Bandar Utama-Klang Line

LRT Bandar Utama-Klang Line
Overview
Native name	Laluan LRT Bandar Utama-Klang
Type	Light rail transit
System	LRT KL System 3 (LRT3) - SelTrac CBTC
Status	Preliminary works
Locale	Klang Valley
Termini	BK1  Bandar Utama  BK25  Johan Setia
Stations	26 (25 elevated and 1 underground)
Services	Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya via Shah Alam to Johan Setia, Klang
Line number	11  (sky blue)
Website	lrt3.com.my
Operation
Planned opening	31 August 2020
Owner	Prasarana Malaysia Berhad
Operator(s)	Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd
Depot(s)	Johan Setia Depot, Klang
Rolling stock	6-cars configuration SkyTrain technology trainset[1]
Technical
Line length	37 km (23 mi) inc. 2km underground tunnel
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	Third Rail, 750 VDC
Operating speed	80km/hour
Route map Greater KL / Klang Valley Integrated Transit Map Source: SPAD as at September 2016

The 37-kilometer LRT3 (initial name) or LRT Bandar Utama-Klang Line (interim name) BKL or formerly known as Shah Alam Line (intro name) is a light rail transit (LRT) line that is slated to be the third LRT system in Klang Valley. The line will be operated by Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd.^[2][3] It was announced by the Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana) on 24 April 2013.^[4][5] The line is currently referred to as Klang Valley LRT Line 3 or LRT3 by Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD).^[6]

When completed, the line will be one of the components of the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System.

Bandar Utama-Klang Line
Legend
S01 Bandar Utama  9  S02 Damansara Utama S03 Tropicana S04 Lien Hoe S05 Dataran Prima Lembah Subang Ara Damansara S06 Persada PLUS S07 Glenmarie (LRT)  5  S08 Temasya Glenmarie (KTM)  10  S09 HICOM-Glenmarie S10 Stadium Shah Alam  B2  S11 Persiaran Hishamuddin S12 Section 14 S13 SIRIM  B2  S14 UiTM S15 i-City S16 Bukit Raja S17 Kawasan 17 S17A Pasar Besar Klang S18 Jalan Meru S19 Klang  2  B2  S20 Taman Selatan S21 Sri Andalas S22 TESCO Bukit Tinggi S23 AEON Bukit Tinggi S24 Bandar Botanik Johan Setia Depot S25 Johan Setia
Interchange station integrated paid area single fare trip non-integrated paid area multiple fare trips

Stations

A total of 26 stations are planned, with proposed sub-two kilometre distances between them. There will be one underground station in the line, with the other 25 being elevated stations, and of the total, 10 stations are expected to have park-and-ride facilities.

The LRT3 line will feature a number of integrated stations with paid-to-paid integration with those of other lines. Planned interchanges are the Bandar Utama MRT station (250 metre distance), Station 3 of the LRT Kelana Jaya Line (100 metres), the Pelabuhan Klang KTM station (450 metres) and two stations (SIRIM and Stadium in Shah Alam) on the KL-Klang BRT line.

The alignment is based on the Final Railway Scheme approved by the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD).

