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The second phase of the 31 Stations Mas* Rapid Transit (MRT) Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) line has been launched by Datuk Seri Najib Tun Phase 2 of the line runs from the Semantan station to the Kajang Station and has 19 stations across 30 km. This follows the launch of Phase 1 of the SBK line, which was opened by Najib last December. Speaking at the launch on Monday at the TRX MRT station on Jalan Tun Razak, Najib said the line is a game-changer as it will bring drastic live and work in this area, with many of them having to commute long distances to get to work. The proposed 3-line 150 km Mas* Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Kuala Lumpur (KL) comprising two northeast-southwest radial lines and one circle line looping around KL city. Klang Valley MRT will not only significantly increase the current inadequate rail network. The proposed MRT will also serve to integrate the existing rail networks and expectantly alleviate the severe traffic congestion in the KL metropol*tan area. The proposal was announced in June 2010 and was approved by the government of Malaysia in December 2010. Construction of the first line is targeted to commence in July 2011 and expected ready by June 2017. Economic Area under the Economic Transformation Program. The MRT project represents one of the economic entry point project identified The Klang Valley MRT system is envisaged to radically improve and transform Kuala Lumpur’s poor and sorely inadequate public transportation coverage and to propel the Greater Kuala Lumpur metropol*tan area to be on par with that of a developed city. Also, The new lines will increase Greater Kuala Lumpur’s rapid rail network from 15 km per million people in 2010 to 40 km per million people once completed. The proposal also envisages a fivefold increase in rail riders, in line with the government’s target for public transport usage in the Klang Valley of 40% by 2020 from 18% in 2009. Only an efficient and well-planned system can move large numbers of