Sunday, September 13, 2009

How to get from KL Sentral to LCCT cheap and fast

The ERL is launching a bus service from LCCT to Salak Tinggi and from there we can take the high speed rail to KL Sentral for RM 12.50. Why I say this is cheap, please take a look at the fare table. Who will want to pay RM 35 to get from KLIA to KL Sentral when they can break the journey into 2 parts KLIA-Salak Tinggi to KL Sentral. The total cost? RM 12.5+ RM 3.2. What a huge saving. I will also hv the option to go to BTS which will be the future Southern Intercity bus terminal since I can change to STAR which is nearer to my home.

I wonder what is taking the ERL so long to realise LCCT is growing rapidly compared to KLIA main terminal. Anyway it is better late than never since I always use budget airlines. By the way those who are above 55 Malaysian get another 30% discount. Since LCCT was open in March 2006, it takes almost 3 years for ERL to realise a missed opportunity. The LCCT passenger traffic of about 15 million maximum capacity could earn ERL a potential revenue of RM 15 million annually assuming about 20% of the passenger takes this service. Perhaps it is small money for ERL anyway. Domestic restructuring begin in August 2006, Singapore-KL liberalisation from Feb 2008 and by Dec 2008 there are 8.9 million passenger at LCCT.

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