Hang Tuah Station

SP9   MR4  Hang Tuah LRT/Monorail Interchange Station Stesen Pertukaran LRT/Monorel Hang Tuah 汉都亚轻快铁/单轨火车转换站 ஹங் துஅஹ்
Sri Petaling Line rapid transit and KL Monorail stations
Location	Jalan Hang Tuah Pudu 55200 WP Kuala Lumpur
Coordinates	3°8′24″N 101°42′21″E / 3.14000°N 101.70583°E / 3.14000; 101.70583
Owned by	Syarikat Prasarana Negara
Operated by	RapidKL
Line(s)	Sri Petaling Line KL Monorail
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2 (Sri Petaling Line) 2 (KL Monorail)
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	At grade (Sri Petaling Line) Elevated (KL Monorail)
Platform levels	3
Parking	Not available
Other information
Station code	SP9   MR4
History
Opened	December 16, 1996 (Sri Petaling Line) August 31, 2003 (KL Monorail)
Services
Preceding station     Following station Plaza Rakyat toward Sentul Timur Sri Petaling Line Pudu toward Putra Heights Maharajalela towards KL Sentral KL Monorail Imbi towards Titiwangsa

Hang Tuah station is an interchange station in the Pudu district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, between the Sri Petaling Line (formerly known as STAR, and the Ampang and Sri Petaling Lines) and the KL Monorail. Seamless physical and fare integration was achieved on 1 March 2012 when the "paid-up" or restricted areas of both the LRT and monorail stations, which previously operated as two separate stations, were linked up, allowing passengers to transfer without needing to buy new tickets for the first time since the monorail became operational in 2003.

Located on the northwestern tip of Pudu, the station is in the vicinity of the Methodist Boys School, Victoria Institution, the former Pudu Prison, the Hang Tuah police station and the National Stadium.

History

Opened in 1998 as part of the line's second phase of development, the station was intended to connect Titiwangsa to other parts of the city and surrounding areas. Under Phase 2, a 15 km track with 11 stations was built to serve the northern and southern areas of Kuala Lumpur to cater for the Commonwealth Village and National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil, during the KL Commonwealth Games in 1998.

Railway stations

The proximity of the monorail station with the Ampang Line station meant both stations are designated in transit maps as interchange stations between the two lines, and is subsequently use heavily primarily to reach Bukit Bintang and surrounding areas via the monorail line from the Ampang Line. Since 2012, the two stations have been physically linked so it is no longer required to exit one station or to use the public sidewalk outside the station to reach the other station or to change lines (monorail to LRT or vice versa).

Hang Tuah LRT station

The Hang Tuah station was formed in 1996 with the completion of the Hang Tuah LRT station, a rapid transit station along a reused stretch of a long abandoned railway line, used by STAR (now Ampang Line) trains traveling along the Ampang-bound line or the Sri Petaling-bound line. The station was one of the first 13 STAR rapid transit stations to open in the city, part of "Phase I" of "System I".^[1] The surface level station consists of two sheltered platforms connected to a sheltered ticketing concourse above, linked only via staircases, and exiting to Jalan Hang Tuah.

Hang Tuah KL Monorail station

The area saw the addition of the Hang Tuah KL Monorail station, a separate station that provides access to Kuala Lumpur Monorail (KL Monorail) services, with the opening of the line on August 31, 2003. The station, like virtually all other KL Monorail stations, is elevated and built over Jalan Hang Tuah, but was not initially directly integrated to the nearby existing Ampang Line station until 2012. The station has two exits that lead to either side of the road, and is adjacent to and located northeast from the Ampang Line station. The station is only accessible via stairways and escalators. The station's length is also longer in comparison to certain KL Monorail stations.

The Hang Tuah monorail station is one of four Kuala Lumpur Monorail stations that serves the Kuala Lumpur Golden Triangle locality, the other three being the Raja Chulan station, the Bukit Bintang station and the Imbi station. The station is also one of two KL Monorail stations that is designated as an interchange to and from the Ampang Line, the other being the Titiwangsa station.

Station layout

The platforms of the Sri Petaling Line's LRT station was significantly revamped and remodelled when the station was physically linked to the nearby monorail station in 2012. These platforms seen here have also been lengthened to accommodate longer trains. The elevated KL Monorail's station is located northeast to the LRT station. The concourse of the stations are located at the street level and level 1 respectively.

Around the station

• Al-Bukhari Foundation Mosque
• Kenanga Wholesale City

Additional images

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  The exterior of the Hang Tuah monorail station, as seen from the entranceway of the Ampang Line's Hang Tuah station.
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  The old entranceway of the Ampang Line's Hang Tuah station. Since 2012, there has been a new main entrance in use as the station was physically reconfigured to be linked to the adjacent monorail station.

References

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