Tram service for Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, Kajang and Bangi being proposed – will link up with MRT and HSR

Tram service for Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, Kajang and Bangi being proposed – will link up with MRT and HSR

More public transport could be on the way – the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) is looking into a tram system for Putrajaya, Cyberjaya, Kajang and Bangi, The Star reports.

According to SPAD chief executive officer Mohd Azharuddin Mat Shah, the proposed 53 km network of tram lines would be linked to the MRT 1 line in Kajang, as well as the MRT 2 line and High Speed Rail lines. The most recent addition to the rail transit line in the Klang Valley was the opening of the 1 Utama shopping centre link to the Bandar Utama MRT station.

“We have submitted this to the Government and it has given us approval to initiate a request for proposal (RFP) exercise. We’ve not decided when the RFP will be ready, but it will be within the next three to six months – SPAD has conducted the feasibility studies, we know the network and the areas to cover,” the SPAD CEO said.

As the tram system will be the first for Malaysia, Azharuddin said the commission is learning from other countries in Asia and Europe about the technologies best suited for use here, according to the New Straits Times.

“We are still learning and have yet to decide, but (for now) we are open to any system. We believe the new system will help to alleviate congestion in the said areas,” he explained.

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Comments

  • sam123 on Mar 07, 2018 at 10:58 am

    A tram is a rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets, and also sometimes on a segregated right of way.

    hopefully it wont happen in selangor

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    • Digidigi on Mar 07, 2018 at 11:53 am

      tram is no no in malaysia as our nation have lower common sense and not discipline as Melbourne , san Frans citizen etc

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      • adlanar on Mar 07, 2018 at 4:50 pm

        Govt shud setup motorbike-hailing services in Klang Valley. Beat city jam, fast & jobs for our unemployed youths.

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        • Paul Tan on Mar 07, 2018 at 5:07 pm

          There was one.

          https://paultan.org/2017/02/14/dego-ride-motorcycle-taxi-wont-be-legalised-liow/

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          • The high eksiden rates for motors will deter having one.

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      • Steambucks on Mar 09, 2018 at 11:39 pm

        Have some faith with our people lar. Even most of our drivers have enough common sense to obey the unwritten rule on the highway (eg: not hogging the fast lane).

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    • YB Albert on Mar 07, 2018 at 3:03 pm

      With the recent completion of Sg buloh-Kajang LRT,has traffic congestion eased?IN fact,the ridership is just over the half way mark ,cos the fares r simply out of reach of the common rakyat.
      Trams and further lrts,are actually making giant corporations richer since traffic congestion r here to stay ,with no concrete long term planning,like what we see across the border,south.
      Just pathetic,taxes go to unproductive ill planned mega projects,in the name of MODERN TRANSPORTATION.

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      • Daily ridership of 120,000 for just 1 line is nothing to sneeze at. Wait till MRT2 is up, ridership will go 5X.

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  • Tram is a big no-no in Malaysia owing to the fact that malaysian drivers are generally not good at being courteous while on the road.

    Maybe PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) is a better bet. Highly scalable, flexible and doesn’t cost as much as running an MRT line. The pods can be optimized for peak loads and low loads, hence cost saving. Some can even run on roads and dedicated tracks at the same time.

    SPAD must not think only about efficiency, but also practicality.

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  • lilytan on Mar 07, 2018 at 11:23 am

    Better to revive the half-finished putrajaya monorail first. Its currently an eyesore.

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  • Public transports > all

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  • MRT2 shud continue a bit further from Serdang station thru Balakong and connect to Bkt Dukung Station.

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    • Crappy Outalingam on Mar 09, 2018 at 3:11 pm

      Yes – Balakong is never at all unimportant, and added to that, Sungai Long as well

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  • What happent to Putrajaya monorail?

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  • better build subway stations, sure it’ll costs more , but land value above of the area will increase significantly, and will be primed for development

    other ideas are electric buses using solar wind and vibration electrical source and their own pathway, like in columbia

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    • I think bus rapid system BRT has been implemented somewhere in sunway. But the network just covers small area. And i’m not so sure about the effeciency & how far its effectiveness for sunway area traffic congestion

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  • Judging by the general attitude of drivers here..be prepared for a Russian dash cam style tram line invasion videos down the road…. unless it’s closed off..

    but even countries with tram lines have long admitted that it was not the best solution… A monorail would be much better to do the secondary connections… we do not need our roads to be further narrowed that they already are..

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  • Ahmadjr on Mar 07, 2018 at 12:53 pm

    Sudah2 lah untuk putrajaya, dorang bukan nak guna pun.

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    • U never been to Putrajaya isit?

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      • Ahmadjr on Mar 07, 2018 at 3:22 pm

        I live in putrajaya

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        • The u shud know the chronic parking situation there, right?

          U sure u live there?

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          • Mrs Suka Syukur Sgt on Mar 07, 2018 at 6:08 pm

            Ahmadjr already said he live in Putrajaya. You wanna see where his house meh?

