Kuala Lumpur Sentral station

Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station (KL Sentral) is a transit-oriented development that houses the main railway station of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Opened on 16 April 2001, KL Sentral replaced the old Kuala Lumpur railway station as the city's main inter-city railway station. KL Sentral is the largest railway station in Malaysia, and also in Southeast Asia from 2001 to 2021, before Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal in Bangkok, Thailand was completed. KL Sentral is designed as an intermodal transport hub. All of the Klang Valley's urban rail lines serve KL Sentral except the Ampang Line, Sri Petaling Line, Shah Alam Line and Putrajaya Line. Passengers can catch intercity trains serving many locations across Peninsular Malaysia to places such as Johor Bahru, Ipoh, and Butterworth, as well as special monthly excursion trains towards Thailand. It was also designed to be a new business and financial hub for Kuala Lumpur. Overview KL Sentral refers to the entire 290,000 square metres (3,100,000 sq ft) of development built on the former Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) marshalling yard in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. The development includes the transport hub, hotels, office towers, condominiums, and shopping malls, and was expected to be completed in 2015. Designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa, this station initially used Malay, English and Japanese languages signs as a tribute, although the Japanese on the signs were removed in 2025. KL Sentral has been divided into 14 land parcels, each representing a different function. Some of these lots have been fully constructed and are already in use, while others are either in the process of being built or are still awaiting development, according to the phased programme. KL Sentral is being developed by a consortium made up of the Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB), Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB), and Pembinaan Redzai Sdn Bhd. History Kuala Lumpur Sentral station stands on the site of the former KTM marshalling yard called the Central Railroad Repair Shops. In the Second World War during the Japanese occupation of Malaya, the yard was the target of the Allies' 1945 bombing of Kuala Lumpur. The yard was targeted twice, on 19 February 1945 and 10 March 1945. The second bombing raid also damaged the nearby National Museum. In 1994, with the objective of enhancing Kuala Lumpur city's public transport, the Government of Malaysia awarded a contract to a consortium to transform 72 acres (290,000 m2) at the old railway marshalling yard into a modern transit hub within a self-contained urban development. The consortium, led by Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB), appointed architect Kisho Kurokawa and Associates, who also designed the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), to design the master plan for the entire development. In July 2010, two trains crashed into each other. One was an airport-bound train, and the other was a parked train. The crash injured three people. In early August 2019, KL Sentral was one of the locations affected by two online bomb threats posted on Twitter; the other being the Russian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. These threats were posted via a hacked account by an individual calling himself "limzhengyan"; as a result, the Malaysian police carried out a search on those locations and determined that the threats were hoaxes, although coincidentally on the same day an incomplete improvised explosive device was found at the Bukit Damansara area. Starting from 29 May 2023, KL Sentral LRT station officially rebranded as KL Sentral-redONE. The partnership is part of a five-year station naming rights agreement between Prasarana Integrated Development and redONE, the largest mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in ASEAN. Development zones The KL Sentral development area is divided into several plots of land, each with a specific development purpose. All constructions were scheduled to be completed by 2015. Office zones Office zones in KL Sentral account for more than 50% of the total land area. The developer intends that KL Sentral will ultimately be the business and financial hub of Kuala Lumpur. Lot A: CIMB Headquarters (Menara CIMB) Lot A will be the new headquarters for CIMB Group which is located facing the National Museum. As of June 2011, the new headquarters' name, which appears on the construction site, is Menara CIMB (CIMB Tower). The company acquired the land in July 2008, and construction started in Q4 2007 and was completed in 2011. It has around 600,000 sq ft (56,000 m2) of office space available. Lot M: Plaza Sentral Lot M or Plaza Sentral is a completed office complex in the west of KL Sentral. The complex was completed in two stages. Phase I was completed in June 2001, comprising three blocks and a total gross floor area of 785,000 sq ft (72,900 m2). Offering prestigious office suites, Plaza Sentral was sold and quickly taken up by multinationals and Malaysian companies alike, eager to take advantage of the global connectivity and convenience of working in KL Sentral. Its take-up rate is reaching 100%. Phase II was launched in September 2003 due to the escalating demand for premium office space. It has since been fully taken up. Comprising two towers – 18-storey and 26-storey – made up of four blocks and a total gross floor area of 879,381 sq ft (81,697.2 m2), the building was completed in 2006. Tenants include British Telecom and Maxis Communications. Sentral