Go KL City Bus

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GOKL CityBus logo.jpg
GOKL KLCC.jpg
King Long XMQ6121G in-front of KLCC
Founded31 August 2012;11 years ago (2012-08-31)
Locale Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Service area
Service typeFree bus services
Destinations Bukit Bintang MRT
Pasar Seni
Titiwangsa
MINDEF
Universiti
PPR Seri Pantai
KLCC
KL Sentral
Flat Kelumpuk Bambu
PPR Kampung Batu Muda
Sentul
Sri Rampai
Stadium Cheras
Bandar Sri Permaisuri
Cochrane MRT
Maluri
Taman Fadason
MATRADE
Jinjang MRT
Sri Delima MRT
PPR Pinggiran Bukit Jalil
Kompleks Komuniti Muhibbah
PR1MA Alam Damai
HUKM
Fleet80
OperatorCauseway Link (Handal Ceria), SKSBus

Go KL City Bus (styled as GOKL CityBus) is a free bus service in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Previously managed by Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), the services were taken over by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) by 1 January 2019. [1] [2] [3]

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History

The free service were introduced by Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) to help users save money by allowing them to move around Kuala Lumpur at no cost. Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Bukit Bintang and Chinatown areas are the first places to enjoy the service since it was launched on 31 August 2012 with 2 routes, namely the Purple and Green Lines. [4]

On 1 May 2014, the free service has added new routes, namely Red and Blue Lines, covering Chow Kit, Kampung Baru, KL Sentral and Bukit Bintang, thus making four different circular city routes that can be identified by the colour of the routes.

By 1 January 2019, the service was taken over by Kuala Lumpur City Hall due to the termination of SPAD in 2018. Since then, the service now focuses on the feeder routes to help low-income users commute easily between residential areas and business centres or stations. The Orange Line was the first feeder route to be introduced on 28 February 2019, [5] followed by the Pink Line in April 2019 and the Turquoise line in October 2019, [6] all launched by Khalid Abdul Samad. The Maroon Line was introduced in August 2020, [7] followed by the Chocolate Line in February 2021, [8] both launched by Annuar Musa.

On 27 October 2021, it was announced by Shahidan Kassim that electric buses would be deployed in the bus services as a carbon reduction initiative and two new routes will be introduced, namely the Parrot Green and Grey lines. Both routes started operations in November 2021. [9]

Open to residents and tourists, these services can be used at the GoKL City Bus official bus stop. Most bus stops are in close proximity to tourist attractions, major shopping centers, residential areas and easy way to connect through rail transit services such as KTM Komuter, Rapid KL and ERL.[ citation needed ]

Go KL City Bus depot in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur Go KL City Bus Sentul depot 20230424 141955.jpg
Go KL City Bus depot in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur

On 1 January 2024, the city hall announced the implementation of payments for foreign passengers for RM1 per ride for last-mile city routes. The payment can be made by using Touch n Go, credit and debit cards, however Malaysians are still able to get a free ride by using Malaysian National Registration Identity Card (NRIC). [10]

Bus routes

All buses make a circular one-way route clockwise based on Go KL route map. These routes are not parallel with the bus route with a fare such as Rapid KL buses to avoid competition on passenger load. Therefore, GoKL City Bus passengers are intended for travelling within the Central Business District (CBD) and residential areas, saving money and looking for a free ride. [11]

To avoid complicated and confusion of using color names on the route, the City all changes the name of lines from the color name to route numbers starting 1 August 2023. [12] [13] The route number, however were currently combined with the color name to help regular passengers familiarize with the new implementation.