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          • Agreed. Chronic parking situation, city planning failed AF. Roadside parking jer

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  • Mohd sallehhudin on Mar 07, 2018 at 1:56 pm

    Please make sure that it connects to Bandar Bangi town and not Bangi (lama)…BBB is where the majority of the people live and commute to other towns. SPAD and town planners please take note…Bangians are terribly sad that the MRT ends in Kajang..

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    • Firdaus on Mar 07, 2018 at 4:42 pm

      Now in Bangi Lama there’s a lot of project being develop.
      Putra Mahkota, Bangi Avenue, Bandar Seri Putra,
      It would be good to have it in BBB and extend to Bangi (lama) as well.

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  • Even Phuket will get a 60km tram service in 2021 (construction will begin this year).

    What happened to the tram project in Penang btw?

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    • lilytan on Mar 07, 2018 at 3:02 pm

      Better finish the tunnel first

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      • Need to finish study repot first…

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        • Normal Guy on Mar 07, 2018 at 7:15 pm

          https://paultan.org/2018/01/26/kl-cycling-lanes-miros-to-conduct-month-long-study/

          Dear MIROS, john sending 1st Reminder.

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  • 12yrsold on Mar 07, 2018 at 2:23 pm

    Just one question for Mohd Azharuddin of SPAD. Who is funding this exercise ??

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    • SPAD is gov body. Who do u think?

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      • 12yrsold on Mar 07, 2018 at 5:04 pm

        If no $$$, please don’t borrow to finance this project as we are already in the RED to the tune of RM700 billion.

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        • Where did u get that news becoz GDP grew at 5.8%, EPF at 6.9%, TH at 6.25%, Gov foreign reserves at US$103.7 Billion (thats USD).

          Somemore our GDP of RM988.99 billion alredi can offset whatever RED of Rm700 billion.

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  • Pakulupapito on Mar 07, 2018 at 4:08 pm

    Penang used to have tram right?? The old tram long ago…

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  • Menarik ada TRAM. Minta org railway yg pakar study betul2 ye berkenaan dengan track tram ni. Track pakai metal dan surface dia agak licin bila hujan dan bahaya utk motorsikal@basikal sbb boleh sliding. Kadang2 tayar basikal yg kecik boleh tersekat di tram track ni. Isu safety paling utama jika tram track ni berkongsi jalan yg sama dgn kenderaan2 darat yg lain. – Berdasarkan kes2 diluar negara.

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  • Crappy Outalingam on Mar 07, 2018 at 9:47 pm

    Tram system to link up such a LONG distance between these four areas – Cyberjaya/Putrajaya/Bangi/Kajang? Heck NO – sambung lah MRT dari Kajang Sentral TERUS ke Putrajaya Sentral (melalui Uniten dan Bangi Lama) – kan dah cukup? Never complicate things by adding more variety of rail transport but rather keep it SIMPLE yet IMPACTFUL – please lah Gahmen!!

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  • Tram utk jajaran cyberjaya-bangi-putrajaya-kajang mmg sangat sesuai.

    1) Penggunaan TRAM memberi impak positif dr segi menarik minat org ramai / pelancong kerana ia adalah mode of transport yg unik di rantau asia tenggara

    2) Pemandu / penunggang kenala mula belajar erti disiplin/bertolak ansur bila berada di jalan raya

    3) Perkongsian Laluan – Perlu wujud satu Pusat Kawalan Operasi Berpusat yg menempatkan semua badan seliaan (PBT+OPERATOR TRAM+JKR) yg monitor aliran trafik / lampu isyarat bagi semua laluan utk kenderaan biasa dan tram.

    4) Kelajuan TRAM perlu dihadkan iaitu maximum 40KM/HR agar dpt mengurangkan risiko kemalangan.

    5) Permukaan besi landasan mmg agak licin lagi2 selepas/semasa hujan bg penunggang motorsikal/basikal. Tayar basikal yg kecil juga boleh menyebabkan ia tersangkut diantara ruang besi landasan. Kes2 kemalangan berpunca daripada besi landasan byk berlaku di luar negara. Mereka yg pakar dlm bidang trackworks boleh mencari jalan/solution bersesuaian utk isu ini.

    6) Power up TRAM – Mungkin boleh mencari alternatif lain selain dari overhead line/catenary sistem (penyebab pencemaran visual/renjatan/kos terlalu mahal) i.e.
    i) Hydrogen fuel cells / Hydrail-Hydrogen Hybrid
    ii) An on-board energy system, works by recharging its batteries, very quickly, at each station or at the end of the line / new technology uses supercapacitors; when an insulator at a track switch cuts off power from the tram for a short distance along the line, the tram can use energy stored in a large capacitor to drive the tram past the gap in the power feed);
    iii) A ground-based electric power supply system, which functions via a third rail placed between the two main rails, fed from boxes under the tracks (also known as surface current collection and Alimentation par le Sol (APS, which literally means feeding via the ground), is a modern method of third-rail electrical pick-up for street trams);
    iv) Flywheel energy storage system

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  • Nicholas on Mar 10, 2018 at 11:06 am

    Ease congestion in Putrajaya and Cyberjaya? What congestion? Big Chinese corporations are taking over the construction industry here… so they have to resort to building useless lines to keep their pockets full… *sigh*

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