Tower, a purpose-built 30-storey office tower, was sold to Lembaga Tabung Haji for RM161.46mil in March 2004. Plaza Sentral has a basement parking lot. Lot J: Sooka Sentral & 4 Office Towers Lot J is a development lot for four 35-storey office towers of identical architecture. Lot J was sold to United Engineers (M) Bhd (UEM) in May 2005 with plans for four towers. Tower A was built by UEM for its corporate headquarters called Mercu UEM on the prime piece of land with a gross floor area of 1,300,000 sq ft (120,000 m2). Tower B will be an office tower for the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority. Tower C was built by Quill Realty Sdn Bhd and sold to Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia (SSM) for its corporate headquarters. Tower D is an office building built by Quill, named Quill 7. A development on Lot J is the 180,000 sq ft (17,000 m2) six-storey lifestyle centre which houses a fitness and spa centre, business centre, food court, restaurants, and alfresco dining facilities. This development, called Sooka Sentral, opened its doors in December 2007. Lot N: 1 Sentral Tower 1 Sentral Tower is an office tower, offering a gross floor area of 453,000 sq ft (42,100 m2). Construction was completed in 2007. It houses companies such as PricewaterhouseCoopers, MRCB, and General Electric. Others Lot B has been proposed as a financial area for KL Sentral. No construction has taken place. Lot F is planned for a future office block. Currently, the base is used for a furniture exhibition mall and a Food and Beverage (F&B) centre. Entertainment zones Lot E will be a hub for an entertainment and convention centre. The deck of this development has been completed. Lot G: NU Sentral Lot G, located in the south of KL Sentral consist of 1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m2) shopping complex, 600,000 sq ft (56,000 m2) office block, 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2) serviced apartments, and a 546,000 sq ft (50,700 m2) three-star hotel. NU Sentral is the shopping mall in the area, and directly acts as a pathway between Stesen Sentral and the KL Sentral monorail station. Development works commenced in 2008 and were completed in 2014. The land was previously used as a parking lot and a short-cut for pedestrians from Brickfields and the KL Sentral Monorail station to KL Sentral proper. In January 2008, MRCB set up a joint venture company with Pelaburan Hartanah Bumiputera Bhd (PHBB) named Jewel Surprises Sdn Bhd to develop the area. The new company will hold a lease on the plot of land for 99 years. Transport hub Lot H: Stesen Sentral Stesen Sentral (English: Central Station) is the name of Lot H, which is the designated transport hub within the KL Sentral development project, although both the public and connected transit lines generally refer to the station itself as "KL Sentral". Stesen Sentral, designed to house six rail networks, was completed in December 2000, and the rail, retail, and food and beverage operations began in April 2001. Standing on 9.3 acres (38,000 m2), the main building has a gross floor area of 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2), and the specifications were based on passenger projections up to the year 2020, which was when Malaysia aspired to be a fully developed nation. In 2008, Stesen Sentral registered over 100,000 passengers daily, which translates into 36.5 million people a year. The station has a parking lot for visitors and people working around the KL Sentral area. Rail services KL Sentral is served by the following services: Express Rail Link (ERL): airport rail link to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) 6 KLIA Ekspres: non-stop express trains to KLIA T1 and KLIA T2 stations. 7 KLIA Transit: commuter-style trains to KLIA that also calls at all stations in between, i.e., Bandar Tasik Selatan, Putrajaya & Cyberjaya, and Salak Tinggi. KTM Komuter: Commuter trains serving the Klang Valley region 1 Batu Caves–Pulau Sebang Line: Batu Caves – Pulau Sebang/Tampin 2 Tanjung Malim–Port Klang Line: Tanjung Malim – Port Klang 10 KL Sentral–Terminal Skypark Line: limited express trains to Subang Jaya and Terminal Skypark (Suspended) ETS KTM ETS: Intercity trains to Segamat, JB Sentral, Ipoh, Butterworth, and Padang Besar KTM Intercity: Seasonal trains to Hat Yai Junction (MySawadee), Butterworth and Tumpat (Rail To See Malaysia excursion trains). Other special expresses like Lambaian Aidilfitri will also start here. Rapid KL: Light rapid transit (LRT) 5 Kelana Jaya Line: Putra Heights – Gombak (Note: the Kelana Jaya Line station is branded as KL Sentral-redONE under the station naming rights programme.) KL City Air Terminal (KL CAT) KL City Air Terminal is located at the eastern and western ends of the station building and was opened on 14 April 2002 together with the KLIA Ekspres. Designed as an "Airport Terminal in the City", KL CAT is an IATA-indexed station and is assigned the IATA code XKL. As of October 2023, passengers flying Malaysia Airlines and Batik Air can check in their baggage at KL CAT before boarding a KLIA Ekspres train to Kuala Lumpur International Airport. KL CAT is divided into two halls: KL CAT Departure Hall is located at the western end of the station building and houses the check-in counters, ticketing counters, and faregates to access KLIA Ekspres departure platform. KL CAT Arrival Hall is located at the eastern end of the station building and houses the exit faregates from KLIA Ekspres arrival platform. The linkway that connects to Muzium Negara for the MRT Kajang Line is also located at this hall. When KL CAT was built, there were plans to offer through checked baggage service from