ERL extension to KLIA2 to be done by 2013

The RM100 million Express Rail Link (ERL) extension from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport to the Kuala Lumpur
International
Airport 2(KLIA2), the low-cost carrier terminal in Sepang, is on track
to be completed by year-end, says Noormah Mohd Noor, Express Rail Link
Sdn Bhd Chief Executive Officer.

She said work was progressing
at a feverish pace and the project was 45 per cent complete with a new
car park already available at the new terminal.

On the
progress of the 2.2 kilometre rail extension, she said:"The entire
concrete pavement was almost complete and ready to be installed on the
ballast.

"We have done about 400 metres of ballast at klia2,"
she told a press conference in conjunction with the 10th anniversary
celebration of KLIA Ekspress and KLIA Transit's services.

The klia2 terminal is scheduled to commence operations in April next year.

Asked
on ERL's ticket fare to klia2, Noormah said it would be pegged at RM35
for a one-way journey from KL Sentral, the same as the current fare to
KLIA.

"However, from KLIA to klia2, passengers would only have
to pay RM2. It is cheaper than the RM2.50 fare charged for a bus
journey from KLIA to LCCT," he said.

"For a comfortable and faster ride, the RM2 fare to klia2 is reasonable," -- Bernama