Maluri station

AG13   SBK22  Maluri
LRT and MRT station
Entrance to Maluri MRT station.
Other names	مالوري (Jawi alphabet) 马鲁里 (Chinese) மலுரி (Tamil)
Location	Jalan Cheras, Taman Miharja, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia
Coordinates	3°7′23.74″N 101°43′37.06″E / 3.1232611°N 101.7269611°E / 3.1232611; 101.7269611Coordinates: 3°7′23.74″N 101°43′37.06″E / 3.1232611°N 101.7269611°E / 3.1232611; 101.7269611
Owned by	Prasarana Malaysia
Line(s)	3  Ampang Line  9  Sungai Buloh–Kajang Line
Platforms	2 Side platform (Ampang Line) 1 Island platform (Sungai Buloh–Kajang Line)
Tracks	2 (Elevated) 2 (Underground)
Connections	Integrative station between  AG3  and  SBK22  via paid-to-paid linkway.
Construction
Structure type	AG3  Elevated  SBK22  Underground
Parking	Available with payment
Other information
Station code	AG13   SBK22
History
Opened	3  16 December 1996  9  17 July 2017
Services
Preceding station     Following station Miharja toward Sentul Timur Ampang Line Pandan Jaya toward Ampang Preceding station   KVMRT   Following station Cochrane toward Sungai Buloh Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line Phase 2 Taman Pertama toward Kajang

The Maluri station is an integrated station for light rapid transit (LRT) and mass rapid transit (MRT) services^[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 Jalan Cheras (Cheras Road) opposite the AEON-JUSCO Taman Maluri shopping centre. Beside the station is the Kerayong River.

The station comprises an elevated LRT station serving the LRT Ampang Line (formerly known as STAR, and the Ampang and Sri Petaling Lines) which was opened in 1996, and the underground MRT station of the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line which was opened on 17 July 2017. The two 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 called the Aeon-Maluri MRT Station.

Station layout

The Maluri LRT station from the exterior.

View of the LRT to MRT linkway at Maluri Station.

The Maluri station comprises two separate station buildings which are connected via a elevated linkway.

LRT 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 comprises 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. There were no elevators, and hence, the station was not disabled-friendly until they were fitted in 2015.

The linkway to the MRT station is connected to the paid area of the concourse.

The exit of the LRT station leads to Jalan Cheras, with steps leading down directly to the Kuala Lumpur-bound side of the road while another flight of steps lead up to an overhead pedestrian bridge over Jalan Cheras to the Kajang-bound side of the road.

At ground level, covered pedestrian walkways link the exit with entrances of the MRT station, and subsequently to the covered walkway to the Sunway Velocity Shopping Centre. However, LRT users wishing to go the mall can also utilise paid-to-paid linkway to exit via the MRT station entrances.

MRT 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 levels - a concourse level with fare gates, customer service office, toilets and machinery rooms. Escalators lead down to the island platform below.

The MRT station four entrances/exits with escalators, lifts and staircases. They are Entrance A on the Kajang-bound side of Jalan Cheras allowing access to AEON Taman Maluri Shopping Cnetre; Entrance B on the Kuala Lumpur-bound side of Jalan Cheras allowing access via a covered walkway to Sunway Velocity Shopping Mall; Entrance C which is directly connected to the paid-to-paid linkway to the LRT station; and Entrance D which is also on the Kajang-bound side of Jalan Cheras allowing access to the Maluri Bus Hub and the park and ride facilities.

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.

LRT-MRT Linkway

An elevated linkway connecting the paid areas of both the LRT and MRT stations allowing commuters to transfer 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 concourse, which is located at the first underground level.

As the linkway is part of the paid area of both stations, there are no direct exits to the outside. Unlike the MRT station, the linkway is not air conditioned.

Station layout

History

A platform view of the Maluri LRT station towards Miharja station

The LRT platform.

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 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 constructed as part of the development of the STAR LRT project in the 1990s. It was completed and opened together with the line on December 16, 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 Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line station

Construction of the underground MRT station began in 2012 following the official launch of the construction of the MRT Sungai Buloh-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 Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line from Muzium Negara MRT station to Kajang station.

Nearby

• AEON Taman Maluri Shopping Centre
• Sunway Velocity Mall
• Rapid Bus Maluri Depot
• IPD Cheras

Gallery

LRT Station

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  The tracks as seen from the station, heading towards Pandan Jaya LRT station.
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  The bus hub at Maluri LRT, as taken on January 2006.

MRT Station

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  The platform level in the Maluri MRT station. The space is almost twice as wide as Masjid Jamek's platform level.
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  Bench used in the Maluri MRT station. Each MRT underground station uses a different design for its benches.
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  Covered walkway leading to the Sunway Velocity Shopping Complex from Entrance B.
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  Covered walkway leading to the Sunway Velocity Shopping Complex from Entrance B.

LRT-MRT Linkway

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  View of the LRT to MRT linkway at Maluri Station.
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  The linkway from the Ampang Line concourse to the underground MRT station.
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  Entrance C (right) of the Maluri MRT Station which leads to the linkway (left).
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  Escalators leading to/from the MRT station concourse paid area to the linkway.
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  Escalators at concourse paid area to the linkway.
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  External view of the LRT-MRT linkway entering the MRT station.

References

External links

• Kuala Lumpur MRT Integration website
• Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit website