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Kuala Lumpur Public Transit System
Sri Petaling Line Aliran Sri Petaling formerly part of STAR LRT
Alignment	Sentul Timur - Sri Petaling
Type	Light Rail Transit
Service area	Kuala Lumpur and surrounding Klang Valley
System length	15 km
Stations	18
Ticketing
- TnG	Yes
- Stored value	Yes
- Travel pass	Yes (RM90 monthly or RM7 daily)
Operational mode	With driver
Operational date	1996
Operator	Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB)

The D | Sri Petaling Line is one of three light rail transit (LRT) lines in Kuala Lumpur. The other two lines are the E | Kelana Jaya Line and C | Ampang Line. All three are operated by Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd (Rapid KL).

The Sri Petaling and Ampang Lines are the new names for Kuala Lumpur's Star light rail transit (LRT) system. STAR, or Star-LRT, was the acronym for Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan Sdn Bhd, the former concessionaire of the project. Star-LRT was Kuala Lumpur's first LRT system.

It has been announced by the federal government that the Sri Petaling line will be expanded to Puchong.

Besides the LRT system, the other rail-based public transport modes in Kuala Lumpur include the F | Monorail Line, A Sentul-Port Klang Line, B Rawang-Seremban Line, KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit.

Contents 1 Using the Sri Petaling Line 2 System details 3 History 4 Other interesting facts 5 Extensions 6 References 7 See also 8 External links

The Sri Petaling Line runs between Sentul Timur in the north and Sri Petaling in the southern part of Kuala Lumpur. It has 18 stations including the two end stations.

The stations (north to south) are:

Station code	Station name	Platform	Interchange
S18	Sentul Timur	Side
S17	Sentul	Side
S16	Titiwangsa	Side	F Monorail Line and Rapid KL Bus Hub
S15	PWTC	Side	Walking distance to A Sentul-Port Klang Line and B Rawang-Seremban Line
S14	Sultan Ismail	Side
S13	Bandaraya	Side	Walking distance to A Sentul-Port Klang Line and B Rawang-Seremban Line.
S12	Masjid Jamek	Side	E Kelana Jaya Line and Rapid KL Bus Hub
S11	Plaza Rakyat	Side
S10	Hang Tuah	Side	F Monorail Line
S09	Pudu	Side
S08	Chan Sow Lin	Island	C Ampang Line
S61	Cheras	Side
S62	Salak Selatan	Side
S63	Bandar Tun Razak	Side
S64	Bandar Tasik Selatan	Island	B Rawang-Seremban Line & KLIA Transit
S65	Sungai Besi	Side
S67	Bukit Jalil	Side
S68	Sri Petaling	Side

The Sri Petaling Line and Ampang Line share the same tracks between Sentul Timur and Chan Sow Lin stations, where they diverge. At the common stations, trains to Sri Petaling and those to Ampang arrive alternately, i.e. a train to Sri Petaling is always followed by a train to Ampang and vice versa. LED display panels are installed in the stations to provide information about the destination of the train coming into the station.

For passengers coming from Sri Petaling who are headed towards Ampang, transferring at Chan Sow Lin is simple as its is a cross-platform transfer. Trains are also timed to meet each other, cutting waiting time to a minimum.

Because the other rail-based systems were developed separately, transfers at the other interchange stations are a little more inconvenient because commuters have to leave the system by exiting the turnstiles and buy a new ticket before continuing with their journey. Most transfers require considerable walking, escalator use and stair-climbing while transferring to the Kelana Jaya Line at Masjid Jamek may even require commuters to cross a busy road. Otherwise take a short walk to ENTRANCE/EXIT B tunnel to Masjid Jamek underground station Kelana Jaya Line.

Touch 'n Go stored-value cards are accepted for travel on the Sri Petaling Line. Using Touch 'n Go also removes the hassle of needing to buy new tickets when transferring to the Kelana Jaya Line, KL Monorail and KTM Komuter. Commuters also have to bear with the extreme noise generated by the train whenever it enters the platform. The trains caused vibrations so much that a commuter can even feel slight tremors when the train reaches the platform.

The system runs General Electric trains identical to those used for the Docklands Light Railway.

• 13 November 1992: Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan Sdn Bhd (Star LRT) incorporated to implement Kuala Lumpur's first LRT project.
• 22 December 1992: Franchise agreement between the Malaysian government and Star LRT signed for the development, ownership and operation of LRT system.
• 30 August 1994: Work on the project officially commenced.
• 16 December 1996: Stretch between Sultan Ismail and Chan Sow Lin stations (which is shared with the Ampang Line) becomes operational with the opening of Phase One between Ampang and Sultan Ismail stations.
• 11 July 1998: The 11.8km line from Chan Sow Lin to Sri Petaling stations begins operations.
• 6 December 1998: Extension from Sultan Ismail station to Sentul Timur station begins operations.
• 1 December 2002: Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) takes over ownership and operations of Star LRT under the first phase of Kuala Lumpur's public transport restructuring exercise. SPNB renames the system Starline.
• November 2004: Operations of Starline transferred to Rapid KL. Ownership of assets remain with SPNB.
• 19 July 2005: Rapid KL announces that Starline's two lines will be renamed the Ampang and Sri Petaling Lines. All signage will be changed by 2006.
• 27 October 2006: A six-coach LRT train overshoots the end of the elevated tracks at Sentul Timur station, resulting in the front half of the first coach dangling in the air about 25m above the ground.

• It was featured in the closing scene of the 1999 Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones movie Entrapment.

• Although Rapid KL has renamed what used to be Starline into the Sri Petaling and Ampang lines, some consider that it would have been more accurate to have renamed them as two branches of the same line. Technically, both lines exist as one as they share the same services, such as signalling and passenger platforms. Both lines share quite a significant part of their service in the network together, between Sentul Timur and Chan Sow Lin.

On 29 August 2006, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Mohd Najib Abdul Razak announced that the southern end of the Sri Petaling Line, which now ended at Sri Petaling station, would be extended to the suburb of Puchong, located to the south-west of Kuala Lumpur. The extension will be part of a 10bil ringgit plan to expand Kuala Lumpur's public transport network.

The expansion plan will also see the western terminus of the Kelana Jaya Line extended to the suburbs of Bandar Sunway, Subang Jaya and UEP Subang Jaya (USJ), all also located to the south-west of Kuala Lumpur. The plan also involved the construction of an entirely new line from Kota Damansara to the west of the city, to Cheras which lies to the south-east of Kuala Lumpur.

No details of the alignment of the extensions and the new line nor locations of new stations were revealed.^[1]

• Ampang Line
• Bukit Jalil LRT station
• Kelana Jaya Line
• KL Monorail
• KTM Komuter
• KLIA Ekspres
• KLIA Transit
• Public transport in Kuala Lumpur
• List of rapid transit systems

• Rapid KL
• Syarikat Prasarana Malaysia Bhd

v • d • e Rail transport in Klang Valley (including Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia
Rapid KL	Kelana Jaya Line • Sri Petaling Line • Ampang Line
KTM Komuter	Sentul-Port Klang Line • Rawang-Seremban Line
KL Infrastructure	Kuala Lumpur Monorail
Express Rail Link	KLIA Ekspres • KLIA Transit