# Shah Alam line

The LRT Shah Alam Line, previously known as the LRT Bandar Utama–Klang Line, LRT Bandar Utama-Johan Setia Line or simply LRT Johan Setia Line, is a medium-capacity light rapid transit (LRT) line which will be serving the Shah Alam and Klang regions on the western side of the Klang Valley, Malaysia. It will be the third LRT line, and the fourth fully automated and driverless rail system in the Klang Valley region. The line will be operated as part of the Rapid KL system by Rapid Rail, a subsidiary of Prasarana Malaysia. It was announced by Prasarana Malaysia on 24 April 2013.
Once completed, the line will form part of the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System. It is numbered 11 and coloured sky blue on official transit maps.
The line is one out of four rapid transit lines in the Klang Valley that does not serve KL Sentral, the other three being the Ampang Line, Sri Petaling Line and the Putrajaya Line, as well as the first rapid transit line in the Klang Valley that is entirely outside the borders of the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.

## Stations

Previously, a total of 26 stations were planned, with a proposed two-kilometre distance between each station. One station was to be an underground station, with the other 25 being elevated.
The LRT interchange with existing Rapid KL lines at KG09 Bandar Utama on the MRT Kajang Line and KJ27 Glenmarie on the LRT Kelana Jaya Line.
The alignment is based on the Final Railway Scheme approved by the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD).
Due to the change of government in the 2018 Malaysian general election, the new Pakatan Harapan government decided to cut costs around the project and shelved six stations from the initial plan. The Lien Hoe, Temasya, SIRIM, Bukit Raja and Bandar Botanik stations were converted into provisional stations while the underground station of Persiaran Hishamuddin was cancelled. The reasons cited for the changes made were due to the high cost of the project, unnecessary tunneling for the underground portion of the line and low ridership in the area. The provisional stations however will be built once the demand in the area picks up.
Other cost-cutting exercises including the swapping of six-car trains for three-car trains, cutting down the total trains from 42 to 22, reducing the size of the stations to four-car length and ditching costly acceleration techniques. The completion date also was extended from 2020 to 2024.
However the planned completion date of entire Shah Alam line in 2024 as announced in 2018 were delayed a year later due to impact of Malaysian movement control order and further testing of the operations. The first delay for overall opening the line was announced in July 2023 where Transport Minister Anthony Loke have mentioned that it would be expected to be operational by 1 March 2025. Later in 2024, it have been further delayed to 30 September 2025.
During the Budget 2024 presentation held on 13 October 2023, Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced the reintegration of the five stations that were previously under provisional status (Tropicana, Temasya, Raja Muda, Bukit Raja Selatan, Bandar Botanik) to be built alongside the rest of the Shah Alam Line with the exception of the sole underground station, Persiaran Hishamuddin, which remains cancelled.

### Alignment and station list

The line currently has 25 permanent stations under construction.
| Station Code | Working Name | Interim Name | Opened | Station Layout | Platform Type | Interchange / Notes |
| SA01 | Bandar Utama | One Utama | September 2025 | Elevated | Side | Eastern terminus. Interchange station with KG09 MRT Kajang Line. |
| SA02 | Kayu Ara | Damansara Utama | September 2025 | Elevated | Island | |
| SA03 | BU 11 | Tropicana | September 2025 | Elevated | Island | |
| SA04 | Tropicana | Lien Hoe | 2027 | Elevated | | |
| SA05 | Damansara Idaman | Dataran Prima | September 2025 | Elevated | Side | |
| SA06 | SS7 | Persada Plus / Kelana Indah | September 2025 | Elevated | | |
| SA07 | Glenmarie | Glenmarie 2 | September 2025 | Elevated | Side | Interchange station with KJ27 LRT Kelana Jaya Line. |
| SA08 | Temasya | Temasya | 2027 | Elevated | | |
| SA09 | Kerjaya | HICOM-Glenmarie / Persiaran Kerjaya | September 2025 | Elevated | Side | |
| SA10 | Stadium Shah Alam | Malawati | September 2025 | Elevated | Island | |
| SA11 | Persiaran Hishamuddin | - | - | Underground | | Shelved station |
| SA12 | Dato' Menteri | Section 14 / Bandar Anggerik / Bandaraya Shah Alam | September 2025 | Elevated | | |
| SA13 | Raja Muda | SIRIM / Seksyen 2 | 2027 | Elevated | | |
| SA14 | UiTM Shah Alam | UiTM | September 2025 | Elevated | Island | |
| SA15 | Seksyen 7 Shah Alam | i-City / Hospital Shah Alam | September 2025 | Elevated | Side | |
| SA16 | Bukit Raja Selatan | Lebuh Keluli | 2027 | Elevated | | |
| SA17 | Bandar Baru Klang | Bukit Raja | September 2025 | Elevated | Island | |
| SA18 | Pasar Klang | Pasar Besar Klang | September 2025 | Elevated | Side | |
| SA19 | Jalan Meru | Kawasan 17 | September 2025 | Elevated | Side | |
| SA20 | Pasar Jawa | Klang | September 2025 | Elevated | Side | Connected to Shaw Centerpoint Mall (The Store), 700 meter walking distance from KD14 Klang on the KTM Tanjung Malim-Port Klang Line. |
| SA21 | Taman Selatan | Taman Selatan | September 2025 | Elevated | Island | |
| SA22 | Seri Andalas | Seri Andalas | September 2025 | Elevated | Side | |
| SA23 | Klang Jaya | Lotus's Bukit Tinggi / Bukit Tinggi | September 2025 | Elevated | Island | Exit to Lotus's Bukit Tinggi Hypermarket. |
| SA24 | Bandar Bukit Tinggi | AEON Bukit Tinggi / Batu Nilam | September 2025 | Elevated | Island | Exit to AEON Bukit Tinggi shopping mall. |
| SA25 | Bandar Botanik | Bandar Botanik | 2027 | Elevated | | |
| SA26 | Johan Setia | Johan Setia | September 2025 | Elevated | Island | Western terminus. |
| Klang Valley Integrated Transit Map published by RapidKL as of Feb 2023 "Route Map". Archived from the original on 2021-06-23., subject to change |||||||

## Chronology

* 30 May 2014 – The Shah Alam LRT would begin from Bandar Utama, Kelana Jaya, through areas of Glenmarie, HICOM-Glenmarie Industrial Park, Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam city centre, UiTM, I-City, Bukit Raja Shopping Centre, Taman Eng Ann, Bandar Klang and then heading straight on to Johan Setia.
* 17 July 2014 – Following 2015 Budget which is tabled on 10 October 2014, the Prime Minister announced that the government will fund RM9 billion to build the LRT project linking Bandar Utama to Shah Alam and Klang, which is already in Prasarana's drawing board.
* 23 July 2014 – There are several disputes on the proposed routes with the main concern is on the line's integration with the Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT line.
* 11 October 2014 – The project was approved with an allocation of RM9 billion. This line is no longer an extension of the LRT Kelana Jaya Line as initially proposed.
* 13 December 2014 – Prasarana to roll out the new LRT project by second half of 2015
* 11 April 2015 – Tender documents for RM9bil LRT project ready for collection The LRT will be integrated with LRT Kelana Jaya Line at Glenmarie, which at that time was being built as a part of the Kelana Jaya Line extension project. The line is expected to be used by 300,000 users. The public display of the line will be held for three months beginning in May.
* 12 May 2015 – Construction works to start by Q1-2016. LRT line public display to start on 15 May 2015. It will be put up for three months at seven locations – Shah Alam City Council, Petaling Jaya City Council, Public Land Transportation Commission office in Platinum Sentral, Klang Municipal Council and the Kelana Jaya, Masjid Jamek and Pasar Seni LRT stations – from 9am to 5pm on weekdays.
* 15 May 2015 – Day One of Public Inspection of LRT3 Railway Scheme.
* 4 September 2015 – Prasarana Malaysia Berhad announced that Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) and George Kent Sdn Bhd joint venture (JV) has been appointed as the Project Delivery Partner (PDP) for the LRT project.
* 20 October 2015 – Prasarana has agreed to change the route of the LRT line, which was originally planned to cut through the housing area of Taman Muhibah in Klang to Pasar Besar Klang (Klang wet market) at Jalan Meru. Residents of Taman Muhibah had been objecting the proposed line which would run through their housing area.
* 24 August 2016 – Official launch of the new LRT project by the former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.
* 25 July 2018 - Cost-cutting exercises officially approved by Pakatan Harapan government. Five stations converted into provisional stations. One station cancelled. Six-car trains swapped for three-car trains, total trains cut down from 42 to 22, stations size reduced, acceleration techniques ditched and completion date extended from 2020 to 2024.
* 15 June 2020 – Day One of Public Inspection of LRT3 Revised Railway Scheme, on display until 15 September 2020.
* 1 July 2021 – As of Q2 2021, overall linewide progress achieve 57.57%.
* 16 August 2022 – As of Q2 2022, overall linewide progress achieve 74.04%.
* 2 April 2023 - Construction progress reached 83.52% completion
* 4 July 2023 - Construction progress reached 86% completion and expected to completed by March 2025, delayed from the original 2024 scheduled opening year.
* 13 October 2023 - Five stations that were previously on provisional status are now slated to be built by 2027 alongside the completion of the Shah Alam Line. The Persiaran Hishamuddin station is the only one that remains cancelled.
* 29 July 2024 - Opening of the LRT line further delayed to August or September 2025, with physical work reaching 95% completion.
* 27 February 2025 - Opening of the LRT line confirmed to be on 30 September 2025, with physical work reaching 98.16% completion. The construction is expected to be completed on 31 July and then handed over to Prasarana. Trial runs will be conducted from mid-April to end of June 2025.

## Other Information

* Initially, the Klang LRT station (now Pasar Jawa) was planned as an interchange station with the Klang Komuter station. However, due to cost-reduction efforts and objections from Little India Klang business residents, the station will be built beside Emporium Makan and Shaw Centrepoint Mall, 700 meters away from the KTM Komuter station. This would have resulted in a same-name but different stations situation, similar to Salak Selatan LRT/KTM and Sentul LRT/KTM stations. The station has since been given a new name.
* The line will be connected with 3 retail malls and shopping centres, namely the Shaw Center Point (The Store), Lotus's Klang (formerly TESCO Bukit Tinggi) and AEON Bukit Tinggi in Klang.
* The trains will have a maximum operating speed of 80 km/h (17% faster than the current LRT Kelana Jaya Line) with the capacity of carrying 36,720 passengers per hour per direction.