Kelana Jaya Line

Kelana Jaya Line
A 2-car ART Mark II train at KJ19 Universiti
Overview
Type	Light rail
Status	Operational
Locale	Klang Valley
Termini	Kelana Jaya Gombak
Stations	24
Services	Gombak - Kuala Lumpur - Petaling Jaya
Website	RapidKL Rail
Operation
Opened	September 1, 1998
Owner	Syarikat Prasarana Negara
Operator(s)	RapidKL
Depot(s)	Lembah Subang
Rolling stock	Mark II Bombardier ART
Technical
Line length	29 km (18 mi)
Track length	0 km (0 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Standard gauge
Electrification	Third Rail
Operating speed	60 km/h (37 mph)
Route map Legend KJ1 Gombak KJ2 Taman Melati KJ3 Wangsa Maju KJ4 Sri Rampai KJ5 Setiawangsa KJ6 Jelatek KJ7 Dato' Keramat KJ8 Damai KJ9 Ampang Park  M2  KJ10 KLCC KJ11 Kampung Baru MR8 Bukit Nanas  MR  KJ12 Dang Wangi KJ13 Masjid Jamek  AG  KJ16 Pasar Seni  M1  Kuala Lumpur  MR  KJ15 KL Sentral  RS:BP  KJ16 Bangsar  KE:KT  KJ17 Abdullah Hukum  M3  KL Eco City  M2  KJ18 Kerinchi KJ19 Universiti KJ20 Taman Jaya KJ21 Asia Jaya KJ22 Taman Paramount KJ23 Taman Bahagia KJ24 Kelana Jaya Putra Damai Lembah Subang Lembah Subang Depot Kelana Indah Subang Jaya  BP  SS15 SS18 USJ7 USJ8 USJ14 USJ21 Subang Alam Alam Megah Putra Height  AG

The Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity rail transport system and one of the three rail transit lines in the Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System operated by RapidKL Rail network. The other rail transit is the Ampang Line & Monorail Line.

The Kelana Jaya Line was formerly known as PUTRA LRT ("PUTRA" stands for Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik Sdn Bhd, the company which developed and operated it). Following a restructuring of ownership and management, the line is currently owned by Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) and operated by Rapid KL.

On 28 November 2011, the Kelana Jaya Line and the Ampang Line were integrated with a single ticketting system, allowing commuters to transfer from one line to another at Masjid Jamek station without the need to buy a new ticket for the first time since the line became fully operational in 1999.

History

The first operation of Kelana Jaya Line commenced on September 1, 1998 between Subang Depot to Pasar Seni and phase two, between Pasar Seni to Terminal Putra in June 1999.

In 2002, the system carried its 150 millionth passenger, with an average of 160,000 passengers riding the system daily at that time. Today, it carries over 190,000 passengers a day and over 350,000 a day during national events.

The line will undergo a 17 km extension with construction expected to commence in early-2010 through 2012. With a total of 13 new stations to the line, the new terminus will be relocated to Putra Heights from the existing Kelana Jaya station.

Chronology

• 15 February 1994 - Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik (Putra LRT) was incorporated.
• 1 September 1998 - Section 1 from Subang Depot to Pasar Seni commenced operation.
• 1 June 1999 - Entire Putra LRT system opened as Section 2 from Pasar Seni to Terminal Putra commenced operation. The new section included Malaysia's first underground railway.
• 1 September 2002 - Putra LRT comes under management of Syarikat Prasarana Negara and renamed Putraline under the first phase of the restructuring of Kuala Lumpur's public transport system. SPNB also takes over Star LRT and is renamed Starline.
• November 2004 - Operational aspects of the two LRT systems is transferred to the newly formed, government-owned Rapid KL under the second phase of the restructuring process. Ownership of their assets remains with Syarikat Prasarana Negara.
• July 2005 - Name changed from Putraline to Kelana Jaya Line. Signage to be changed by 2006.
• 24 July 2006 - Failure of the back-up computer to kick-in caused the system to stop functioning during the evening rush hour. Passengers were trapped in trains and some had to force open doors to get out.
• 29 August 2006 - Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak announces that this line will be extended from Lembah Subang to Subang Jaya and USJ.
• 6 October 2006 - A "technical problem" caused a train to stall along the tracks between Dato Keramat and Damai stations at 7am, causing a shut-down of the Masjid Jamek-Terminal PUTRA stretch of the line. Normal service restored at 5pm.
• 13 October 2006 – Syarikat Prasarana Negara signed an agreement with Bombardier-Hartasuma Consortium (BHC)for the purchase of 22 four-car train sets for the Kelana Jaya Line with an option to purchase an additional 13 train sets for RM1.2 billion. Trains were targeted to be delivered in 2008.
• 12 December 2006 - An accident occurred during a peak hour as a train was approaching Pasar Seni LRT station. The train stopped abruptly as if it hit something. No casualties occurred.
• 8 October 2007 – Syarikat Prasarana Negara purchased an additional 13 Advanced Rapid Transit (ART) MK II train sets (52 cars) for €71 million for the Kelana Jaya Line. Delivery of the train sets is expected to be in 2010.
• 27 July 2009 - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak announced that 35 new four-car trains will be operational by end-2012.
• 15 September 2009 – Syarikat Prasarana Negara begins a 3-month public display of the proposed alignment of the Kelana Jaya Line extension (as well as the Ampang Line extension) at selected locations for feedback.
• October 2009 - Test runs for the new four-car trains begin. Passengers were not allowed to board these trains.
• 30 December 2009 - Three four-car trains officially begin service, while the remaining 32 four-car trains will be gradually introduced into service through April 2011.
• 24 December 2010 - Sri Rampai station opens for revenue service.
• 28 November 2011 - Kelana Jaya and Ampang - Sri Petaling Line integrated with a single ticketing system.

