Damai LRT station is an elevated

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, Malaysia, forming 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 1 June 1999, as part of the line's second segment from

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to Gombak. It is one of the 13 stations between

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and

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Location

Damai station is located in the central core of Datok Keramat village, in east

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, along the northern banks of the

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and the

Ampang–Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway Ampang–Kuala Lumpur Elevated Highway (AKLEH), ( Malay: ''Lebuhraya Bertingkat Ampang–Kuala Lumpur''), is the first elevated highway in Malaysia. The elevated highway connects Ampang (Selangor) and Kuala Lumpur. This highway was built to ...

, thus facing ''Jalan Datok Keramat'' (

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; English: Datok Keramat Road) to the north. The station is named after the enclosed Datok Keramat precinct of Damai, which encompasses the southern half of Datok Keramat south from the Klang River and is linked to the station via a pedestrian bridge crossing the river. The Urban Transformation Centre Keramat and Food Court is directly situated across the station from ''Jalan Datok Keramat'', being connected via linkbridge. The station is one of three Kelana Jaya Line stations serving the Datok Keramat area, the other two consisting of Dato' Keramat station and the Jelatek station towards

. Damai is currently intended to serve the east side of Datok Keramat closely connected to ''

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'' (Tun Razak Road) to the east via adjoining ''Jalan Gurney'' (Gurney Road) and ''Jalan Semarak'' (Semarak Road), and eastern Damai. Damai station is also the first above-ground station after

Ampang Park station Ampang Park LRT station is a light rapid transit (LRT) station in Kuala Lumpur that is served by RapidKL's LRT Kelana Jaya Line. The station is the last underground station on the Kelana Jaya Line before the line heads above ground again at Da ...

towards Gombak.

References

Kelana Jaya Line Railway stations opened in 1998 {{Malaysia-metro-stub

Location

See also

References