PUTRAJAYA, March 15 — The Mass Rapid Transit Putrajaya Line (MRT2) Phase Two will have new security and accessibility features introduced based on the feedback of riders from other lines, Rapid Rail chief operating officer Ramli Shafie said.
In a briefing ahead of the line’s launch tomorrow, he pointed out that every car of each train will have an emergency wheelchair located behind a side door and noted the live closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras that stream to Putrajaya Sentral station.
“We made the changes after feedback from customers who used the Kajang line,” he said.
Other examples include a curved handrail above seats instead of a straight bar so that standing passengers would not bump into seated ones, information and payment counters that have been lowered for the ease of wheelchair users, and a special transmission line for hearing aid users.
Once opened to the public after 3pm tomorrow, the MRT2 will operate from 6am till midnight with a travel time of 84 minutes from end to end.
During peak hours on weekdays, trains will run at a frequency of every four to six minutes and seven to 10 minutes for non-peak hours. The frequency will be reduced on weekends to every seven to 15 minutes.
“For the start, we will run at five-minute intervals during peak hours,” Ramli said, adding that things will be adjusted once the service has been launched.
The MRT2 will have a total of ten stations with connect with other lines. Two of them are with Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) Komuter stations: Sungai Buloh, Kampung Batu, and Sri Damansara Timur (which connects to the Kepong Sentral KTM station).
Tun Razak Exchange and Kwasa Damansara will link to the MRT Kajang line, while Ampang Park will connect to the LRT Kelana Jaya line, and Sungai Besi will let users switch to the LRT Sri Petaling line.
The Titiwangsa station will have interchanges with LRT Ampang and Sri Petaling lines as well as the KL Monorail, Chan Sow Lin will have interchanges with LRT Ampang and Sri Petaling lines and Putrajaya Sentral will connect with the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Transit and Express lines.
The MRT2 is the second MRT line in Malaysia, and the third fully automated and driverless rail system in the region.
It spans 57.7km in length with a total of 36 stations.
The line stretches from Kwasa Damansara to Putrajaya and runs through densely populated areas such as Sri Damansara, Kepong, Batu, Jalan Ipoh, Sentul, Kampung Baru, Jalan Tun Razak, KLCC, Tun Razak Exchange, Kuchai Lama, Seri Kembangan, Putrajaya and Cyberjaya.
Phase one began operations in June last year.
