{{Short description|Integrated metro station in Pudu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{one source|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox station | style = Rapid KL | style2 = Interchange | name = {{KLRT code|AG|11|bgcolor=white}} {{KLRT code|SP|11|bgcolor=white}} {{KLRT code|PY|24|bgcolor=white}} Chan Sow Lin | system = {{rint|my|rapidkl}} [[Rapid KL]] | other_name = {{ublist| * {{langx|ms|چن ساو لين}} ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]) * {{lang-zh|陈秀连}} * {{langx|ta|சான் சோவ் லின்}} }} | image = AG11 SP11 Chan Sow Lin LRT Overall View 20221128 091322.jpg | address = [[Jalan Chan Sow Lin]], [[Pudu, Kuala Lumpur|Pudu]] | borough = 55200 [[Kuala Lumpur]] | country = [[Malaysia]] | coordinates = {{Coord|3|7|40|N|101|42|55|E|region:MY_type:railwaystation}} | owned = {{ublist|[[Prasarana Malaysia]] (LRT)|[[MRT Corp]] (MRT)}} | tracks = {{ublist|3 (LRT)|2 (MRT)}} | structure = {{ublist|{{KLRT code|AG|11}} {{KLRT code|SP|11}} Ground level|{{KLRT code|PY|24}} Underground}} | parking = Not available | code = {{KLRT code|AG|11}} {{KLRT code|SP|11}} {{KLRT code|PY|24}} | opened = {{ublist|{{Start date and age|1996|12|16|df=y}} (LRT)|{{Start date and age|2023|03|16|df=y}} (MRT)}} | passengers = | pass_system = | pass_year = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Rapid KL |line1=Ampang|left1=Pudu|right1=Miharja |line2=Sri Petaling|left2=Pudu|right2=Cheras |line3=Putrajaya|left3=Tun Razak Exchange|right3=Kuchai|to-left3=Kwasa Damansara|to-right3=Putrajaya Sentral }} | image_caption = Street view of Chan Sow Lin station. | operator = [[Rapid Rail]] | line = {{ublist|{{ric|KLRT|3|name=yes}}|{{ric|KLRT|4|name=yes}}|{{ric|KLRT|12|name=yes}}}} | platform = {{ublist|2 [[island platform]]s (LRT)|1 island platform (MRT)}} }}
'''Chan Sow Lin station''' is an integrated [[metro station]] in [[Pudu, Kuala Lumpur|Pudu]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]. The station serves as an interchange station between the [[LRT Ampang Line]], [[LRT Sri Petaling Line]] and the [[MRT Putrajaya Line]]. The station consists of an [[At-grade railway|at-grade]] station for the Ampang and Sri Petaling Lines, and an [[underground station]] for the Putrajaya Line. Both stations are connected by an elevated pedestrian walkway, allowing paid-to-paid area integration.{{cn|date=September 2023}}
The station is the first station on the common route shared by both the Ampang Line ({{lrts|Sentul Timur}}-{{lrts|Ampang}}) and Sri Petaling Line (Sentul Timur-{{lrts|Putra Heights}}). The station was first opened on 16 December 1996, as part of the first phase of the former STAR LRT system's opening, alongside 13 adjoining stations along the {{lrts|Sultan Ismail}}-{{lrts|Ampang}} route.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mymrt.com.my/en/ssp/project-info/route-map|title=MYMRT {{!}} MRT Corp – Official webpage for the Klang Valley My Rapid Transit.|website=www.mymrt.com.my|access-date=29 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627024608/http://mymrt.com.my/en/ssp/project-info/route-map|archive-date=27 June 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Chan Sow Lin is the last underground station on the Putrajaya Line, before the line resurfaces at {{mrts|Kuchai}} station.{{cn|date=September 2023}}
==Location== The station is located on the southern edge of the incorporated town of [[Pudu, Kuala Lumpur|Pudu]], serving the locality alongside {{lrts|Pudu}} and {{lrts|Hang Tuah}} stations. The station was thus intended to serve patrons from the southern end of Pudu, the western end of [[Maluri|Taman Maluri]] and the northwestern tip of Taman Miharja. The latter two localities also have their own namesake stations towards the south and east: {{lrts|Miharja}} and {{lrts|Maluri}} stations. The interchange itself is named after an extended portion of [[Jalan Chan Sow Lin]], a road that adjoins the main entrance of the station. The road was named after [[Chan Sow Lin]] ([[:zh:陳秀連_(企業家)|陳秀連]]), 1845–1927, a wealthy businessman in the iron works industry. This man was also known then as The Father of Chinese Iron Works in [[British Malaya|Malaya]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Chan Sow Lin Memorial / 陳秀連墓園|url=http://my.72dragon.com/?p=1169|publisher=My Time…. Chinese temple in Malaysia}}</ref>
The station reuses the now defunct [[Federated Malay States Railway]] and [[Keretapi Tanah Melayu]] (KTM) route between Kuala Lumpur, [[Ampang, Selangor|Ampang]] and [[Salak South]]. Because of this, the station is located close to several former government compounds (Public Works and Engineering Works branches) that were once connected to the KTM line, up until the line was closed during the 1990s to make way for the STAR LRT line.{{cn|date=September 2023}}
The newer MRT station was built underground across Jalan Chan Sow Lin road from the LRT portion. The two stations are connected by a series of escalators and an overhead pedestrian bridge that crosses over Jalan Chan Sow Lin, providing commuters a direct link between the stations without needing to tap out and purchase a new ticket when transferring lines.
==Ampang-Chan Sow Lin shuttle service== Between July and December 2016, upon the opening of the {{lrts|Puchong Perdana}}-{{lrts|Putra Heights}} stretch of the LRT Sri Petaling Line Extension and the full deployment of the new CSR Zhuzhou trains on the Sentul Timur-Putra Heights stretch, the old Adtranz trains in use since 1996 were reduced to serve only the Ampang-Chan Sow Lin stretch pending the completion of the upgrading of the signalling system on the line. Commuters going from Ampang to the Kuala Lumpur city centre (i.e. Masjid Jamek) or vice versa were required to alight at Chan Sow Lin and switch from the Adtranz trains to the new CSR Zhuzhou trains.{{cn|date=September 2023}}
Direct travel between Ampang and Sentul Timur, as it was before July 2016, was restored on 1 December 2016, following the completion of the upgrading of the signalling system on the Ampang-Chan Sow Lin stretch, which also sees the wholescale replacement of the old Adtranz trains with the new CSR Zhuzhou trains.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myrapid.com.my/traveling-with-us/how-to-travel-with-us/rapid-kl/monorail-and-lrts|title=MyRapid|website=myrapid.com.my|access-date=14 July 2017|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227082753/https://www.myrapid.com.my/traveling-with-us/how-to-travel-with-us/rapid-kl/monorail-and-lrts|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Maluri LRT station]], similar layout and function {{commons category|Chan Sow Lin LRT Station}} * [[List of rail transit stations in Klang Valley]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://mrt.com.my/lrt_ampang/Chan_Sow_Lin.htm Chan Sow Lin LRT Station – mrt.com.my]
{{Klang Valley train stations}}
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