no la... ERL. Klia express/transit...

Really happy that both MRT 1 and 2 are servicing Cheras...

it seems silly to divert to mrt2 for bandar malaysia when it is still an idea, nothing concrete. i think govt have enough issues with trx and warisan merdeka without getting involved in more mega devs. i know hsr is supposed to be here... but... rather it just arrive at kl sentral, which after all is supposed to be a transport hub. even better for the hsr, having lrt/mrt/ktm/monorail upon arrival.

HSR is important but more important is the existing, and already super jam townships, i think.

err boss are you sure? I work regularly in Sg and have not seen any such thing, you sure its not the delayed MRT line?

As I know Sg has not even decided where their station is, how to start construction.

totally agree, just look at taiwan hsr that arrives at taipei main station for example.

in modern day tech there is no such thing as no more space just look at bukit bintang mrt station, or since hsr is not built by us anyway, beijing/tokyo metro systems. mrt stesen bertingkat lol

Imo, the change of alignment for mrt2, and even the location of HSR is purely to cover up for 1mdb, which is in so much shit I don't even want to look. They sacrifice all the pandan and alam damai area for a empty piece of land that they probably bought at some ridiculously inflated price and nobody stays in, hopefully that the connectivity justifies their buying price and shield them from the publics wrath.

judging by mrt 1, we can see gamuda-mmc takes about 5-6 years for construction of a line. judging by trx, how fast do you think 1mdb can construct Bandar Malaysia? considering bandarmalaysia is probably going to be some mega development maybe even larger than trx? assuming the hsr is built by foreign experts and also takes 5-6 years...we are going to see the hsr stopping at a very slow moving construction site to interchange with an mrt station for construction workers.hardly the image one would like to give foreign guests right? even if bandar malaysia is going to be JV with other companies, 5-6 years is very very ambitious.

No politics, but I am in total agreement with DAP on garbage reasons for the mrt2 realignment.

how to make the $$ in front of the planners eyes go away..? just try living in alamdamai/pandan for a month. look at how badly mrt is needed there, for real locals living in KL and contributing to KL for their whole lives. as opposed to future mythical Singaporeans arriving on a proposed HSR or ghosts living in an empty field called bandar malaysia. trx is already super behind schedule even with all its partners and financing. mrt corp can probably build mrt 5 by the time bandar malaysia peeks over the fence. and they say 2 stations for bandar malaysia... for construction workers is it? madness...

they have lrt and i guarantee you some higher ups only put the line through there to disguise their main intention: an empty field with a few junk planes they grandiously named bandar malaysia

sorry boss no disrespect but i really really have to disagree with 2 of your points

1) if mrt is not for matured areas,what are matured areas supposed to do? collapse under their own weight? what is the lrt doing going through pj? brt in sunway? mrt in damansara and kota dmanasara? aren't those very well matured areas? singapore's first 3 mrts served the dense population areas and were successful in ridership. the newer circle line passed thru reclaimed lands, relocated graveyards etc that were earmarked for new devs. end up until now, half of this circle line stations is still empty even at rush hours.

2) its not just my eyes seeing BM as a ghost town. the writing is on the wall,1mdb dont even have the resources to clean their own shit up let alone build a totally new township that kl doesnt really need as wehave a glut already. rerouting mrt 2 will FORCE bandar malaysia to be built at any cost, usually us rakyats cost. if 1mdb had that finance they wld serve us much better to kickstart mrt 3.

This post has been edited by HarpArtist: Apr 2 2015, 09:27 PM

sadly 2 wrongs (1mdb and mrt2) won't make one right. and future malaysians will suffer for the next century thanks to them.

good idea this one.

ktm also good way for direct train to sentral as mrt 2 doesnt go there. the point being ppl arriving by hsr wldnt want to interchange too many times to get to their destination. another thing i feel a little wasted is sg ppl might want to take the hsr to get to klia for a flight with mas or AA which are much cheaper than their airlines. but now they wld hv to take hsr to bm, ktm to sentral, erl to klia.. no that doesnt make sense...

thats true, i forgot abt putrajaya interchange, thanks boss.

rail transport usually cost effective when ur a single or possible 2person travellers. any more, sharing the cost of a cab usually is cheaper.

no la mrt 2 will be at least 30 mins slower than ERL. so many stations to stop at.