The long-awaited LRT3 Shah Alam Line was launched on Sunday and opened to the public yesterday morning. The RM16.63 billion 37.8-km line runs from Johan Setia in Klang to Bandar Utama in PJ, and there are 20 stations serving large population centres in Klang, Shah Alam and Subang – two million people live in this corridor, Prasarana says.
The stations are Johan Setia, Bandar Bukit Tinggi, Klang Jaya, Seri Andalas, Taman Selatan, Jambatan Kota, Jalan Meru, Pasar Klang, Bandar Baru Klang, Seksyen 7 Shah Alam, UITM Shah Alam, Dato Menteri, Stadium Shah Alam, Kerjaya, Glenmarie 2, Subang, Damansara Idaman, BU 11, Kayu Ara and Bandar Utama.
Of the above, Glenmarie 2 and Bandar Utama are interchange stations, where you can transfer to the LRT Kelana Jaya Line and MRT Kajang Line, respectively.
The original plan – revealed in 2026 – was for LRT3 to have 26 stations, but six stations were axed from the route back in 2018 to save cost during the ‘PH 1.0’ era. The bill was reduced by 47%, from RM31.65 billion to RM16.63 billion. Axed stations aside, the order of 42 sets of six-car trains were changed to 22 sets of three-car trains, and the physical size of the stations were reduced.
However, in July 2024, the cabinet agreed to reinstate five of the six dropped stations. The returning stations are Tropicana (previously Lien Hoe), Temasya, Raja Muda (Sirim), Bukit Raja and Bandar Botanik.
The sixth location – which was meant to be an underground station at Persiaran Hishamuddin in Shah Alam – will not be revived, but the 2.5-km underground stretch from Persiaran Dato Menteri to Stadium Shah Alam is part of the just-opened line. It’s the LRT3’s only tunnel.
Prasarana says that construction of the reinstated stations is slated to start at the end of this year and will take around five years to complete. The budget allocated for this is RM4.7 billion, and it includes the purchase of seven extra train sets, additional support systems and the expansion of the Johan Setia depot that’s adjacent to the terminus station.
More on the LRT3 Shah Alam Line here. Free rides till July 31.
GALLERY: LRT3 Shah Alam Line, Johan Setia station
GALLERY: LRT3 Shah Alam Line, Pasar Jawa station and train
GALLERY: LRT3 Shah Alam Line official images
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Some brilliant “genius” in 2018 decided to save RM15 billion by butchering a railway. They binned the proper 6-car heavy trains, shrunk platforms so proper trains can never fit again, and bought 3-car plastic boxes with the horsepower of a blender.
Then they deleted five stations, only to realise they actually need them, costing RM5.3 billion to glue back on. It’s slow, it’s tiny, and it’s a structural catastrophe.
But why worry about engineering when we have a brilliant numberplate minister who is far more occupied selling vanity registration plates while road deaths mount with zero strict policing, all whilst panicking about his party’s relevance in the upcoming elections? Absolutely magnificent.
The above article says that the original cost of LRT3 was at RM31.65 billion and after the 2018 GE14, it was reduced to RM16.63 billion, which means RM15.02 billion was saved. After the post GE15 government agreed to reinstate 5 of the 6 dropped LRT3 stations in 2024, Prasarana announced a budget of RM4.7 billion to construct those 5 stations and also to purchase seven extra train sets, add in support systems and expand the Johan Setia depot. Thus, despite the additional expenditure, there is still an overall savings of RM10.32 billion from the original RM31.65 billion cost of LRT3.
The bigger picture also need to see is the hassle that public need to face for 2nd round at those 5 reinstated station location…road closing, construction, road diversion. But as Malaysian, I already understand that as long as we have politician as Minister…this issue will always happen…because many of them like to see short term planning vs to long term planning…hahaha…and Malaysian people will get the effect….will suffers…hahaha…
Whose stoooooopid idea was it to remove the station in the first place? Now they’re spending more money fixing a problem that never should’ve existed.
Agreed very stupiak. bangala lohingay toilet janitor cannot take lrt to my tropicana golf resort villa
its called negotiation tactics . cancel some orders, then reorder back the same items but at a lower price.
5 years???