The system

Line and stations

The Kelana Jaya Line consists of a single line from Kelana Jaya to Gombak that primarily serves the Petaling Jaya region to the south; southwest and central Kuala Lumpur, and Kuala Lumpur City Centre to the centre; and various low density residential areas further north in Kuala Lumpur. At 29 km in length, this line is the third longest fully automated driverless metro system in the world, after the SkyTrain in Greater Vancouver, Canada (68.7 km) and the Lille Metro VAL in Lille, France (32 km).

Kelana Jaya Line's stations are given in a north-south direction, consists primarily of elevated stops and a handful of underground and at-grade stations. Of a total of 24 stations, 16 are elevated, and 5 stops between Pasar Seni and Ampang Park are underground. The only at-grade station is Sri Rampai.

The stations, like those of the Ampang Line, are styled in several types of architectural designs. Elevated stations, in most parts, were constructed in four major styles with distinctive roof designs for specific portions of the line. The KL Sentral station, added later, features a design more consistent with the Stesen Sentral station building. Underground stations, however, tend to feature unique concourse layout and vestibules, and feature floor-to-ceiling platform screen doors to prevent platform-to-track intrusions. 13 stations (including two terminal stations and the five subway stations) utillise a single island platform, while 11 others utilize two side platforms. Stations with island platforms allow easy interchange between north-bound and south-bound trains without requiring one to walk down/up to the concourse level.

Kelana Jaya Line stations were built to support disabled passengers, featuring elevators and wheelchair lifts alongside escalators and stairways between various levels of the stations. The stations in this line were also designed to have platform gaps smaller than 5 cm to allow easy access for the disabled and wheelchair users. They are able to achieve this with:

• Tracks that are non-ballasted, lessening rail and train movements.
• Trains that have direct rubber suspension, lessening train body movements.
• Trains that do not rapidly run through stations.
• Stations that have straight platforms.

The stations are currently the only rapid transit stations in the Klang Valley designed to provide a degree of accessibility for handicapped users.

Kelana Jaya Line stations also feature a limited number of closed-circuit security cameras for security purposes.

To accommodate the 13 new stations in 2012, station codes have been renamed from KJ1 through KJ37, with the current Kelana Jaya and Gombak terminus taking the KJ14 and KJ 37 codes respectively.

No.	Name	Type	Notes
KJ1	Terminal PUTRA	Terminal	Also referred to as Gombak station.
KJ2	Taman Melati	Side
KJ3	Wangsa Maju	Island	Connection to Metrobus and RapidKL hubs.
KJ4	Sri Rampai	Side	only at-grade station on the Kelana Jaya line.
KJ5	Setiawangsa	Island
KJ6	Jelatek	Side
KJ7	Dato' Keramat	Side
KJ8	Damai	Island
KJ9	Ampang Park	Island	Underground
KJ10	KLCC	Island	Underground, connection to RapidKL hub.
KJ11	Kampung Baru	Island	Underground
KJ12	Dang Wangi	Island	Underground, walking distance to KL Monorail.
KJ13	Masjid Jamek	Island	Underground, connection to Ampang Line.
KJ14	Pasar Seni	Island	Connection to Rapid KL hub, walking distance to KTM Komuter, KL Monorail and Metrobus hub.
KJ15	KL Sentral	Side	Connection to KLIA Ekspres, KLIA Transit, KTM Intercity and KTM Komuter, walking distance to KL Monorail and Metrobus and Rapid KL hubs.
KJ16	Bangsar	Side
KJ17	Abdullah Hukum	Side
KJ18	Kerinchi	Side
KJ19	Universiti	Island	Connection to RapidKL hub.
KJ20	Taman Jaya	Side
KJ21	Asia Jaya	Island
KJ22	Taman Paramount	Side
KJ23	Taman Bahagia	Side
KJ24	Kelana Jaya	Island	Connection to RapidKL hub.

