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Screenshot of www.prasarana.com.my/starlrt/ (http://www.prasarana.com.my/starlrt/main.html) main page on 30 August 2004, showing Star LRT train, staff and logo.

The Kuala Lumpur Star Light Rail Transit system is a metro system in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Locally, it is known as Star LRT or simply Star (Star stands for 'Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan'). This line runs General Electric trains identical to those used for the Docklands Light Railway.


It was featured in the closing scene of the 1999 Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones movie Entrapment. It consists of two metro lines: Ampang Line and Sri Petaling Line. Currently Star LRT and Putra LRT are operated by Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad.


See also

External links

  • Star LRT homepage (http://www.prasarana.com.my/starlrt/main.htm)
  • Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (http://www.prasarana.com.my/)

  Results from FactBites:
 
NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sri Petaling Line (2213 words)
STAR, or Star-LRT, was the acronym for Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan Sdn Bhd, the former concessionaire of the project.
The Sentul LRT station is nowhere near the Sentul KTM Komuter station.
A STAR LRT train leaving the Bukit Jalil station Bukit Jalil LRT station (simply known as Bukit Jalil) is an LRT station operated under the Sri Petaling Line (formerly known as STAR LRT).
NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Putra LRT (433 words)
Currently Putra LRT and Star LRT are operated by Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad.
Kuala Lumpur rail transport, Star LRT, KL Monorail, KLIA Ekspres and KTM.
The monorail is connecting with the Putra LRT as well as the Star LRT at various stations in the city.
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