang Jaya Township in Selangor, Malaysia

UEP Subang Jaya is a major affluent township located in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located within the Mukim (sub-district) of Damansara in the district of Petaling.

Rapid KL Public transportation system in Malaysia

Rapid KL 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 federal government restructuring of public transport systems in Kuala Lumpur after the bankruptcy of STAR and PUTRA Light Rapid Transit operators, the precursors to the Ampang/Sri Petaling Lines and Kelana Jaya Line respectively. In 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 had bailed out KL Infrastructure Group, the owner and operation concession holder for the Kuala Lumpur monorail, and had placed it under ownership of Prasarana.

Kelana Jaya line

The LRT Kelana Jaya Line is a rapid transit line and the first fully automated and driverless rail system in the Klang Valley area and forms a part of the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System in and around Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Servicing 37 stations, the line has 46.4 km of grade-separated tracks running mostly on underground and elevated guideways. Formerly known as the PUTRA LRT, it is currently operated by Rapid Rail, a subsidiary of Prasarana Malaysia. The line is named after its former terminus, Kelana Jaya station. The line is numbered 5 and coloured ruby on the official transit map.

Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana) 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) Act 1957 to own the assets of multi-modal public transport operator in Malaysia, under the government's move to restructure the city's public transport system. It is one of the largest public-transport companies in Malaysia other than Konsortium Transnasional Berhad. As a government-owned company since 1998, it operates stage bus and light metro services via several wholly owned subsidiaries.

Rail transport in Malaysia

Rail transport in Malaysia consists of heavy rail, light rapid transit (LRT), mass rapid transit (MRT), monorails, airport rail links and a funicular railway line. Heavy rail is mostly used for intercity passenger and freight transport as well as some urban public transport, while rapid transit is used for intra-city urban public transport in Kuala Lumpur, the national capital, and the surrounding Klang Valley region. There are two airport rail link systems linking Kuala Lumpur with the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport. The longest monorail line in the country is also used for public transport in Kuala Lumpur, while the only funicular railway line is in Penang.

Rapid Bus Malaysian bus business

Rapid Bus Sdn Bhd is the largest bus operator in Malaysia operating mainly in urban areas of Klang Valley, Penang & Kuantan. As of 2011, Rapid KL service brands unit of Rapid Bus, has operates 167 routes with 1,400 buses covering 980 residential areas with a ridership of about 400,000 per day.

Transportation in the Klang Valley, which includes Kuala Lumpur – the capital city of Malaysia – consists of highly-developed intermodal infrastructure. This includes an extensive road network, an integrated railway network, airports, and other modes of public transport. The Klang Valley is an urban conglomeration consisting of the city of Kuala Lumpur, as well as surrounding towns and cities in the state of Selangor. The Klang Valley has the country's largest airport, the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), as well as the country's largest intermodal transport hub and railway station, Kuala Lumpur Sentral.

Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd is the operator of the rapid transit (metro) system serving Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley area in Malaysia. A subsidiary of Prasarana Malaysia, it is the sole operator of five rapid transit lines which collectively form the Rapid KL rapid transit system. The system currently consists of three light rapid transit (LRT) lines, one mass rapid transit (MRT) line and a monorail line, with another MRT and LRT line currently under construction.

Rapid Penang

Rapid Penang is a public bus brand in the 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 commuters within Greater Penang, including the neighbouring towns in Kedah and Perak.

Kajang line

The MRT Kajang Line, previously known as the Sungai Buloh–Kajang Line, is a mass rapid transit (MRT) line servicing the Klang Valley, Malaysia. It is the ninth rail transit line and the second fully automated and driverless rail system in the Klang Valley region after the Kelana Jaya Line. It is a part of the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System. The line is numbered 9 and coloured Green on official transit maps.

Berkeley is an old established township in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. In the 1970s, Paramount Property Development Sdn Bhd developed one of the earliest housing estates in Klang, Taman Berkeley.

Ampang and Sri Petaling lines Malaysian passenger railway lines

The LRT Ampang Line and the LRT Sri Petaling Line are medium-capacity passenger railway lines in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. The combined network comprises 45.1 kilometres of track with 36 stations, and was the first railway in Malaysia to use standard-gauge track and semi-automated trains.

Mass Rapid Transit (Malaysia)

The Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit project is a planned three-line mass rapid transit (MRT) system in the Klang Valley, an urban conurbation in Malaysia which includes the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. It envisages a "wheel and spoke" concept comprising two northwest–southeast radial lines and one circle line looping around the city of Kuala Lumpur.

MRT Circle Line 3rd MRT in Malaysia.

The MRT 3, MRT Line 3 or MRT Circle Line is a proposed thirteenth rail transit line, the fourth subway line and the fifth fully automated and driverless rail system in the Klang Valley area. Once completed, this line would form the loop line of the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System. The director of this project is currently Tuan Haji Mohd Yusof Kasiron. The circle line will be numbered 13.

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.

Rapid Kuantan 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.

Shah Alam Line

The 37-kilometer LRT Shah Alam Line or LRT 3, previously known as the LRT Bandar Utama–Johan Setia Line, or simply LRT Johan Setia Line, is a light rapid transit (LRT) line which will be servicing the western side of Selangor and Shah Alam. It will be the eleventh rail transit line, the third Light Rapid Transit (LRT) line, and the third fully automated and driverless rail system in the Klang Valley region. The line will be operated by Rapid Rail. It was announced by Prasarana Malaysia on 24 April 2013.

Klang Valley Integrated Transit System Rail transportation network in the Klang Valley

The Klang Valley Integrated Transit System is an integrated transport network that primarily serves the area of Klang Valley and Greater Kuala Lumpur. The system currently consists of 11 fully operating rail lines; two commuter rail lines, five rapid transit lines, one bus rapid transit line and two airport rail links to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and another one to the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "BRT KL-Klang line expected to be ready by 2018" . Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)". Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "KL-Klang BRT service to start in March". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Klang Valley folk now opting for public transportation to beat jams" . Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "JKR - Perlaksanaan Projek dan Status Semasa BRT" . Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "JKR - Status Semasa BRT" . Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "RM2 billion KL-Klang bus lane project shelved indefinitely, says report | The Malaysian Insight". www.themalaysianinsight.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "KL-Klang BRT scrubbed due to overlap with LRT3, says Putrajaya". MalayMail.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Prasarana awaits green light for BRT Federal Highway Line". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "Budget 2016: MRT, LRT extension, BRT, HSR updates" . Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) – KL-Klang line ready by 2018" . Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "KL-Klang BRT service ready in two years, says Liow". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "RM2b KL-Klang busway shelved". The Edge Markets. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  14. 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ↑ "SPAD Conducts Request For Proposal (RFP) To Implement The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Kuala Lumpur – Klang Project". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.