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  Kuala Lumpur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kuala Lumpur (Jawi:كوالا لمڤور; Chinese: 吉隆坡; Tamil: கோலாலம்பூர்) is the capital city, legislative capital of Malaysia and the largest city in the country.
Kuala Lumpur was founded in 1857 at the confluence of the Gombak and Klang rivers.
After independence in 1957, Kuala Lumpur was the capital of the Federation of Malaya and continued to be the capital of the renamed Federation of Malaysia in 1963.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kuala_Lumpur   (3353 words)

  
 Kuala Lumpur Monorail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was built for RM1.18 billion by KL Infrastructure Group Berhad (KL Infra) that holds a 40-year concession to operate the monorail.
Prior to the opening of the KL Monorail an accident occurred involving a safety wheel from a train falling off and hitting a pedestrian walking under the monorail viaduct.
The monorail company reported that any such accident was "unlikely" as 6 bolts would have to be removed for it to occur.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kuala_Lumpur_Monorail   (463 words)

  
 kiat.net: Kuala Lumpur - Mass Transit (STAR/PUTRA/Monorail)
The total Kuala Lumpur LRT network is a multi-billion Ringgit project that uses modern, electrically-powered trains operating on double tracks to offer a reliable and comfortable alternative by bus, taxi and car within Kuala Lumpur's urban area.
A more ambitious project is KL Sentral, which would serve as the hub for LRT and monorail services as well as the KTM Komuter, a fast train already operating from stations in the city to Rawang in the north, Port Klang in the southwest and Seremban in the south.
The KL Monorail is designed to complement and integrate with the existing and planned urban transportation systems for Kuala Lumpur.
www.kiat.net /malaysia/KL/transit.html   (3359 words)

  
 Monorail Capital Costs: Reality Check
The Kuala Lumpur line will extend 8.6 km (5.3 miles), with 11 elevated stations, and the project is reported to have a budgeted cost of RM 1.18 billion (about $310.5 million in year-2002 US dollars), calculating to a cost of about $58.2 million per mile.
In regard to monorail systems, it can be seen that, with an average capital cost of nearly $140 million per mile, and with some individual systems exceeding $200 million per mile, these examples of monorail systems do not seem to corroborate the low-cost claims of many monorail promoters.
For example, monorail switches appear to entail more complicated machinery, and have a significantly higher cost – about 15 times the cost of an ordinary railway switch, according to a recent study.
www.lightrailnow.org /myths/m_monorail001.htm   (1104 words)

  
 The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Monorail station meets with Star LRT at Titiwangsa and Hang Tuah, with Putra LRT at Bukit Nanas and Kuala Lumpur Sentral, with ERL, which link Kuala Lumpur KL airport at KL Sentral, and with KTM commuter also at KL Sentral.
The length of Monorail corridor in Putra Jaya is 13.2 kilometers with 18 stations.
Another lesson from KL Monorail is that it could curb the ticket prices as financial sources for the operator also came from renting of kiosks at stations and advertisements put on trains, stations and footprints.
www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20031121.P01   (966 words)

  
 Kuala Lumpur travel guide - Wikitravel
The main expressway exits for Kuala Lumpur on the NSE are Jalan Duta (from the north) and Sungai Besi (from the south).
Kuala Lumpur's public transport system consists of 3 LRT (Light Rail Transit) lines operated by RapidKL, the semicircular KL Monorail looping through the Golden Triangle and the KTM Komuter for trips to the outer northern, southern and western suburbs.
Kuala Lumpur is one of those cities which are a little short on must-see attractions: the real joy lies in wandering randomly, seeing, shopping and eating your way through it.
wikitravel.org /en/Kuala_Lumpur   (8101 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Kuala Lumpur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kuala Lumpur is one of the three Malaysian Federal Territories, and an enclave within the state of Selangor, on the central west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.
Since Kuala Lumpur was first became part of Malaysian Federal Territory on February 1, 1972, the city has been led by seven mayors.
Kuala Lumpur is directly connected to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang via the KLIA Ekspres high-speed train service which takes only 28 minutes.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/kuala_lumpur   (2841 words)

  
 Kuala Lumpur hotels and travel guide Malaysia - KUALALUMPUR-CITY.com
Kuala Lumpur, meaning a muddy confluence, had its origins as a shanty mining outpost for the tin trade in the 1800's at the confluence of the Gombak and Klang Rivers.
The Swiss-Inn hotel is located in the suburb of Kuala Lumpur of Chinatown district.
The Grand Continental Hotel Kuala Lumpur is located in the heart of the Malaysian capital as it boasts a magnificent view of famous Petronas Twin Towers.
www.kualalumpur-city.com   (528 words)

  
 Kuala Lumpur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tan Sri Dato' Elyas Omar (1983 - 1992)
Kuala Lumpur's rail-based transit system consists of three light rail transit (LRT) lines, one monorail, one commuter rail system consisting two lines, and two high-speed airport rail links.
The Batu Caves, a Hindu shrine and a tourist attraction near Kuala Lumpur
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kuala_lumpur   (3353 words)

