Kampung Baru LRT station is an underground

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, named after and serving Kampung Baru,

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, in

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. The station is part of 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 ...

(formerly known as PUTRA). The station was opened on June 1, 1999, as part of the line's second and latest extension, which includes the addition of 12 stations (not including Sri Rampai station), and an underground line that the Kampung Baru station is connected to. The Kampung Baru station is currently one of only five underground stations in the Kelana Jaya Line.

Location

Located on the southern edge of Kampung Baru, the Kampung Baru station is located directly beside the

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and

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. The adjoining KLCC station, as is the

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(KLCC) itself, is situated across the Klang River, 700 metres away. The station is primarily intended to serve the Kampung Baru area.

Layout and design

The Kampung Baru station, like all other underground Kelana Jaya Line stations, is of a simplistic construction consisting of only three levels: the entrance level at street level, and the concourse and platform levels underground. All levels are linked via

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s and

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s, while

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s are additionally provided between the concourse level and the platform level. The station contains only one

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for two tracks of opposite directions, with floor-to-ceiling

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sealing the platform from the tracks. The station has two access points from street level, of which one is larger than the other and is the primary entrance. The secondary access point to the concourse level, just 40 m east from the main entrance, is closed to the public.

Location

Layout and design

See also