1.1mil passengers per day on Rapid rail and bus services

 

Rapid Bus expects as many as 1,000 buses to operate daily by the end of this year, an increase from the existing 762 buses, Prasarana said. (Bernama pic)

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of people using Rapid bus and rail services has risen to an average of 1.1 million passengers per day since the Covid-19 pandemic eased, public transport operator Prasarana Malaysia Bhd said today.

Rapid Rail services, which include LRT, MRT and Monorail, recorded an average of 835,119 passengers per day, with 258,710 users per day on Rapid Bus services.

The highest daily usage figure was 1,200,433, recorded on Nov 22 last year.

“At the beginning of 2020, the average number of passengers using Prasarana services was approximately 1.2 million people per day,” the statement said.

Prasarana said Rapid Rail had also begun operating four new trains for the Kelana Jaya LRT line since last September, and the line operates an average of 48 trains in three-minute intervals.

The use of MRT Putrajaya Line and Kajang Line also showed encouragement, where the MRT Putrajaya Line was used by an average of 127,872 commuters last November, compared to 122,720 previously.

The MRT Kajang Line also recorded an increase in average daily usage from 219,576 commuters in October to 225,705 in November, and the number is expected to increase further towards the beginning of next year when the number of trains is increased to 36 at a frequency of four minutes.

As for bus services, it said Rapid Bus expects as many as 1,000 buses to operate daily by the end of this year, an increase from the existing 762 buses, in line with the increasing demand for bus services around the Klang Valley. - FMT