Chronology

• 30 May 2014 - The Shah Alam LRT would begin from Bandar Utama, Kelana Jaya, through areas of Glenmarie, HICOM-Glenmarie Industrial Park, Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam city centre, UiTM, I-City, Bukit Raja Shopping Centre, Taman Eng Ann, Bandar Klang and then heading straight on to Johan Setia.^[7]
• 17 July 2014 - Following 2015 Budget which is tabled on 10 October 2014, the Prime Minister announced that the government will fund RM9 billion to build the LRT3 project linking Bandar Utama to Shah Alam and Klang, which is already in Prasarana's drawing board.^[8]
• 23 July 2014 - There are several disputes on the proposed routes with the main concern is on the line's integration with the Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT line.^[9]
• 11 August 2014 - Construction of LRT3 may damage structures, says chairman of chamber ^[10]
• 11 October 2014 - The project was approved with an allocation of RM9 billion.^[11] This line is no longer be an extension of the LRT Kelana Jaya Line ^[12] as initially proposed.
• 13 December 2014 - Prasarana to roll out LRT3 projects by second half of 2015 ^[13]
• 11 April 2015 - Tender documents for RM9bil LRT3 project ready for collection ^[14] LRT3 will be integrated with Kelana Jaya Line in Glenmarie LRT Station, which is currently being built as a part of the Kelana Jaya Line extension project. LRT3 is expected to be used by 300,000 users. The public display of the line will be held for three months beginning in May.^[6][15][16]
• 12 May 2015 - LRT3 works to start by Q1-2016.^[17][18][19] LRT3 public display to start on 15 May 2015.^[20][21] It will be put up for three months at seven locations - Shah Alam City Council, Petaling Jaya City Council, Public Land Transportation Commission office in Platinum Sentral, Klang Municipal Council and the Kelana Jaya, Masjid Jamek and Pasar Seni LRT stations - from 9am to 5pm on weekdays.^[22][23]
• 4 September 2015 - Prasarana Malaysia Berhad announced that Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) and George Kent Sdn Bhd joint venture (JV) has been appointed as the Project Delivery Partner (PDP) for the Bandar Utama-Klang (LRT3) project.^[24]
• 20 October 2015 - Prasarana has agreed to change the LRT3 route, which was originally planned to cut through the housing area of Taman Muhibah in Klang to Pasar Besar Klang (Klang wet market) at Jalan Meru. Residents of Taman Muhibah had been objecting the proposed line which would run through their housing area.^[25]
• 24 August 2016 - Official launch of the LRT3 project by the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.^[26]

Facts

• The 37-km rail line with 26 stations (25 elevated stations and 1 underground station) is expected to be operational on 31 August 2020.^[27]
• From the 26 stations along the line, 13 stations have the potential for future Transit Oriented Development (TOD).^[28]
• LRT3 is the first rail project in Malaysia that uses green technology applications including water retention, energy efficient and natural air flows.^[28]
• It is seamlessly connected with the:
  • Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line at Bandar Utama terminus
  • Kelana Jaya Line at Station 3 (Glenmarie)
  • BRT Federal Line at SIRIM and Klang stations
  • KTM Komuter Port Klang Line whereby the proposed new Klang komuter station located at the KTMB reserve land at Jalan Raya Barat from the current Klang Komuter station. This is to fulfil SPAD requirement that the stations must be located next to one another to ensure an integrated public transportation facility. The new Klang Komuter station will be built by Prasarana in line with SPAD’s requirement.^[29]
• LRT3 will be connected with 2 retail malls, namely TESCO Bukit Tinggi and AEON Bukit Tinggi in Bandar Bukit Tinggi, Klang.^[30]
• LRT3 will be equipped with the latest technologies including Communications-Based Train Controls (CBTC), Automatic Train Controls (ATC), Passenger Information Display System (PIDS), fire protection system and closed-circuit television (CCTV) system.
• LRT3 trains will have a maximum operating speed of 80 km/h (17% faster than the current Kelana Jaya Line) with the capacity of carrying 12,240 passengers per hour per direction.^[31]

