Shah Alam line


The LRT Shah Alam Line, previously known as the LRT Bandar Utama–Klang Line, LRT Bandar Utama-Johan Setia Line or simply LRT Johan Setia Line or LRT3, is a medium capacity rapid transit line which will serve the Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam and Klang areas on the western side of the Klang Valley in Selangor, Malaysia. It will be the third LRT line, and the fourth fully automated and driverless rail system in the Klang Valley region. The line will be operated as part of the Rapid KL system by Rapid Rail, a subsidiary of Prasarana Malaysia.
It was announced by Prasarana Malaysia in 2013 and work began in 2016. Construction was halted in 2018 for a review that followed the change of government and concerns over funding. The project was later revived after it was reclassified from a rapid transit line to a light metro. Its expected completion was moved from 2020 to 2024. Continued delays then pushed the projected completion date through 2025 and eventually into 2026.
Once completed, the line will form part of the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System. It is numbered 11 and coloured sky blue on official transit maps. The line is one of four rapid transit lines in the Klang Valley that does not serve KL Sentral, the other three being the Ampang Line, Sri Petaling Line and the Putrajaya Line, as well as the first rapid transit line in the Klang Valley that is entirely outside the borders of the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur.

History

Initial proposal

In May 2014, the Shah Alam LRT was proposed to begin from Bandar Utama, Kelana Jaya, running through areas of Glenmarie, HICOM-Glenmarie Industrial Park, Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam city centre, UiTM, I-City, Bukit Raja Shopping Centre, Taman Eng Ann, Bandar Klang and then heading straight on to Johan Setia. This was later confirmed in October 2015 following the tabling of Budget 2015 where the Prime Minister announced that the government will provide RM9 billion to build an LRT project linking Bandar Utama to Shah Alam and Klang.

Receive approval

In 2015, the public display of the line will was held for three months beginning in May at seven locations – Shah Alam City Council, Petaling Jaya City Council, Public Land Transportation Commission office in Platinum Sentral, Klang Municipal Council and the Kelana Jaya, Masjid Jamek and Pasar Seni LRT stations. It was also announced that construction works were to start by Q1-2016. In September 2015, Prasarana Malaysia Berhad announced that Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad and George Kent Sdn Bhd joint venture has been appointed as the Project Delivery Partner for the LRT project. In October 2015, Prasarana agreed to change the route of the LRT line, which was originally planned to cut through the housing area of Taman Muhibbah in Klang to Pasar Besar Klang at Jalan Meru. Residents of Taman Muhibbah had objected to the proposed line which would run through their housing area. The LRT project was officially launched by the sixth Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak in August 2016.

Project cost cutting and downgrade to light metro

After the fall of the Barisan Nasional –led federal government in May 2018, the new Pakatan Harapan –led federal government, citing mounting national debt, proposed various cost cutting measures to a list of federal government projects, including the LRT3 project. The Lien Hoe, Temasya, SIRIM, Bukit Raja and Bandar Botanik stations were reclassified to provisional stations while the underground station of Persiaran Hishamuddin was cancelled. The reasons cited for the changes made were due to the high cost of the project, unnecessary tunneling for the underground portion of the line and low ridership in the area. The provisional stations however will be built once demand in the area picks up.
Other cost-cutting exercises included the swapping of six-car trains for three-car trains, cutting down the total trains from 42 to 22, reducing the size of the stations to four-car length and ditching costly acceleration techniques. The completion date was also extended from 2020 to 2024.

