{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Short description|Incomplete monorail system in Putrajaya, Malaysia}}{{Infobox rail line | box_width = 300px | name = ''Putrajaya Monorail Line'' | native_name = ''Laluan Monorel Putrajaya'' | color = {{rcr|KLRT|14}} | color2 = | logo = {{huge|{{rint|my|14}}}} | logo_width = | logo_alt = | logo2 = | logo_width2 = | logo_alt2 = | image = File:Putrajaya Monorail Bridge.jpg | image_width = 300px | image_alt = Putrajaya Monorail Suspended Bridge | caption = The Monorail Suspension Bridge in Putrajaya since 2004 | type = Straddle-beam single rail track monorail | system = | status = Shelved in 2004 due to federal budget constraints.<br>(Under feasibility study)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Putrajaya Monorail back on track? |url=https://www.thesundaily.my/news/1979893 |access-date=2016-09-23}}</ref> | stations = 25 stations | linenumber = {{rint|my|14}} | start = Putrajaya Sentral | end = {{stn|Kajang}} & Cyberjaya | routes = | planopen = TBD | open = TBD | lastextension = TBD | owner = | operator = | depot = | stock = TBD <!-- Technical ----- ----- --> | linelength = {{convert|18|km|mi|abbr=on}} <br>'''Line 1''': {{convert|13.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} <br>'''Line 2''': {{convert|6.8|km|mi|abbr=on}} | gauge = | conductionsystem = TBD | daily_ridership = Not Available | ridership2 = Not Available | electrification = 750 V DC Third rail | speed = 100 km/h (62mph) | website = | map = {{Putrajaya Monorail Line|inline=yes}} | map_state = collapsed }}
The '''Putrajaya Monorail''' is an incomplete monorail system in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Construction has been stalled since 2004, and while revivals have been proposed periodically,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://themalaysianreserve.com/2020/01/10/long-abandoned-putrajaya-monorail-set-for-completion-by-2025/|title = Long-abandoned Putrajaya monorail set for completion by 2025|date = 10 January 2020}}</ref> as of 2024, there are no plans to revive the project.<ref name="noplans">{{Cite web |last=Sallehuddin |first=Qistina |date=June 27, 2023 |title=No plans to revive the suspended monorail project |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2023/06/924703/no-plans-revive-suspended-monorail-project |access-date=June 27, 2023 |website=New Straits Times}}</ref>
Putrajaya was originally planned to include a light rail system, but plans were changed, and a monorail plan was selected instead, after the construction of tunnels for aforementioned system began. It called for two sublines; '''Line 1''', which is a {{convert|12|km|abbr=on}} monorail route with 17 stations and '''Line 2''', which is a {{convert|6|km|abbr=on}} monorail route with 6 stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ptk.my/portfolio_item/transportation-study-for-the-putrajaya-monorail-project/|title=Transportation Study for the Putrajaya Monorail Project - Perunding Trafik Klasik|website=ptk.my}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Putrajaya |url=http://www.monorails.org/tMspages/Putra.html |access-date=2007-04-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418061903/http://monorails.org/tMspages/Putra.html |archive-date=2007-04-18 }}</ref> In 2019, the government proposed a new light rapid transit (LRT) system may be built to revive the incomplete monorail project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2019/04/15/kajangputrajaya-rail-link-may-be-revived/|title = Kajang-Putrajaya rail link may be revived}}</ref>
The monorail will include the Monorail Suspension Bridge, currently incomplete,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Putrajaya Monorail Construction - August 13, 2005 Page Two of Two |url=https://www.monorails.org/tMspages/CnstPutra02a.html |access-date=2007-04-30}}</ref> and the Putra Bridge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Development Databank |url=http://www.i-putra.com.my/devbank/devdtl.cfm?id=126 |access-date=2007-04-30 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005123/http://www.i-putra.com.my/devbank/devdtl.cfm?id=126 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-09-27}}</ref>
