Bangsar (or Bank Rakyat-Bangsar for sponsorship reasons) is a

light rapid transit A medium-capacity system (MCS), also known as light rapid transit or light metro, is a rail transport system with a capacity greater than light rail, but less than typical heavy-rail rapid transit. MCS’s trains are usually 1-4 cars, or 1 lig ...

(LRT) station on the

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 ...

located at Bangsar,

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. It is an elevated station exactly located above Jalan Bangsar. Although it is located at Jalan Bangsar, it is located at quite a distance from most parts of Bangsar, namely Bangsar Baru.

Station Naming Rights Program

Formerly known as Bangsar since its operation on September 1, 1998, the station was renamed to Bank Rakyat-Bangsar after

Bank Rakyat {{Infobox company , name = Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad (Bank Rakyat) , logo = , type = {{unbulleted list, Islamic banking, Cooperative banking , foundation = 28 September 1954 , location = Menara Kembar Bank Rak ...

was given naming rights by

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. It is the first three stations under pilot program of Station

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since launched in October 2015.

Facilities

There is a facility for reloading the

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card at the

& Maybank ATM in this station.

Station layout

Bus services

The Bangsar LRT station is well served by bus services, both trunk as well as feeder bus services. The bus stops located at street level and serve many routes, especially those between Kuala Lumpur and the western Klang Valley townships of Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam and Klang.

Trunk buses

Feeder buses

EXPRESS bus routes

FirstCoach, an express bus service to

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departs from Lengkok Abdullah, nearby the LRT station.

Gallery

File:Bangsar LRT station.jpg, Bangsar station signange. File:Bangsar station (Kelana Jaya Line) (exterior), Kuala Lumpur.jpg, Bangsar station taken on 17 March 2007 from construction site of Dataran Maybank. File:Bangsar LRT Station platform (211211).jpg, Platform 2

References

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