Maluri station

The Maluri station is an integrated light rapid transit (LRT) and mass rapid transit (MRT)[1] located on the eastern fringe of Kuala Lumpur near and named after Taman Maluri (Malay; English: Maluri Garden), a residential housing estate. The station is located along Jalan Cheras (English: Cheras Road) opposite the AEON Taman Maluri shopping centre and Sunway Velocity Mall. The Kerayong River also runs beside the station.

AG13   SBK22  AEON – Maluri
Light rapid transit and Rapid transit station
Entrance to Maluri MRT station.
Other names	马鲁里 (Chinese) மலுரி (Tamil)
Location	Jalan Cheras, Taman Maluri, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Coordinates	3°7′23.74″N 101°43′37.06″E
Owned by	Prasarana Malaysia (LRT) MRT Corp (MRT)
Operated by	Rapid Rail
Line(s)	3 Ampang Line 9 Kajang Line
Platforms	2 side platforms (LRT) 1 island platform (MRT)
Tracks	2 (LRT) 2 (MRT)
Connections	Integrative station between  AG13  and  SBK22  via paid-to-paid linkway.
Construction
Structure type	AG13  Elevated  SBK22  Underground
Parking	Available with payment
Bicycle facilities	Not available
Other information
Station code	AG13   SBK22
History
Opened	16 December 1996 (LRT) 17 July 2017 (MRT)
Services
Preceding station     Following station Miharja toward Sentul Timur Ampang Line Pandan Jaya toward Ampang Cochrane towards Sungai Buloh Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line Taman Pertama towards Kajang

The station consists of an elevated station served by the Ampang Line (formerly known as STAR LRT) which was opened in 1996, and the underground station served by the Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line which was opened on 17 July 2017. Both stations are connected via a paid-area-to-paid-area elevated pedestrian linkway.

Under the station naming rights granted by Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp), the MRT station is called AEON-Maluri MRT station.[2]

Station layout

The Maluri LRT station from the exterior.

The MRT station's Entrance B (left) and Entrance D (right) on either side of Jalan Cheras.

LRT station

The older elevated station serves the LRT Ampang Line which is built according to the standard design of the Ampang Line elevated stations.

It consists of two side platforms flanking the double elevated tracks, above a concourse level where the fare gates are located. Both platforms can be reached from the concourse level via stairways and escalators. Previously, there were no elevators, and hence, the station was not disabled-friendly until they were fitted in 2015.

MRT station

The MRT station is one of the seven underground stations of the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line. The underground station is built directly beneath Jalan Cheras. The station has two underground levels - a concourse level with fare gates, customer service office, toilets and machinery rooms - and a platform below with an island platform configuration.

The theme given for the design of the station is "New Generation" and features colourful panels on the exterior and interior walls of the station.[3][4]

The MRT station is the last underground station before the line resurfaces and heads towards Kajang.

Exits and Entrances

The integrated station can be accessed via a total of five entrances, with four entrances belonging to the MRT station (Entrance A, Entrance B, Entrance D and AEON Taman Maluri Shopping Centre) and one belonging to the LRT station, which is not assigned any letter. With the exception of the shopping centre passageway, all entrances are located on either side of Jalan Cheras.

The MRT station entrance from/to the linkway to the LRT station is named Entrance C but it only leads to/from the LRT station and does not allow any direct access from outside.

The MRT station's three exterior entrances have escalators, lifts and staircases. All these entrances lead down to the station's underground concourse level from ground level.

In 2019 a new entrance opened near Entrance A which leads directly into the AEON Taman Maluri Shopping Centre.

At ground level, covered pedestrian walkways link the exit with entrances of the MRT station, and subsequently to the covered walkway to the Sunway Velocity Shopping Centre. LRT users wishing to go the mall can also utilise paid-to-paid linkway to exit via the MRT station entrances.

