PLUS Expressways Berhad
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The PLUS Expressways Berhad (PEB) or Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan Berhad (PLUS) is the biggest Highway Concessionaries
Concession (contract)
A concession is a business operated under a contract or license associated with a degree of exclusivity in business within a certain geographical area. For example, sports arenas or public parks may have concession stands. Many department stores contain numerous concessions operated by other...

 or Build-Operate-Transfer
Build-Operate-Transfer
Build-own-operate-transfer or build-operate-transfer is a form of project financing, wherein a private entity receives a concession from the private or public sector to finance, design, construct, and operate a facility stated in the concession contract...

 (BOT) operator company in Malaysia. A member of the UEM Group
UEM Group
United Engineers Malaysia Berhad or UEM Group is a Malaysian company of Engineering and Constructions, Township and Property Development, Expressways and Asset Facilities Management....

, the company is also the largest listed toll expressway operator in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...

, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

, and the eighth largest in the world
World
World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth....

.

History

The company was founded on 27 June 1986 known as Highway Concessionnaires Berhad, a member of the United Engineers Malaysia Berhad (UEM)
UEM Group
United Engineers Malaysia Berhad or UEM Group is a Malaysian company of Engineering and Constructions, Township and Property Development, Expressways and Asset Facilities Management....

. On 13 May 1988, the Highway Concessionaires Berhad changes its name to Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan Berhad (PLUS).
On 29 January 2002, PLUS Expressways Berhad incorporated in Malaysia as the Public Company

Domestic

Company logo Name of the company Date of foundation Highway operator
Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan Berhad (PLUS) 1986 North-South Expressway
( North-South Expressway Northern Route
North-South Expressway Northern Route
North–South Expressway Northern Route, is the northern part of Malaysia's longest expressway, the North–South Expressway. It is situated on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia, linking the northern states of Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor....

)
( North-South Expressway Southern Route
North-South Expressway Southern Route
North–South Expressway Southern Route, is the southern route of the North–South Expressway, which is the longest expressway in Malaysia. It is connected by the , and continues on down south...

)
Seremban-Port Dickson Highway
Seremban-Port Dickson Highway
Seremban-Port Dickson Highway, SPDH, is an expressways in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It was built to shorten the traveling distance from Seremban to Port Dickson and acts as an alternative route for Federal route which has dangerous corners along the route...


Skudai Highway
Skudai Highway
Skudai Highway , also known as Senai Highway Jalan Tun Abdul Razak or Jalan Skudai, Federal route is a 29 kilometre partial-access highway in Johor, Malaysia, from the town of Senai to the Johor-Singapore Causeway, which connects Malaysia and...

 (until 1 March 2004) and Johor-Singapore Causeway
Johor-Singapore Causeway
The Johor–Singapore Causeway is a 1,056-metre causeway that links the city of Johor Bahru in Malaysia across the Straits of Johor to the town of Woodlands in Singapore. It serves as a road, rail, and pedestrian link, as well as water piping into Singapore.The causeway is connected to the...


Federal Highway Route 2
Federal Highway, Malaysia
Federal Highway, or Lebuhraya Persekutuan in Malay is a Malaysian highway connecting the capital city of Kuala Lumpur, and Klang, Selangor. The highway starts from Seputeh in Kuala Lumpur to Klang, Selangor...

Expressway Lingkaran Tengah Sdn Bhd (ELITE) 1993 North-South Expressway Central Link
North-South Expressway Central Link
North South Expressway Central Link, NSECL , also known as ELITE or ELITE Highway, is the main expressway in Malaysia. The of the expressway starts from Shah Alam Interchange until Nilai North Interchange...

Linkedua Malaysia Berhad (LINKEDUA) 1993 Malaysia-Singapore Second Link
Malaysia-Singapore Second Link
Malaysia–Singapore Second Link is a bridge connecting Singapore and Johor, Malaysia. In Singapore, it is officially known as the Tuas Second Link. The bridge was built to reduce the traffic congestion at the Johor–Singapore Causeway, and was opened to traffic on 2 January 1998...

 and Second Link Expressway
Second Link Expressway
Second Link Expressway , is the expressway which links Senai North at North-South Expressway, Senai Airport and Taman Perling, Johor Bahru via its extension known as Pontian-Johor Bahru Parkway to the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link.Usually, travelling along the second link is much faster than...

|Konsortum Lebuhraya Butterworth-Kulim Sdn Bhd (KLBK) 1994 Butterworth-Kulim Expressway
Butterworth-Kulim Expressway
Butterworth–Kulim Expressway, BKE is an expressway in Malaysia. The expressway connects Butterworth, Penang in the west to Kulim, Kedah in the east...

PLUS Helicopter Services Sdn Bhd 2010 Helicopter maintenance services

International

Company logo Name of the company Date of foundation Highway operator
PLUS BKSP Toll Limited (PLUS BKSP)
(India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

)
2006 Bhiwandi-Kalyan-Shil Phata Highway
PT Lintas Marga Sedaya (LMS)
(Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

)
2006 Cikampek-Palimanan Toll Road
Cikampek-Palimanan toll road
Cikampek-Palimanan Toll Road is a toll road that connects the existing Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road and Palimanan-Kanci Toll Road and is part of the Trans-Java Toll Road...

PT Cimanggis-Cibitung Tollways (CCTW)
(Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

)
2007 Cimanggis-Cibitung Toll Road

Company partner

  • Central Nippon Expressway Company
    Central Nippon Expressway Company
    The , abbreviated as , is one of the main operators of expressways and toll roads in Japan. It is headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.The company was established on October 1, 2005 as a result of the privatization of Japan Highway Public Corporation. The company manages roadways mainly in the...

     (NEXCO Central Japan) (since March 2009)

Persada PLUS

Persada PLUS is the main headquarters of the PLUS Expressway Berhad. It is located at Subang Interchange of the New Klang Valley Expressway
New Klang Valley Expressway
The New Klang Valley Expressway, or the NKVE refers to a stretch of the North-South Expressway in Peninsular Malaysia which starts from Bukit Raja near Klang town, and ends at Jalan Duta in Kuala Lumpur. It is a busiest expressway in Klang Valley during rush hour from/to Kuala Lumpur...

 in Petaling Jaya
Petaling Jaya
Petaling Jaya is a Malaysian city originally developed as a satellite township for Kuala Lumpur comprising mostly residential and some industrial areas. It is located in the Petaling district of Selangor with an area of approximately 97.2 km². On 20 June 2006, Petaling Jaya was granted a...

, Selangor
Selangor
Selangor also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity") is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...

.

PLUSMiles

PLUSMiles is the toll rebate loyalty program. It was launched on 17 December 2008. It is the first and the only toll expressway loyalty programe in Malaysia. PLUSMiles cardholders can get toll rebates and stuff from participating outlets.

Each PLUSMiles card is equipped with a Touch ‘n Go feature. The PLUSMiles card can also be used for toll payments and other services such as major public transport services in the Klang Valley and parking facilities.

PLUS Ronda highway patrol unit

PLUS Ronda is the highway patrol
Highway patrol
A highway patrol is either a police unit created primarily for the purpose of overseeing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on roads and highways, or a detail within an existing local or regional police agency that is primarily concerned with such duties.Duties of highway patrols or traffic...

 unit. It was established on 1 April 1990. On 17 October 1998, the unit was given to the Royal Malaysian Police
Royal Malaysian Police
The Royal Malaysia Police is a part of the security forces structure in Malaysia. The force is a centralised organization with responsibilities ranging from traffic control to intelligence gathering. Its headquarters is located at Bukit Aman, Kuala Lumpur. The police force is led by an...

 Auxiliary Police
Auxiliary police
Auxiliary police or special constables in England) are usually the part-time reserves of a regular police force. They may be armed or unarmed. They may be unpaid volunteers or paid members of the police service with which they are affiliated...

 power.

Land vehicles

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|Ford Ranger
Ford Ranger
The Ford Ranger is a pickup truck produced by the Ford Motor Company. The "Ranger" name had previously been used for a premium styling package on the F-Series full-sized pickup trucks since 1965. The name was moved to this line of North American compact trucks for the 1983 model year.In North...


| United Kingdom
|Highway patrol vehicles
|1998–present
|
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|Toyota Hilux
Toyota Hilux
The Toyota Hilux is a series of compact pickup trucks produced and marketed by the Toyota Motor Corporation. Most countries used the Hilux name for the entire life of the series but in North America, the Hilux name was retired in 1976 in favor of Truck, Pickup Truck, or Compact Truck...


| Japan
|Highway patrol vehicles
|2007–present
|
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|Toyota Hiace
Toyota Hiace
The Toyota HiAce is a motor vehicle produced by the Japanese manufacturer Toyota. First launched in 1967, the HiAce has since been available in a wide range of configurations, including minivan and minibus, van, pick-up, taxi, and ambulance....


| Japan
|Highway patrol vehicles
|1990–present
|The first PLUS Ronda highway patrol vehicles
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|Mercedes Benz Vario
Mercedes-Benz Vario
The Mercedes-Benz Vario is a heavy van manufactured by Mercedes-Benz. Originally launched as the T2 in 1986, the Vario gained its current name when it was facelifted in 1996. The T2 van itself succeeded the Mercedes-Benz L van series.The bodyshell remained relatively unchanged since production...


| Germany
|Highway tow truck
|1995–present
|

Helicopters

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|Highway air surveillance helicopter
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|2007–present
|2 helicopters

See also

  • UEM Group
    UEM Group
    United Engineers Malaysia Berhad or UEM Group is a Malaysian company of Engineering and Constructions, Township and Property Development, Expressways and Asset Facilities Management....

  • PROPEL Berhad
    PROPEL Berhad
    The PROPEL Berhad or Projek Penyelenggaraan Lebuhraya Berhad is the largest highway maintenance company in Malaysia. The company has undertaken repair and maintenance works on highway facilities, such as road works and repair works, road line painting, cleaning works on lay-bys and rest and...

  • Teras Teknologi
    Teras Teknologi
    Teras Teknologi , currently a subsidiary of UEM Group Berhad is a Malaysian global corporation based in Kuala Lumpur....

     (TERAS)
  • Touch n Go
  • SmartTAG
  • Prolintas
    Prolintas
    Prolintas or Projek Lintasan Kota Sdn Bhd is the second biggest highway concessionaries or Build-Operate-Transfer operator company in Malaysia after PLUS Expressways Berhad...

  • Litrak
    Litrak
    Litrak or Lingkaran Trans Kota Holdings Berhad is the highway concessionaries or Build-Operate-Transfer operator company in Malaysia. Litrak is wholly owned by Gamuda Group.- List of the members company :- See also :* PROPEL Berhad...

  • Malaysian expressway system
    Malaysian Expressway System
    The Malaysian Expressway System , which begins with the North-South Expressway , is currently in the process of being substantially developed...

  • Transport in Malaysia
    Transport in Malaysia
    Transport in Malaysia started to develop during British colonial rule, and the country's transport network is now diverse and developed. Malaysia's road network is extensive, covering 63,445 km, including 1,630 km of expressways. The main highway of the country extends over 800 km,...

  • List of toll roads

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