After years of delays, the LRT3 Shah Alam Line will finally open on June 29, boosting Klang Valley public transport connectivity.
KUALA LUMPUR: After years of delays and repeated revisions to its completion timeline, the Light Rail Transit 3 (LRT3) line is finally set to begin operations next Monday (June 29), providing a major boost to public transport connectivity in the Klang Valley.
Transport Minister Datuk Seri Anthony Loke said the line, also known as the Shah Alam Line, will be officially launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Sunday.
“The official opening ceremony will be held this Sunday at the LRT3 main depot, and operations will commence the following day,” he told reporters after the opening of the new Road Transport Department (JPJ) branch office in Bandar Tasik Selatan today.
The LRT3 project, which links Bandar Utama in Petaling Jaya with Johan Setia in Klang, was originally slated to begin operations earlier but encountered several delays throughout its development.
In August last year, Loke said the Transport Ministry had initially targeted the line to be operational by the end of the third quarter.
However, additional testing and commissioning works pushed the timeline to the end of the year.
The opening date was later postponed again due to software-related issues, with the project expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2026.
In February, Loke told the Dewan Negara that the line was expected to commence operations before June, with technical issues being resolved and testing and commissioning works accelerated.
At the time, 14 of the 22 trains had successfully completed fault-free run (FFR) testing, while the remaining eight trains were undergoing the mandatory 22-day testing process.
More recently, Loke said trial operations had progressed smoothly and expressed confidence that the line would open to the public before the end of June.
Stretching 37.8km, the LRT3 line connects Bandar Utama in Petaling Jaya to Johan Setia in Klang, significantly improving rail connectivity along the western corridor of the Klang Valley.
The new line is expected to benefit commuters in several densely populated and rapidly developing areas, including Petaling Jaya, Subang Jaya, Shah Alam and Klang.
