Tun Sambanthan station

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 MR2  Tun Sambanthan
Rapid KL Logo.svg | Monorail station
Tun Sambanthan Monorail Station outview (220116) 03.jpg
The exterior of the Tun Sambanthan station, as seen towards the southeast.
General information
LocationSouth side of the Jalan Tun Sambanthan 4 - Jalan Tebing intersection, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Coordinates 3°7′53″N101°41′26″E / 3.13139°N 101.69056°E / 3.13139; 101.69056
Owned byKL Infrastructure Group Limited (KL Infra)
Line(s) 8 KL Monorail
Platforms2 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
ParkingNot available
Other information
Station code MR2 
History
Opened31 August 2003
Services
Preceding station Rapid KL Logo.svg Following station
Kuala Lumpur Sentral
Terminus
KL Monorail Maharajalela
towards Titiwangsa

Tun Sambanthan Monorail station, is a Malaysian elevated monorail station that forms a part of the Kuala Lumpur Monorail (KL Monorail) line [1] located in Kuala Lumpur and opened alongside the rest of the line and other adjoining monorail stations on 31 August 2003.

Contents

Situated at the south side of the Jalan Tun Sambanthan 4 - Jalan Tebing (Malay; English: Tun Sambanthan Road 4-River Bank Road) intersection in the Brickfields district of Kuala Lumpur, the station resides at the western bank of the Klang River (or the left bank of the river), just beside Methodist College Kuala Lumpur (MCKL), [2] and the Malaysian Association of the Blind (MAB) opposite Jalan Tun Sambanthan 4. The station is situated close to a pedestrian bridge that crosses the Klang River, connecting the area to Jalan Syed Putra (Syed Putra Road) that adjoins the Federal Highway and the Kuen Cheng High School just opposite the river. The station has only one exit which connects to the west side of Jalan Tebing.

The station is named after V. T. Sambanthan, a notable figure in the Malaysian Indian Congress. Jalan Tun Sambanthan (Tun Sambanthan Road), a main road in Brickfields, is also named after V. T. Sambanthan and is the location of the preceding KL Sentral monorail terminus. [3]

Platform of Tun Sambanthan station Tun Sambanthan Monorail Station platform (220116).jpg
Platform of Tun Sambanthan station

Layout

L2Station Platform Level Side platform
Platform 1 8 KL Monorail towards  MR11  Titiwangsa (→)
Platform 2 8 KL Monorail towards  MR1  KL Sentral (←)
Side platform
L1LinkwayStaircase Linkway
GStation Concourse/Street LevelFaregates, Ticketing Machines, Monorail Station Control, Shops, Taxi Lay-by, Pedestrian Crossing. Entrance A

Exits and Entrances

The station has only one exit.

Tun Sambanthan KL Monorail station
EntranceDestinationPicture
AAccess to street level ticketing concourse. Jalan Tebing/Jalan Tun Sambanthan
Tun Sambanthan Monorail Station entrance (220116) 02.jpg

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References

  1. MR 2 - TUN SAMBANTHAN
  2. Campus Location - Methodist College Kuala Lumpur Archived 13 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Monorail Line | MyRapid". www.myrapid.com.my. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012.