Bukit Bintang Monorail station

Bukit Bintang Monorail station is an elevated monorail station located in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur. As part of the KL Monorail line, it opened alongside the rest of the train service on 31 August 2003. This monorail station is not interchangeable (or integrated) and not to be confused with the separate but adjacent Bukit Bintang MRT station, which is served by the MRT Kajang Line instead. History The monorail station was opened on Hari Merdeka, 31 August 2003, along with the rest of the KL Monorail line. The station was officially expanded on 13 September 2015 under the KL Monorail expansion program to accommodate new 4-car monorail trains by Scomi (Scomi SUTRA), and opened up 3 new entrances that directly leads to neighbouring malls. Station Naming Rights Programme The station was previously known as AirAsia-Bukit Bintang on 9 October 2015 after Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia was given naming rights by Prasarana Malaysia, under the station naming rights programme. Nonetheless, the contract was terminated in 2019 and all signs bearing the AirAsia prefix were removed from the station. Location The station is situated in Bukit Bintang (translated from Malay to English as "Starhill"), a shopping hub in the Kuala Lumpur Golden Triangle commercial district. The monorail station is erected over Jalan Sultan Ismail, where it is located directly south from the intersection of Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Bukit Bintang. Due to its proximity to Bukit Bintang, the monorail station receives a high volume of passengers during peak hours and non-working days. Interchange Bukit Bintang MRT station of the MRT Kajang Line and Bukit Bintang Monorail station are in the strict sense, two distinct stations, although both originally had the same names (now distinct with the new branding). Paid zone-to-paid zone integration between the two was proposed but not observable at the moment. The previous AirAsia branding used on the Monorail station was not extended to the underground MRT station, which has a different branding under the Station Naming Rights programme (Pavilion Kuala Lumpur-Bukit Bintang MRT station). Passengers will have to walk along the Yayasan Selangor building or Lot 10 shopping mall to get to the MRT station from the monorail station, and vice versa. Position within the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System The Bukit Bintang station is the first monorail station (alongside three other stations) towards the Titiwangsa to be lined along Jalan Sultan Ismail. The line towards the KL Sentral thereafter turns west towards Jalan Imbi at the Jalan Sultan Ismail-Jalan Imbi intersection. The station is one of four KL Monorail stations that serves the Kuala Lumpur Golden Triangle locality, the other three being the Raja Chulan (500 metres away), Imbi (also 500 metres away), and Hang Tuah. Layout Station layout plan The station has five signed exits. Similar to the nearby Imbi, the Bukit Bintang Monorail station is also directly within walking distance from various other shopping centres (including Starhill Gallery, Low Yat Plaza, Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, Fahrenheit 88, Lot 10, Imbi Plaza and Sungei Wang Plaza). The station is also the only KL Monorail station to include an overhead link bridge that directly connects its two train platforms, instead of a walkway underneath the monorail platforms and tracks. The station's length is also longer in comparison with the other KL Monorail stations. Exits and Entrances Around the station Fahrenheit 88 Lot 10 Starhill Gallery Sungei Wang Plaza Pavilion Kuala Lumpur Bukit Bintang MRT station See also List of rail transit stations in the Klang Valley area Bukit Bintang Bukit Bintang MRT station References