Maluri station

{{Short description|Metro station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia}} {{Infobox station | style = Rapid KL | style2 = Interchange | name = {{ublist| * {{KLRT code|AG|13|bgcolor=white}} Maluri * {{KLRT code|KG|22|bgcolor=white}} Maluri – AEON }} | other_name = {{ublist| * {{langx|ms|مالوري}} ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]) * {{lang-zh|马鲁里}} * {{langx|ta|மலூரி}} }} | system = {{rint|my|rapidkl}} [[Rapid KL]] | image = File:SBK Line Maluri Station Entrance D 2.jpg | image_caption = Entrance to Maluri MRT station | address = [[Jalan Cheras]], [[Taman Maluri]], [[Cheras, Kuala Lumpur|Cheras]] | borough = 56000 [[Kuala Lumpur]] | country = [[Malaysia]] | coordinates = {{Coord|3|7|23.74|N|101|43|37.06|E|source:OSM_region:MY_type:railwaystation|display=title,inline}} | owned = {{ublist|[[Prasarana Malaysia]] (LRT)|[[MRT Corp]] (MRT)}} | operator = [[Rapid Rail]] | line = {{ublist|{{ric|KLRT|3|name=yes}}|{{ric|KLRT|9|name=yes}}}} | platform = {{ublist|2 [[side platforms]] (LRT)|1 [[island platform]] (MRT)}} | tracks = {{ublist|2 (LRT)|2 (MRT)}} | structure = {{ublist|{{KLRT code|AG|13}} Elevated|{{KLRT code|KG|22}} Underground}} | depth = 20 metres<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tan |first1=Yean-Chin |last2=Koo |first2=Kuan-Seng |last3=Chow |first3=Chee-Meng |title=Underground stations excavation of up to 45m deep for mass rapid transit in limestone formation, Malaysia |journal=Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication |date=2016 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=170–175 |doi=10.3208/jgssp.MYS-03 |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jgssp/2/2/2_MYS-03/_pdf/-char/en |access-date=1 June 2026}}</ref> | levels = 2 | parking = Available with payment. 250 total parking bays and 50 motorcycle bays. | bicycle = Not available | accessible = Yes | status = Operational | code = {{KLRT code|AG|13}} {{KLRT code|KG|22}} | zone = | opened = {{ublist|{{Start date and age|df=yes|1996|12|16}} (LRT)|{{Start date and age|df=yes|2017|7|17}} (MRT)}} | rebuilt = | mpassengers = | passengers = | pass_system = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=Rapid KL |line1=Ampang|left1=Miharja|right1=Pandan Jaya|to-right1=Ampang |line2=Kajang|left2=Cochrane|right2=Taman Pertama }} }}

'''Maluri station''' is an integrated [[light rapid transit]] (LRT) and [[mass rapid transit]] (MRT)<ref>{{cite web|title=SBK Line Full Opening Boosts Coverage of Kuala Lumpur's Urban Rail Network|url=http://www.mymrt.com.my/cms/upload_files/mediarelease/mediarelease_download_001023.pdf|publisher=Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd|access-date=13 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809033044/http://www.mymrt.com.my/cms/upload_files/mediarelease/mediarelease_download_001023.pdf|archive-date=9 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> located on the eastern fringe of [[Cheras, Kuala Lumpur|Cheras]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] near and named after [[Taman Maluri]], a residential housing estate. The station is located along [[Jalan Cheras]] (English: ''Cheras Road'', also known as Jalan Cheras Lama or ''Old Cheras Road''), near the Jalan Cheras Lama exit of the [[Sungai Besi Expressway]], opposite the [[AEON (company)|AEON]] Taman Maluri shopping centre and [[Sunway Velocity Mall]]. The [[Kerayong River]] also runs beside the station.

The station consists of an elevated station served by the [[LRT Ampang Line]] (formerly known as STAR LRT) which was opened in 1996, and the underground station served by the [[MRT Kajang Line]] which was opened on 17 July 2017. Both stations are connected via a paid-area-to-paid-area elevated pedestrian linkway.

