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The LRT Shah Alam Line, previously known as the LRT Bandar Utama–Klang Line, LRT Bandar Utama-Johan Setia Line or simply LRT Johan Setia Line,[6] is a medium-capacity light rapid transit (LRT) line which will be serving the Shah Alam and Klang regions on the western side of the Klang Valley, Malaysia. It will be the third LRT line, and the fourth fully automated and driverless rail system in the Klang Valley region. The line will be operated as part of the Rapid KL system by Rapid Rail, a subsidiary of Prasarana Malaysia.[7][8] It was announced by Prasarana Malaysia on 24 April 2013.[9][10]

Shah Alam Line
Overview
Other name(s)LRT 3
Native nameLRT Laluan Shah Alam
StatusUnder construction
OwnerPrasarana Malaysia
Line number11 (sky blue)
LocaleKlang Valley
Termini
Stations25 (under construction)
Websitelrt3.com.my
Service
TypeMedium-capacity rail system
SystemRapid KL (brand) Rapid KL
Operator(s)Rapid Rail
Depot(s)Johan Setia Depot
Rolling stockCRRC Zhuzhou LRV
29 three-cars trainsets[1]
Width: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) - narrow profile
Length: 57.60 m (189.0 ft)
History
Planned openingQ3 2025[2][3]
Technical
Line length37.8 km (23.5 mi)[4]
Elevated: 35.8 km (22.2 mi)
Underground: 2 km (1.2 mi)[5]
Number of tracks2
Character95% Elevated, and 5% Underground
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC third rail
Conduction systemAutomated and driverless
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map

Legend
Kajang Line
← Kwasa Damansara│Kajang →
KG09
SA1
 Bandar Utama
9
SA2
 Kayu Ara
SA3
 BU11 Parking
SA4
 Tropicana
SA5
 Damansara Idaman Parking
Kelana Jaya Line
Gombak →
SA6
 SS7
SA7
KJ27
 Glenmarie
Parking
5
Kelana Jaya Line
Putra Heights ↓
SA8
 Temasya
KL Sentral–Terminal Skypark Line
← Terminal Skypark│KL Sentral→
SA9
 Kerjaya
SA10
 Stadium Shah Alam Parking
Phase 2
Phase 1
SA12
 Dato' Menteri
SA13
 Raja Muda
SA14
 UiTM Shah Alam
SA15
 Seksyen 7 Shah Alam Parking
SA16
 Bukit Raja Selatan
SA17
 Bandar Baru Klang Parking
SA18
 Pasar Klang Parking
SA19
 Jalan Meru
SA20
 Pasar Jawa
Klang River
Tanjung Malim–Port Klang Line
↖ Port Klang│Tanjung Malim ↘
KD14
 Klang Parking
2
SA21
 Taman Selatan
SA22
 Sri Andalas Parking
SA23
 Klang Jaya
SA24
 Bandar Bukit Tinggi Parking
SA25
 Bandar Botanik
SA26
 Johan Setia Parking
Johan Setia Depot

Interchange stations

integrated paid area
single fare trip
non-integrated paid area
multiple fare trips
interchange within same building
or cross-platform interchange
rapid transit
commuter rail

Once completed, the line will form part of the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System. It is numbered 11 and coloured sky blue on official transit maps.

The line is one out of four rapid transit lines in the Klang Valley that does not serve KL Sentral, the other three being the Ampang Line, Sri Petaling Line and the Putrajaya Line, as well as the first rapid transit line in the Klang Valley that is entirely outside the borders of the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.

Stations

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Location of Shah Alam Line
 
Elevated LRT3 crossing under construction over the Klang River, parallel with the Kota Bridge.
 
Damansara Idaman LRT station.

Previously, a total of 26 stations were planned, with a proposed two-kilometre distance between each station. One station was to be an underground station, with the other 25 being elevated.

The LRT interchange with existing Rapid KL lines at  KG09  Bandar Utama on the MRT Kajang Line and  KJ27  Glenmarie on the LRT Kelana Jaya Line.

The alignment is based on the Final Railway Scheme approved by the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD).

