Rapid KL Light Rail Transit
RapidKL Rail is a public rail network owned by Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) and operated by RapidKL (a wholly owned subsidarary of SPNB) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The RapidKL Rail network contains two Light Rail Transit (LRT) lines, comprising the Ampang and Kelana Jaya Lines, and the KL Monorail. Along with the KTM Komuter lines, owned and operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad, and the Express Rail Link airport lines, this system constitutes the entire public rail network of Kuala Lumpur. The network comprises of 60 stations with 64.6 km of rail between the three lines and operate on standard gauge for the LRT Lines and ALWEG straddle beam for the KL Monorail. Train services operate from 6.00 a.m and typically end before midnight daily with frequencies varying from approximately three minutes during peak hours to twenty-three minutes during non-peak hours.
The Ampang and Kelana Jaya lines were constructed and initially operated by different owners; Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan Sdn. Bhd. for the Ampang Line from 1995 and Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik for the Kelana Jaya Line from 1998. In 2004, operational aspects of the two LRT lines were transferred to RapidKL under the second phase of the restructuring process of Kuala Lumpur's public transportation network. The KL Monorail was initially owned and operated by KL Infrastructure Group, from 2003 until 2007, until the company declared bankruptcy. As a result, SPNB purchased the monorail and gave operating rights to their subsidiarity RapidKL.
Several extensions to the RapidKL Light Rail Transit network have been announced. Under the line extension and MRT project, 54 new stations and 83 km of new track will be constructed with an expected completion date at 2016. These stations are scattered throughout Kuala Lumpur, with several stops close to or within the peripheral regions of Selangor. The Puchong extension entails the extension of the Ampang Line from its southern terminus in Sri Petaling to the suburb of Putra Heights in the Petaling district of Selangor, passing through Puchong and Bandar Kinrara. The Subang Jaya extension involves the extension of the Kelana Jaya Line from its western terminus in Kelana Jaya to Bandar Sunway, Subang Jaya and UEP Subang Jaya, with the new terminus in Putra Heights. The MRT Line 1, which will operate as part of a larger mass rapid transit system linking Damansara in the northwestern region of Kuala Lumpur to Cheras in the southeast via the city centre, is projected to be completed by 2016. This new mass rapid transit system will be operated by RapidKL separately from the Kelana Jaya Line and the Ampang Line, although there will be several interchange stations with the two aforementioned lines throughout the network.
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