The opening of Phase 2 of the MRT Putrajaya line (MRT2) has seen the average daily weekday ridership on the rail service increase by 305%. According to transport minister Anthony Loke, the number of passenger trips per day increased from 23,000 during Phase 1, which began operating in June 2022, to 93,000 per day in Phase 2.
Loke said this during a question and answer session at the Dewan Negara earlier today, Bernama reports. He was replying to a question from Senator Datuk Mohd Hisamudin Yahaya, who asked about the ministry’s plan to encourage more people to use the MRT2, which was built at a cost of RM30.53 billion.
Loke said that RapidKL will provide feeder buses around Putrajaya to promote the use of MRT2, which includes five routes, such as the route from Putrajaya Sentral MRT station to Precinct 10, Precinct 16, Precinct 4, Precinct 11 and Ayer 8. He added that he expects ridership on the route to increase further based on the current trend.
As for the average number of passengers using Rapid Rail services (MRT Sg Buloh-Kajang line, MRT2, LRT Ampang/Sri Petaling and Kelana Jaya lines, KL Monorail) on weekdays, he said that this had increased by 21% since the start of the year, from 613,000 in January to 746,000 in June.
Additionally, he said that passenger numbers on Rapid Rail services are set to increase further by the fourth quarter of 2023 as new trains are deployed on the LRT Kelana Jaya line and when repair work on the cracked structure of the LRT Ampang/SP line is fully completed.
“The transport ministry, through Prasarana, will continue to improve public transport services and invest in rail and bus infrastructure as needed to promote the transition to a more comfortable, safer and lower-carbon public transport system,” he said, adding that the MY50 Unlimited Travel Pass for rail and bus services will continue as part of the government’s plan to promote the use of public transport.
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eh.. he finally announce something that has something to do with transport. clap. clap. clap
Trims kaseh bossku, meanwhile Anwar still failure as PM
Ha ha ha ha ha
Data shows MRT2 that serves densed middle-class areas (Sg Buloh, SD, Kepong, Jinjang) is more important than MRT1 (cut through mostly prime residential with many highways KD, BU, Dsara, Dsara Height)
Typical example train INFRA gotta think through the population and targeted consumer before building. Next circus MRT3 that builds above many highways (Kerinchi, Mont Kiara, MRR2, NPE) will be another failure. Mark my words
Other those MRT lines, the train/rail infrastructure in Klang Valley & the outskirts also include the LRT lines, KL Monorail & KTM Komuter. What about them?
did u jz expect someone to be able change things that has been broken for decades in jz few mths/yrs time ?
He promised he will fix everything within 100 days in office wor… now is already more than 100 days, so…
He didn’t expect that PMVIII & PMIX had left behind a much bigger mess.
Dun promise something you cant do. Jangan tau main belakang lepas tu tak bayar!
Jika benar dia berjanji nak buat sesuatu di belakang u, u boleh failkan kes ke3 kat mahkamah.
I really dont know to feel proud or extremely sad when such question is asked in Dewan Negara. If Dewan Negara is just used to share statistic then we dont need people in it, just a PC and an excel sheet with data gathered from the front end.
Loke never mentioned that back in March, many companies even MNC still operates on hybrid WFH, now Google, Elon, Zuck, are demanding workers return back to office full time. Of course riderships will go up, but it wasn’t thanks to him, but the CEOS forcing workers to return.
Once again he is taking credit from someone else. He should ask himself just what did he do to improve public transportation.
Najib f not because of 1MDB and Rosmah could be out best progressive PM ever
Yeah especially the second part
If that happens, the PMO might have its own exhibition gallery to display collection of Birkin Hermes bags & other luxury items.
At least he didn’t demand for his wife to have special gomen car with special number plate.
She did demand for one with gold plating & encrusted with precious stones at all 4 sides, but it was too late because her husband had lost the election.
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/06/26/pms-wife-didnt-request-for-special-number-plate
It was the Sabah state government’s own initiative.
@JBM2 That is a lie. We would know and have turn into propaganda if we had proof.
@Geng Abang Non aka Lets See, when u yourself lie, how can u expect others to tell u the truth? Pls go ahead & complain to the website administrator.
This mrt is awesome. Major let down by lack of parking spaces at mrt station, can be solved with feeder buses. But then feeder buses are not that efficient. Waited once since 12.45pm till 1.50pm still no bus at Century Square Cyberjaya feeder bus stop. Rapid Pulse app showing bus arriving in *** minutes but all didn’t turn up.
And then it comes to parking in cyberjaya. Stations are situated far away from hot spots, people drive there to park due to unreliability of feeder buses to show up on time. Parking always full, people just park along the main road or at roadside in the station blocking the road.
Anyways, other than these two things, mrt is awesome!
Then why still so many cars on the road? T.T
Isn’t it because there are still many people who stay too far away from any one of the LRT/MRT stations?