Rolling stock

The rolling stock of the Kelana Jaya Line, in use since the opening of the line in 1998, consists of a fleet of 35 Mark II Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit (ART) trains with related equipment and services supplied by the Bombardier Group. The ART trains consist of two-electric multiple units, which serve as either a driving car or trailer car depending on its direction of travel. The trains utilise linear motors and draw power from a third rail located at the side of the steel rails. The plating in between the running rails is used for accelerating and decelerating the train. The reaction plate is semi-magnetised, which pulls the train along as well as helps it to slow down.

The ART is essentially driverless, automated to travel along lines and stop at designated stations for a limited amount of time. Nevertheless, manual override control panels are provided at each end of the trains for use in an event of an emergency.

The interior of the ART, like its Ampang Line counterparts, simply consists of plastic seating aligned sideways towards the sides of the train, with spacing for passengers on wheelchair, and spacing in the middle for standing occupants. Since its launch in 1998, the ART rolling stock has remained relatively unchanged; only more holding straps have been added and the labeling has been modified from Putra-LRT to RapidKL. Some of the rolling stocks have the majority of the seats removed for added passenger capacity during rush hours.

On October 13, 2006, Syarikat Prasarana Negara signed an agreement with Bombardier Hartasuma Consortium for the purchase of 88 Mark II ART cars (22 train sets of 4-cars) with an option for another 13 for RM1.2 billion. The 22 train sets, initially targeted to be delivered from August 2008 onwards, will have four cars each and will boost the carrying capacity of the fleet by 1,500 people. On October 8, 2007, Syarikat Prasarana Negara exercised its option to purchase an additional 52 Mark II ART cars (13 train sets of 4-cars) for €71 million, expected to be delivered in 2010^{[citation needed]}.

Although the trains were expected to arrive in August 2008, the delivery was delayed to November 2008 by the manufacturer. RapidKL said that the trains will only be usable by September 2009 after having sufficient rolling stocks, power line upgrades and safety testing. Transport Minister, Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat has said in Parliament that the new trains will begin operations by December 2009. However, in July 2009, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced that the four-car trains will only be fully operational by end-2012.

On 30 December 2009, 3 of the 35 new four-car trains entered commercial service on the line. New features on the train sets other than increased capacity up to 950 passengers per trip are seat belts for wheel-chair bound travelers, door alarm lights for hearing impaired and more handles for standing commuters.

Extensions

On 29 August 2006, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Mohd Najib Abdul Razak announced that the western end of the Kelana Jaya Line would be extended to the suburbs of Subang Jaya such as UEP Subang Jaya (USJ) and Putra Heights which are located to the south-west of Kuala Lumpur. The extension will be part of a RM10 billion plan to expand Kuala Lumpur's public transport network.

The expansion plan will also see the Ampang Line extended to the suburbs of Puchong and the south-west of Kuala Lumpur The plan also involved the construction of an entirely new line, tentatively called the Kota Damansara-Cheras Line, running from Kota Damansara in the western portion of the city, to Cheras which lies to the south-east of Kuala Lumpur.

As of August 2008, Syarikat Prasarana Negara was reportedly running land and engineering studies for the proposed extension.

In September 2009, Syarikat Prasarana Negara began displaying the alignment of the proposed extensions (Kelana Jaya and Ampang Line) to the public over a 3-month period for feedback. The Kelana Jaya extension will see 13 new stations over a length of 17 km from Kelana Jaya to Putra Heights. Construction is expected to commence in early-2010.

On November 2010, Prasarana announced that it has awarded RM1.7 billion for first phase of the project. The winners include Trans Resource Corp Bhd for the Kelana Jaya line extension portion. UEM Builders Bhd and Intria Bina Sdn Bhd were appointed as subcontractors for the fabrication and supply of segmental box girder jobs for the Kelana Jaya line.

Construction works on the Kelana Jaya Line and the Ampang Line Extension project are targeted to escalate at the end of March, with commencement of structural works, subject to approval from state government and local authorities.

Gallery

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  The street entrance of the KLCC station

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  The recently refurbished concourse level of the Pasar Seni LRT station

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  The concourse level of the Ampang Park station.

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  Masjid Jamek is one of only five underground stations along the Kelana Jaya Line.

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  The Dang Wangi LRT station

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  The Kelana Jaya Line station in Kuala Lumpur Sentral.

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  A train of the Kelana Jaya line of the RapidKL LRT passing through Petaling Jaya.

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  The Universiti station at night. It is one of the elevated stations in the system.

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  Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System network map including extension proposal.

See also

• Ampang Line
• Monorail Line
• Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of driverless trains
• Rail transport in Malaysia
• Public transport in Kuala Lumpur

External links

• Land Public Transport Commission
• Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad
• Rapid KL
• Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) Project
• TransitMy
• App Store

Route Maps

• Route search - Interactive transport guide of Kuala Lumpur public transport system
• Train Journey Planner & Fare Calculator from thepricechat.com
• Route Map from malaysiaexpat.com
• Route Map from ktmb.com.my
• Route Map from prasarana.com.my
• Route Map from stesensentral.com