The Pasar Seni station is an integrated rapid transit station in Kuala Lumpur that is served by the LRT Kelana Jaya Line and the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line. The station is named after the nearby Central Market (known as Pasar Seni or "Art Market" in Malay) and is located near Petaling Street and the area known as the Chinatown of Kuala Lumpur.
The comprises two separate stations - the older elevated LRT station opened in 1 September 1998 and the newer underground MRT station which was opened on 17 July 2017 - with a pedestrian bridge and escalators linking the paid areas of both stations, thus allowing commuters to conveniently transfer between the LRT Kelana Jaya Line and the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line.
The station is located next to the Jalan Sultan Mohamed bus hub with buses to Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam and Subang Jaya as well as GOKL buses. Pedestrian bridges also link the station with KA02 Kuala Lumpur station, which is served by the KTM Komuter and KTM ETS services; Kuala Lumpur General Post Office and the Dayabumi building.
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Station features and history
LRT station
The elevated Pasar Seni LRT Station is served by the LRT Kelana Jaya Line and was opened on 1 September 1998 when Phase One of what was then known as the PUTRA LRT system began operations.
The station has two elevated levels; a concourse level and a platform level above it, with an island platform configuration with two platforms.
The station entrance is on the Concourse Level which is accessed via escalators, stairs and lifts from Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock and Jalan Sultan Mohamed. Also at the Concourse Level are the fare gates, ticketing machines, Customer Service Counter, convenience store and bakery. The link bridges to the KA02 Kuala Lumpur station, Kuala Lumpur General Post Office and Dayabumi are also at the Concourse Level.
The ground level of the station is occupied by several bus lanes of the Jalan Sultan Mohamed bus hub. There is also a Rapid Bus Customer Service Office. Covered walkways link the station with the bus hub.
MRT station
The underground MRT station began operations on 17 July 2017 when Phase Two of the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line was opened.
The station was constructed at the site formerly occupied by the Klang Bus Stand, Plaza Wawasan Complex and the UO Shopping Centre. These three buildings were demolished in 2012 to make way for the MRT station to be constructed.
The station has three underground levels - Concourse Level, Plant Room Level (not accessible to public) and Platform Level - beneath the ground level plaza.
The design of the station entrance buildings at the ground level is based on the quartz found at Bukit Tabur quartz range in Gombak, Selangor, while the theme for the station's interior design is "Confluence", taken from the confluence between the Gombak and Klang Rivers, which is interestingly located next to Masjid Jamek, the preceding station on the Kelana Jaya Line. The MRT tunnels in this station is located only 300 meters from the opening of the Kelana Jaya Line's tunnel (towards Masjid Jamek).
LRT-MRT Link
The Pasar Seni LRT and MRT stations are connected by a pedestrian bridge over Jalan Sultan Mohamed. The bridge connects directly to the paid area of the LRT station's Concourse Level. On the MRT station side, escalators, stairs and lifts connect the pedestrian bridge directly to the paid area of the Concourse Level, which is the first underground level of the station.
The paid-to-paid link is labelled as Entrance C of the MRT station. It however only allows commuters to transfer between the LRT and MRT, and does not allow anyone out of the stations.
To accommodate this pedestrian bridge, the LRT station had to undergo some renovation. Besides removing the balustrade at the Concourse Level, the LRT station fare gates were also relocated closer to the entrance. A new service counter was also built replacing the older service counter.
Station layout
Exits and Entrances
Pasar Seni station has a total of 3 entrances/exits - Entrance A to Jalan Sultan and Entrance B to Jalan Sultan Mohamed, both belong to the MRT station. Entrance C of the MRT station is the given name for the paid-to-paid pedestrian link bridge to the LRT station.
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Around the station
- Central Market
- Dayabumi Complex
- Lee Rubber Building
- Petaling Street (Chinatown)
- Victoria Institution first generation building (1894 - 1929)
- KL Guan Di Temple
- Sin Sze Si Ya Temple
Gallery
General
LRT station
MRT station
LRT-MRT link
See also
- Rail transport in Malaysia
References
External links
- Kuala Lumpur MRT & LRT Integrations
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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