SHAH ALAM, June 29 -- As station staff counted down from 10 before the shutters rolled open at exactly 6am, 27-year-old Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) student Qamarul stepped forward, tapped his Touch 'n Go card at the gantry and became the first commuter to enter Seksyen 7 Shah Alam station as the long-awaited LRT3 Shah Alam Line began operations.

"I've waited for this for a long time," said the Perak native.

"From when I was studying in Kuala Lumpur until now, when I'm studying in Shah Alam at UiTM."

With his phone recording throughout, Qamarul documented almost every step of the morning, from walking through the station entrance and tapping his card to riding the escalator up to the platform before the first train arrived.

He sai...