Due to the change of government in the 2018 Malaysian general election, the new Pakatan Harapan government decided to cut costs around the project and shelved six stations from the initial plan. The Lien Hoe, Temasya, SIRIM, Bukit Raja and Bandar Botanik stations were converted into provisional stations while the underground station of Persiaran Hishamuddin was cancelled. The reasons cited for the changes made were due to the high cost of the project, unnecessary tunneling for the underground portion of the line and low ridership in the area. The provisional stations however will be built once the demand in the area picks up.[11][12]

Other cost-cutting exercises including the swapping of six-car trains for three-car trains, cutting down the total trains from 42 to 22, reducing the size of the stations and ditching costly acceleration techniques. The completion date also was extended from 2020 to 2024.[11][12]

In July 2023, Transport Minister Anthony Loke mentioned that the overall line would be expected to be operational by 1 March 2025 adding more delays to the opening of the Shah Alam Line.[13] The opening of the line has now been further delayed to August or September 2025, making this the fourth extension of the opening of the LRT line.[14][15]

During the Budget 2024 presentation held on 13 October 2023, Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced the reintegration of the five stations that were previously under provisional status (Tropicana, Temasya, Raja Muda, Bukit Raja Selatan, Bandar Botanik) to be built alongside the rest of the Shah Alam Line with the exception of the sole underground station, Persiaran Hishamuddin, which remains cancelled.[16]

Alignment and station list

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The line currently has 25 permanent stations under construction.[17]

Station Code Working Name Interim Name Station Layout Platform Type Interchange / Notes
 SA01  Bandar Utama One Utama Elevated Side Eastern terminus.

Interchange station with  KG09  MRT Kajang Line.

 SA02  Kayu Ara Damansara Utama Elevated Island
 SA03  BU 11 Tropicana Elevated Island
 SA04  Tropicana Lien Hoe Elevated
 SA05  Damansara Idaman Dataran Prima Elevated Side
 SA06  SS7 Persada Plus / Kelana Indah Elevated
 SA07  Glenmarie Glenmarie 2 Elevated Side Interchange station with  KJ27  LRT Kelana Jaya Line.
 SA08  Temasya Temasya Elevated
 SA09  Kerjaya HICOM-Glenmarie / Persiaran Kerjaya Elevated Side
 SA10  Stadium Shah Alam Malawati Elevated Island
 SA11  Persiaran Hishamuddin - Underground Shelved station[18]
 SA12  Dato' Menteri Section 14 / Bandar Anggerik / Bandaraya Shah Alam Elevated
 SA13  Raja Muda SIRIM / Seksyen 2 Elevated
 SA14  UiTM Shah Alam UiTM Elevated Island
 SA15  Seksyen 7 Shah Alam i-City / Hospital Shah Alam Elevated Side 2.4 km from  KD12  Padang Jawa on the KTM Tanjung Malim-Port Klang Line.
 SA16  Bukit Raja Selatan Lebuh Keluli Elevated
 SA17  Bandar Baru Klang Bukit Raja Elevated Island
 SA18  Pasar Klang Pasar Besar Klang Elevated Side
 SA19  Jalan Meru Kawasan 17 Elevated Side
 SA20  Pasar Jawa Klang Elevated Side Connected to Shaw Centerpoint Mall (The Store), 700 meter walking distance from  KD14  Klang on the KTM Tanjung Malim-Port Klang Line.
 SA21  Taman Selatan Taman Selatan Elevated Island
 SA22  Seri Andalas Seri Andalas Elevated Side
 SA23  Klang Jaya Lotus's Bukit Tinggi / Bukit Tinggi Elevated Island Exit to Lotus's Bukit Tinggi Hypermarket.
 SA24  Bandar Bukit Tinggi AEON Bukit Tinggi / Batu Nilam Elevated Island Exit to AEON Bukit Tinggi shopping mall.
 SA25  Bandar Botanik Bandar Botanik Elevated
 SA26  Johan Setia Johan Setia Elevated Island Western terminus.
Klang Valley Integrated Transit Map published by RapidKL as of Feb 2023

