Looking forward to add more potential stations in the new MRT Line 2.

Normallly, the plan and development of public transport system will consider few aspects, not only focusing on the demand Now (economic growth and expansion, population density etc), but also Future (growth of population, expansion of new township, potential of extension to new towns, etc). The ideal situation will be the mixture of stations including mature township or housing area, Commercial area, new town or less-developed area, etc.

Due to the Depot status, the land value of Sg Buloh has been increased and people now moving to the area for living. New constructions are on going and expecting more population. Previously the land value of Sg Buloh is relatively low.

Same might go to Selayang, however the plan could be even an extension to Rawang later. Those towns are under Great KL. Jus my opinion.

The piece of info from Sinchew is old news already.. probably some have proposed those.
None of us knows where the station would be until the official news come out.
If Sinchew or printed media has inner news, sure they will put in as headline and put a "exclusive" up there.

NST

SPAD will propose to Govt ‘spur line’ for MRT2
Monday, 20 October 2014
By: SHARIDAN M. ALI


PETALING JAYA: The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) is proposing to the Government that the upcoming Mass Rapid Transit line 2 (MRT2) would need a spur line between Sungai Buloh and Selayang.

Last week, StarBiz highlighted the alignment issue of the MRT2 that has caused confusion among the officials and industry executives in the construction and transportation sector.

Responding to this matter, SPAD chief executive officer Mohd Nur Kamal told StarBiz that the commission was putting forward to the Government that a spur line would be needed to connect Sungai Buloh and Selayang.

“This spur line plan is expected to be finalised in two weeks. A spur line is usually a shorter line attached to the main line of the MRT,” he said.

In the recent Budget 2015, it was announced that the MRT2 project, costing an estimated RM23bil, would be from Selayang to Putrajaya and work will start next year.

But according to the master plan, it was supposed to start in Sungai Buloh, where the MRT depot is being built, and end in Putrajaya.

The Sungai Buloh depot is regarded as possibly the largest in South-East Asia and designed at a cost to have the capacity and support the convergence of two MRT lines.

The Sungai Buloh depot is being constructed at a cost of RM459.9mil on 65ha at the Rubber Research Institute site.

The contract, which was awarded to Trans Resources Corp Sdn Bhd (TRC) in May 2012, is expected to be completed by first quarter of 2016.

Mohd Nur explained that a spur line would ensure a convergence of the two lines in Sungai Buloh.

“We wanted this issue to be finalised as soon as possible so that we can work on the rest of the alignment to carry on with the three-month public display to get responses from the public on the whole alignment of MRT2,” he said.

The timing of the MRT2 rollout is crucial to ensure seamless and uninterrupted continuity of the availability of contractors to deploy their workforce and machinery used in MRT Line 1 to Line 2.

The development of Line 2 should begin as soon as the civil works for Line 1 are completed. Completion of the civil works will take the whole of next year.

The 56km MRT2 project is expected to take five years to be completed.

The first MRT line from Sungai Buloh to Kajang is about 50% close to completion. Most of the civil works are expected to be completed during the course of next year.

The MRT Line 1 runs for 51km and, upon completion, will have 31 stations serving 1.2 million commuters .

The whole MRT project is proposed to include three lines where the last one is a circle alignment running around the Kuala Lumpur City Centre.





If this proposal is approved, confirm there will be at least a MRT station in Selayang.

This post has been edited by dav668: Oct 20 2014, 02:48 PM

After 2 weeks, probably something will be announced. However, it was mentioned in a report that there will be a MRT station in Selayang which i ever read (sorry i couldnt provide the link). As it mentioned that MPS (Majlis Perbandaran Selayang) was also included during the initial plan of MRT project.

As the MRT project involves very high cost, proper planning is crucial before the construction starts. Covering the medium and high dens area is a must. also do not overlook those potential area which will bring more population within the next 5 to 10 years. What we see now may not reflect completely the population within next 10 years in certain area. There are just too many housing projects lately not only central but northern and southern part of selangor/ klang valley.

Based on the hawk-eye view given, Taman Fadason should match with S07 JinJang later. It could be somewhere closed to Pintasan Segambut from map. Looking forward to the announcement of the transportation link. Not sure if they will construct the new system at the same time when they work on MRT Line 2.