Under the [[Prasarana Malaysia#Station naming rights program|station naming rights programme]], the MRT station is currently known as '''Maluri–AEON MRT station'''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Four Stations to Kick Off MRT Corp's Station Naming Rights Programme|url=http://www.mymrt.com.my/cms/upload_files/mediarelease/mediarelease_download_001022.pdf|publisher=Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904202330/http://www.mymrt.com.my/cms/upload_files/mediarelease/mediarelease_download_001022.pdf|archive-date=4 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Station Background == ===Colonial era=== During [[British Malaya|British colonial era]] and until the 1980s, the site of the present-day Maluri station was a [[Railway halt|halt]] on the [[Keretapi Tanah Melayu]] (KTM) network called Pudoh Ulu or Pudu Ulu.<ref>{{cite web |title=Map of British Malaya : including the Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, and Malay states not included in the federation |url=https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/12092791 |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref>

[[File:SBK Line Maluri Station Entrance D 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The MRT station's Entrance B (left) and Entrance D (right) on either side of Jalan Cheras.]]

===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 consists of 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 [[stairway]]s, [[escalator]]s and [[elevator]]s. The elevators were a recent addition to the station, and hence, the station was not disabled-friendly until they were installed in 2015.

===MRT station=== The MRT station is one of the seven underground stations of the [[MRT Kajang Line]]. The underground station is built directly beneath Jalan Cheras. The station has two underground levels - a concourse level with fare gates, a customer service office, toilets and machinery rooms - and an [[island platform]] below.

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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Choong |first1=Meng Yew |title=Seven hidden gems of the MRT |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/07/09/seven-hidden-gems-of-the-mrt-a-new-mrt-train-service-will-pull-in-on-july-17-signalling-the-start-of/ |access-date=1 June 2026 |work=The Star Online |date=9 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709043925/https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/07/09/seven-hidden-gems-of-the-mrt-a-new-mrt-train-service-will-pull-in-on-july-17-signalling-the-start-of/ |archive-date=9 July 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=3 August 2017 |title=MRT stations designed to tell the story of M'sia |language=en |work=The Star |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/metro/community/2017/08/03/learn-nations-history-from-ground-up-inspired-by-the-gombak-quartz-ridge-mrts-underground-stations-a/ |access-date=4 September 2017}}</ref>

The MRT station is the last underground station before the line resurfaces and heads towards {{mrts|Kajang}}.

===LRT-MRT Linkway=== The Maluri station comprises two separate station buildings which are connected via an elevated linkway. An elevated linkway connecting the paid areas of both the LRT and MRT stations allows commuters to transfer seamlessly between the LRT Ampang Line and the MRT 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, and connects directly to Entrance C of the MRT station at the ground level. From Entrance C, escalators, a lift and a staircase go directly down to the paid area of the underground concourse level.

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

== History == [[File:Maluri station (Ampang Line), Kuala Lumpur.JPG|thumb|245x245px|A platform view of the Maluri LRT station towards {{lrts|Miharja}} station]] [[File:Maluri, Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - panoramio (2).jpg|thumb|245x245px|The LRT platforms]]

===KTM Ampang branch line=== The alignment of the [[LRT Ampang Line]] at this location uses the alignment of the old [[Federated Malay States Railways]] (FMSR) tracks which ran from Ampang Junction, where the Ampang branch line left the main [[KTM West Coast railway line|West Coast Line]] (between today's {{lrts|Chan Sow Lin}} and {{lrts|Miharja}} stations) to head to the terminus of the branch line at [[Ampang Jaya|Ampang]] town (where today's Ampang Line depot and {{lrts|Ampang}} station, the terminus of the [[LRT Ampang Line]] 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 to an elevated rail line for the construction of the LRT in the 1990s where a railway bridge was built over the road.

===LRT Ampang Line=== The LRT station was constructed as part of the development of the former STAR LRT project in the 1990s. It was completed and opened together with the line on 16 December 1996, along with 13 other stations between the {{lrts|Sultan Ismail}} and the {{lrts|Ampang}}.

The line was the first LRT line to be operational in Malaysia.

===MRT Kajang Line=== Construction of the underground MRT station began in 2012 following the official launch of the construction of the MRT Kajang Line. Since the station is located beneath Jalan Cheras, various diversions of the road had to be carried out throughout the construction of the station. 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 line from {{mrts|Muzium Negara}} to {{mrts|Kajang}}.

