Semantan MRT station

{{short description |Railway station in Kuala Lumpur}} {{Infobox station | style = Rapid KL | style2 = MRT1 | name = {{KLRT code|KG|14|bgcolor=green}} Semantan | other_name = {{ublist| * {{langx|ms|سمنتن}} ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]) * {{lang-zh|士曼丹}} * {{langx|ta|செமாந்தான்}} }} | system = {{rint|my|rapidkl}} [[Rapid KL]] | image = MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line Semantan Station 1.jpg | image_caption = Entrance B of the station at Jalan Dungun. | address = [[Jalan Semantan]], [[Damansara Heights]] | borough = 50490 [[Kuala Lumpur]] | country = [[Malaysia]] | coordinates = {{Coord|3|9|4.05|N|101|39|55.75|E|source:jawiki_region:MY_type:railwaystation|display=title,inline}} | owned = [[MRT Corp]] | operator = [[Rapid Rail]] | line = {{ric|KLRT|9|name=yes}} | platform = 2 [[side platform]]s | tracks = 2 | other = | structure = Elevated | parking = Available near the overhead bridge | bicycle = Available. 30 bicycle bays. | accessible = Yes | code = {{KLRT code|KG|14}} | zone = | opened = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2016|12|16}} | rebuilt = | former = Manulife–Semantan (2017–2023) | mpassengers = | passengers = | pass_system = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Rapid KL|line=Kajang|left=Pusat Bandar Damansara|right=Muzium Negara}} }}

The '''Semantan MRT Station''' is a [[mass rapid transit]] (MRT) [[Train station|station]] serving the suburb of [[Damansara Heights]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]. It is one of the stations on the [[MRT Kajang Line]] and was opened on 16 December 2016 when Phase One of the line became operational.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prime Minister Launches Phase One of the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line|url=http://www.mymrt.com.my/cms/upload_files/mediarelease/mediarelease_download_000923.pdf|website=Klang Valley MRT Project|publisher=Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd|access-date=27 February 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305001836/http://www.mymrt.com.my/cms/upload_files/mediarelease/mediarelease_download_000923.pdf|archive-date=5 March 2017}}</ref>

The station is located near the Semantan Interchange (Jalan Dungun intersection) of the [[Sprint Expressway]] (Damansara Link) near Wisma UN, the [[United Nations]] (UN) representative office in Malaysia and the office area of Jalan Dungun.

==History== During Phase One operation of the Kajang Line (then known as the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line), this station was the southern terminus of the line where all passengers had to disembark. Trains would leave the station and make a turnback at the crossover track above Jalan Sultan Abdul Halim before heading back towards {{mrts|Sungai Buloh}}. With the opening of Phase Two on 17 July 2017, the southern terminus of the station became {{mrts|Kajang}} station.

The station was previously known as '''Manulife-Semantan''' from 21 August 2017 when Manulife have granted a 5-year contract for the naming rights of the station under the [[Prasarana Malaysia#Station naming rights program|station naming rights programme]], which is located within 5 minutes walk from Menara Manulife, the Manulife Malaysia's headquarters.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nst.com.my/business/2017/08/271137/manulife-granted-naming-rights-semantan-mrt-station| title = Manulife granted naming rights for Semantan MRT station {{!}} New Straits Times| date = 22 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title=Manulife officiates Manulife Semantan MRT station | url=https://www.manulife.com.my/content/dam/insurance/my/documents/about-us/newsroom/2017-08-21-manulife-press-release-manulife-officiates-manulife-semantan-mrt-station.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725041859/https://www.manulife.com.my/content/dam/insurance/my/documents/about-us/newsroom/2017-08-21-manulife-press-release-manulife-officiates-manulife-semantan-mrt-station.pdf | archive-date=2022-07-25}}</ref> Nonetheless, the station naming rights contract was ended from 1 December 2023.

== Station features ==

=== Station layout === {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="0" | rowspan="4" valign="top" width="50" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |L2 | rowspan="4" valign="top" width="100" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform Level | style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |[[Side platform]] |- | width="500" |Platform 1: {{ric|KLRT|9|name=yes}} towards {{KLRT code|KG|35}} {{mrts|Kajang}} (→) |- | width="500" |Platform 2: {{ric|KLRT|9|name=yes}} towards {{KLRT code|KG|04}} {{mrts|Kwasa Damansara}} (←) |- | colspan="1" style="width=500;border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" |[[Side platform]] |- style="vertical-align:top;" | style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; " |L1 | style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; " |Concourse | width="500" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; " |Faregates to paid area, escalators to platforms, ticketing machines, customer service office, station control, toilets, [[7-Eleven]], [[Rotiboy]] bakeshoppe, Entrance A and B escalators as well as lifts from ground level. |- | style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; " |G | style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; " |Ground Level | style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; " |Entrance A and Entrance B, Feeder bus stop, Taxi Lay-by, Car lay-by |}

