CITY FOCUS | KUALA LUMPUR
72 rail service that links with both Thailand and Singapore . The KL Monorail operates for up to 18 hours each day with trains arriving between every five and 12 minutes depending on the time of day , connecting KL Sentral ( the city ’ s primary transport hub ) to 11 stations around the city along a 9km line .
Running alongside the KL Monorail is the Kuala Lumpur MRT SBK Line , a fully-automated public rail service from the centre to the city ’ s residential areas , running along a 51km route with 31 stations . The Light Rail Transit ( LRT ) system rounds out the extensive railbased public transport network in the city , closing major of the gaps in accessibility from the aforementioned services . Around 35km to the south of the centre and connected to it by the KLIA Ekspres train are the city ’ s two major airports , Kuala Lumpur International Airport ( KLIA ) and KLIA2 , both based in Sepang , with the former being the country ’ s main international airport and the latter being the largest budget airline airport in the world . The city ’ s robust transport infrastructure forms part of the basis for Structure Plan 2020 , with the manufacturing districts
JULY 2018