The monorail line would allow transfers to the existing KLIA Transit, connecting to Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and the now opened MRT Putrajaya line at Putrajaya Sentral station. The project originally cost RM400 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=Utusan Malaysia Online - Home News|url=http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/content.asp?y=2004&dt=0609&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=Home_News&pg=hn_06.htm|access-date=2007-04-30|format=asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930205029/http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/content.asp?y=2004&dt=0609&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=Home_News&pg=hn_06.htm|archive-date=2007-09-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Project Status== {{stack|thumb|Monorail tracks with newly-built MRT elevated track}} Construction was halted in {{Start date and age|2004|||df=y}}, and will probably resume as the city becomes more populated.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fresh bid to get Putrajaya monorail project back on track |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/3/nation/20070203162705&sec=nation |access-date=2007-04-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402121416/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F2%2F3%2Fnation%2F20070203162705&sec=nation |archive-date=2007-04-02 }}</ref>
In 2016, the MMC Corporation Berhad (MMC) submitted a proposal to the Economic Council (EC) to revive the stalled monorail project. The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) was due to conduct a feasibility study for monorail and tram services for both Putrajaya and Cyberjaya.<ref>{{cite web|title=MMC proposes Putrajaya monorail|url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2016/09/23/mmc-proposes-putrajaya-monorail/|access-date=2016-09-23|format=asp}}</ref>
In October 2020, the government announced it had opened a request for proposals process to complete the project, within three months.<ref>{{cite news |title=Putrajaya: Monorail RFP opens in three months |url=https://themalaysianreserve.com/2020/10/01/putrajaya-monorail-rfp-opens-in-three-months/ |access-date=4 July 2021 |publisher=The Malaysian Reserve |date=1 October 2020}}</ref> As of 2021, the RFP has not yet opened.
In June 2023, the Ministry of Transport confirmed that the government is not planning to revive the project.<ref name="noplans"/>
==Putrajaya Tram Proposal== Federal Territories Minister, Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, had hoped to get tram infrastructure construction going within three years. Now under the jurisdiction of the Economic Council, the minister saw the development of the tram system as an alternative solution to the abandoned monorail projects and recommended it be built due to cost considerations. <ref>{{cite web|title=Tram service for Putrajaya within three years|date=21 February 2016|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/02/128732/tram-service-putrajaya-within-three-years|access-date=2016-02-21|format=asp}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Putrajaya and Cyberjaya to have tram service in three years|url=https://www.thesundaily.my/news/1706350|access-date=2016-02-21|format=asp}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Trams for Putrajaya, Cyberjaya in three years?|url=https://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/trams-for-putrajaya-cyberjaya-in-three-years|access-date=2016-02-21|format=asp}}</ref>
SPAD had hoped to open up tenders for the tram system between Putrajaya and Bangi in 2018 after getting the green light from EC. This move was announced by SPAD during their annual review of public transportation for 2017. The tram system was selected due to its relatively cheaper price of construction and operation compared to conventional rail systems.
The tram system is expected to be integrated with the existing and future rail lines between Putrajaya and Bangi and will also cover the distance between Cyberjaya and Kajang. The MRT Kajang Line only reaches Kajang but MRT Putrajaya Line will reach Putrajaya Sentral station which is currently in operation. The future HSR station located at Kampung Abu Bakar Baginda will be one of the expected stops along the planned tram route.
The stretch between Putrajaya and Bangi has been selected as the first phase to be constructed due to their wide roads, allowing the tram system to share the traffic.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tram service for Putrajaya in the works|url=http://m.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/tram-service-for-putrajaya-in-the-works|access-date=2018-03-06|format=asp}}</ref>
{{Putrajaya Tram Line}}
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==See also== *Monorails in Malaysia
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://structurae.net/en/structures/putrajaya-monorail Structurae: Putrajaya Monorail] *[https://www.monorails.org/tMspages/CnstPutra01a.html Construction Gallery from monorails.org]
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