Sri Petaling Line

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Kuala Lumpur Public Transit System
Sri Petaling Line
Aliran Sri Petaling
Alignment Sentul Timur - Sri Petaling
Type Light Rail Transit
Service area Kuala Lumpur and surrounding Klang Valley
System length 15 km
Stations 18
Operational mode With driver
Operational date 1996
Operator Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB)

The Sri Petaling Line is one of three light rail transit (LRT) lines in Kuala Lumpur. The other two lines are the Kelana Jaya Line and Ampang Line. All three are operated by Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd (Rapid KL).

The Sri Petaling and Ampang Lines are the new names for Kuala Lumpur's Star light rail transit (LRT) system. STAR, or Star-LRT, was the acronym for Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan Sdn Bhd, the former concessionaire of the project. Star-LRT was Kuala Lumpur's first LRT system.

It has been announced by the federal government that the Sri Petaling line will be expanded to Puchong.

Besides the LRT system, the other rail-based public transport modes in Kuala Lumpur include the KL Monorail, KTM Komuter, KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit.

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[edit] Using the Sri Petaling Line

The Sri Petaling Line runs between Sentul Timur in the north and Sri Petaling in the southern part of Kuala Lumpur. It has 18 stations including the two end stations.

The stations (north to south) are:

Station code Station name Platform Interchange
S18 Sentul Timur Side
S17 Sentul Side
S16 Titiwangsa Side Titiwangsa Monorail station
S15 PWTC Side Walking distance to Putra Komuter station
S14 Sultan Ismail Side
S13 Bandaraya Side Walking distance to Bank Negara Komuter station
S12 Masjid Jamek Side Kelana Jaya Line
S11 Plaza Rakyat Side
S10 Hang Tuah Side Hang Tuah Monorail station
S09 Pudu Side
S08 Chan Sow Lin Island Ampang Line
S61 Cheras Side
S62 Salak Selatan Side
S63 Bandar Tun Razak Side
S64 Bandar Tasik Selatan Island KLIA Transit, KTM Komuter
S65 Sungai Besi Side
S67 Bukit Jalil Side
S68 Sri Petaling Side


The Sri Petaling Line and Ampang Line share the same tracks between Sentul Timur and Chan Sow Lin stations, where they diverge.

Sri Petaling Line route map
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Sri Petaling Line route map

For passengers coming from Sri Petaling who are headed towards Ampang, transferring at Chan Sow Lin is simple as its is a cross-platform transfer. Trains are also timed to meet each other, cutting waiting time to a minimum.

Because the other rail-based systems were developed separately, transfers at the other interchange stations are a little more inconvenient because commuters have to leave the system by exiting the turnstiles and buy a new ticket before continuing with their journey. Most transfers require considerable walking, escalator use and stair-climbing while transferring to the Kelana Jaya Line at Masjid Jamek may even require commuters to cross a busy road.

Touch 'n Go stored-value cards are accepted for travel on the Sri Petaling Line. Using Touch 'n Go also removes the hassle of needing to buy new tickets when transferring to the Kelana Jaya Line, KL Monorail and KTM Komuter. Commuters also have to bear with the extreme noise generated by the train whenever it enters the platform. The trains caused vibrations so much that a commuter can even feel slight tremors when the train reaches the platform.

[edit] System details

The system runs General Electric trains identical to those used for the Docklands Light Railway.

[edit] History

  • 13 November 1992: Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan Sdn Bhd (Star LRT) incorporated to implement Kuala Lumpur's first LRT project.
  • 22 December 1992: Franchise agreement between the Malaysian government and Star LRT signed for the development, ownership and operation of LRT system.
  • 30 August 1994: Work on the project officially commenced.
  • 16 December 1996: Stretch between Sultan Ismail and Chan Sow Lin stations (which is shared with the Ampang Line) becomes operational with the opening of Phase One between Ampang and Sultan Ismail stations.
  • 11 July 1998: The 11.8km line from Chan Sow Lin to Sri Petaling stations begins operations.
  • 6 December 1998: Extension from Sultan Ismail station to Sentul Timur station begins operations.
  • 1 December 2002: Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) takes over ownership and operations of Star LRT under the first phase of Kuala Lumpur's public transport restructuring exercise. SPNB renames the system Starline.
  • November 2004: Operations of Starline transferred to Rapid KL. Ownership of assets remain with SPNB.
  • 19 July 2005: Rapid KL announces that Starline's two lines will be renamed the Ampang and Sri Petaling Lines. All signage will be changed by 2006.
  • 27 October 2006: A six-coach LRT train overshoots the end of the elevated tracks at Sentul Timur station, resulting in the front half of the first coach dangling in the air about 25m above the ground.

[edit] Other interesting facts

It was featured in the closing scene of the 1999 Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones movie Entrapment.

Although Rapid KL has renamed what used to be Starline into the Sri Petaling and Ampang lines, it would have been more accurate to have renamed them as two branches of the same line. Technically, both lines exist as one as they share the same services, such as signalling and passenger platforms. Both lines share quite a significant part of their service in the network together, between Sentul Timur and Chan Sow Lin. This is misnomer is cumbersome as what used to be referred to as Starline or Star LRT has been renamed by the mouthful Sri Petaling and Ampang lines.

The Sentul LRT station is nowhere near the Sentul KTM Komuter station.

[edit] Extensions

On 29 August 2006, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Mohd Najib Abdul Razak announced that the the southern end of the Sri Petaling Line, which now ended at Sri Petaling station, would be extended to the suburb of Puchong, located to the south-west of Kuala Lumpur. The extension will be part of a 10bil ringgit plan to expand Kuala Lumpur's public transport network.

The expansion plan will also see the western terminus of the Kelana Jaya Line extended to the suburbs of Bandar Sunway, Subang Jaya and UEP Subang Jaya (USJ), all also located to the south-west of Kuala Lumpur. The plan also involved the construction of an entirely new line from Kota Damansara to the west of the city, to Cheras which lies to the south-east of Kuala Lumpur.

No details of the alignment of the extensions and the new line nor locations of new stations were revealed.

[edit] See also

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