Petaling Jaya, 12 November 2009:  Beginning 16 November 2009, RapidKL buses will go straight into the city centre, with the new re-alignment exercise involving 45 RapidKL bus routes.

The exercise involves 32 bus route extensions into the city centre, 11 re-aligned routes and two new routes being introduced.

Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras Sdn Bhd (RapidKL), the largest public transport operator in the Klang Valley, announced this during a Press Conference held at its office today.

RapidKL operates in 165 routes covering 980 housing estates daily. Since the introduction of the Zonal Fare System last September, bus passengers wanting to go into the City Centre will need to change buses, and pay more. With the 45 newly re-aligned routes, these customers need not change buses, thus no additional fares.

The new re-alignment exercise beginning 16 November will increase the current 184 buses operating in the 45 affected routes to 341 buses.

Dato' Mohamed Hazlan Mohamed Hussain, RapidKL's Chief Operating Officer (Bus), said the re-alignments would make it easier for the customers as most of the routes would take the customers straight into the City Centre without having to change buses. “The additional number of buses means better services, higher bus frequencies, shorter waiting period and more value for their money. This exercise will provide our customers with a more efficient service, in line with our efforts to ensure a better customer experience for our customers,” he added