BBCC-Hang Tuah station

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 AG9  SP9  MR4  BBCC – Hang Tuah
Rapid KL Logo.svg | LRT and Monorail station
Hang Tuah Station outview (221203) 04.jpg
Exterior of the Hang Tuah station
General information
Other names Chinese :汉都亚
Tamil: ஹங் துஅஹ்
LocationBukit Bintang City Centre, Jalan Hang Tuah, Pudu, 55200 Kuala Lumpur
Coordinates 3°8′24″N101°42′21″E / 3.14000°N 101.70583°E / 3.14000; 101.70583
Owned by Prasarana Malaysia
Operated by Rapid Rail
Line(s) 3 Ampang
4 Sri Petaling
8 KL Monorail
Platforms4 Side platforms
Tracks2 (LRT)
2 (Monorail)
Connections AG9  SP9  and  MR4 
Construction
Structure type AG9  SP9  Subsurface
 MR4  Elevated
Platform levels4
ParkingNot available
Other information
Station code AG9  SP9  MR4 
History
Opened16 December 1996 (LRT)
31 August 2003 (Monorail)
Services
Preceding station Rapid KL Logo.svg Following station
Plaza Rakyat
towards Sentul Timur
Ampang Line Pudu
towards Ampang
Sri Petaling Line Pudu
towards Putra Heights
Maharajalela KL Monorail Imbi
towards Titiwangsa

Hang Tuah station, also known as BBCC - Hang Tuahstation due to the new transit hub, is an interchange station in the Pudu district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, between the Ampang and Sri Petaling Lines (formerly known as STAR) and the KL Monorail. Seamless physical and fare integration was achieved on 1 March 2012 when the "paid-up" or restricted areas of both the LRT and monorail stations, which previously operated as two separate stations, were linked up, allowing passengers to transfer without needing to buy new tickets for the first time since the monorail became operational in 2003.

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Located right beside of Bukit Bintang City Centre (BBCC), the station is in the vicinity of the Methodist Boys School, Victoria Institution, Bukit Aman (Kuala Lumpur Contingent Police Headquarters) and Stadium Negara.

History

Hang Tuah LRT station

The LRT station was formed in 1996 with the completion of the Hang Tuah LRT station, a rapid transit station along a reused stretch of a long abandoned railway line, used by STAR (now Ampang Line) trains traveling along the Ampang-bound line or the Putra Heights-bound line. The station was one of the first 13 STAR rapid transit stations to open in the city, part of "Phase I" of "System I". [note 1] The surface level station consists of two sheltered platforms connected to a sheltered ticketing concourse above, linked only via staircases, and exiting to Jalan Hang Tuah.

Hang Tuah KL Monorail station

The area saw the addition of the Hang Tuah KL Monorail station, a separate station that provides access to Kuala Lumpur Monorail (KL Monorail) services, with the opening of the line on 31 August 2003. The station, like virtually all other KL Monorail stations, is elevated and built over Jalan Hang Tuah, but was not initially directly integrated to the nearby existing LRT station until 2012. The station had two exits that lead to either side of the road, and is adjacent to and located northeast from the LRT station. The station is only accessible via stairways and escalators. The station's length is also longer in comparison to certain KL Monorail stations.

The Hang Tuah monorail station is one of four Kuala Lumpur Monorail stations that serves the Kuala Lumpur Golden Triangle locality, the other three being the Raja Chulan station, the Bukit Bintang station and the Imbi station. The station is also one of two KL Monorail stations that is designated as an interchange to and from the Ampang Line and Sri Petaling Line, the other being the Titiwangsa station.

Integrated Hang Tuah Station

Hang Tuah station with Merdeka 118 seen in the background Hang Tuah Monorail Station outview (220121) 02.jpg
Hang Tuah station with Merdeka 118 seen in the background

The proximity of the monorail station with the LRT station meant both stations are designated in transit maps as interchange stations between the two lines, and is subsequently use heavily primarily to reach Bukit Bintang and surrounding areas via the monorail line from the Ampang Line and the Sri Petaling Line. Since 2013, the two stations have been physically linked so it is no longer required to exit one station or to use the public sidewalk outside the station to reach the other station or to change lines (monorail to LRT or vice versa).

Around the station

Notes

  1. System I referred to the rapid transit concession operated by STAR, while System II referred to the rapid transit operated by PUTRA. Phase I of System I referred to the stretch of rapid transit line from the Ampang station to Sultan Ismail station. Phase II referred to the branch line from Chan Sow Lin station to the Sri Petaling station as well as the extension from Sultan Ismail station to Sentul Timur station.

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