Ampang Line station
Entrance	Location	Destination	Picture
LRT	South side of Jalan Cheras	Jalan Cheras bus stop (KL-bound), Jalan Palong, Pedestrian bridge to north side of Jalan Cheras
LRT-MRT Linkway	Concourse Level	LRT MRT
Kajang Line station
A	North side of Jalan Cheras	Taman Maluri
A (AEON Maluri Underground Link)	AEON Maluri Basement 2	Direct access to the AEON Taman Maluri Shopping Centre. Exit open only during shopping centre hours.
B	South side of Jalan Cheras	Sunway Velocity Shopping Complex, Jalan Lombong, Jalan Galian
C (LRT-MRT Linkway)	Concourse Level	LRT MRT
D	North side of Jalan Cheras	Park and Ride, Maluri bus hub, Jalan Cheras bus stop (Kajang-bound), Jalan Jejaka, Wisma PGRM, Jalan Pudu Hulu, Taman Shamelin Perkasa

LRT-MRT Linkway

The Maluri station comprises two separate station buildings which are connected via an elevated linkway. An elevated linkway connecting the paid areas of both the LRT and MRT stations allows commuters to transfer seamlessly between the LRT Ampang Line and the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line at this station.

The linkway was built together with the MRT station. It connects the LRT station at the paid area of the concourse level while at the MRT station, the linkway connects directly to Entrance C which is located one level above ground level. From Entrance C, escalators, a lift and staircase go directly down to the paid area of the underground concourse level.

As the linkway is part of the paid area of both stations, there are no direct exits to/from the outside. Unlike the MRT station, the linkway is not air-conditioned.

Station layout diagram

L2	LRT Platform Level	Side platform, doors will open on the left
		Platform 1: 3 Ampang Line towards  AG1  SP1  Sentul Timur (→)
		Platform 2: 3 Ampang Line towards  AG18  Ampang (←)
		Side platform, doors will open on the left
L1	LRT concourse	Ticketing Machines, Faregates, Station Control, Staircase, Escalators and Lift to/from platform, MRT Entrance C, LRT-MRT paid-to-paid pedestrian linkway
G	Street Level	Jalan Cheras, Maluri Bus Hub, Taxi Lay-by, Pedestrian Crossing, 7-Eleven store, Ramly Burger kiosk, clothing store and other shops, Entrance/Exit A to AEON Mall, Entrance/Exit B and pedestrian walkway to Sunway Velocity Mall, Entrance/Exit D to Maluri Bus Hub and Park and Ride
B2	MRT Concourse	Station Control, Ticketing Machines, Faregates, MRT Entrance C, LRT-MRT paid-to-paid pedestrian linkway, underground link to AEON Taman Maluri shopping centre.
B3	MRT Platform Level	Platform 1: 9 Kajang Line towards  SBK35  Kajang (→)
		Island platform, doors will open on the right
		Platform 2: 9 Kajang Line towards  SBK01  Sungai Buloh (←)

History

A platform view of the Maluri LRT station towards Miharja station

The LRT platform.

KTM Ampang branch line

The alignment of the LRT Ampang Line at this location uses the alignment of the old Federated Malay States Railways tracks which ran from Ampang Junction, where the Ampang branch line left the West Coast Main Line (between today's Chan Sow Lin LRT station and Miharja LRT station) to head to the branch line terminus at Ampang town (where today's Ampang Line depot and Ampang LRT station is located).

This branch line was opened on 1 May 1914 and was mostly to cater to the tin mines in the Ampang area. However, no railway station is known to have existed at this location during this period.

The tracks crossed Jalan Cheras as a level crossing until the alignment was converted for the construction of the LRT in the 1990s where a railway bridge was built over the road.

LRT Ampang Line station

The LRT station was constructed as part of the development of the STAR LRT project in the 1990s. It was completed and opened together with the line on 16 December 1996, along with 13 other stations between the Sultan Ismail and the Ampang.

The line was the first LRT line to be operational in Malaysia.

MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line station

Construction of the underground MRT station began in 2012 following the official launch of the construction of the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line. The station is located beneath Jalan Cheras. As a result, throughout the construction of the station, various diversions of the road had to be carried out. Decking above the work site was also erected to enable traffic to run while station box excavation and other construction work proceeded underneath.

The station was opened on 17 July 2017 together with the opening of Phase Two of the MRT line from Muzium Negara MRT station to Kajang MRT station.

Nearby

• AEON Taman Maluri Shopping Centre
• Sunway Velocity Mall
• Rapid Bus Maluri Depot
• IPD Cheras

Gallery

LRT Station

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  The tracks as seen from the station, heading towards Pandan Jaya LRT station.
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  Station signage at the Maluri LRT station pointing to the Maluri MRT station.
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  The bus hub at Maluri LRT, as taken on January 2006.

MRT Station

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  The platform level in the Maluri MRT station. The space is almost twice as wide as Masjid Jamek's platform level.
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  View of the platform level.
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  Close up of a bench at the platform of the Maluri MRT station which was designed by student Jackson Chia Sen Chung as part of a bench design competition.[5]
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  Entrance D of the Maluri MRT Station along Jalan Cheras.
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  Entrance B with the Sunway Velocity Shopping Complex in the background.
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  Covered walkway leading to the Sunway Velocity Shopping Complex from Entrance B.
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  Covered walkway leading to the Sunway Velocity Shopping Complex from Entrance B.

LRT-MRT Linkway

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  View of the LRT to MRT linkway at Maluri Station.
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  View of the LRT to MRT linkway at Maluri Station.
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  The linkway from the Ampang Line concourse to the underground MRT station.
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  Entrance C (right) of the Maluri MRT Station which leads to the linkway (left).
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  Escalators leading to/from the MRT station concourse paid area to the linkway.
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  Escalators at concourse paid area to the linkway.
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  External view of the LRT-MRT linkway entering the MRT station.

Feeder buses

Route No.	Origin	Desitination	Via
T352	SBK22  AG13  Maluri	Shamelin Perkasa	Jalan Cheras  SBK21  MRT Cochrane Jalan 1/91 Besraya Expressway  AG14  LRT Pandan Jaya Pandan Perdana
T400	SBK22  AG13  Maluri	Bandar Tun Razak	Jalan Cheras  SBK23  MRT Taman Pertama Jalan Yaacob Latif PPUKM Taman Midah Jalan Jujur Persiaran Ikhlas  SP14  LRT Bandar Tun Razak
T401	SBK22  AG13  Maluri	Dataran Dwitasik, Bandar Sri Permaisuri	Jalan Ikan Emas Jalan Siakap Jalan Sri Permaisuri Jalan Tasik Permaisuri Jalan Jelawat  SP12  LRT Cheras
402	SBK22  AG13  Maluri	AG3  SP3  MR11  SSP17  LRT/MRT/Monorail Titiwangsa - Pekeliling bus hub	Jalan Cheras Jalan Tun Razak  SBK20  SSP23  MRT Tun Razak Exchange  KJ9  SSP20  LRT/MRT Ampang Park Jalan Ampang KLCC  KJ10  LRT KLCC Jalan Yap Kwan Seng IJN National Library of Malaysia Hospital Kuala Lumpur

See also

• MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line
• LRT Ampang Line
• Maluri

References

1. "SBK Line Full Opening Boosts Coverage of Kuala Lumpur's Urban Rail Network" (PDF). Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
2. "Four Stations to Kick Off MRT Corp's Station Naming Rights Programme" (PDF). Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
3. "Seven hidden gems of the MRT". Thestar.com.my. 2017-07-09. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
4. "MRT stations designed to tell the story of M'sia". Thestar.com.my. 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
5. "Innovative designs for transit furniture". Thestar.com.my. 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2017-09-04.

External links

• Kuala Lumpur MRT Integration website
• Maluri MRT station at official website