KA03
Bank Negara Commuter Station Stesen Komuter Bank Negara 国家银行火车站 |
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KTM Komuter Regional Rail Halt | ||||||||||||||||
One of the two entrance of Bank Negara halt (March 2007) before a major reconstruction of the stop beginning April 2007.
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Location | Jalan Dato' Onn, central Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 3°9′16″N 101°41′34″E / 3.15444°N 101.69278°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Keretapi Tanah Melayu | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | 1 KTM Seremban Line and 2 KTM Port Klang Line (KTM Komuter) (1995 to present) | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Parking | None | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | KA03 | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1995 | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | Beginning April 2007 | |||||||||||||||
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Bank Negara Komuter station is a KTM Komuter train station in central Kuala Lumpur, named after the Central Bank of Malaysia headquarters located nearby. The halt forms part of a common KTM Komuter railway line shared by both the Rawang-Seremban Route and the Sentul-Port Klang Route. It is located at Jalan Dato' Onn.
Before the electrification works began, there was a halt located just about 30 metres before the present location. It was just a simple shelter with no amenities of any kind - very much like a bus-stop. The diesel engine trains used to ply this route picking up passengers for as low as RM1.00 per trip for a journey of 23 km to Subang Jaya. Tickets then were sold on board. It has since been dismantled and is now just a patch of hill-side.
The present halt was formed during the double tracking and electrification of railway lines in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan between 1990 and 1994, in preparation for the launch of KTM Komuter services. Since its opening in 1995, the halt has remained unchanged in both its position in the railway system and layout. Beginning June 2007, however, the halt underwent major reconstruction (see design).
As are other halts along KTM Komuter lines, the Bank Negara halt is lined along two electrified railway tracks, each with one of the halt's two side platforms at either side of the track. However, accommodating railway lines located along a small valley, the halt and its platforms were required to be crammed into a limited amount of space, with one ticketing concourse placed at one edge of the valley. The Bank Negara halt does not feature a centralised ticketing concourse, but was rather designed with two, each intended for either platform. Accordingly, the halt does not feature a footbridge in itself, instead relying on a road bridge outside the stop as a crossing over the railway tracks and between two platforms. Owing to its lack of importance managing other responsibilities along the railway other than Komuter services, the halt only houses ticketing facilities for Komuter trains, including ticket counters and ticket vending machines, fare gates, and a small staff.