Sungai Buloh–Serdang–Putrajaya MRT line

Sungai Buloh–Serdang–Putrajaya line
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MRT SSP Platform 3 at SBK04 Kwasa Damansara
Overview
Native name	MRT Laluan Sungai Buloh–Serdang–Putrajaya
Type	Rapid transit
System	KVMRT Line 2 (MRT2) – Cityflo 650 CBTC
Status	Under construction
Termini	Kwasa Damansara Kampung Batu (Phase 1) Putrajaya Sentral (Phase 2)
Stations	37
Services	Sungai Buloh – Kuala Lumpur – Serdang – Putrajaya
Line number	12  Gold
Website	mymrt.com.my
Operation
Planned opening	Phase 1: July 2021 (2021-07) Kwasa Damansara – Kampung Batu Phase 2: July 2022 (2022-07) Kampung Batu – Putrajaya Sentral
Owner	Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT Corp)
Operator(s)	Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd (Prasarana Malaysia Berhad)
Conduction system	Automated and driverless
Depot(s)	Sungai Buloh Depot & Serdang Depot
Rolling stock	58 Hyundai Rotem four-car trains Proposed rolling stock image
Technical
Line length	52.2 km (32.4 mi) Elevated: 38.75 km (24.08 mi) Underground: 13.5 km (8.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail, 750 VDC
Route map

Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line
to Kajang SBK04 Kwasa Damansara  9  Sungai Buloh Depot SBK03 RRI (future station) SBK02 Kampung Selamat SBK01 Sungai Buloh  2  MRT1 Phase 1: operational MRT2 Phase 1: opening 2021 S01 Damansara Damai S02 Sri Damansara West S03 Sri Damansara East S04 Kepong Sentral  2  S05 Metro Prima S06 Kepong Baru S07 Jinjang S08 Sri Delima S09 Kampung Batu  1  MRT2 Phase 1: opening 2021 MRT2 Phase 2: opening 2022 S10 Kentonmen S11 Jalan Ipoh S12 Sentul West  13  S13 Titiwangsa  3   4   8  S14 Hospital Kuala Lumpur S15 Kampung Baru North S16 Ampang Park  5  S17 KLCC East S18 Conlay S19 Tun Razak Exchange  9  S20 Chan Sow Lin  3   4  S21 Bandar Malaysia North S22 Bandar Malaysia South  ETS   HSR   1   7   13  S23 Kuchai Lama S24 Taman Naga Emas S25 Sungai Besi  4  S25A Technology Park Malaysia  1  S26 Serdang Raya North S27 Serdang Raya South S28 Seri Kembangan S29 UPM Serdang Depot S30 Taman Universiti (future station) S31 Equine Park S32 Taman Putra Permai S33 16 Sierra S34 Cyberjaya North S35 Cyberjaya City Centre  14  S36 Putrajaya Sentral  7   14
Interchange stations integrated paid area single fare trip non-integrated paid area multiple fare trips rapid transit commuter rail

The MRT Sungai Buloh–Serdang–Putrajaya line will be the twelfth rail transit line, the fourth fully automated and driverless rail system in Klang Valley area. It is a part of the larger rail transport system in Kuala Lumpur known as Greater KL/Klang Valley Integrated Transit System. The line is numbered 12 and coloured gold on transit map.

It is one of three planned rail lines under Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Project by MRT Corp. The Phase 1 between Kwasa Damansara and Kampung Batu expected to be operational by July 2021. The remaining line is expected to be operational in 2022.

The approved rail alignment is 52.2km in length, of which 13.5km is underground. A total of 37 stations, 11 of them underground, will be built. The line will stretch from Sungai Buloh to Putrajaya and will include densely populated areas Sri Damansara, Kepong, Batu, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, Jalan Tun Razak, KLCC, Tun Razak Exchange, Kuchai Lama, Seri Kembangan and Cyberjaya. It is expected to have a ridership of 533,000 passengers per day once completed.

Chronology

SBK04 Kwasa Damansara cross-platform interchange station between Sungai Buloh–Kajang Line and the Sungai Buloh–Serdang–Putrajaya line will commence in 2021.

SBK04 Kwasa Damansara station Level 2 island platform

SBK04 Kwasa Damansara level and platform signage, showing platforms 3 and 4 dedicated for the Sungai Buloh–Serdang–Putrajaya line.

