RapidKL Bus Interchanges


Due to the areas of services are divided into 6 different areas, the trunk buses are not depart from the same location or terminal in Kuala Lumpur. Actually there are different bus interchanges in Kuala Lumpur where each of them are function for certain area only.The objectives of this post are to provide information of bus interchanges and introduce the structure of Kuala Lumpur bus services system.Bus interchanges are places where peoples transit another bus as the limited resources can't provide satisfaction for everybody. So, the bus interchanges used by RapidKL buses are listed as below:

            • Pasar Seni LRT Station
            • Lebuh Ampang
            • Medan Pasar
            • Bukit Bintang Monorail Station
            • Titiwangsa Monorail Station
            • KL Sentral
            • Maluri LRT Station
            • Kota Raya
            • Sinar Kotar/Jalan Silang/Mydin
            • Chow Kit Monorail Station
            • Pudu Sentral (Puduraya) Bus Terminal
Pasar Seni LRT Station 
Pasar Seni LRT Station is located at the city centre right opposite to the central market. Tagged as KJ14, this station itself is not just a normal LRT station but transit for buses heading toward area 1,4,5,and 6. The actual location of buses interchanges are located in few places. Buses for area 4, and 6 are mostly depart from terminal at Jalan Sultan Mohammad while buses from area 5 and 6 are depart from Pasaramakota (which is known as Klang Bus Stand). The exact location of Pasar Seni LRT Station can be obtained by clicking the markers as below:

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Lebuh Ampang / Medan Pasar
Lebuh Ampang and Medan Pasar bus interchange is used by RapidKL buses for area 2 and 3. It is right beside the Masjid Jamek Interchange for both the Kelana Jaya Line LRT and Ampang Line LRT.  However, this place is jam terribly during the peak hours and buses spent alot of time to get out of the interchange. Map location of Lebuh Ampang and Medan Pasar interchange is shows as below:

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Bukit Bintang Monorail Station
Bukit Bintang Monorail Station is located at the golden triangle of Kuala Lumpur, Bukit Bintang. Most of the area 3 and 4 buses departed from here. It is connected with Lot 10, Sungai Wang, and Pavillion Kuala Lumpur.

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Titiwangsa Monorail Station 
Titiwangsa Bus interchange is located beside Titiwangsa Monorail station and Pekeliling Express Bus Terminal.  Pekeliling Terminal serves the intercity buses from the east coast of West Malaysia.

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KL Sentral
KL Sentral is transit hub for various of public transport modes including RapidKL buses. KL Sentral was connected with the intercity train service, KTM commuter service, Kelana Jaya Line LRT, KLIA express and transit, Kuala Lumpur Monorail and intercity or city buses. For RapidKL bus service, few locations are allocated for buses from different directions. For buses that travel from KL city center to their destination, users have to obtain the services at Jalan Tun Sambanthan 3 (Beside the Esso/Mobil Petrol Station). For the buses travel from surrounding city to Kuala Lumpur, the buses will pass by in front of KL Sentral Monorail station. While buses U76,U82,U83,B112, and express buses to Genting Highland,  KLIA and LCCT can be obtained at the bus hub just outside the KL Sentral.



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Maluri LRT Station 
Maluri LRT Station is to serve bus services for area 3 and 4 which cover Ampang, Pandan and Cheras. Maluri LRT Station is one of the station for the Ampang Line LRT. Buses B112 and B114 are used to link with KL city center.
 


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1 comments:

David John said...

The rapid KL bus interchanges are given here. The post has given details here

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