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Hang Tuah Station

 SP9   MR4 
Hang Tuah Interchange Station
Stesen Pertukaran Hang Tuah
汉都亚转换站
ஹங் துஅஹ் Rapid KL (brand)
Sri Petaling Line rapid transit and KL Monorail stations
Location Jalan Hang Tuah
Pudu
55200 WP Kuala Lumpur
Coordinates 3°8′24″N 101°42′21″E / 3.14000°N 101.70583°E / 3.14000; 101.70583
Owned by Syarikat Prasarana Negara
Operated by RapidKL
Line(s)  4  LRT Sri Petaling Line (1996 to present)
 8  KL Monorail Line (2003 to present)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2 (Sri Petaling Line)
2 (KL Monorail)
Connections Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type At grade (LRT Sri Petaling Line)
Elevated (KL Monorail Line)
Platform levels 3
Parking Not available
Other information
Station code  SP9   MR4 
History
Opened December 16, 1996 (LRT Sri Petaling Line)
August 31, 2003 (KL Monorail Line)
Services
Preceding station   Rapid KL   Following station
toward Sentul Timur
Sri Petaling Line
towards KL Sentral
KL Monorail
towards Titiwangsa

Hang Tuah station is an interchange station in the Pudu district of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, between the Sri Petaling Line (formerly known as STAR, and the Ampang and Sri Petaling Lines) 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.

Located on the northwestern tip of Pudu, the station is in the vicinity of the Methodist Boys School, Victoria Institution, the former Pudu Prison, the Hang Tuah police station and the National Stadium.

Opened in 1998 as part of the line's second phase of development, the station was intended to connect Titiwangsa to other parts of the city and surrounding areas. Under Phase 2, a 15 km track with 11 stations was built to serve the northern and southern areas of Kuala Lumpur to cater for the Commonwealth Village and National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil, during the KL Commonwealth Games in 1998.

The proximity of the monorail station with the Ampang Line 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. Since 2012, 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).

The Hang Tuah 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 Sri Petaling-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". 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.


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