In an oral answer on the Parliament’s website, the Ministry of Transport revealed that the Kelana Jaya LRT line is expected to achieve its frequency goal by the end of this month. It also provided updates on the ongoing Kuala Lumpur Additional Vehicles 27 (KLAV 27) project, which is expected to significantly improve the train line’s services.
According to the ministry, the Kelana Jaya line has already achieved a peak-hour frequency of 3.8 minutes and this is expected to improve to every three minutes by the end of October, which is a month later than initially announced for this goal. This follows the introduction of three new four-coach train sets last month.
As you can surmise from the name, KLAV 27 will see the LRT line adding 27 new train sets to its arsenal. It received eight sets back in July and with the latest addition, there are 16 trains left set to be received by Rapid KL in stages until December 2024. The four-car sets will gradually replace the two-car trains currently running on the LRT system, but some will be kept for emergency use in case of heavy congestion.
Additionally, the ministry mentioned that the Kajang MRT line is also getting as improvement and expects the line’s frequency to improve from six minutes to every four minutes by January 2024. The train operator is also running special programmes to repair train components that frequently experience issues.
