Wangsa Maju LRT station is an elevated

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Wangsa Maju Wangsa Maju is a township and a constituency in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This area is surrounded by Setapak, Taman Melati and Gombak district in Selangor. Wangsa Maju is one of the largest townships in Kuala Lumpur and consists of many sections ...

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, forming part of the

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(formerly known as PUTRA). The station was opened on June 1, 1999, as part of the line's second segment encompassing 12 stations between Kelana Jaya station and Terminal PUTRA and an underground line.

Location

Wangsa Maju station is the third last station northwards to

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. The station is situated directly within the northern

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suburb of ''

''. The station, located along the main thoroughfare of ''Jalan 1/27A'' (

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; English: 1/27A Road) running from the northwest to the southeast, is wedged between two residential estates: Section 1 of ''Wangsa Maju'' to the southwest and ''Desa Setapak'' (Setapak Countryside) to the northwest, with Section 2 of ''Wangsa Maju'' located further northwest. In addition to accessibility from ''Jalan 1/27A'', the station is also connected via ''Jalan 16/27B'' (16/27B Road), ''Desa Setapaks residential road. Due to its proximity to various shopping centres, Alpha Angle and Aeon Big, and two higher education institutions - which are TARC and UTAR - in the region, the station is usually busy during the weekdays.

Bus Services

Feeder buses

Other buses

Incident

Robbery

On June 3, 2007, two men wearing full face motorcycle helmets and wielding parangs robbed the Wangsa Maju station at 10:10 pm (

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) and relieved RM7,000 from its ticket counter. No injuries were reported. The robbery, having taken place at a mass transit station, is the first of its kind in the country.

References

External links

Wangsa Maju LRT Station - mrt.com.my
{{Klang Valley train stations Kelana Jaya Line Railway stations opened in 1999 1999 establishments in Malaysia