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Pengangkutan Awam Putrajaya Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd dba Nadi Putra is the city bus operator in Putrajaya, the administrative capital of Malaysia, mainly serving Putrajaya city and nearby resident areas. Originally established as an agency of Putrajaya Corporation under the Ministry of Federal Territories, it was privatised in 2018.
Nadi Putra is now operated by RapidKL, the largest city bus operator in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.
== History ==
Nadi Putra buses at Putrajaya Sentral.
Established on 20 May 1999 with 14 routes covering almost all of the areas inside Putrajaya, Nadi Putra is the trade name of Putrajaya intra-city bus services and has been in operation since July 1999. The bus service was privatised and handed over to GETS Global Berhad in 2018.
Cashless payment was implemented in January 2018, using Kad Putra; the cards were discontinued two years later in favour of QR code payment.
All Nadi Putra bus services will be free of charge for Malaysian citizens effective 1 November 2020. some new routes were also being planned at that time, under the Perikatan Nasional government. However, use of the Nadi Putra app is still mandatory for contact tracing and citizenship verification.
From 1st January 2023, Perbadanan Putrajaya revamped the Nadi Putra bus routes in Putrajaya,
Nadiputra是一家提供巴士服务的公司。然而，自2023年1月1日起，Nadiputra在布城地区的7条巴士路线的运营权将由快捷通巴士私人有限公司接管运营，但仍将保留使用“Bas Nadiputra”的名称。
据布城管理局官方发布的消息显示，布城地区的短程巴士公司将由快捷通巴士公司接管，而巴士川行的路线也将有所调整。自2023年开始，布城地区的短程巴士路线将整改为7条，分别是P101、P102、P103、P104、P105、P106和P108。这些巴士路线的运营时间为每周一至周五的早上6点30分至晚上8点，周六、周日和公共假日的巴士川行时间则为早上7点至晚上8点。在繁忙的高峰时段（早上6点30分至9点和下午4点30分至6点），巴士的班次间隔为15分钟或30分钟一趟；在非繁忙时段，班次间隔为30分钟或40分钟一趟；而在周末和公共假日，班次间隔为45分钟一趟。
在这些巴士路线中，除了P101是免费的之外，其他6个路线的单程车资为1令吉。搭客们只能使用一触即通卡缴付车资，不收现金。老年人、残疾人和学生则可以申请折扣优惠。
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== 使用车辆 ==
最初，Nadi Putra的车队由数辆Optare MetroRider、MAN SL 252和Hino RK1J巴士组成，但在2006年，这些车辆被Badanbas改装的韩国大宇汽车BV120MA NGV巴士取代。随着更多车辆的加入和引进更短的Daewoo BS106巴士来处理更锐利的路线，车队在2009年扩大至176辆巴士。这个车队的大部分车辆在2019年退役，因为维修成本过高，但8辆BV120MA巴士已经复出以提高班次。
行驶L15路线的NEDO-EV超级电容巴士。单次10分钟充电，可行驶30公里。
在2015年，马来西亚布城管理局与日本新能源和产业技术发展机构（NEDO）合作，旨在在2025年之前实现绿色公共交通，这导致推出了5辆电动超级电容巴士原型，由斯堪尼亚、Deftech和东芝联合制造。这些巴士被昵称为NEDO-EV巴士，它们可以在单次10分钟充电后行驶30公里。这个巴士于2018年投入服务，但由于内部问题于2020年被暂停，重新投入服务的时间尚待确定。
与新营运商Rapid KL一同的Nadi Putra。
随着Rapid Bus（快捷通巴士）从2023年1月开始成为Nadi Putra的新巴士运营商，整顿后的巴士路线将使用快捷通巴士拥有的亚历山大丹尼士Enviro200巴士车队。Foton巴士被归还给Konsortium Bas Ekspres Semenanjung（KBES），而韩国大宇NGV巴士已经退役并被废弃。
Badanbas-bodied Daewoo BV120MA on route L05.
Originally, Nadi Putra's fleet consisted of several numbers of Optare Metrorider, MAN SL 252 and Hino RK1J buses, however, in 2006, it was replaced with Badanbas-bodied South Korean Daewoo BV120MA NGV buses. The fleet then expanded to 176 buses in 2009 with the additional fleet and the introduction of the shorter Daewoo BS106 buses for routes with sharper corners. Majority of this fleet has been retired in 2019 due to high maintenance cost, however 8 BV120MA's has revived to improve frequencies.
NEDO-EV supercapacitor electric buses on route L15. With a single 10-minute supercharge, this bus can run for up to 30 kilometres.
In 2015, a collaboration between Perbadanan Putrajaya and Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) was made to aim for green public transportation by 2025, which led to the introduction of 5 prototype electric supercapacitor buses, jointly built by Scania, Deftech and Toshiba. Nicknamed NEDO-EV buses, these buses can run up to 30 kilometres on a single 10-minute charge. This bus entered service in 2018, but it has been suspended in 2020 due to internal problems, and expereadinesstion to re-enter service is yetbe to determined.
