PETALING JAYA: Trains will form the backbone of the Klang Valley’s public transport network, with three My Rapid Transit (MRT) lines and several other rail proposals on the way.According to a draft of the Greater Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley Public Transport Master Plan, buses would be used to support these lines, with taxis to “fill in the gaps”.
“Rail will be the future of the (public transport) network… Bus will support the rail system by providing feeder services to rail services and by providing services in the secondary corridors not served by rail,” the draft said.
The future rails were specified as: MRT2 Circle Line; MRT3 North-South Line; Freight Relief Line; LRT (Light Rail Transit) 3: Kelana Jaya-Klang; Putrajaya Monorail; and LRT4: Outer Orbital Line.
The draft said that the MRT2 Circle Line would cater for orbital movements around KL, linking up areas such as Mid Valley, Mont Kiara, Sentul Timur, Ampang and “proposed developments” such as Matrade.
It added that the Circle Line would be developed in at least two phases, with a large portion of it “likely to be underground”.
The first, it said, would involve the western and southern sections of KL linking Ampang with Mid Valley, Matrade and Sentul. The second phase of this line, the draft added, would connect Ampang with Sentul Timur.
“Subject to technical feasibility, an initial estimate suggests a length of 29km for phase one with 22 stations. The second phase would be 12km with eight stations,” it said of the Circle Line.
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