KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 — Rapid Bus Sdn Bhd (RapidKL) is to provide more shuttle bus services on Saturday and Sunday when its monorail service in the city is suspended for upgrading of the signalling system. 

Chief Executive Officer Datuk Zohari Sulaiman said in a statement today that 15 buses will be made available on three designated routes - between KL Sentral and Bukit Bintang; Bukit Bintang and Titiwangsa; and KL Sentral and Tititwangsa.

Five buses will be added on each route at a frequency of 15 minutes, he added. 

“All our buses are equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) facilities and trunk-call communication, so we can easily inject more buses (to the routes) if necessary,” he said.  

Furthermore, RapidKL would monitor the situation closely from its Bus Control Centre facility at the Cheras Selatan Depot, he added. 

The RapidKL monorail service will be suspended midnight on April 12 to 6 am on April 14 to facilitate upgrading of its signalling system under the Monorail Fleet Expansion Project which includes the introduction of 12 new sets of four-car trains. 

Commuters affected by the temporary suspension can check the exact location of the bus stops on the website www.myrapid.com.my. — Bernama