=== Exit and entrances === The station has two entrances, Entrance A is located on the north side along Jalan Damansara Endah while Entrance B is located on the south side along Jalan Dungun opposite of Wisma UOA Damansara. Both of the entrances have bus stops for bus and feeder services. {| class="wikitable" style="width:70%" | colspan="4" align="center" |{{lnl|KLRT|9}} station |- | colspan="4" bgcolor="{{rcr|KLRT|9}}" align="center" | |- ! style="width:10%" |Entrance ! style="width:15%" |Location ! style="width:55%" |Destination ! style="width:20%" |Picture |- | align="center" |'''A''' |South side of '''Jalan Semantan''' |Jalan Damansara Endah: bus stop for feeder and other bus services, car park |[[File:KG14 Manulife Semantan MRT Entrance A 20221229 161049.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |- | align="center" |'''B''' |North side of '''Jalan Semantan''' |Jalan Dungun: bus stop for feeder and other bus services, Menara Manulife, Wisma UOA Damansara and The Five. |[[File:KG14 Manulife Semantan MRT Entrance B 20221229 161212.jpg|frameless|150x150px]] |}

==Bus services== ===MRT Feeder Bus Services=== With the opening of the Kajang Line, feeder buses also began operating, linking the station with the Solaris Dutamas and Kuala Lumpur High Court areas in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim (Jalan Duta). The feeder buses operate from the station's feeder bus stops adjacent to the station at the Jalan Dungun entrance (Entrance B) of the station.

With the closure of Entrance B of the {{mrts|Pusat Bandar Damansara}} station, bus routes T818, T819, T820 and T852 will operate from this station until further notice.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/124778030879436/posts/4674075142616346/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=June 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" !Route No. !Origin !Destination !Via |- |T821<ref>[https://www.myrapid.com.my/traveling-with-us/how-to-travel-with-us/rapid-kl/mrt/number?routeid=T8210 RapidKL Bus Route T821]</ref> |{{KLRT code|KG|14}} Semantan ('''Entrance B''') |Kuala Lumpur High Court, Publika |Jalan Dungun Jalan Gelenggang [[Jalan Semantan]] [[Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim]] Jalan Dutamas 1 [[Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah]] |- |T818 |Desa Sri Hartamas |{{KLRT code|KG|14}} Semantan ('''Entrance B''') | |- |T852 |{{KLRT code|KG|14}} Semantan ('''Entrance B''') |[[Mont Kiara]] |Publika |}

===Other Bus Services=== The station is also served by Rapid KL trunk buses at bus stops on either side of Jalan Semantan and accessed via both entrances of the station. Semantan station is also served by a [[Kelana Jaya Line]] feeder bus route, connecting it with the [[Bangsar LRT station]]. The bus stop for the feeder bus is at Jalan Dungun, accessed via Entrance B.

{| class="wikitable" !Route No. !Origin !Desitination !Via |- |T850<ref>[https://www.myrapid.com.my/traveling-with-us/how-to-travel-with-us/rapid-kl/bus/number?routeid=T8500 RapidKL Bus Route T850]</ref> |{{KLRT code|KJ|16}} {{lrts|Bangsar}} |Pusat Bandar Damansara Jalan Dungun |Jalan Bangsar Utama 1 Lorong Maarof Jalan Maarof Sprint Highway Jalan Dungun {{KLRT color code|KG|14}} '''Semantan''' ('''Entrance B''') Jalan Gelenggang Jalan Damanlela Jalan Maarof Jalan Bangsar |}

==Gallery== <gallery class="center"> File:SBK Line Semantan Overall View 2.jpg|The MRT station above Jalan Semantan/Sprint Expressway File:SBK Line Semantan Entrance A 4.jpg|Bus stop along Jalan Semantan/Sprint Expressway accessed via Entrance A File:KG14 Semantan MRT Concourse 20231230 163952.jpg|Concourse level of the station File:Semantan MRT Station platform (240110) 02.jpg|Platform level of the station File:SBK Line Semantan Platform 3.jpg|Kajang-bound train approaching the station File:Siemens Inspiro leaving Semantan , heading towards Kajang..jpg|Kajang-bound train leaving the station </gallery>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.mymrt.com.my Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110309045909/http://www.mrt.com.my/ Unofficial information resource on the MRT]

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