Free rides on all RapidKL services for a month, says PM

Aminah Farid Aminah Farid Updated 1 year ago · Published on 16 Jun 2022 11:08AM · 1 Comments

PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob says for a month starting today, there will be no charges imposed on all services under RapidKL. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 16, 2022.

FOR a month starting today, there will be no charges imposed on all services under RapidKL, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced today.

He said these services include light rail transit (LRT), mass rail transit (MRT), bus rapid transit (BRT), monorail and RapidKL buses.

Ismail said the initiative was to help Malaysians cope with the rising cost of living. 

“In conjunction with the official launch of the MRT Putrajaya Line Phase 1 today, I am glad to announce that all public transport operated by RapidKL, namely MRT, LRT, BRT, monorail and RapidKL buses, will be free for one month beginning today,” he said at the launch in Kuala Lumpur. 

Phase 1 of the MRT Putrajaya line will begin operating at 3pm today.

The 12 stations that will be open are Kwasa Damansara, Kampung Selamat, Sungai Buloh, Damansara Damai, Sri Damansara Barat, Sri Damansara Sentral, Sri Damansara Timur, Metro Prima, Kepong Baru, Jinjang, Sri Delima and Kampung Batu.

Phase 2, from Kampung Batu to Putrajaya, will begin operations next January. – June 16, 2022.

PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob (second from left) at the launch of the MRT Putrajaya line at the Kampung Batu station today. With him are Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong (left) and Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz (right). – The Malaysian Insight pic by Nazir Sufari, June 16, 2022.

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  • What a waste of tax payers money. RM155 million could have been better used for the general public all over Malaysia. So much money just to benefit a small segment of people.

    Posted 1 year ago by Elyse Gim · Reply