"Route Map". Archived from the original on 2021-06-23., subject to change

Chronology

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  • 30 May 2014 – The Shah Alam LRT would begin from Bandar Utama, Kelana Jaya, through areas of Glenmarie, HICOM-Glenmarie Industrial Park, Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam city centre, UiTM, I-City, Bukit Raja Shopping Centre, Taman Eng Ann, Bandar Klang and then heading straight on to Johan Setia.[19]
  • 17 July 2014 – Following 2015 Budget which is tabled on 10 October 2014, the Prime Minister announced that the government will fund RM9 billion to build the LRT project linking Bandar Utama to Shah Alam and Klang, which is already in Prasarana's drawing board.[20]
  • 23 July 2014 – There are several disputes on the proposed routes with the main concern is on the line's integration with the Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT line.[21]
  • 11 October 2014 – The project was approved with an allocation of RM9 billion.[22] This line is no longer be an extension of the LRT Kelana Jaya Line[23] as initially proposed.
  • 13 December 2014 – Prasarana to roll out the new LRT project by second half of 2015[24]
  • 11 April 2015 – Tender documents for RM9bil LRT project ready for collection[25] The LRT will be integrated with LRT Kelana Jaya Line at Glenmarie, which at that time was being built as a part of the Kelana Jaya Line extension project. The line is expected to be used by 300,000 users. The public display of the line will be held for three months beginning in May.[26][27][28]
  • 12 May 2015 – Construction works to start by Q1-2016.[29][30][31] LRT line public display to start on 15 May 2015.[32][33] It will be put up for three months at seven locations – Shah Alam City Council, Petaling Jaya City Council, Public Land Transportation Commission office in Platinum Sentral, Klang Municipal Council and the Kelana Jaya, Masjid Jamek and Pasar Seni LRT stations – from 9am to 5pm on weekdays.[34][35]
  • 15 May 2015 – Day One of Public Inspection of LRT3 Railway Scheme.[36]
  • 4 September 2015 – Prasarana Malaysia Berhad announced that Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) and George Kent Sdn Bhd joint venture (JV) has been appointed as the Project Delivery Partner (PDP) for the LRT project.[37]
  • 20 October 2015 – Prasarana has agreed to change the route of the LRT line, which was originally planned to cut through the housing area of Taman Muhibah in Klang to Pasar Besar Klang (Klang wet market) at Jalan Meru. Residents of Taman Muhibah had been objecting the proposed line which would run through their housing area.[38]
  • 24 August 2016 – Official launch of the new LRT project by the former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.[39]
  • 25 July 2018 - Cost-cutting exercises officially approved by Pakatan Harapan government. Five stations converted into provisional stations. One station cancelled. Six-car trains swapped for three-car trains, total trains cut down from 42 to 22, stations size reduced, acceleration techniques ditched and completion date extended from 2020 to 2024.[11][12]
  • 15 June 2020 – Day One of Public Inspection of LRT3 Revised Railway Scheme, on display until 15 September 2020.[40]
  • 1 July 2021 – As of Q2 2021, overall linewide progress achieve 57.57%.
  • 16 August 2022 – As of Q2 2022, overall linewide progress achieve 74.04%.[41]
  • 2 April 2023 - Construction progress reached 83.52% completion[42]
  • 4 July 2023 - Construction progress reached 86% completion and expected to completed by March 2025, delayed from the original 2024 scheduled opening year.[43]
  • 13 October 2023 - Five stations that were previously on provisional status are now slated to be built by 2027 alongside the completion of the Shah Alam Line. The Persiaran Hishamuddin station is the only one that remains cancelled.[44]
  • 29 July 2024 - Opening of the LRT line further delayed to August or September 2025, with physical work reaching 95% completion.[45][46]

Other Information

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  • Initially, the Klang LRT station (now Pasar Jawa) was planned as an interchange station with the Klang Komuter station. However, due to cost-reduction efforts and objections from Little India Klang business residents, the station will be built beside Emporium Makan and Shaw Centrepoint Mall, 700 meters away from the KTM Komuter station. This would have resulted in a same-name but different stations situation, similar to Salak Selatan LRT/KTM and Sentul LRT/KTM stations. The station has since been given a new name. [47][48]
  • The line will be connected with 3 retail malls and shopping centres, namely the Shaw Center Point (The Store), Lotus's Klang (formerly TESCO Bukit Tinggi) and AEON Bukit Tinggi in Klang.[49]
  • The trains will have a maximum operating speed of 80 km/h (17% faster than the current LRT Kelana Jaya Line) with the capacity of carrying 36,720 passengers per hour per direction.[50]
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The exterior of Taman Selatan station.

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