How did Lim Guan Eng’s ministry change station sizes on LRT3?

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Lim Guan Eng’s ministry reduced station sizes on LRT3
Lim Guan Eng’s Finance Ministry reduced the size of each station on the LRT3 project. The Sultan of Selangor said the ministry made this change alongside cutting other elements of the project scope.
The station-size change made by the Finance Ministry
The Sultan stated that the Finance Ministry, led by then finance minister Lim Guan Eng and his adviser Tony Phua, reduced the size of each station on LRT3. This was presented as part of a broader set of reductions to the project’s investment and design scale.
What else was changed in the same scope reduction
Along with shrinking each station, the Sultan said the Finance Ministry also cut the number of train carriages. He added that five proposed stations along the alignment were cancelled during that period.
How the five cancelled stations were later restored
The Sultan credited Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim with continuing the project after taking office. He said Anwar reinstated the five cancelled stations, bringing them back into the LRT3 plan.
The project context and what the line is now set to do
The Sultan described LRT3 as a rail transport facility intended to ease chronic congestion for commuters travelling between Klang, Shah Alam and Kuala Lumpur. The Shah Alam LRT3 line began operations on Monday, connecting Bandar Utama in Petaling Jaya with Johan Setia in Klang through 20 stations.

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