Real estate is not only about properties – residential, commercial, and industrial – but also the infrastructures that drives it. In this post and video, we’ll cover the transit system that helped Kuala Lumpur grow and develop into what it is today and into the future.

• 1995 August

  KTM (Sentul – Port Klang Line)

  From Sentul to Shah Alam

  KTM (Rawang – Seremban Line)

  From Kuala Lumpur to Rawang
• 1995 September

  KTM (Rawang – Seremban)

  Extension to Salak Selatan

  KTM (Sentul – Port Klang)

  Extension to Port Klang
• 1995 November

  KTM (Rawang – Seremban)

  Extension to Kajang
• 1995 December

  KTM (Rawang – Seremban)

  Extension to Seremban
• 1996 December

  STAR (Ampang Line)

  Phase 1 from Ampang to Sultan Ismail
• 1998 July

  STAR (Ampang Line)

  Phase 2 from Sultan Ismail to Sentul Timur

  STAR (Sri Petaling Line) 

  From Sentul Timur to Sri Petaling
• 1998 September

  PUTRA (Kelana Jaya Line)

  Phase 1 from Kelana Jaya to Pasar Seni
• 1999 June

  PUTRA (Kelana Jaya Line)

  Phase 2 from Pasar Seni to Terminal Putra (Gombak)
• 2001 April

  Completion of KL Sentral
• 2002 April

  ERL (KLIA EKS / TRS)

  KLIA Ekspres and Transit commences operation
• 2003 August

  MRL (KL Monorial)

  KL Monorial commences operation from KL sentral to Titiwangsa
• 2007 April

  KTM (Rawang – Seremban)

  Rawang to Rasa shuttle
• 2009 June

  KTM (Rawang – Seremban)

  Rawang to Tanjung Malim Shuttle
• 2010 July

  KTM (Sentul – Port Klang)

  Extend from Sentul to Batu Caves

  KTM (Sentul – Port Klang)

  Extend from Seremban to Sungai Gadut
• 2014 May

  ERL (KLIA EKS / TRS)

  Extend from KLIA to KLIA 2
• 2015 June

  BRT (Sunway Line)

  Commence operations from Setia Jaya to USJ 7
• 2015 October

  LRT (Sri Petaling Line)

  LRT Extension Project (LEP)

  Section 1 opens from Sri Petaling to Kinrara BK5 (Shuttle)
• 2015 December

  KTM (Seremban Line)

  Route Change 

  Batu Caves – Tampin

  KTM (Port Klang Line)

  Route Change)

  Tanjung Malim – Port Klang
• 2016 March

  LRT (Sri Petaling Line)

  LRT Extension Project (LEP)

  Section 2 opens from Kinrara BK5 to Bandar Puteri (Shuttle)
• 2016 June

  LRT (Sri Petaling Line)

  (LEP) Section 3 opens from Bandar Puteri to Putra Heights

  LRT (Kelana Jaya Line)

  LRT Extension from Kelana Jaya to Putra Heights
• 2016 December

  MRT (Sungai Buloh – Kajang)

  Phase 1 commences from Sungai Buloh to Semantan
• 2017 July

  MRT (Sungai Buloh – Kajang)

  Phase 2 commences from Semantan to Kajang
• 2018 May

  KTM (Skypark Link)

  Commences operations from KL Sentral to Skypark terminal
• 2023 January

  MRT2 (Putrajaya Line)

  Phase 1 commences from Kwasa Damansara to Kampung Batu

  Phase 2 commences from Kampung Batu to Putrajaya Sentral
• 2024 February

  LRT3 (Johan Setia Line)

  Expected to commence in 2024 from Bandar Utama to Johan Setia

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