The Penang state government is still awaiting the official notice to proceed from the Transport Ministry and MRT Corporation ...

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The Penang LRT system must serve the broader needs of the Seberang Perai population to ensure it meets its ridership potential in order to justify its RM13 billion price tag.

GEORGE TOWN: Penang’s Light Rail Transport (LRT) dream will begin to take shape in December with a groundbreaking event, with the first station to be built in Lebuh Macallum.

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang LRT Mutiara Line project has undergone all due processes, and its cost can only be judged after proposals and terms are finalised, says Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.

The Penang Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, planned to begin construction in December of this year, will likely have its first station built in Jalan Gurdwara.

If the LRT operates every 10 minutes, it is expected to carry only 135 passengers. At this demand figure, Penang doesn’t need an expensive LRT.

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow described the LRT project as providing various socio-economic development benefits to the residents of the Pearl of the Orient in the long term. While the LRT ...

According to the Bayan Lepas LRT EIA, the LRT depot will be built on “Island A” of the yet-to-be-reclaimed Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project, also called the “Penang South Islands”.

A single line LRT would not [solve Penang’s traffic problems]. But one line is necessary to start the network. The Penang Transport Master Plan has the first line as the backbone with future ...

Let us build the LRT and give Penang the future it deserves. If the project had started when it was first mooted, Penangites would be proudly riding the LRT now and enjoying a better quality of ...