== Bus Services ==

=== MRT Feeder Bus Services === There are no MRT feeder bus services that start or end at this station. However, the station is served by other MRT feeder bus services from other stations. {| class="wikitable" !Route No. !Origin !Destination !Via !Notes |- |T352<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maluri MRT Feeder Bus T352 {{!}} mrt.com.my |url=http://mrt.com.my/feeder_bus/t352.htm |access-date=20 January 2021 |website=mrt.com.my}}</ref> (As a pass-by) |Taman Shamelin Perkasa |{{KLRT code|KG|21}} {{mrts|Cochrane}} | Jalan Perdana Utama Pandan Perdana Jalan Indah Taman Cheras Indah {{MES-E|9}} (Pandan Indah Link) {{KLRT code|AG|14}} {{lrts|Pandan Jaya}} Menara PGRM [[Jalan Cheras]] {{KLRT code|AG|13}}{{KLRT code|KG|22}} '''Maluri''' ('''Entrance B''') Jalan Shelley [[Jalan Cochrane]] [[Jalan Tun Razak]] {{KLRT code|AG|13}}{{KLRT code|KG|22}} '''Maluri''' ('''Entrance D''') | rowspan="3" |For {{KLRT code|KG|21}} {{mrts|Cochrane}} bound, the bus will stop at the bus stops near Entrance B / LRT Entrance.

For Taman Shamelin Perkasa / Bandar Tun Razak / Bandar Sri Permaisuri bound, the bus will stop at the bus stop near Entrance D. |- |T400<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cochrane MRT Feeder Bus T400 {{!}} mrt.com.my |url=http://mrt.com.my/feeder_bus/t400.htm |access-date=20 January 2021 |website=mrt.com.my}}</ref> |{{KLRT code|KG|21}} {{mrts|Cochrane}} |[[Bandar Tun Razak]] | [[Jalan Tun Razak]] [[Jalan Cheras]] {{KLRT code|AG|13}}{{KLRT code|KG|22}} '''Maluri''' ('''Entrance D''') Stadium Badminton Cheras Jalan Yaacob Latif Velodrom Kuala Lumpur {{JKR|1}} [[Cheras Highway]] (Jalan Cheras) [[Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz UKM]] (HCTM) Taman Midah Bandar Tun Razak Jalan Budiman {{KLRT code|AG|13}}{{KLRT code|KG|22}} '''Maluri''' ('''Entrance B''') Jalan Shelley |- |T401<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cochrane MRT Feeder Bus T401 {{!}} mrt.com.my |url=http://mrt.com.my/feeder_bus/t401.htm |access-date=20 January 2021 |website=mrt.com.my}}</ref> |{{KLRT code|KG|21}} {{mrts|Cochrane}} |[[Bandar Sri Permaisuri]] | [[Jalan Tun Razak]] [[Jalan Cheras]] {{KLRT code|AG|13}}{{KLRT code|KG|22}} '''Maluri''' ('''Entrance D''') Stadium Badminton Cheras Flat Sri Sabah Jalan Ikan Emas Jalan Sekilau Flat Sri Melaka Taman Sri Permaisuri [[Bandar Sri Permaisuri]] Jalan Jellawat 1 {{KLRT code|SP|12}} {{lrts|Cheras}} {{KLRT code|AG|13}}{{KLRT code|KG|22}} '''Maluri''' ('''Entrance B''') Jalan Shelley |}