PhaseLineColourTerminusIntroducedDistanceTotal stopsConnectionsRef. [14] District
1 (last mile) Bus-logo-white.svg GOKL 01  GREEN KLCC ↺ Bukit Bintang 31 August 20127 km15 5 KLCC
8 9 Bukit Bintang MRT/Monorail
8 Raja Chulan 		[15]
  • Bukit Bintang
  • Titiwangsa
Bus-logo-white.svg GOKL 02  PURPLE Hab Pasar Seni ↺ Bukit Bintang 31 August 20126.3 km15 5 9 Pasar Seni
8 9 Bukit Bintang MRT/Monorail
8 Raja Chulan 		[16]
  • Bukit Bintang
Bus-logo-white.svg GOKL 03  RED Hab Titiwangsa ↺ KL Sentral 1 May 201413 km23 3 4 8 12 Titiwangsa
8 Chow Kit
1 2 Kuala Lumpur
9 Muzium Negara
1 2 5 6 7 KL Sentral 		[17]
  • Titiwangsa
  • Bukit Bintang
Bus-logo-white.svg GOKL 04  BLUE Hab Tititwangsa ↺ Bukit Bintang 1 May 201412 km23 3 4 8 12 Titiwangsa
8 Chow Kit
5 Dang Wangi
8 Bukit Nanas
8 Raja Chulan
8 9 Bukit Bintang MRT/Monorail 		[18]
  • Titiwangsa
  • Bukit Bintang
2 (first mile) Bus-logo-white.svg GOKL 05  ORANGE Hab Titiwangsa ↺MINDEF28 February 201910.4 km24 3 4 8 12 Titiwangsa
8 Chow Kit 		[19]
  • Setiawangsa
  • Titiwangsa
  • Bukit Bintang
Bus-logo-white.svg GOKL 06  PINK LRT Universiti ↺PPR Seri Pantai1 April 20197.3 km13 5 Universiti
2 Angkasapuri 		[20]
  • Lembah Pantai
Bus-logo-white.svg GOKL 07  TURQUOISE LRT Dato' Keramat ↺Kelumpuk Bambu (Setiawangsa)22 October 201910 km20 5 Dato' Keramat
5 Setiawangsa 		[21]
  • Setiawangsa
  • Titiwangsa
Bus-logo-white.svg GOKL 08  MAROON KTM / MRT Kampung Batu ↺Chow Kit28 August 202020.3 km49 3 4 Sentul
1 12 Kampung Batu
3 4 8 12 Titiwangsa
8 Chow Kit 		[22]
  • Batu
  • Bukit Bintang
Bus-logo-white.svg GOKL 09  CHOCOLATE LRT Sri Rampai ↺Seksyen 10 Wangsa Maju 16 February 202113.0 km32 5 Sri Rampai [23]
  • Wangsa Maju
  • Setiawangsa
Bus-logo-white.svg GOKL 10  PARROT GREEN Terminal Maluri ↺ Bandar Sri Permaisuri 1 November 202113.8 km35 3 9 Maluri
4 Cheras 		[24]
  • Cheras
  • Bandar Tun Razak
Bus-logo-white.svg GOKL 11  GREY MRT Cochrane ↺ Bandar Tun Razak 1 November 202116.7 km34 9 Cochrane
3 9 Maluri 		[25]
  • Titiwangsa
  • Cheras
  • Bandar Tun Razak
Bus-logo-white.svg GOKL 12  CREAMTaman Fadason↺ MRT Sri Delima 15 November 202215.7km25 12 Jinjang
12 Sri Delima 		[26]
  • Kepong
Bus-logo-white.svg GOKL 13  MAGENTA MRT Jinjang ↺ MATRADE 15 November 202216 km24 12 Jinjang
2 Segambut 		[27]
  • Kepong
  • Segambut
Bus-logo-white.svg GOKL 14  N/AKompleks Komuniti Muhibbah↺PPR Pinggiran Bukit Jalil1 August 202318.9 km30 4 Awan Besar
4 Muhibbah 		[28]
  • Seputeh
Bus-logo-white.svg GOKL 15  N/AAlam Damai↺ H.U.K.M 25 January 202420.6 km56 4 Bandar Tun Razak (Walking distance from Flat Sri Kota bus stop) [29]
  • Bandar Tun Razak

Fleet

Current

Currently, the fleet consist of 80 SKS ELC-229EV electric bus, managed by SKSBus. The buses were painted with green and turquoise colour in line with the new DBKL initiative for a greener mode of transportation. The SKS ELC-229EV Electric Bus entered service on 1 November 2021 on the Chocolate Line.

Yutong ZK6126HG Yutong ZK6126HG GoKL at KLCC.jpg
Yutong ZK6126HG
SKSBus LEC-300 SKS LEC-300 GoKL at Maluri.jpg
SKSBus LEC-300
SKSBus electric bus GoKL SKS Electric Bus.jpg
SKSBus electric bus

Former

Previously, the fleet consisted of King Long XMQ6121G buses from Rapid KL for the Green and Purple Lines, and Daewoo BV120MA NGV buses from Konsortium Transnasional for the Red and Blue Lines, painted in purple and pink livery. These buses were replaced on 1 August 2015 with Scania K-series and Alexander Dennis Enviro200 buses. [30] Usually, the Enviro200 buses served the Blue and Red Lines, the Scania K270 buses served the Maroon and Chocolate Lines, and the Scania K250 buses served the rest, though the Scania K250 buses would also serve the other lines during rush hours. The buses were used until 31 October 2021, where all GoKL operations were transferred to Causeway Link and SKSBus. All the buses were returned to the respective operators and repainted to be redeployed on normal services.

Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Alexander Dennis Enviro200 GoKL Titiwangsa.jpg
Alexander Dennis Enviro200

Operation hours and bus frequency

Monday to Sunday: 6.00am - 11.00pm

Frequency of bus:-

See also

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