KUALA LUMPUR: The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) will reassign seven Bus Network Revamp (BNR) bus routes in the Sungai Besi and Jalan Klang Lama Corridors on Feb 1.
In a statement today, SPAD said the reassignment of the seven bus routes was in an effort to improve and stabilise the bus services under BNR.
"SPAD will reassign seven bus routes in the Sungai Besi and Jalan Klang Lama Corridors which are currently operated by Metrobus to Nadi Putra and RapidKL.
"This move is to ensure that commuters in high demand sectors in both Sungai Besi and Jalan Klang Lama Corridors see an improvement in service," it said.
It reiterated that BNR was not a static implementation and the commission remains open to review and improve routes within the BNR network.
"Route 523 (Dengkil - IOI City Mall via Putrajaya/Cyberjaya) will be served by Nadi Putra and realigned as Route 521, and will run from Dengkil to IOI City Mall via Putrajaya. The service will operate from 6.30 am until 11 pm with a frequency of 30 minutes.
"Route 608 (IOI Mall Puchong - Dengkil via Pulau Meranti) will be served by Nadi Putra and realigned as Route 503, and will run from IOI Mall Puchong to Putrajaya Sentral via Pulau Meranti. The service will operate from 6 am until 11 pm with a frequency of 30 minutes," it added.
SPAD added in the statement, the other five routes will be served by RapidKL with Route 671 (Flat Enggang Kinrara-HAB Pasar Seni) realigned from Flat Enggang Kinrara-HAB Pasar Seni via IOI Mall Puchong.
Other RapidKL routes were, Route T570 (UPM - KTM Serdang) as direct service, Route 670 (PPR Muhibbah - HAB Pasar Seni) will be merged with Route 651 from Taman OUG - PPR Muhibbah - HAB Pasar Seni.
"Route T601 (Puchong Prima - Saujana Puchong via Puchong Utama) has been realigned into two routes to reduce wait time for commuters.
"The Puchong Prima - Puchong Utama route will be known as Route T601 while the Saujana Puchong - Puchong Utama route will be known as Route T602," it said.
For more information, the public may call SPAD Hotline at 1-800-88-7723 (SPAD) or check www.facebook.com/SPAD.my