Malacca Monorail

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The Malacca Monorail is a proposal for a monorail to be built in Malacca Town particularly in the popular historic sites. It has been given a green light by Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam for the planning and construction of the project. The monorail would start at Melaka Sentral and connect to Semabok and Kota Laksamana before returning to Melaka Sentral. It would also cross the Malacca River.^[1]

Melaka is to have a RM1.8 billion Aerorail urban mass transit system, the first in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, which will be completed by 2010.

The Aerorail system will be built, operated and managed by Pyramid Express Sdn Bhd while the technical and project management support will be provided by Pinggiran Pelangi Sdn Bhd, the local agent of Aerobus International of Houston, USA.

The aerorail will be built in two phases and the construction work will start within six months with a capital investment of RM586 million, while the second phase will cost RM807 million.

The first phase will cover a distance of 9.565 km, which will include the construction of 10 station hotels.In the second phase, another 8.77 km with an additional three stations will be built.

The system will cover a distance of 18.4 km. The route begins near the Ayer Keroh toll plaza and will proceed to Melaka Zoo, Melaka International Trade Centre, Melaka Mall, Melaka General Hospital, Melaka Sentral, Hang Tuah Mall, across the river to the Clock Tower and ends at the Mahkota Medical Centre in Bandar Hilir.

Upon the completion of the aerorail system, there will be 10 stations with 10 250-room 4-star hotels.