Getting Around Kuala Lumpur: By bus

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The double-decker KL Hop-on Hop-off bus service for tourists includes 42 sightseeing places. The upper deck of the buses has a crystal-glass rooftop and the rear of the deck is open air allowing cityviews. The buses are disabled-friendly and have wireless internet connections on board. Each passenger is provided with a multi-lingual commentary headset. The tickets are valid for 24 hours from purchase, and you can hop on and off the bus throughout the day. Price is RM38 for adults, RM17 for children, senior citizens and disabled. Malaysian adults and school students enjoy a discount while children below 5 years old are free of charge. However, to enjoy these features, be prepared for long waiting time as the timings are notorious. The buses are scheduled every half hour but intenrvals may be as long as two hours due to traffic jams. You should not plan your itinerary based on these bus schedules. Over and above, you can move around easily and more economically through taxis rather than this bus service.

City Shuttles (this part is not updated, most of the buses are no more in service)

RapidKL's www.rapidkl.com.my City Shuttle (Bas Bandaran in Malay, hence the B prefix in its route numbers) buses come in handy for tourists. The 10 routes cover most major areas in Kuala Lumpur city centre. The fare for City Shuttles is RM2 for the whole day. If you buy an integrated daily pass (Sepadu) for only RM7, you can ride any RapidKL bus and LRT for as many trips as you like for the whole day. Buy a ticket on your first ride and just flash your ticket at the driver for all subsequent rides.

All City Shuttles have a B prefix in their route numbers. Most City Shuttles operate from "hubs" which can be accessed by rail-based public transport. The routes are:

• B101: Titiwangsa to KL Sentral via Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman
• B102: Titiwangsa to Bukit Bintang via Kampung Baru
• B103: Titiwangsa to Bukit Bintang via KLCC
• B105: KLCC to MidValley Megamall via City Centre
• B110: MidValley Megamall to Bukit Bintang via City Centre
• B111: Maluri to Chow Kit
• B112: Maluri to KL Sentral via Jalan Loke Yew
• B113: Maluri to Pasar Seni
• B114: Maluri to Titiwangsa via KLCC
• B115: Pasar Seni to Jalan Duta government offices

Other services

RapidKL also operates other bus routes which serve the far flung suburbs of the Klang Valley. There is little reason to use them unless you are going to be living in Kuala Lumpur for a period of time.

There are many other bus operators besides Rapid KL (Metrobus, Len Seng, Permata Kiara, Selangor etc) and a severe lack of signboards and other forms of passenger information makes Kuala Lumpur's complete bus network just a little too complicated for a short-term traveller to fathom. Specific bus information is given at each place of interest on this page.

• www.rapidkl.com.my