{{Short description|Metro station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox station | style = Rapid KL | style2 = Sri Petaling | name = {{KLRT code|SP|12|bgcolor=white}} Cheras | other_name = {{ublist| * {{langx|ms|چيراس}} ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]) * {{lang-zh|蕉赖}} * {{langx|ta|செராஸ்}} }} | system = {{rint|my|rapidkl}} [[Rapid KL]] | image = SP12 Cheras LRT Northwest View 20231219 171910.jpg | address = Jalan Jelawat Satu and Jalan 3/12, Taman Ikan Emas | borough = 57100 [[Kuala Lumpur]] | country = [[Malaysia]] | coordinates = {{Coord|3|6|45|N|101|42|51|E|region:MY_type:railwaystation}} | owned = [[Prasarana Malaysia]] | operator = [[Rapid Rail]] | tracks = 2 | parking = Available | structure = Low-rise | bicycle = | code = {{KLRT code|SP|12}} | zone = | former = Seri Mas | opened = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1998|7|11}} | rebuilt = | mpassengers = | passengers = | pass_system = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Rapid KL|line=Sri Petaling|left=Chan Sow Lin|right=Salak Selatan}} | image_caption = An exterior view of the station's from highway. | line = {{ric|KLRT|4|name=y}} | other = | platform = 2 [[side platform]]s | accessible = }}

'''Cheras LRT station''' is a [[Malaysia]]n [[light rapid transit]] (LRT) [[metro station|station]] situated near and named after the [[Kuala Lumpur]] township of [[Cheras, Kuala Lumpur|Cheras]]. The station is part of the [[LRT Sri Petaling Line]] (formerly known as STAR LRT line).

The station was opened on 11 July 1998, as part of the second phase of the STAR LRT system's opening, including 7 new stations along the {{lrts|Chan Sow Lin}}-{{lrts|Sri Petaling}} route.{{r|"International Union of Public Transport 1998"}}At that time, Cheras station was named "Seri Mas".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chia Mui Wee|title=Persepsi pengguna terhadap penggunaan perkhidmatan pengangkutan Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan Sdn. Bhd|publisher=Bahagian Pentadbiran Perniagaan, Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pentadbiran, Universiti Malaya|year=1998|location=Universiti Malaya|pages=87|language=ms}}</ref>

== Location == Despite its name, Cheras station is not located within the Kuala Lumpur township of [[Cheras, Kuala Lumpur|Cheras]]. Rather, the station is situated between the northern [[Sungai Besi]] region, Taman Ikan Emas and [[Salak South]], a kilometre northwest from the nearest border to Cheras. The station is thus more accessible for users from the aforementioned areas, as well as Bandar Sri Permaisuri to the south, than Cheras itself.

The station's main access point faces the southeast towards Taman Ikan Emas and is accessible via Jalan Jelawat Satu. In the beginning of its operation, the station was primarily accessible via a footbridge crossing a ditch. Beginning in June 2007, construction work was conducted directly in front of the station, demolishing the original path and a temporary route around the construction site was established for access into the station.

Until late 2006, the western side of the station was lined along a back road that branched off Jalan 3/12, and several industrial buildings. The area has since been partially cleared away for the construction of the [[Maju Expressway]], which opened in 2008. While the station itself is unaffected, access from the west now requires crossing an overhead bridge built together with the expressway.

The station was constructed along two levelled tracks, reusing the now defunct [[Federated Malay States Railway]] (FMSR) and [[Keretapi Tanah Melayu]] (KTM) route between Kuala Lumpur, [[Ampang Jaya|Ampang]] and Salak South. The station is also the last station of the Sri Petaling Line from {{lrts|Putra Heights}} before the line merges with the [[LRT Ampang Line]] from {{lrts|Ampang}} at {{lrts|Chan Sow Lin}} station 1.5&nbsp;km northward. Both lines run on the same tracks and route until their common terminus at {{lrts|Sentul Timur}} effectively making all stations between Sentul Timur and Chan Sow Lin interchange station between the two lines.

== Design == {{stack|[[File:Cheras LRT station platform.jpg|right|thumb|A platform view of Cheras station.]]}}

The Cheras LRT station is a low-rise structure with two [[side platform]]s lined along two tracks for trains travelling in opposite directions. However, unlike the many subsurface stations dotted along the {{lrts|Miharja}}-{{lrts|Ampang}} route, Cheras station was built on a set of tracks significantly lower than the other subsurface stations (similar to {{lrts|Cahaya}}), and only has a single ticket area, as opposed to two for each platform. An underground tunnel underneath the tracks was built linking both platforms. The station also serves as a public crossing by pedestrians and motorcyclists across the Sri Petaling Line tracks between the southeast and northwest via another underground path running beneath the tracks and platforms, parallel to the platform link tunnel.

The principal styling of the station is similar to most other stations in the line, featuring curved roofs supported by [[Latticework|latticed]] frames, and white plastered walls and pillars. Elevators has since been installed in the station many years after its initial opening, making the station [[Disability|disabled]]-friendly.

== See also == * [[List of rail transit stations in Klang Valley]]

== References == <references> <ref name="International Union of Public Transport 1998">{{cite book | author = International Union of Public Transport | title = Öffentliche Nahverkehr in Der Welt | publisher = Union internationale des transports public urbains et régionaux | issue = v. 47 | year = 1998 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=BPpVAAAAMAAJ | language = de | access-date = July 11, 2018 | page = 24 pp }}</ref> </references> {{Commons category|Cheras LRT Station}}

{{Klang Valley train stations}}

[[Category:Ampang Line]] [[Category:Railway stations in Malaysia opened in 1998]]