Ampang Park LRT station is a

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(LRT) station in

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that is served by

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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 ...

. The station is the last underground station on the Kelana Jaya Line before the line heads above ground again at Damai LRT station. It is located opposite the site of the former Ampang Park Shopping Centre along

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, near the Jalan Tun Razak intersection. This station is close to the

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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". It was meant to be an interchange station with the two rail lines. However, due to cost cutting measures, the stations will be classified as a connecting station. Though in the future, it will be integrated with the

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History

This station was opened on 1 June 1999, as ''Phase Two'' of the PUTRA LRT system, which ran from

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to Terminal PUTRA (

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). 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

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 an

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sandwiched between two railway tracks for each direction.

Exits and Entrances

Connecting station to MRT Putrajaya line

Ampang Park MRT Station construction site panoramic (211031)

When completed, Ampang Park station will be a connecting station between and .

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