Maluri station explained

Style:Rapid KL
Style2:Interchange
Maluri
Type: LRT and MRT station
Address:Jalan Cheras, Taman Maluri, Kuala Lumpur
Country:Malaysia
Owned:Prasarana Malaysia (LRT)
MRT Corp (MRT)
Operator:Rapid Rail
Line:
Platform:2 side platforms (LRT)
1 island platform (MRT)
Tracks:2 (LRT)
2 (MRT)
Other:Integrative station between and via paid-to-paid linkway.
Structure: Elevated
Underground
Parking:Available with payment
Bicycle:Not available
Opened:16 December 1996 (LRT)
17 July 2017 (MRT)

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 Federal Route 1 Jalan Cheras (English: Cheras Road) opposite the AEON Taman Maluri shopping centre and Sunway Velocity Mall. The Kerayong River also runs beside the station.

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 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 currently known as AEON–Maluri MRT station.[2]

Station Background

Colonial era

During British colonial era and until the 1980s, the site of the present-day Maluri station was a halt on the KTMB network called Pudoh Ulu or Pudu Ulu.[3]

LRT Ampang Line 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 Kajang Line 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.[4] [5]

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

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.

History

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 Kajang Line station

Construction of the underground MRT station began in 2012 following the official launch of the construction of the MRT 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.

Bus Services

MRT Feeder Bus Services

There is no MRT feeder bus services which starts or ends at this station. However, the station provides some other MRT feeder bus services from other stations.

MRT Feeder Bus Services at Maluri Station!Route No.!Origin!Destination!Via!Notes
T352[6] (As a pass-by)Taman Shamelin Perkasa MRT CochraneJalan Perdana UtamaPandan Perdana
Jalan Indah
Taman Cheras Indah
Sungai Besi Expressway Sungai Besi Expressway (Pandan Indah Link)
LRT Pandan Jaya
Menara PGRM
Federal Route 1 Jalan Cheras
MRT/LRT Maluri (Entrance B)
Jalan Shelley
Jalan Cochrane
Jalan Tun Razak
MRT/LRT Maluri (Entrance D)
For MRT Cochrane bound, the bus will stop at the bus stops nearEntrance B / LRT Entrance.

For Taman Shamelin Perkasa / Bandar Tun Razak /
Bandar Sri Permaisuri bound, the bus will stop at the bus stop near
Entrance D.

T400[7] MRT CochraneBandar Tun RazakJalan Tun RazakFederal Route 1 Jalan Cheras
MRT/LRT Maluri (Entrance D)
Stadium Badminton Cheras
Jalan Yaacob Latif
Velodrom Kuala Lumpur
Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (PPUKM)
Taman Midah
Bandar Tun Razak
Jalan Budiman
MRT/LRT Maluri (Entrance B)
Jalan Shelley
T401[8] MRT CochraneBandar Sri PermaisuriJalan Tun RazakFederal Route 1 Jalan Cheras
MRT/LRT Maluri (Entrance D)
Stadium Badminton Cheras
Flat Sri Sabah
Jalan Ikan Emas
Jalan Sekilau
Flat Sri Melaka
Taman Sri Permaisuri
Bandar Sri Permaisuri
Jalan Jellawat 1
LRT Cheras
MRT/LRT Maluri (Entrance B)
Jalan Shelley

Other Bus Services

The Maluri station also provides accessibility for some other bus services.

Other Bus Services at Maluri Station!Route No.!Operator!Origin!Destination!Via!Notes
450[9] Rapid KLHentian KajangHub Lebuh PuduReko SentralBandar Kajang
MRT Stadium Kajang
MRT Sungai Jernih
Sungai Sekamat
Simpang Balak
MRT Bukit Dukung
Cheras–Kajang Expressway Cheras-Kajang Expressway
Jalan Hulu Langat
Batu 9 Cheras / Taman Suntex
Cheras Sentral / MRT Taman Connaught
Federal Route 1 Jalan Cheras
MRT Taman Midah
MRT/LRT Maluri
Jalan Pasar
Jalan Pudu
For KL-bound, the bus will stop at the bus stop near the LRT Entrance.For Kajang / Damai Perdana bound, the bus will stop at the bus stop near
Entrance D.
400[10] Rapid KLDamai PerdanaHub Lebuh PuduTaman Desa BaiduriAlam Damai
Federal Route 1 Jalan Cheras
MRT Taman Midah
MRT/LRT Maluri
Jalan Pudu
Berjaya Times Square / Monorail Imbi
MRT/Monorail Bukit Bintang
Jalan Raja Chulan
Jalan Tun H. S. Lee
402[11] Rapid KLMRT/LRT Maluri
(Entrance D)
Hub PekelilingFederal Route 1 Jalan CherasStadium Badminton Cheras
Flat Sri Sabah
MRT/LRT Maluri (LRT Entrance)
Jalan Tun Razak
Masjid Jamek Alam Shah
Istana Terengganu
LRT Ampang Park
KLCC
National Heart Institute (IJN)
Istana Budaya
Hospital Kuala Lumpur
LRT/MRT/Monorail Titiwangsa
The bus technically starts from Entrance D.However, passengers can take the bus from the LRT entrance as an alternative.

Nearby

Gallery

LRT-MRT Linkway

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SBK Line Full Opening Boosts Coverage of Kuala Lumpur's Urban Rail Network. Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd. 13 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170809033044/http://www.mymrt.com.my/cms/upload_files/mediarelease/mediarelease_download_001023.pdf. 9 August 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: Four Stations to Kick Off MRT Corp's Station Naming Rights Programme. Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd. 4 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170904202330/http://www.mymrt.com.my/cms/upload_files/mediarelease/mediarelease_download_001022.pdf. 4 September 2017. dead.
  3. Web site: Map of British Malaya : including the Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, and Malay states not included in the federation . 3 January 2022.
  4. News: 9 July 2017 . Seven hidden gems of the MRT . en . The Star . 4 September 2017.
  5. News: 3 August 2017 . MRT stations designed to tell the story of M'sia . en . The Star . 4 September 2017.
  6. Web site: Maluri MRT Feeder Bus T352 mrt.com.my . 20 January 2021 . mrt.com.my.
  7. Web site: Cochrane MRT Feeder Bus T400 mrt.com.my . 20 January 2021 . mrt.com.my.
  8. Web site: Cochrane MRT Feeder Bus T401 mrt.com.my . 20 January 2021 . mrt.com.my.
  9. Web site: Line Route 450 - rapidKL Bus - Bus Schedules . 31 December 2020 . Moovit . en.
  10. Web site: Line Route 400 - rapidKL Bus - Bus Schedules . 13 January 2021 . Moovit . en.
  11. Web site: 402 Route: Time Schedules, Stops & Maps - Hab Titiwangsa . 20 January 2021 . moovitapp.com . en.