Nadi Putra with the new operator, Rapid KL.
With Rapid Bus becoming the new bus operator in Nadi Putra from January 2023, the revamped bus routes will use the Alexander Dennis Enviro200 bus fleet owned by Rapid Bus. The Foton buses were returned to Konsortium Bas Ekspres Semenanjung (KBES), while the Daewoo NGV buses were retired and abandoned.
== Criticism ==
Abandoned buses at NadiPutra Depots due to poor maintenance, thus led to outcry for Putrajaya residents due to low frequencies.
Nadi Putra's service quality has reportedly declined since privatisation in 2018. Most of the buses are poorly maintained frequencies are breaking down, causing outrage among the residents and workers in Putrajaya, Cyberjaya and Bandar Saujana Putra.
Strikes broke out among Nadi Putra bus drivers in 2007 and 2018 due to shortage of buses available inforervice.
The view of the driver's seat on Nadi Putra bus, showing the systems that requires QR code for payments.
The implementation of cashless payment via Kad Putra instead of the more widely accepted Touch 'n Go in January 2018 led to outcry from commuters coming from outside Putrajaya, as the cards and reloading services were only available at the Putrajaya/Cyberjaya ERL station, the station being Nadi Putra's hub. The cards were abolished in January 2020, and were replaced by QR code mobile applications.Foton BJ6108U7LHD-R coach buses which replaced the NGV buses.
The result of poorly maintained NGV buses was that the bus was abandoned and replaced by Foton BJ6108U7LHD-R coach buses from Konsortium Bas Ekspres Semenanjung (KBES), which was unpractical for city-buses, thus led to a failure of having sustainable city buses. This also led to some of the routes being terminated, or transferred to another companies.
== Services ==
This is the list of active Nadi Putra routes as of 1 January 2023.
=== Revamped Routes (P) ===
Revamped routes made by Perbadanan Putrajaya.
The new routes were revamped by Perbadanan Putrajaya, and begin operation from 1 January 2023, 6.30am to 8.00pm daily. All routes except for P101 are capped at RM1 per journey.
=== Direct Routes ===
From 13 February 2023, a new direct bus route were introduced for residents in Presint 11 working at government areas in Presint 2, 3 and 4. This bus service operates during peak hours (6.45am, 7.45am, 5.10pm &and 6.10 p.m.m) on weekdays only.
=== Upcoming Routes ===
=== Former Routes ===
Local routes served between residents to station terminals and cities.
These are the former routes from the original Nadi Putra bus operator (Pengangkutan Awam Putrajaya Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd). The fare for non-citizsen is RM1.50 per journey.
==== Local Routes (L) ====
All routes starts from Putrajaya Sentral.
==== Direct routes (D) ====
Direct routes serve government areas directly to residential areas.
These routes usually intended for government employees staying at nearby residential areas while working at government areas, provide direct services to residential areas. Similar to BET services in Klang Valley, this service operates during rush hours, weekdays only. Odd route numbers start from the starting point and operate in the morning rush hour, even route numbers start from Kompleks ABCDE or Dataran Gemilang in the evening rush hour.
==== Inactive routes ====
This is the list of discontinued bus routes from the original Nadi Putra bus operator due to bus shortage or low demand.
===== School routes (terminated) =====
Operating hours start from 6.30am to 4.00pm
====== Morning ======
* SK Putrajaya Presint 11(1) - Putra Damai - SK Putrajaya Presint 11(1) - Putrajaya Sentral
* SK Putrajaya Presint 11(1) - P10 - SK Putrajaya Presint 11(1) - Putrajaya Sentral
* SK Putrajaya Presint 11(1) - Putra Damai
====== Afternoon ======
* SK Putrajaya Presint 11(1) - P8 - P9
* SK Putrajaya Presint 8(1) - P8 - P9
* P&R P14 - SK Putrajaya Presint 11(2)
====== Fridays ======
* SK Putrajaya Presint 11(2) - Masjid P11A
== See also ==
* Prasarana Malaysia Berhad
** Rapid Bus Sdn Bhd
*** Rapid KL
**** 21 BRT Sunway Line
**** 22 BRT Federal Line
*** Rapid Penang
*** Rapid Kuantan
* Land Public Transport Agency (APAD)
* Public transport in Kuala Lumpur
* Buses in Kuala Lumpur
* List of bus routes in Kuala Lumpur
* Perbadanan Putrajaya
* Putrajaya Sentral
== Notes ==
1. a P107 bus route began operation on 16 January 2023 until the MRT feeder buses T510 and T511 take over this bus route in 16 March 2023.
== References ==
== External links ==
*  Official Nadi Putra website
*  Perbadanan Putrajaya (PPJ)