Tun Sambanthan station explained

Tun Sambanthan
Style:Rapid KL
Style2:KL Monorail
Type: Monorail station
Address:South side of the Jalan Tun Sambanthan 4-Jalan Tebing intersection, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Owned:KL Infrastructure Group Limited (KL Infra)
Tracks:2
Structure:Elevated
Parking:Not available
Opened:31 August 2003

Tun Sambanthan station, is a Malaysian elevated monorail station that forms a part of the Kuala Lumpur Monorail (KL Monorail) line[1] located in Kuala Lumpur and opened alongside the rest of the line and other adjoining monorail stations on 31 August 2003.

Situated at the south side of the Jalan Tun Sambanthan 4-Jalan Tebing (Malay; English: Tun Sambanthan Road 4-River Bank Road) intersection in the Brickfields district of Kuala Lumpur, the station resides at the western bank of the Klang River (or the left bank of the river), just beside Methodist College Kuala Lumpur (MCKL),[2] and the Malaysian Association of the Blind (MAB) opposite Jalan Tun Sambanthan 4. The station is situated close to a pedestrian bridge that crosses the Klang River, connecting the area to Jalan Syed Putra (Syed Putra Road) that adjoins the Federal Highway and the Kuen Cheng High School just opposite the river. The station has only one exit which connects to the west side of Jalan Tebing.

The station is named after V. T. Sambanthan, a notable figure in the Malaysian Indian Congress. Jalan Tun Sambanthan (Tun Sambanthan Road), a main road in Brickfields, is also named after V. T. Sambanthan and is the location of the preceding KL Sentral monorail terminus.[3]

Layout

L2Station Platform LevelSide platform
Platform 1 towards Titiwangsa (→)
Platform 2 towards KL Sentral (←)
Side platform
L1LinkwayStaircase Linkway
GStation Concourse/Street LevelFaregates, Ticketing Machines, Monorail Station Control, Shops, Taxi Lay-by, Pedestrian Crossing. Entrance A

Exits and Entrances

The station has only one exit.

Tun Sambanthan station
EntranceDestinationPicture
A Access to street level ticketing concourse. Jalan Tebing/Jalan Tun Sambanthan

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mypublictransport.com/2011/03/tun-sambanthan-monorail-station.html MR 2 - TUN SAMBANTHAN
  2. http://www.methodistcollegekl.edu.my/about/location/ Campus Location - Methodist College Kuala Lumpur
  3. Web site: Monorail Line MyRapid . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120925060631/http://www.myrapid.com.my/rail%3Fcode%3DMRL . 25 September 2012 . www.myrapid.com.my.