KLIA to KL CAT where checked baggage of passengers arriving at KLIA would be conveyed to KL CAT and collected by passengers at KL CAT. However, these plans have not materialised. Connecting rail services The following lines have stations located within the vicinity of the KL Sentral complex: KL Monorail: KL Sentral Monorail station at Jalan Tun Sambanthan can be accessed via NU Sentral shopping mall located adjacent to the KL Sentral complex. Kajang Line: Muzium Negara station at Jalan Damansara can be accessed via a 200-metre (660 ft) underground walkway from the KL Sentral complex. Connecting stations KL Sentral Monorail station The KL Sentral monorail station stands on Jalan Tun Sambanthan in Brickfields, in front of the NU Sentral shopping mall. The station is the as a terminus for the KL Monorail line. It is directly connected to NU Sentral, which allows for uninterrupted walking between Stesen Sentral and the monorail station. The monorail station is also equipped with new ticket vending machines, ticketing gates as well as a new Customer Service Office. Tactile paving for the visually impaired is also provided beginning from NU Sentral. The completion of the overhead bridge now enables customers to travel between KL Sentral and the monorail station safely and conveniently. The station uses the Spanish solution platforms, having one track with a platform on each side, for passengers embarking and disembarking the train separately. Before NU Sentral was built, passengers who wanted to move from the monorail station to Stesen Sentral and vice versa had to walk through the busy Jalan Tun Sambanthan. The monorail and LRT stations do not provide an out-of-station interchange despite being part of the same Rapid KL system. Passengers will be charged two single-way journey fares instead of integrated fares whenever using these connecting stations. Muzium Negara MRT station Due to space constraints, an MRT station could not be built in the Stesen Sentral area, an MRT station had to be built in front of the nearby National Museum to allow connections to Stesen Sentral. The Muzium Negara station opened on 17 July 2017, along with the underground footbridge that connects the MRT station to the main KL Sentral building. KL Sentral bus hub KL Sentral has also been made a city bus hub by Rapid KL as part of its bus network revamp. It is the bus hub for city shuttle and trunk bus routes. Buses to Singapore and the Kuala Lumpur International Airport also operate from KL Sentral, while most other bus operators go near KL Sentral along Jalan Tun Sambanthan. Also, a hop-on/hop-off tourist bus stop is located between the Hilton and the station. Traveling by bus to Genting Highlands is also available here. Bus services From KL Sentral 800 : Bandar Utama bus hub – KL Sentral T819 : Pusat Bandar Damansara MRT station – KL Sentral T851 : Parliament of Malaysia – KL Sentral (Only available during meeting session) From Pasar Seni / Kotaraya / Lebuh Pudu 500 : Putrajaya Sentral – Lebuh Pudu bus hub (Lebuh Pudu-bound only) 600 : Puchong Utama – Pasar Seni 601 : Putra Perdana – Pasar Seni 602 : Puchong Prima – Pasar Seni 604 : Saujana Puchong – Pasar Seni 640 : Taman Sri Sentosa / Sri Manja – Pasar Seni 641 : Subang Jaya station – Pasar Seni 650 : Taman Desa – Pasar Seni 651 : Taman OUG – Pasar Seni via Awan Besar LRT station 652 : Awan Besar LRT station – Pasar Seni 671 : Flat Enggang Kinrara – Pasar Seni 710 : Port Klang – Pasar Seni via KL Sentral 750 : UiTM Section 2, Shah Alam – Pasar Seni 751 : Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam – Pasar Seni 770 : Subang Mewah, USJ 1 – Pasar Seni 772 : Subang Suria – Pasar Seni 780 : Kota Damansara – Pasar Seni 781 : Taman Medan / Taman Sri Manja – Pasar Seni 782 : Petaling Jaya Old Town – Pasar Seni 821 : Pantai Hillpark – Pasar Seni 822 : Bangsar Park – Pasar Seni 851 : Pasar Seni – Kompleks Mahkamah, Jalan Duta BET3 : Subang Mewah, USJ 1 – Pasar Seni via New Pantai Expressway (NPE) BET4 : Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam – Pasar Seni via New Pantai Expressway (NPE) Hotels and residential zones Lot C: St. Regis Hotel Lot C houses the St. Regis Hotel Kuala Lumpur. The luxurious hotel consists of 208 rooms and suites, which started its operation in May 2016. Lot D: The Sentral Residences Lot D consists of two 55-storey residential towers called The Sentral Residences that overlook the Lake Gardens and the city. Jointly developed by MRCB, CapitaLand and Quill Group, construction was completed in 2015. Lot I : Hilton KL & Le Méridien Hotels Lot I consists of two skyscraper hotels occupied by Hilton Kuala Lumpur and Le Méridien Kuala Lumpur, owned by Daito Asia Development Sdn. Bhd. and Daisho Asia Development Sdn. Bhd. respectively. The hotels opened for business in September and October 2004 respectively. Lot K and L: Suasana Sentral and Suasana Sentral Loft Lot K is the location of a serviced apartment, Suasana Sentral. Suasana Sentral consists of two blocks, or 400 units of apartments. It was completed in 2002 and is fully sold and occupied, with about 40% of the buyers coming from the international community. The second phase of condominiums on Lot L, Suasana Sentral Loft was launched in early 2005 and began occupancy in early 2008. The 37 and 38-storey apartment towers have a total of 600 units. All have been sold. See also Kuala Lumpur railway station KLIA Ekspres KLIA Transit Keretapi Tanah Melayu Kelana Jaya line KL Monorail Public transport in Kuala Lumpur Transportation in Kuala Lumpur References External links KL CAT Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station redevelopment: News and information about the station redevelopment.