Ampang Park LRT station is a light rapid transit (LRT) station in Kuala Lumpur that is served by Rapid KL's LRT Kelana Jaya 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.

The LRT station is close to Citibank's Malaysian headquarters, as well as the United States 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 is named after and located beside the former site of the first Malaysian shopping centre, Ampang Park. The shopping centre has since been demolished to make way for the Ampang Park MRT station on the MRT Putrajaya Line; the former site of the shopping centre has been turned into a public park and a roller-skating park.

The LRT station, despite sharing the same name, is not integrated with the separate MRT station. Paid-area integration was once proposed but not constructed at the moment due to cost-cutting measures. Passengers are required to tap out from one station, exit the station at the ground level and walk along a covered walkway to the entrance of the other station to transfer between the two lines. Thus, the stations are designated as connecting stations on official transit maps.

History This station was opened on 1 June 1999, as Phase Two of the then PUTRA LRT system, which ran from to (has since been renamed to ). The exterior building design of the LRT station was 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 the 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.

Paid-to-paid interchange between the Kelana Jaya Line and the Putrajaya Line, both underground, was planned for the Ampang Park stations; the integration was scrapped in favour of an out-of-station interchange due to cost-cutting measures. The proposed integration would have been the first underground station transfer between two separate lines and stations in the rapid transit system of Kuala Lumpur. Passengers will have to tap out from one line, resurface to the ground level, and enter the other underground station when changing between the two lines with a 7-minute walking time between platforms.

GStreet LevelJalan Ampang, Bus Hub, Citibank, Intercontinental Hotel, Walkway to Ampang Park MRT stationCConcourseFaregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, ShopsPPlatform 1: towards (→)Island platform, Doors will open on the rightPlatform 2: towards (←)

Exits and Entrances station Entrance Destination Picture North Street level access. North side of Jalan Ampang Ampang Park MRT station (Entrance B) South Street level access. South side of Jalan AmpangAccess to Jalan Tun Razak Pedestrian Walkway to Intermark Mall, The LINC

See also Rail transport in Malaysia

References

External links Ampang Park LRT station - mrt.com.my