  
 Malaysia Malaisie Kuala Lumpur Photo Gallery - 263 high quality pictures of Kuala Lumpur, pictures, Kuala Lumpur ...
Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, was founded in 1857 at the confluence of the Gombak and Klang rivers as a settlement for tin miners.
Kuala Lumpur became capital of the Selangor state in 1880 eventually becoming the capital of Malaysia after independence.
Kuala Lumpur has expanded substantially during the boom years of the 1990s, with many skyscarpers being added, of which the Petronas Towers, until recently the world's tallest buildings, are the most famous.
www.molon.de /galleries/Malaysia/KL   (382 words)

  
 Kuala Lumpur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Monorail Malaysia is a relatively new monorail supplier with a history of bus manufacturing.
The company took charge of the Kuala Lumpur Monorail system when the Asian financial crisis helped stop the project in December of 1997.
Monorail Malaysia is enjoying a great deal of interest and other cities are lining up for their product.
www.monorails.org /tMspages/Kuala.html   (138 words)

  
 Cascadia Scorecard Weblog: Monorail: A Railroad or a High Road?
Alternatively, the monorail should consider taxing 1) commercial parking (the city has the authority to do this and it has the advantage of both encouraging transit and discouraging driving); 2) cruise ships (surely, Seattleites would love this one.
Monorails run on electricty, which in Seattle is climate neutral, emitting no net greenhouse gases, and does not contribute to air pollution.
Visit Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which is home to one of the few large-scale big-city monorail lines in the world.
cascadiascorecard.typepad.com /blog/2005/06/monorail_a_rail.html   (2319 words)

  
 Kuala Lumpur Travel Guide - Kuala Lumpur information, History of Kuala Lumpur, culture, climate, hotels, map, travel, ...
Kuala Lumpur (or KL as it's commonly called), is the capital city of Malaysia.
One constant in Kuala Lumpur is the climate.
In 150 years Kuala Lumpur has grown from a ‘muddy confluence’ (the meaning of Kuala Lumpur) to a modern, bustling city of well over a million people.
www.hoteltravel.com /malaysia/kualalumpur/guides/overview.htm   (718 words)

  
 A detailed Kuala Lumpur guide and travel article reviewing Kuala Lumpur hotels, Kuala Lumpur business hotels, hotel ...
Kuala Lumpur is a can-do city on the move.
Kuala Lumpur shopping is diverse, vigorously showcased in the annual Mega Sales (March, August, December), hotels and hospitality world class, transport plentiful and food and nightlife teeming in downtown and newer suburban locations.
The JW Marriott Hotel is a bright and breezy Kuala Lumpur businessman hotel choice though it makes an excellent leisure pitstop too, based as it is, cheek-by-jowl with some of the best shopping in town, including the new and immensely popular Starhill complex.
www.smarttravelasia.com /klguide.htm   (5477 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Part of the rescue was accomplished by the driver of the Monorail’s second train, who spotted the fire and immediately raced his train to a position adjacent to the burning train where about 50 passengers escaped across the gap into his train, however, about 100 passengers evacuated via fire ladders.
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, MONORAIL ACCIDENT: Following a heavy rain, a monorail train struck a tree branch which had fallen across the tracks, causing the entire tree to topple onto the train and tracks.
Monorail trains on this system are automatically controlled but a driver is present for emergencies.
www.trolleycar.org /news/040602.asp   (906 words)

  
 Kuala Lumpur Monorail Photo Special Page 1
Pedersen believes the KL Monorail to be one of the world's best-looking urban monorails, a model for other cities contemplating elevated systems.
Hitachi was originally the builder of the monorail system for the City of Kuala Lumpur when the Asian financial crisis stopped the project in December of 1997.
This is a map of the Kuala Lumpur Monorail (purple line), as we visited it in 2004.
www.monorails.org /tMspages/KLspecial01.html   (418 words)

  
 Andrew's picture gallery - Malaysia
Here are a few pictures showing railways in and around Kuala Lumpur which I took in March 2002, and also some notes on the KL and Putrajaya monorails.
Kuala Lumpur seems to be trying to collect as many forms of rail transport as possible, with a conventional metro, an automatic metro, two different railway gauges and a monorail!
KTMB metre-gauge EMUs stabled at Rawang, north of Kuala Lumpur.
www.grantham.karoo.net /andrew/malaysia.html   (1624 words)

  
 KL Monorail - NEW LIFESTYLE, NEW MOBILITY
The KL Monorail shall adjust its train frequency according to the demand of the service during the hour.
The KL Monorail is connected to Rapid KL at KL Sentral Station, Hang Tuah Station, Bukit Nanas Station and Titiwangsa Station.
June 2006, six Monorail trains will be set aside for a special mission to raise funds for the Yogyakarta Earthquake victims.
www.monorail.com.my   (535 words)

  
 Monorails: Light Rail in the Air
Second, the 5th Avenue corridor along the Monorail route was notorious for lagging economically, noted for its failed or short-turnover businesses and vacant lots.
On the left is the state of the art of monorail guideway, now under construction in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The Kuala Lumpur guideway is certainly more attractive than Seattle's, at least where the design is slightly arched.
kinetic.seattle.wa.us /nxtlevel/prt/monocomp.html   (673 words)