=== Other Bus Services === The Maluri station also provides accessibility for some other bus services. {| class="wikitable" !Route No. !Operator !Origin !Destination !Via !Notes |- |450<ref>{{Cite web |title=Line Route 450 - rapidKL Bus - Bus Schedules |url=https://moovitapp.com//kuala_lumpur-1082/lines/450/26193842/en |access-date=31 December 2020 |website=Moovit |language=en}}</ref> |Rapid KL |Hentian Kajang |Hub Lebuh Pudu |Reko Sentral Bandar Kajang {{KLRT code|KG|34}} {{mrts|Stadium Kajang}} {{KLRT code|KG|33}} {{mrts|Sungai Jernih}} Sungai Sekamat Simpang Balak {{KLRT code|KG|31}} {{mrts|Bukit Dukung}} {{MES-E|7}} Jalan Hulu Langat Batu 9 Cheras / Taman Suntex Cheras Sentral / {{KLRT code|KG|26}} {{mrts|Taman Connaught}} {{JKR|1}} [[Cheras Highway]] (Jalan Cheras) {{KLRT code|KG|24}} {{mrts|Taman Midah}} {{KLRT code|AG|13}}{{KLRT code|KG|22}} '''Maluri''' [[Jalan Cheras]] Jalan Pasar Jalan Pudu | rowspan="2" |For KL-bound, the bus will stop at the bus stop near the LRT Entrance. For Kajang / Damai Perdana bound, the bus will stop at the bus stop near Entrance D. |- |400<ref>{{Cite web |title=Line Route 400 - rapidKL Bus - Bus Schedules |url=https://moovitapp.com//kuala_lumpur-1082/lines/400/26194010/en |access-date=13 January 2021 |website=Moovit |language=en}}</ref> |Rapid KL |Damai Perdana |Hub Lebuh Pudu | Taman Desa Baiduri Alam Damai [[Jalan Cheras]] {{JKR|1}} [[Cheras Highway]] (Jalan Cheras) {{KLRT code|KG|24}} {{mrts|Taman Midah}} {{KLRT code|AG|13}}{{KLRT code|KG|22}} '''Maluri''' [[Jalan Pudu]] [[Berjaya Times Square]] / {{KLRT code|MR|5}} [[Imbi Monorail station|Imbi]] {{KLRT code|MR|6}} [[Bukit Bintang Monorail station|Bukit Bintang]] {{KLRT code|KG|18A}} {{mrts|Bukit Bintang}} [[Jalan Raja Chulan]] [[Jalan Tun H.S. Lee]] |- |402<ref>{{Cite web |title=402 Route: Time Schedules, Stops & Maps - Hab Titiwangsa |url=https://moovitapp.com/index/en/public_transit-line-402-Kuala_Lumpur-1082-1775731-26193916-0 |access-date=20 January 2021 |website=moovitapp.com |language=en}}</ref> |Rapid KL |{{KLRT code|AG|13}}{{KLRT code|KG|22}} Maluri ('''Entrance D''') |Pekeliling Bus Hub {{KLRT code|AG|3}}{{KLRT code|SP|3}}{{KLRT code|MR|11}}{{KLRT code|PY|13}}{{KLRT code|CC|09}} {{stn|Titiwangsa}} | [[Jalan Cheras]] {{JKR|1}} [[Cheras Highway]] (Jalan Cheras) Stadium Badminton Cheras Flat Sri Sabah {{KLRT code|AG|13}}{{KLRT code|KG|22}} '''Maluri''' ('''LRT Entrance''') [[Jalan Tun Razak]] Masjid Jamek Alam Shah Istana Terengganu {{KLRT code|KJ|9}} {{lrts|Ampang Park}} [[Kuala Lumpur City Centre|KLCC]] [[National Heart Institute (Malaysia)|National Heart Institute]] (IJN) [[Istana Budaya]] [[Kuala Lumpur Hospital]] |The bus technically starts from Entrance D. However, passengers can take the bus from the LRT entrance as an alternative. |}

== Nearby == * AEON Taman Maluri Shopping Centre * [[Sunway Velocity Mall]] * [[Rapid Bus]] Maluri Depot * Cheras District Police Headquarters (IPD Cheras)

== Gallery == ===LRT Station=== <gallery widths="150" heights="150"> File:Maluri, Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - panoramio.jpg|The tracks as seen from the station, heading towards [[Pandan Jaya LRT station]] File:RapidKL.jpg|The bus hub at Maluri LRT, as taken in January 2006 File:Maluri station (Ampang Line) (exterior), Kuala Lumpur.JPG|The Maluri LRT station from the exterior, as taken in 2007 </gallery>

===MRT Station=== <gallery widths="150" heights="150"> File:Maluri MRT platforms.jpg|The platform level in the Maluri MRT station. The space is almost twice as wide as [[Masjid Jamek LRT station|Masjid Jamek]]'s platform level File:SBK Line Maluri Station Platform 1.jpg|View of the platform level File:SBK Line Maluri Station Ground Level 1.jpg|Entrance B with the Sunway Velocity Shopping Complex in the background File:SBK Line Maluri Wlakway to Velocity 2.jpg|Covered walkway leading to the Sunway Velocity Shopping Complex from Entrance B </gallery>

===LRT-MRT Linkway=== <gallery widths="150" heights="150"> File:SBK Line Maluri Station Linkway 1.jpg|View of the LRT to MRT linkway at Maluri Station File:SBK Line Maluri Station Linkway 5.jpg|Entrance C (right) of the Maluri MRT Station which leads to the linkway (left) File:SBK Line Maluri Station Linkway 8.jpg|Escalators at concourse paid area to the linkway File:SBK Line Maluri Station Linkway 10.jpg|External view of the LRT-MRT linkway entering the MRT station </gallery>

==See also== *[[Maluri]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110309045909/http://www.mrt.com.my/ Kuala Lumpur MRT Integration website] * [https://www.mymrt.com.my/public/sg-buloh-kajang-sbk-line/stations/maluri/ Maluri MRT station at official website]

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