External links

• Official LRT3 website
• LRT3 project video
• Rapid KL, LRT3 service brands

References

Rail transport in Malaysia
Greater KL / Klang Valley Integrated Rail Transit	Commuter rail Airport rail link  6  KLIA Ekspres  7  KLIA Transit  1  Seremban Line  2  Port Klang Line Rapid transit Light rail transit  3  Ampang Line  4  Sri Petaling Line Light rapid transit  5  Kelana Jaya Line People mover  8  KL Monorail
Inter-city rail	Peninsular Malaysia KTM ETS KTM East Coast Line KTM West Coast Line SRT International Express Eastern and Oriental Express East Malaysia SSR Tanjung Aru-Tenom Main Line SSR North Borneo Railway Tour Line
Others	KLIA Aerotrain Penang Hill Railway KTM Komuter Northern Sector  1  Padang Rengas  2  Padang Besar Kerteh-Kuantan Port Railway Line
Future Lines	Under Construction  9  SBK Line  10  Skypark Line  11  Bandar Utama-Klang Line  12  SSP Line Proposed  13  Circle Line Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR RTS Link Kota Kinabalu–Sandakan–Tawau Line Sarawak Railway Line East Coast Rail Line Suspended Putrajaya Monorail Penang Monorail LRT Penang Kota Kinabalu Monorail LRT Kota Kinabalu Melaka Aerorail Johor Bahru RTS
Defunct Lines	Sunway Monorail Malacca Monorail Genting Monorail
Owner & Operator	Current Express Rail Link (ERL) Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) Mass Rapid Transit Corporation MyHSR Corporation Prasarana Malaysia & Rapid Rail Sabah State Railway (SSR) Defunct Federated Malay States Railways Malayan Railway Administration North Borneo Railway
Automated fare collection	Integrated Cashless Payment System (ICPS) Stored-value card Touch 'n Go MyRapid Card Komuter Link Card Debit card MyDebit Card
Commissions	Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD)
Rolling Stock	Adtranz-Walkers LRV Scomi SUTRA EMU Siemens Desiro ET 425 M Siemens Inspiro SBK EMU Bombardier Innovia Metro ART 200 Bombardier Innovia APM 100 Jenbacher Class 81 EMU Union Carriage & Wagon Class 82 EMU Hyundai Rotem Class 83 EMU Hyundai Rotem Class 91 EMU CSR Zhuzhou Class 92 EMU CSR Zhuzhou Class 93 EMU Hyundai Rotem SSP EMU MTrans ALWEG EMU CNR Changchun ERL Equatorial EMU Doppelmayr Garaventa 100-FUL Penang Hill
Depots	Current Ampang Batu Gajah Bukit Tengah Brickfields Rawang Salak Tinggi Sentul Seremban Subang Tanjung Aru KLIA MAHB OMSF Under construction Johan Setia Kajang Kuala Sungai Baru Serdang Sungai Buloh

Urban Rail Transit in Southeast Asia
Indonesia	Jabodetabek Commuter Line Jakarta Kota-Bogor Jatinegara-Bogor Tanah Abang-Maja Jakarta Kota-Bekasi Duri-Tangerang Jakarta Kota-Tanjung Priok Surabaya Commuter Line Jakarta MRT  M1   M2  Jakarta LRT  L1   L2   L3  Palembang LRT Bandung LRT Surabaya LRT Kualanamu Railink Soekarno-Hatta Raillink Halim Perdanakusuma Raillink Minangkabau Railink Jakarta–Bandung HSR
Malaysia	KTM Komuter  1  Seremban  2  Port Klang  10  Skypark KTM Komuter Northern  1  Padang Rengas  2  Padang Besar Rapid KL  3  Ampang  4  Sri Petaling  5  Kelana Jaya  8  KL Monorail  9  SBK  11  Bandar Utama-Klang  12  SSP  13  Circle ERL  6  KLIA Express  7  KLIA Transit KTM ETS Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR RTS Link
Myanmar	Yangon Circular Railway Yangon Tram
Philippines	Manila LRT  LRT1  Line 1  LRT2  Line 2  LRT4  Line 4  LRT6  Line 6 Manila MRT  MRT3  Line 3  MRT7  Line 7  MRT9  Line 9  PNR  Metro South Commuter Line Metro Manila Subway North South Commuter Rail
Singapore	Singapore MRT  NSL  North South  EWL  East West  NEL  North East  CCL  Circle  DTL  Downtown  TEL  Thomson-East Coast  JRL  Jurong Region  CRL  Cross Island Singapore LRT  BPLRT  Bukit Panjang  SKLRT  Sengkang  PGLRT  Punggol Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR RTS Link
Thailand	Bangkok Mass Transit BTS  BTS  Sukhumvit  BTS  Silom MRT  MRT  Blue  MRT  Purple  MRT  Orange  MRT  Pink  MRT  Yellow BMA  BMA  Light Blue  BMA  Grey Line  BMA  Gold Line SRT SRTET  ARL  SA City Line SRT Red Lines  SRT  Light Red  SRT  Dark Red SRT Commuter      Lopburi Line      Kaeng Khoi Line      Prachinburi Line      Ratchaburi Line      Suphan Buri Line SRT High Speed Railways Bangkok-Chiang Mai Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima Bangkok-Hua Hin Bangkok-Rayong KKTT Khon Kaen LRT PKCD Phuket LRT
Vietnam	Hanoi Metro Ho Chi Minh City Metro
Note: Under construction & planned lines are in Italics