page_title: Rapid KL
section_title: Improvement steps
hierarchical_section_title: Rapid KL / History / Improvement steps
caption_attribution_description: English: 4-car trainsets for KL Monorail
context_page_description: Rapid KL is a public transportation system built by Prasarana Malaysia and operated by its subsidiaries, covering the Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley areas.
  Rapid KL is one of the components of the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System. The acronym stands for Rangkaian Pengangkutan Intergrasi Deras Kuala Lumpur.
context_section_description: Since taking over the LRT, monorail and bus network, Prasarana has taken steps to improve services.
  Price reduction: Most users of the LRT and monorail are students and elderly people. Students tend to choose the cheaper options and with a fare price increase in 2015 that doubled the original price, no wonder students chose other means of transportation than the Rapid KL.
  Increased rail capacity: Prasarana issued tenders for the purchase of new LRT and monorail rolling stock to increase carrying capacity, including 35 new train sets for the Kelana Jaya Line in October 2006 and October 2007. The trains were expected to be operational by September 2009. On 27 July 2009, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that the 35 new four-car trains would be operational by end-2012.
  Expanded bus fleet: As most of the Rapid KL buses inherited were old and poorly maintained, the immediate concern was to get more buses on the road. In 2005, the government promised 200 new Rapid KL buses.
  Increased bus routes: Prasarana introduced several new routes to cover previously unserved areas.
  Scheduled bus services: Rapid Bus introduced scheduled services for 16 Rapid KL bus routes which were not heavily utilised. For the first time in Malaysia, expected bus arrival times and timetables were posted at bus stops along routes. However, the bus stop timetables as well as the myrapid website has since been removed due to the inability of services to reliably adhere to these schedules. This was primarily caused by problems such as traffic congestion and an insufficient number of serviceable buses.
  Common monthly passes for both the rail and bus networks: For the first time commuters were offered monthly passes which could be used on both rail and bus networks, helping to enhance the integration of the public transport system.
  Common signage for all Prasarana owned rail lines: The renaming of the PUTRA LRT and STAR LRT, lines along with the changing of the signage in the LRT and monorail stations helped to enhance the integration of the previously unconnected systems.
  Common Ticketing Systems: All rail lines under Rapid KL which previously functioned as separate systems were integrated with a new and single common ticketing system since 2011, allowing seamless transfer between the various rail lines. The stored-value Touch 'n Go could be used on all Rapid KL buses and rail lines as well.
  Revamp of the bus network: Prasarana scrapped the old Intrakota and Cityliner routes it inherited and introduced three types of bus services: City shuttles (BANDAR), trunk buses (UTAMA), local shuttles (TEMPATAN) and express buses (EKSPRES). City shuttles operate within Kuala Lumpur's central business district while trunk buses link hubs at the edge of the CBD with suburban transportation hubs. At these suburban hubs, local shuttles radiate out from rail-based public transport stations and fan out to residential areas. Express buses provide non-stop point-to-point travel to specific destinations.
caption: Scomi Sutra 4-car train on KL Monorail.
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