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Ampang LRT Station

 AG8 
Ampang
Ampang Line rapid transit station
Ampang LRT station, front façade, 2008.jpg
Front façade of Ampang LRT station
Location Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia.
Coordinates 3°9′1″N 101°45′36″E / 3.15028°N 101.76000°E / 3.15028; 101.76000
Owned by Prasarana Malaysia (2002 to present); operated by Rapid Rail.
Line(s)  3  LRT Ampang Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking None
Other information
Station code  AG8 
History
Opened December 16, 1996
Services
Preceding station   Rapid KL   Following station
toward Sentul Timur
Ampang Line Terminus

Ampang LRT station is a Light Rail Transit station operated by rapidKL serving the Ampang Line in Ampang, Selangor, Malaysia, just outside the eastern boundary of Kuala Lumpur. It is the eastern terminus for passenger services on the line. This station was opened in 1996, along with 17 other LRT stations.

Ticketing machines and a CIMB Bank ATM were installed at the station concourse, as well as a convenience store. Ramps linking the Jalan Ampang bus station, the taxi stand, the car park area and the station concourse were added in 2012.

A multi-storey car park, similar to the one at Gombak, was added in 2014. Only MyRapid cards were accepted for payment at the carpark, which charges a flat rate of MYR 4 per day.

The station was opened on December 16, 1996, as part of the first phase of the STAR system's opening, alongside 13 adjoining stations along the Sultan Ismail-Ampang route. This station also housed a depot for the LRT train services and maintenances.

Between July and December 2016, upon the opening of the Puchong Perdana-Putra Heights stretch and the full deployment of the new CSR Zhuzhou trains on the Sentul Timur-Putra Heights stretch, the old Adtranz trains in use since 1996 were reduced to serve only the Ampang-Chan Sow Lin stretch while pending the completion of the signalling system in the line. Commuters going from Ampang to Kuala Lumpur city centre (i.e. Masjid Jamek) or vice-versa were required to alight at Chan Sow Lin and switch from the Adtranz trains to the new CSR Zhuzhou trains.


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