Ampang Park station

**KJ9** **SSP20**
Ampang Park
KJ9 SSP20 ; Ampang Park;
	Light rapid transit and future Rapid transit station
Other names	安邦广场 (Chinese); அம்பாங் பார்க் (Tamil)
Location	Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur; Malaysia
Owned by	Prasarana Malaysia (LRT); MRT Corp (MRT)
Operated by	Rapid Rail
Line(s)	5 Kelana Jaya Line ; 12 Putrajaya Line (Under construction)
Platforms	1 island platform (LRT) ; 2 stacked side platforms (MRT)
Tracks	2 (LRT); 2 (MRT)
Construction
Structure type	KJ9 SSP20 Underground
Parking	Not available
Disabled access	Available
Other information
Station code	KJ9 SSP20
History
Opened	1 June 1999 (LRT)
Opening	July 2022 (MRT)
Services

Ampang Park LRT station is an 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 Damai LRT station. It is located opposite the site of the former Ampang Park Shopping Centre along Jalan Ampang, near the Jalan Tun Razak intersection.

This 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".

In the future, it will be integrated with the MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line.[1]

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).

Layout

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.

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 Line towards KJ1 Gombak (→)
	Island platform, Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	Kelana Jaya Line towards KJ37 Putra Heights (←)

Planned interchange with MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya line

The under construction Ampang Park MRT station

another view of under construction SSP station subway entrance location

When completed, Ampang Park station will be Malaysia's first underground-to-underground railway interchange station, along with Tun Razak Exchange station.

References

"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] "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.