I was at MidValley yesterday to check out the Klang Valley MRT Open Day. =)
The Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit system will be the backbone of the new sustainable transport system in Klang Valley, which will be home to an estimated 10 million people by 2020. The Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit system will have several lines integrated with the light rail transit (LRT), Monorail, KTMB Komuter and intra- and inter-city bus services to form an effective public transportation system.
The massive crowd who were there.
Initiated by the Government of Malaysia the Greater Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley National Key Economic Area, the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Project’s objective is to alleviate traffic congestion by increasing the number of people using the public transport to a 10-fold increase from 400,000 trips to 4.5 million trips per day in 2020.
The Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit will enable easier connectivity between populated residential districts, business centres, commercial centres and key employment areas in the suburb and urban corridors of the Klang Valley and Kuala Lumpur City Centre.
The Sg Buloh - Kajang MRT alignment.
The Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line will run from Sungai Buloh to Kajang through Kuala Lumpur city centre. This route which runs from north-west to south-east of Kuala Lumpur is densely populated and is currently inadequately served by rail-based public transport. Upon expected completion by 2016, the Sungai Buloh – Kajang line will provide efficient train service to 1.2 million people with an estimated daily ridership of 442,000.
The entire length of the Sg Buloh - Kajang MRT is about 51 km, of which 9.5 km of it are underground, with the remaining elevated. There will be 35 stations, whereby the time estimated from end-to-end is about 90 minutes. It will take you half an hour from Kota Damansara to Bukit Bintang area. It will serve a catchment population of about 1.2 million - with an estimated ridership of over 400,000 per day.
The construction of this MRT is able to create about 130,000 jobs, with about RM 3 - 4 billion generated from Gross National Income (GNI) from 2011 up to 2020. Another RM 8 - 12 billion of GNI will be generated indirectly.
A quick view of the alignment, cutting through the SPRINT highway for Section 17 and then towards TTDI and One Utama areas before heading towards The Curve and Kota Damansara.
Upon completion of this new MRT, I believe it is able to enhance the value of the properties of its surroundings as enhanced connectivity will result in property value appreciation. The MRT is essential to achieve our NKEA Greater Klang Valley target to be amongst the top 20 cities in the world by 2020.
Okay, here's the detailed picture of the MRT alignment. Do check it out. =)
