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Ampang Park station is a metro station in 
The LRT station is close to the
Ampang Park LRT station - mrt.com.my
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Kuala Lumpur
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that is served by RapidKL
Rapid KL (styled as ''rapidKL'') is a public transportation system owned by Prasarana Malaysia and operated by its subsidiaries Rapid Rail and Rapid Bus. With its coverage throughout Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley areas, it was followed by a ...
's LRT Kelana Jaya Line
The LRT Kelana Jaya Line is a medium-capacity light rapid transit (LRT) line and the first fully automated and driverless rail system in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. It forms a part of the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System in and around K ...
and the newly-constructed MRT Putrajaya Line. The LRT station is the last underground station on the Kelana Jaya Line along Jalan Ampang, near the Jalan Tun Razak intersection. before the line heads above ground again at Damai LRT station, while the MRT station is situated on the former site of Ampang Park Shopping Centre as one of the three Putrajaya Line
The MRT Putrajaya Line is the second Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Klang Valley, Malaysia, and the third fully automated and driverless rail system in region. The line stretches from to Putrajaya and runs through densely populated areas ...
stations around KLCC.
The LRT station is close to the Citibank
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's Malaysian headquarters, as well as the US Embassy, the Singapore High Commission, the Canadian High Commission, and the British High Commission which are all located in the area of Jalan Tun Razak, known as "Embassy Row". Meanwhile, the MRT station is built at the former site of the first Malaysian shopping centre, Ampang Park Shopping Centre, located opposite Intermark Mall along the busy stretch of Jalan Tun Razak.
History
This station was opened on 1 June 1999, as ''Phase Two'' of the PUTRA LRT system, which ran fromMasjid Jamek
Jamek Mosque, officially Sultan Abdul Samad Jamek Mosque ( ms, Masjid Jamek Sultan Abdul Samad) is one of the oldest mosques in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak River and may be accessed via Jala ...
to Terminal PUTRA (Gombak
The Gombak District is an administrative district located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. Until 1997, Rawang was the district capi ...
). The exterior building design of the Ampang Park LRT underground station is done by NEUformation. The station shape, created as a series of inclined glass planar surfaces, implies motion in keeping with the concept of the LRT system as a future mode of transit.
Layout
Kelana Jaya Line
The station consists of three levels, with the entrance on ground level while the ticketing area, concourse and platforms are underground. Similar to all Kelana Jaya Line underground stations, the Ampang Park station features anisland platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
sandwiched between two railway tracks for each direction.
Putrajaya Line
Paid-to-paid interchange between the Kelana Jaya Line and the Putrajaya Line, both underground, was planned for Ampang Park station; the integration was scrapped in favour of an out-of-station interchange due to cost-cutting measures. Passengers will have to tap out from one line, resurface to ground level, and enter the other underground station when changing between the two lines. The MRT station's entrance will be facing Jalan Tun Razak, opposite the ''KL Trillion'' commercial development and the Jalan Tun Razak fire station.Exits and Entrances
See also
* Rail transport in MalaysiaReferences
External links
Ampang Park LRT station - mrt.com.my
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