Kuala Lumpur Monorail
| KL Monorail Line | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Native name | Laluan Monorel KL | ||
| Type | Straddle-beam Monorail | ||
| System | People-mover Rapid Transit (PRT) - SelTrac CBTC | ||
| Status | Operational | ||
| Locale | Kuala Lumpur | ||
| Termini |
KL Sentral Monorail Terminal Titiwangsa |
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| Stations | 11 | ||
| Services | KL Sentral-Titiwangsa | ||
| Daily ridership | 68,679 (2015) | ||
| Ridership | 25.067 million (2015) (  3.1%) |
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| Line number | 8 (yellow-green) | ||
| Website | http://www.myrapid.com.my/ | ||
| Operation | |||
| Opened | 31 August 2003 | ||
| Owner | Prasarana Malaysia | ||
| Operator(s) | Rapid Rail | ||
| Character | Elevated | ||
| Depot(s) | Brickfields | ||
| Rolling stock |
Scomi SUTRA four-car trains Scomi/MTrans two-car trains |
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| Technical | |||
| Line length | 8.6 km (5.3 mi) | ||
| Operating speed | 60 km/h (37 mph) | ||
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The KL Monorail Line is the eighth rail transit line and the only operational monorail system in Malaysia. Operated by Rapid Rail, a subsidiary of Prasarana Malaysia, it is one of the components of the Greater KL/Klang Valley Integrated Transit System. The line is numbered 8 and coloured yellow-green on transit map.
This urban monorail line was opened on 31 August 2003, with 11 stations running 8.6 km (5 mi) on two parallel elevated tracks. It connects the KL Sentral transport hub in the south and Titiwangsa in the north with the "Golden Triangle", a commercial, shopping, and entertainment area comprising Bukit Bintang, Imbi, Sultan Ismail, and Raja Chulan.
The monorail scheme was announced by Kuala Lumpur City Hall in January 1990 after the Malaysian Government gave the go-ahead to the scheme at a cabinet meeting in June 1989. Its cost was then estimated at RM 143 million. The 14-km, 22-station system is designed to carry more than 34,000 passengers a day on a 20-minute loop through Kuala Lumpur's bustling commercial core. The plan is to build it in two phases: in the first, 16 stations will be serviced over 7.7 km; and in the later stage, another 6.5-km loop will be added. The first phase was expected to be completed within two years.
Plans dating back to the 1990s envisioned the Monorail to go all the way to Mid Valley, Abdullah Hukum and Taman OUG.
Work was scheduled to begin in June 1990, but was postponed to May 1991, after the city's mayor complained that tenders submitted for preparatory work were too high. There has been no activity on the project since and few details are available on how the project is expected to proceed. The main contractor is a local company, BNK, which had little success in its search for backers to finance its share of the venture. Part of its problem in securing money stems from the project's escalating cost estimates, and part from its lack of a track record in handling such huge projects.
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