Kwasa Damansara MRT station
The Kwasa Damansara station is a mass rapid transit (MRT) station that serves the future township of Kwasa Damansara in Selangor, Malaysia, which is currently being developed. It is the first station of both the MRT Kajang Line and MRT Putrajaya Line.
KG04 PY01 Kwasa Damansara | ||||||||||||||||
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| | MRT station | ||||||||||||||||
Exterior view of the station as seen from the parking bays. | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Kwasa Damansara, Selangor Malaysia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 3°10′35.3″N 101°34′21.2″E / 3.176472°N 101.572556°ECoordinates: 3°10′35.3″N 101°34′21.2″E / 3.176472°N 101.572556°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | MRT Corp | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Rapid Rail | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | 9 Kajang 12 Putrajaya | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Stacked Island | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Available with payment. 550 parking bays; 100 motorcycle bays. | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Not available | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | KG04 PY01 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | KG04 16 December 2016 PY01 16 June 2022 | |||||||||||||||
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The ceremony to launch Phase One of the Kajang line by the Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak was held at this station on 15 December 2016 and the station was officially opened on 16 December 2016.[1][2] The station later became an interchange station between the MRT Kajang Line and the MRT Putrajaya Line which opened to the public on 16 June 2022. Both lines currently terminate at this station.[3][4]
Station features
Station location
The station is located within the Kwasa Damansara development project, one of two stations to serve this future township. As it is located away from Jalan Sungai Buloh (Malay; English: Sungai Buloh Road), a new access road was built to give access to the station.
Although the tracks at the Kwasa Damansara station are elevated, the station building itself is at-grade, the only one of its kind on the MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line, but similar to Setiawangsa station on the Kelana Jaya Line.
The station has three levels, with the ground floor being the concourse and the two floors above being platform levels. The two elevated platforms are island platforms, enabling this station to have four platforms to enable it to function as the interchange station between the MRT Kajang Line and MRT Putrajaya Line.
Platform 1 is dedicated for Kajang-bound trains of the MRT Kajang Line. This platform is on level 2. On the same level is platform 4, which is used as the terminus of MRT Putrajaya Line. On level 1, platform 2 functions as the terminus for MRT Kajang Line. Platform 3, across from platform 2, is for Putrajaya Sentral-bound trains for the MRT Putrajaya Line, although trains currently only stop at Kampung Batu station as it is the terminal station for the Phase 1 of MRT Putrajaya Line.
History
At the early stages of the project before the finalisation of station names, the Kwasa Damansara MRT station was referred to by the working name of Kota Damansara MRT Station.[5] The name Kota Damansara initially caused some confusion; as there was another station named Kota Damansara two stations down. This station would eventually be given the name Kwasa Damansara MRT Station.
Station layout
| L2 | Platform 1 | 9 Kajang towards KG35 Kajang (←) |
| Island platform | ||
| Platform 4 | 12 Putrajaya Terminus | |
| L1 | Platform 2 | 9 Kajang Terminus |
| Island platform | ||
| Platform 3 | 12 Putrajaya towards PY41 Putrajaya Sentral (→) | |
| G | Concourse | Fare gates into paid area, escalators and lifts to platforms, Main entrance, Taxi lay-by, Kiss and ride lay-by, Walkway to park and ride, Staff parking |
Exits and entrances
The station currently has one entrance - Entrance A - although the design caters to future entrances when the area surrounding the station is developed. The entrance currently leads to the station access road and the park and ride facility.
| Kajang Line and Putrajaya Line station | |||
| Entrance | Location | Destination | Picture |
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| A | West side of the station | Taxi and private vehicle lay-by, park and ride | |
Putrajaya Line
When Phase One operations for the MRT Putrajaya Line began on June 16, 2022, this station became the northern terminus of the line. At the same time, this station replaced Sungai Buloh station as the northern terminus of the MRT Kajang Line.
As a result, the Kampung Selamat station and Sungai Buloh station which were formerly a part of the MRT Kajang Line were transferred to the MRT Putrajaya Line.[3]
Gallery
View of the front of the station which faces the park and ride facility.
Entrance A of the station.
SBK04 Kwasa Damansara station island platform.
Kwasa Damansara level & platform signage. Showing platform 4 dedicated for Putrajaya Line
The island on level 1 of Kwasa Damansara MRT station
MRT PY line platform 3 at Kwasa Damansara
Platform 1 on level 2.
The Putrajaya Line train is entering the Kwasa Damansara station
See also
SP31 KJ37 Putra Heights LRT station, similar cross-platform concept
References
- ^ (PDF). Klang Valley MRT Project. Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Ride the MRT tomorrow". thesundaily.my. 2016-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
- ^ a b Project information from . mymrt.com.my. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
- ^ Wahab, Farid (2022-06-16). "First Putrajaya MRT stretch opens today". The Star. Retrieved 2022-06-16.
- ^ "Naim installs mrt link bridge, records another milestone". Theborneopost.com. 2015-09-07. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
External links
- Kwasa Damansara MRT station - MRT Website
- Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit