Ampang Park station

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	Plan of Ampang Park MRT station Source: MRT Corp

**KJ9** **PY20**
Ampang Park
KJ9 PY20 ; Ampang Park
; Light rapid transit (LRT) & Mass rapid transit station
	Ampang Park station
General information
Location	Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur; Malaysia
Owned by	Prasarana Malaysia (LRT); MRT Corp (MRT)
Operated by	Rapid Rail
Line(s)	5 Kelana Jaya ; 12 Putrajaya
Platforms	1 island platform (LRT) ; 2 stacked side platforms (MRT)
Tracks	2 (LRT); 2 (MRT)
Construction
Structure type	KJ9 PY20 Underground
Parking	Not available
Accessible	Available
Other information
Station code	KJ9 PY20
History
Opened	1 June 1999 (LRT) ; 16 March 2023 (MRT)
Services

Ampang Park station is a metro station in Kuala Lumpur that is served by RapidKL's LRT Kelana Jaya Line and the newly-constructed MRT Putrajaya Line. The LRT station is the last underground station on the Kelana Jaya Line along Jalan Ampang, near the Jalan Tun Razak intersection. before the line heads above ground again at Damai LRT station, while the MRT station is situated on the former site of Ampang Park Shopping Centre as one of the three Putrajaya Line stations around KLCC.

Pedestrian walkway from the MRT station to the LRT station

The LRT station is close to the Citibank'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". Meanwhile, the MRT station is built at the former site of the first Malaysian shopping centre, Ampang Park Shopping Centre, located opposite Intermark Mall along the busy stretch of Jalan Tun Razak.

History

This station was opened on 1 June 1999, as Phase Two of the PUTRA LRT system, which ran from Masjid Jamek to Terminal PUTRA (Gombak). 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.[1]

Layout

Kelana Jaya Line

Ampang Park LRT concourse

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 island platform sandwiched between two railway tracks for each direction.

Ampang Park LRT platforms

G	Street Level	Jalan Ampang, Ampang Park Mall, Bus Hub, Citibank, Intercontinental Hotel
C	Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Shops
P	Platform 1	Kelana Jaya towards KJ1 Gombak (→)
	Island platform, Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	Kelana Jaya towards KJ37 Putra Heights (←)

Putrajaya Line

Proposed future direct access to LRT station at level B1

Escalator in the station is one of the longest among PYL's underground stations

Former Ampang Park Shopping Mall site was being constructed as a new skate park, besides the out-of-station interchange

A view of Platform 1 of Ampang Park MRT Station

Paid-to-paid interchange between the Kelana Jaya Line and the Putrajaya Line, both underground, was planned for Ampang Park station; the integration was scrapped in favour of an out-of-station interchange due to cost-cutting measures.[2] Passengers will have to tap out from one line, resurface to ground level, and enter the other underground station when changing between the two lines with a 7 minutes walking time between platforms.

The MRT station's entrance will be facing Jalan Tun Razak, opposite the KL Trillion commercial development and the Jalan Tun Razak fire station.

G	Street Level	Jalan Ampang, Ampang Park LRT Station
B1	Concourse	Staircase/Escalators/Lifts to and from entrances, shoplots, ticket vending machines, information counter, faregates, lifts to platforms 1 and 2
B2	Concourse	escalators/lifts to platforms 1 and 2, future direct access to LRT station
B4	Split platform, Doors will open on the right
B4	Platform 1	12 Putrajaya towards PY41 Putrajaya Sentral (→)
B5	Split platform, Doors will open on the left
B5	Platform 2	12 Putrajaya towards PY01 Kwasa Damansara (←)

Exits and Entrances

Entrance	Destination	Picture
Kelana Jaya Line and Putrajaya Line station

North	Street level access. North side of Jalan Ampang Ampang Park MRT station (Entrance B)
South	Street level access. South side of Jalan Ampang Access to Jalan Tun Razak Pedestrian Walkway to Intermark Mall, The LINC

A	Jalan Tun Razak, Taxi and E-hailing Layby, KL Trillion, Menara Tokio Marine Life, Wisma UNIRAZAK
B	Ampang Park LRT station (north side) Jalan Ampang, Intermark Mall, Megan Avenue, Plaza OSK

The under construction Ampang Park MRT station (2018)

The under construction Ampang Park MRT station (2021)

References

"Project | Neuformation Architect". 2012-01-12. Archived from the original on 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
"MYMRT | MRT Corp - Official webpage for the Klang Valley My Rapid Transit". www.mymrt.com.my. Archived from the original on 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2017-05-29.

External links

Ampang Park LRT station - mrt.com.my

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[1] "Project | Neuformation Architect". 2012-01-12. Archived from the original on 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2022-07-19.

[2] "MYMRT | MRT Corp - Official webpage for the Klang Valley My Rapid Transit". www.mymrt.com.my. Archived from the original on 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2017-05-29.