Numerous delays and reinstatement of provisional stations

The planned completion date of the entire line in 2024 as announced in 2018 was delayed for over two years due to the impact of the Malaysian movement control order from the COVID-19 pandemic and further testing of operations. The first delay for the overall opening of the line was announced in July 2023 where Transport Minister Anthony Loke mentioned that the line was expected to be operational by 1 March 2025.
During the Budget 2024 presentation held on 13 October 2023, Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced the reintegration of the five stations that were previously under provisional status to be built alongside the rest of the Shah Alam Line with the exception of the sole underground station, Persiaran Hishamuddin, which remains cancelled.
In July 2024, the opening of the LRT line was further delayed to the third quarter of 2025. In February 2025, the opening of the LRT line was confirmed to be on 30 September 2025, with physical work reaching 98.16% completion. Construction was expected to be completed on 31 July and then handed over to Prasarana. Trial runs were to be conducted from mid-April to the end of June 2025. The total cost of the project was ultimately put at RM21.93 billion. In August 2025, the opening of the LRT line was delayed again for the fourth time, which is before the end of 2025, as further tests such as the fault-free run test are still ongoing.
The delay was first teased by Prasarana through a social media post that the 24-hour train testing and commissioning activities of this line were ongoing until 31 October 2025, then further hinted on by a Prasarana internal memo, in which the company's CEO hoped for the line's opening in December 2025. It was finally confirmed by Transport Minister Loke, who stated that there were "slight delays", although he affirmed that he was confident that the line would be operational by 31 December 2025. However, the line was delayed once again to 2026 due to software glitches in the signalling system and the line's inability to complete the required fault-free run.

Stations


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File:LRT3 Klang River section.jpg|thumb|Elevated LRT3 crossing under construction over the Klang River, running parallel with Kota Bridge.
Previously, a total of 26 stations were planned, with a proposed two-kilometre distance between each station. One station was to be an underground station, with the other 25 being elevated. There are 2 interchange stations and 1 connecting station.
The LRT interchange and connects with existing Rapid KL lines at Bandar Utama on the MRT Kajang Line, Glenmarie on the LRT Kelana Jaya Line and Pasar Jawa on the KTM Tanjung Malim-Port Klang Line

Alignment and station list

The line currently has 25 permanent stations under construction.
Station codeWorking NameInterim NameOpeningStation LayoutPlatform TypeInterchange stationNotes

Bandar UtamaOne UtamaQ2 2026ElevatedIslandEastern terminus.
Interchange station with MRT Kajang Line.
Kayu AraDamansara UtamaQ2 2026ElevatedIsland
BU 11 TropicanaQ2 2026ElevatedIsland
TropicanaLien Hoe2028ElevatedSidePhase 2. In-fill station.
Damansara IdamanDataran PrimaQ2 2026ElevatedSide
SS7Persada Plus / Kelana IndahQ2 2026ElevatedSide

CGC GlenmarieGlenmarie 2Q2 2026ElevatedSideInterchange station with LRT Kelana Jaya Line.
TemasyaTemasya2028ElevatedSidePhase 2. In-fill station.
KerjayaHICOM-Glenmarie / Persiaran KerjayaQ2 2026ElevatedSide
Stadium Shah AlamMalawatiQ2 2026ElevatedIsland
Persiaran Hishamuddin--UndergroundShelved station
Tunnel Ventilation Control Station
Cancelled
Dato' MenteriSection 14 / Bandar Anggerik / Bandaraya Shah AlamQ2 2026ElevatedSide
Raja MudaSIRIM / Seksyen 22028ElevatedSidePhase 2. In-fill station.
UiTM Shah AlamUiTMQ2 2026ElevatedIsland
Seksyen 7 Shah Alami-City / Hospital Shah AlamQ2 2026ElevatedSide
Bukit RajaLebuh Keluli2028ElevatedSidePhase 2. In-fill station.
Bandar Baru KlangBukit RajaQ2 2026ElevatedIsland
Pasar KlangPasar Besar KlangQ2 2026ElevatedSide
Jalan MeruKawasan 17Q2 2026ElevatedSide

Pasar JawaKlangQ2 2026ElevatedSideConnecting station with KTM Tanjung Malim-Port Klang Line.
Taman SelatanTaman SelatanQ2 2026ElevatedIsland
Seri AndalasSeri AndalasQ2 2026ElevatedSide
Klang JayaLotus's Bukit Tinggi / Bukit TinggiQ2 2026ElevatedIsland
Bandar Bukit TinggiAEON Bukit Tinggi / Batu NilamQ2 2026ElevatedIsland
Bandar BotanikBandar Botanik2028ElevatedSidePhase 2. In-fill station.
Johan SetiaJohan SetiaQ2 2026ElevatedIslandWestern terminus.