Tun Razak Exchange Station Sungai Buloh–Serdang–Putrajaya line future platform

• 13 October 2014 – The 2nd MRT line is now planned to be from Sungai Buloh, Selayang to Pandan;^[1] instead of from Kuala Lumpur to Port Klang.^[2][3][4]
• 3 December 2014 – During a briefing of the 1st MRT line, the MRT CEO revealed more details about the 2nd line. He had said that the line will be 59.5 km long with 49.3 km will be elevated and 10.2 km will be underground. There will be 40 stations where 31 will be elevated and 9 will be underground. Construction is expected to begin by November 2015 will approval and public discussion starts in early 2015.^[5][6]
• 12 February 2015 – MRT Corp prepares tender for MRT2, project display in Q2.^[7]
• 16 March 2015 – MRT2 from Sungai Buloh to Putrajaya has been approved by the Federal government.^[8] The project was allocated RM23 billion in the Budget 2015.^[9]
• 2 April 2015 – New alignment for MRT2 proposed.^[10] The alignment south of Tun Razak Exchange was then altered drastically to provide connectivity with the proposed High Speed Rail project. With this revision, the line stands at 52.2 km long with a total of 36 stations. Of these, 11 are underground while 25 are elevated.
• 22 April 2015 – Department of Environment (DOE)'s Detailed Environment Impact Assessment (DEIA) for MRT2 (SSP Line) (Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line) is available for download from their website.
• 14 May 2015 – Details of MRT2 project on public display start on 15 May 2015. The public can visit the SPAD office, MRT Corp offices, Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Selayang Municipal Council and Petaling Jaya City Council, with roadshows, primarily at shopping malls near the MRT2 alignment.^[11]
• 12 August 2016 – On the MRT2 project, the groundbreaking ceremony was expected to be held at end of the month of August 2016 or early September 2016. ^[12]
• 15 September 2016 – Construction on the SSP line launched with a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future Putrajaya Sentral MRT station by former Prime Minister Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak.^[13]
• 31 March 2017 – The line is 5.3% completed. ^[14]
• 24 May 2017 – 7.5% of the line was completed. For the elevated section, progress of the first and second packages are at 20.9% and 10.3% respectively with increased works being seen from Jalan Kuala Selangor to Jalan Kepong. Whereas for underground works, the work progress was at 8.7%. ^[15]
• June 2017 – The line is 10.25% completed, based on the video released by MRT Corp in 18 December 2017.
• 5 September 2017 – The line has reached the completion of 12.05% and expected to reach 19% by the end of 2017. The underground works will commence by the first quarter of 2018 with the arrival of 2 Tunnel Boring Machine (TBMs) within 2-3 weeks and another 2 of them by early next year. ^[16][17]
• 26 September 2017 – The project director Datuk Amiruddin Ma’aris mentioned the line is currently achieved completion of 13.70%. ^[18]
• 28 September 2017 – According to the MRT Corp director of underground works for the SSP line, Blaise Mark Pearce, 23% of the underground works for the SSP Line were expected to be completed by the end of 2017. ^[19]
• 10 October 2017 – An explosion has occurred at the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station construction site in Bandar Malaysia. According to the police, it was believed that the explosion happened because of an old unexploded bomb from the Second World War through the initial investigation. Three Bangladesh workers were seriously injured and two of them lost their legs while another suffered injuries on the hands and legs. ^[20]
• 13 October 2017 – Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) has won the prestigious “Be Inspired Awards 2017” for its use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in the construction of MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) Line. ^[21]
• 13 November 2017 – The first Tunnel Boring Machine arrived in Port Klang and delivered to site. The rest are expected to arrive in coming weeks. ^[22]
• 18 December 2017 – MRT Corp released a video describing the progress of the SSP line from 2016 to 2017 in YouTube. The progress is described in packages. The progress statistics are: 23.68%, 15.43%, 9.05%, 10.32%, 35.31% and 11.51% respectively for packages V201, V202, V203, V210, Serdang Depot and underground. ^[23]
• 1 January 2018 – Malaysia's 1st shopping mall, Ampang Park, is officially ceased its operation in order to make way to the construction of the Ampang Park station under such line.
• 18 February 2018 – The line has achieved 21% completion. The final Tunnel Boring Machine for the SSP Line is expected to be launched by mid-2019. ^[24]
• 1 March 2018 – Underground works commenced with the first Tunnel Boring Machine. The launching is done at the shaft located at the Bandar Malaysia North MRT station. The line has achieved 22% completion according to the CEO of the MRT Corp, Datuk Seri Shahril Mokhtar. ^[25]
• 3 March 2018 – A construction worker died while two others survived when a launching gantry at an MRT construction site in Jalan Jinjang (Work Package V203), collapsed at around 11:40pm. ^[26]
• 23 April 2018 – The Director of Strategic Communications and Stakeholder Relations from MRT Corp, Dato' Najmuddin Abdullah, says the line is now completed at the progress of more than 24%. ^[27]
• 11 July 2018 – The line was close to 30% complete as at early July, according to the project director Datuk Amiruddin Ma’aris. ^[28]

Stations

Following the initial proposal during the public display period, 37 stations have been approved along 52.2 km of track.^[29]

The stations listed below are as displayed on the government website for the draft environmental impact assessment.^[30] All the station names are interim and subject to change.

28 (23 elevated + 1 half-sunken + 4 underground) out of 35 stations (excluding the ones in MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line) are expected to have feeder bus services.

Station Concepts^[32]

The proposed design for the elevated stations is based on the “Serambi” concept. This concept is focused on inspiring interaction/ communication at a foyer/ entrance space of a house, hall,.i.e. entrance space at a “rumah kampung” or “rumah panjang”. The design opted is a simple. timeless design: which is derived from various design concepts, including that of the Japanese “Zen” concept. Other aspects include open space, natural lighting & ventilation, and natural visual effects via play of lighting & shadows.

Compared to the Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) Line elevated station design, the columns have been pushed to the sides of the station, giving the station an open and airy feel.

Whereas for underground stations, each of them will carry its own individual theme. The proposed designs range from preserving the rustic, reflecting tidal rhythm, promotiong well-being, vibrancy, pulse of life, discovering culture, molding forms, inspired by nature to streamlined flow.

Rolling stock

The rolling stock will be provided by HAP Consortium which consists of Hyundai Rotem, Apex Communications and POSCO Engineering. The trains are assumed to be driverless with a capacity of 1,200 passengers in a 4-car trainsets formation.^[33]

Car length (over coupler): 18.6 m to 20.1 m

Number of passenger doors per car side / door width: 4 / 1400 mm

Traction power supply: 750 VDC, 3rd rail

Exact rolling stock details have not yet been released.

The 4-car trainsets will be maintained at 2 purpose built facilities, Sungai Buloh and Serdang depots, located nearby Kwasa Damansara and the proposed Taman Universiti stations respectively.^[34]

References

External links

• Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT Corp)
• MRT Website
• Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana)
• Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat (SPAD)