Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT Line 85% complete

KUALA LUMPUR: The construction of the Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line is 85% complete and progressing well and the service is scheduled to begin operations in December, said Mass Rapid Transit Corp Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp).

Its strategic communications and stakeholder relations director, Datuk Najmuddin Abdullah, said all civil structural works for the elevated stations were completed, as well as for the elevated guideways and track work on viaduct section. 

“Station architectural works are in full swing and nearing completion in the north and progressing well in the south,” he said at MRT Corp’s media iftar in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.

He said work on the entrances and installation of link bridges across roads and facilities under the station were in progress. 

Najmuddin said as for the underground section, all stations structure works were also completed, except for entrances and vent structures above ground level and entrances. 

He said all the 24 trains required for phase 1 had been delivered to the Sungai Buloh Depot and were undergoing testing on the phase 1 section of the viaduct. 

“As for the second MRT Line, the MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line (SSP), construction will begin at the end of this month with clearing works. 

“To date, 18 work packages have been awarded, while the rest will be announced subsequently,” he said. 

Najmuddin said the SSP Line would also be operational in two stages, with the first phase in December 2021 and second phase in July 2022. - Bernama