Titiwangsa station is a rapid transit
interchange station
Kuala Lumpur
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LRT Ampang and Sri Petaling Lines and the
KL Monorail Line. The station allows seamless physical and fare integration between the three train lines.
Situated on
Jalan Tun Razak
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''(English: Tun Razak Road)'' in Pekeliling serving district of
Titiwangsa. the station is also located beside the
Gombak River
The Gombak River ( ms, Sungai Gombak) is a river which flows through Selangor and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. It is a tributary of the Klang River. The point where it meets the Klang River is the origin of Kuala Lumpur's name.
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and an adjoining bus station.
In the future, it will be integrated with the and the
''Circle Line'' of the
KVMRT project.
History
Opened in 1998 as part of the former STAR LRT line's second phase of development, the station was intended to connect Titiwangsa to other parts of the city and surrounding areas. Under Phase 2 of the STAR line, a 15 km track with 11 stations was built to serve the northern and southern areas of Kuala Lumpur to cater for the Commonwealth Village and the
National Sports Complex
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in
Bukit Jalil, during the
1998 Commonwealth Games
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in Kuala Lumpur. At that time, Titiwangsa station was named as "Tun Razak" station.
Titiwangsa LRT station
The Titiwangsa LRT station 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 along the common route of the
Ampang Line
The LRT Ampang Line and the LRT Sri Petaling Line are medium-capacity light rapid transit (LRT) lines in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. The combined network comprises 45.1 kilometres of tracks (28.0 miles) with 36 stations and was the first r ...
and
Sri Petaling Line for trains travelling south towards
Ampang or
Putra Heights, or north towards
Sentul Timur. Opened in 1998 as part of the former STAR LRT line's second phase of development, the station was intended to connect Titiwangsa to other parts of the city and surrounding areas. The station, like all stations along the northern stretch of the LRT line, is elevated, with platforms located on the top floor and ticketing facilities located on the mid-level concourse.
Titiwangsa Monorail station
The Titiwangsa Monorail station is a later addition in the area that is intended to connect the LRT station with the
KL Monorail
The KL Monorail Line is one of the operational monorail systems in Malaysia. Operated as part of the RapidKL system by Rapid Rail, a subsidiary of Prasarana Malaysia, it is one of the components of the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System. Th ...
. The station was constructed over Jalan Tun Razak and was completed in 2003, serving as the northern terminus of KL Monorail, with a
buffer stop directly after the station. Like the LRT station, the monorail station sports somewhat similar level designs. The station was constructed with a
Spanish solution
In railway and rapid transit parlance, the Spanish solution is a station layout with two railway platforms, one on each side of the track, which allows for separate platforms for boarding and alighting.
Description
This platform arrangement allo ...
layout, similar to the
KL Sentral Monorail station. The station is one of two KL Monorail stations that is designated as an
interchange with the Ampang and Sri Petaling Lines, the other being the
Hang Tuah station
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Integrated LRT and Monorail station
Seamless transfer and fare integration was achieved on 1 March 2012 when the "paid-area" or restricted areas of both the LRT and monorail stations, which previously operated as two separate stations, were linked up with a footbridge, allowing passengers to transfer without needing to buy new tokens for the first time since the monorail became operational in 2003.
Titiwangsa MRT station
The Titiwangsa MRT station is a
mass rapid transit (MRT) station under construction. It is one of the stations being built as part of the
Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit
The Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit project is a planned three-line mass rapid transit (MRT) system in the Klang Valley (Greater Kuala Lumpur), an urban conurbation in Malaysia which includes the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. The MRT lines, whe ...
(KVMRT) project on the . Upon completion, it will be fully integrated with the LRT and monorail lines. It is planned to open around January 2023.
An elevated station has also been planned for the
MRT3 Circle Line in the future, making it as the next metro hub in the city with 5 integrated transit lines.
They open in 2030 For MRT Circle Line 3
Details
Station layout
Exits and entrances
Titiwangsa interchange as a bus hub
The Titiwangsa station is located close to a bus hub, also known as the Pekeliling Bus Station, just north beside the Gombak River and simply consisting of several rows of shelters. The station serves
multiple local bus services, primarily by
Rapid Bus
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and
Go KL City Bus
Go KL City Bus (style as ''GOKL CityBus'') is a free bus service in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Previously managed by Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), the services were taken over by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) by 1 Janu ...
. There are intercity bus services from here to main townships in West
Pahang
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including
Genting Highlands
Genting Highlands is a hill station located on the peak of Mount Ulu Kali in the Titiwangsa Mountains, central Peninsular Malaysia, at 1,800 metres elevation. Located in the state of Pahang. It was established in 1965 by the late Chinese busines ...
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Bentong
Bentong ( Jawi: ﺑﻨﺘﻮڠ), the seat of Bentong District, is a town located in western Pahang, Malaysia, at the border with the state of Selangor
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Raub,
Kuala Lipis
Kuala Lipis ( ms, كوالا ليڤيس, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is a mukim and capital of Lipis District, Pahang, Malaysia with a population of 20,000.
History
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Cameron Highlands
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Jerantut,
Temerloh
Temerloh is a municipality in central Pahang, Malaysia. Temerloh has been proven to be the "centre of Peninsular Malaysia" (Malay: ) 3TS, which is situated at Kampung Paya Siput, Lanchang.
Located about from Kuala Lumpur along the Kuantan–K ...
and
Triang.
Around the station
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Kuala Lumpur Hospital
Kuala Lumpur Hospital ( ms, Hospital Besar Kuala Lumpur, abbr: ''HKL'') is a Malaysian government-owned public hospital in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. Founded in 1870, HKL is a not-for-profit institution and serves as the flagshi ...
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Titiwangsa Lake Park
Gallery
References
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Ampang Line
Kuala Lumpur Monorail stations
Bus stations in Kuala Lumpur
Railway stations opened in 1998