Bank Rakyat-Bangsar LRT Station
rapid transit station | |||||||||||
Location | Jalan Bangsar | ||||||||||
Owned by | Prasarana and operated by Rapid Rail | ||||||||||
Line(s) | 5 Kelana Jaya Line (1998 to present) | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Parking | Available | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | September 1, 1998 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Bangsar (or BANK RAKYAT-Bangsar for sponsorship reasons) [1] is a LRT station on the Kelana Jaya Line located at Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur. It is an elevated station exactly located above Jalan Bangsar. Although it is located at Jalan Bangsar, it is located at quite a distance from most parts of Bangsar, namely Bangsar Baru.
Station Naming Rights Program
Formerly known as Bangsar since its operation on September 1, 1998, the station was renamed to BANK RAKYAT-Bangsar after Bank Rakyat was given naming rights by Prasarana Malaysia. It is the first three stations under pilot program of Station Naming Rights since launched in October 2015.[2][3][4]
Facilities
There is a facility for reloading the Touch 'n Go card at the Bank Rakyat & Maybank ATM in this station.
Station layout
L2 | ||
Platform 1 | Kelana Jaya Line towards KJ1 Gombak (→) | |
Platform 2 | Kelana Jaya Line towards KJ24 Kelana Jaya (←) | |
L1 | Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Customer Service Counter, Shops & direct access to Menara UOA |
GF | Street Level | Bus Terminal, Taxi Terminal |
Bus connections
The bus stops located at street level and serve many bus routes, especially those between Kuala Lumpur and the western Klang Valley townships of Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam and Klang.
TEMPATAN bus routes
UTAMA bus routes via Bangsar LRT station
- U64 : KJ14 Pasar Seni - Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam - KJ14 Pasar Seni
- U65 : KJ14 Pasar Seni - Taman Alam Megah, Shah Alam melalui Seksyen 20 Shah Alam - KJ14 Pasar Seni
- U74 : KJ14 Pasar Seni - Pantai Hill Park - KJ14 Pasar Seni
- U75 : KJ14 Pasar Seni - Pekan Lama Petaling Jaya melalui Pantai Dalam - KJ14 Pasar Seni
- U80 : KJ14 Pasar Seni - UiTM Seksyen 2 Shah Alam - KJ14 Pasar Seni
- U81 : Terminal Jalan Sultan Mohamad - Subang Suria via Subang Baru - Terminal Jalan Sultan Mohamad
- U84 : KJ14 Pasar Seni - Kelana Jaya, Seksyen SS 6 & 7 Petaling Jaya (Kelana Jaya, Seksyen SS 6 & 7 to Petaling Jaya)
- U85 : KJ14 Pasar Seni - KJ22 Taman Paramount via Taman SEA, SS2 Petaling Jaya (way to Taman Paramount only)
- U87 : KJ14 Pasar Seni - Bangsar Park melalui Mid Valley Megamall - KJ14 Pasar Seni
- U88 : Terminal Jalan Sultan Mohamad - Seksyen 8 Kota Damansara melalui Seksyen SS 2 Petaling Jaya - Terminal Jalan Sultan Mohamad
EXPRESS bus routes
FirstCoach, an express bus service to Singapore departs from Lengkok Abdullah, nearby the LRT station.
Gallery
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Bangsar station signange.
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Bangsar station taken on 17 March 2007 from construction site of Dataran Maybank.
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Platform 2
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Platform 1
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bangsar LRT Station. |
Coordinates: 3°09′24″N 101°42′06″E / 3.1567°N 101.7017°E