Medan Tuanku Monorail station
Medan Tuanku Monorail station is a Malaysian elevated monorail train station that serves as a part of the Kuala Lumpur Monorail (KL Monorail), located in Kuala Lumpur and opened alongside the rest of the train service on August 31, 2003. This station was formerly called Wawasan Monorail station.
MR9 Medan Tuanku | |||||||||||
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Monorail station | |||||||||||
The exterior of the Medan Tuanku station, as seen from the southeast. | |||||||||||
Other names | ميدن توانكو (Jawi alphabet) 美丹端姑 (Chinese) மேடன் தோங்கு (Tamil) | ||||||||||
Location | Jalan Sultan Ismail, Medan Tuanku, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 3°9′33″N 101°41′55″E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Prasarana Malaysia | ||||||||||
Line(s) | 8 KL Monorail | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Connecting station to AG5 SP5 Sultan Ismail via a 580 meters walking distance. | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Parking | Not available | ||||||||||
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Station code | MR9 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 31 August 2003 | ||||||||||
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The station is situated above Jalan Sultan Ismail, just south of Chow Kit and located east from an intersection with Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman; it marks the start and end of the Monorail line that runs parallel along Sultan Ismail Road, until the Bukit Bintang station, after which the line turns west to Jalan Imbi at the both road intersection.
The station is situated in and named after Medan Tuanku, a small district connected to Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Dang Wangi via backroads.
Interchange
The station is linked to the AG5 SP5 Sultan Ismail LRT station, 580 metres away, by a pedestrian bridge. KJ12 Dang Wangi station is also a 520-meter walk away, via Jalan Raja Abdullah.