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Article: Kuala Lumpur's Express Rail link opens in 2002(Rapid Transit Review).
- Article from:
- International Railway Journal
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
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Kuala Lumpur's Express Rail Link Opens In 2002: Kuala Lumpur's long-awaited Express Rail Link, which will connect the city's new Central station with its international airport, is scheduled to open next year. It will provide a 28-minute journey time for the 57.6km link. (Rapid Transit Review)
WHEN the Malaysian government decided to build a new international airport (KLIA) about 50km south of Kuala Lumpur, a rail link to the city centre was envisaged as an essential means of getting people to and from the airport in a reasonable time. When the airport opened in 1998 in time for the Commonwealth Games, work on the rail link had not even begun. As a result, ...