Users since MRT started operations
> More expected to use Sg Buloh-Kajang line during SEA Games: Rapid Rail chief
KUALA LUMPUR: As many as 7.4 million people have used the phase one and two of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Sungai Buloh-Kajang line since it began operating on Dec 16 last year.
Rapid Rail Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Datuk Zohari Sulaiman said during this period, an average of about 100,000 commuters used the MRT each working day while on weekends, the number would rise to about 140,000.
This number of passengers is expected to increase during the 2017 SEA Games (KL2017) being held until Aug 30.
“The station getting the most number of passengers is Bukit Bintang, which enables commuters to go to the Kuala Lumpur Golden Triangle where shopping complexes like Pavilion and Lot 10 are located,” he told reporters after attending the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kajang Utama (SMKKU) programme for Special Children.
Zohari said as the operator of the Light Rail Transit and MRT, Rapid Rail had had talks with disabled persons associations and agencies on improving facilities for them.
Commenting on the programme, Zohari said it gave special needs students exposure to public transport.
“I hope they will use this service when they start working.”
The programme involved about 120 special needs students of SMKKU who were given the chance to take a ride on the MRT from the Kajang Station to the Merdeka Station, and later taken on a visit to the National Museum. They were also treated to a meal at the Sate Haji Samuri restaurant in Kajang. – Bernama