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On March 16, Kuala Lumpur Metro Line 2 in Malaysia was fully opened to traffic, whose construction CCCC participated in and which was implemented under the leadership of CHEC. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim attended the opening ceremony and took a test ride on Kuala Lumpur Metro Line 2, announcing that Line 2 will be free for all passengers until the end of March. Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook also attended the opening ceremony, which was presided over by Mohamad Zarif Hashim, CEO of MRT Corp, Malaysia.
The total length of the project is 57.7 km, of which 5.5 km was synchronously completed and operated with Metro Line 1. The elevated section is 38.7 km long and the underground section is 13.5 km. There are 36 stations, including 9 underground stations and 27 elevated stations, as well as 1 car depot and 1 parking lot. It is opened and operated in two phases. The first phase runs from Kwasa Damansara Station to Kampung Batu Station, with a total length of 18km, which was opened to traffic on June 16, 2022. The second phase, covering a length of 39.7km, runs from Kampung Batu Station Station to the terminus Putrajaya Central Station, which was opened to traffic on March 16. So far, Kuala Lumpur Metro Line 2 in Malaysia has been fully opened to traffic.
The track engineering of Kuala Lumpur Metro Line 2 is the first overseas large-scale urban rail transit online engineering undertaken by CCCC as a general contractor. CCCC undertakes the track engineering design, procurement, construction and commissioning of 52.2km-long line, the car depot and parking lot. It is responsible for the track transportation organization of the four-electric system materials of the whole line and the design and procurement of six types of special maintenance vehicles, as well as three stations in the underground section and a section of shield tunnel between two lines.
Kuala Lumpur Metro Line 2 is the north-south “artery” of the rail transit network in Greater Kuala Lumpur. After it is put into operation, it will enable more than 2 million residents along the line to realize “half an hour’s living circle”, greatly easing thelocal traffic congestion and residents’ travel inconvenience.
