The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) has provided the thumbs-up for the KL MRT Line 2, also known as the Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line (SSP), railway scheme, according to a report by The Star. “With the final approval obtained, MRT Corp will now proceed with the construction of the SSP Line which is the second line of the Klang Valley MRT Project,” said the firm in a statement.
With the approval given, construction is expected to commence in June 2016. Earlier this year, a three-month public inspection from May to August this year received positive feedback with more than 90% of the general public signalling their approval on the line. The final alignment saw minute changes at two location in Kuchai Lama and Sungai Besi to allow for optimum usage of the land.
Additionally, another station will be established within the vicinity of Technology Park Malaysia (TPM), between stations S25 at Sungai Besi and S26 at Serdang Raya North. The new station will service TPM as well as the population around the developing Sungai Besi area.
All in all, the SSP Line will now have 37 stations in total. Of said figure, 25 stations will be elevated while 11 will be built underground – the remaining one station will adopt a “half-sunken” layout whereby it will be constructed on the ground below the current level. It’s also worth noting that the MRT SSP Line will integrate with the proposed Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR).
Lengthwise, the entire line is expected to span a distance of 52.2 km with 38.7 km of said line elevated – the remaining 13.5 km will be underground. The average travel time between each stop is expected to take between two to three minutes with the entire journey, end to end, taking an estimated 84 minutes.
As mentioned earlier, construction of the MRT SSP Line is expected to begin in the middle of next year with the first phase (between Sungai Buloh and Kampung Batu) slated to begin operating in July 2021. The remaining section from Kampung Batu to Putrajaya Sentral is expected to be operational by July 2022.
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Good to see that more public transport to be put in place, hopefully all can be integrated under one banner for seamless commuting in the future.
I hate to tell this, even though I’m not a supporter of ruling government, but I’ll salute their effort and insight in Malaysian public transport initiative. Kudos to our Gov for such a project.
crony lagi happi yay!!
Ya, baik atau buruk, jangan kesah asal hemtam.
Hopefully with this, the Putrajaya monorel or whatever it is will kick back to life.
Bina pengangkutan awam terbaik. tetapi ruang letak kereta sedikit letak di bahu jalan kena tunda dgn PBT.. harapkan bas tempatan nak ke stesen komuter sg buluh, tunggu bas 5 tahun tak juga kunjung tiba perhentian bus punyalah banyak.. rupanyer tiada kemudahan pengakutan bas…. sampah betoi laa pemimpin sekarang nie…. Saujana utama sg buluh P/s Dulu 6 tahun lepas semasa tiada perhentian bas pernah ada perkhidmatan bas.. 1 hari hanya 3 kali sahaja Pagi, tghari/petang dan malam… dah ada perhentian bas… perkhidmatan bas pula tiada….
The entire journey takes 84 minutes?
Can’t they put in some express trains which skips less crowded stations to shorten the travel time? (very common in other countries)
A majority of users will not take the entire journey everyday