  
 SmarTire Installed on Kuala Lumpur Monorail
The SmarTire system was supplied by Rodgard, a division of Hutchinson Industries, and utilizes their run-flat systems that the monorail cars ride on.
The 8.5 km Kuala Lumpur Monorail is fully elevated with 11 stations and carries 85,000 passengers per day.
Monorails operate very quietly because they run on standard pressurized rubber tires installed with run-flat systems.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2004/03/30/187112.html   (386 words)

  
 Kl Monorail Resource Listing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Pedersen believes the KL Monorail to be one of the world's...
The RM1.18 billion KL Monorail privatisation project is an inner-city public transit...
COMMUTERS at the Sentral monorail station were pleasantly surprised when staff from Star Publications (M) Bhd and Monorail handed out free copies of the The Star 's 16-page World Cup Special Edition (WCSE) during the Friday morning rush hour.
www.monorails-only.info /go/kl-monorail.php   (525 words)

  
 Scomi Marine set for a coal lift
KUALA LUMPUR: Scomi Marine Bhd's increase in coal-carrying capacity by 76% in Indonesia should translate into an equivalent earnings contribution in the coming quarters, barring unforeseen circumstances, said chief financial officer Loong Chun Nee.
On the Penang monorail project, Hilmy said the company would be submitting a final bid in the next few weeks, having already put in a preliminary bid.
MTrans Holdings is the parent company of KL Infrastructure Group Bhd that built the 65km Kuala Lumpur Monorail.
biz.thestar.com.my /news/story.asp?file=/2006/6/27/business/14663362&sec=business   (505 words)

  
 Kuala Lumpur Railway Station   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The building is located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur Railway Station received its last intercity train service on April 15, 2001 with the arrival of the Senandung Malam at 10.30pm.
As of April 16, 2001 all KTM Berhad intercity services to the north, south and the east coast will operate from the new Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station located in nearby Brickfields.
www.keretapi.com /the-kuala-lumpur-railway-station.html   (378 words)

  
 Open Directory - Science: Technology: Transportation: Monorails   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Kuala Lumpur Monorail - Operating since 2003, 8.6km, 11 stations.
Las Vegas Monorail - Originally opened in 1995, this system will be expanded to 6km in 2004.
Sydney Metro Monorail - Operating as a tourist loop near the harbor since 1988, 3.6km, 7 stations.
dmoz.org /Science/Technology/Transportation/Monorails   (328 words)

  
 Monorail - Kuala Lumpur Transportation - VirtualTourist.com
When I first wrote this tip the monorail in KL was about to open on the 31st August.
Also, connecting the LRT from the Monorail isn't as easy as it looks on the charts, as it usually involves quite a bit of walking.
The monorail or the LRT is very convenient connecting to many great places in KL.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah_Persekutuan/Kuala_Lumpur-1282074/Transportation-Kuala_Lumpur-Monorail-BR-1.html   (737 words)

  
 Destination : Freedom Newsletter - January 12, 2004
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia –Most people are aware of NYC’s transit “system” pre-World War II – when private companies owned everything, and there was little, if any cooperation.
Curiously, the monorail terminal at Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station is about a block away from the station itself, making transfers difficult, especially with luggage.
Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station is curious in its own way, in that it’s not “central,” but on the edge of the main business district.
www.nationalcorridors.org /df/df01122004.shtml   (11941 words)

  
 SENATOR  RAYMOND  LAVIGNE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This is because political decision makers are grappling with increased urbanization and the resulting increase in traffic congestion.
Monorail advocates include Miami and Detroit, two cities that have extensive monorail transit systems in their downtown core.
Japan is the world leader in monorail technology and use, with eight monorail systems, many branch lines and sophisticated new Skyline hybrid systems.
www.sen.parl.gc.ca /rlavigne/Text_monorail1.htm   (141 words)

  
 BobRat: South East Asia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Monorail opponents should be summarily jailed and their residences or businesses should be seized by the transit authority and converted into a monorail stop.
Since I have time to kill, I've been exploring Kuala Lumpur (or KL as the locals call it).
And which also reminds me that I like to think of Kuala Lumpur as the Seattle of the tropics (there's a Starbucks just across the street where all the young hipsters hang out).
bobrat.weblogger.com /southeastasiaposts   (7086 words)

  
 Kuala Lumpur hotels - Malaysia
Hotel in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia with 88 rooms, affordable and conveniently located on the northen side of Kuala Lumpur's city center, across the road from Sentul Raya Golf Club.
Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur is the most accessible hotel in the city, just 28 minutes from Kuala Lumpur International Airport by the KLIA Express train.
Stanford Hotel Kuala Lumpur, a member of Stanford Hotels International and managed by MiCasa International Hotels and Resorts, is a shining example of this example of this commitment to caring for specific needs and comfort of business and leisure travellers.
www.kl-hotels.com /accommodation/accommodation3.htm   (885 words)

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