Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced that all public transportation services under RapidKL will be free of charge for a month, starting 16-6-2022.
The special event is in conjunction with the official opening of Phase 1 of the MRT Putrajaya Line today.
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Services included are the LRT, MRT, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), monorail, and all buses under RapidKL.
Ismail Sabri hopes that Malaysians would take this opportunity to give these public transportation services a try. He also encourages Malaysians to give the Park n Ride facilities a chance during this period.
The MRT Putrajaya Line, which is being developed in two phases, is expected to serve about two million residents from Kwasa Damansara all the way to Putrajaya.
Phase 1 will run 17.4 km and serve a total of 12 stations from Kwasa Damansara through Sungai Buloh, Sri Damansara, Kepong, Jinjang and end at Kampung Batu.
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Phase 2 is scheduled to open in January 2023 and will connect strategic areas in Kuala Lumpur city centre, such as Titiwangsa, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Ampang Park, and the Tun Razak Exchange (TRX).
Ismail Sabri told the press that they are expecting the MRT Putrajaya Line to see more than 104,000 users a day. With the opening of the new line, they hope that they will finally see some improvements on the traffic congestion issues in KL.
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