AirAsia-Bukit Bintang Monorail station

 MR6 
AirAsia-Bukit Bintang Rapid KL (brand)
monorail station

The exterior of the Bukit Bintang station, as seen towards the southeast.
Location Jalan Sultan Ismail, Jalan Bukit Bintang intersection, Bukit Bintang, southern end of the Kuala Lumpur Golden Triangle, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Coordinates 3°8′45″N 101°42′40″E / 3.14583°N 101.71111°E / 3.14583; 101.71111
Owned by Prasarana
Line(s)  8  KL Monorail (2003 to present)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking None
Other information
Station code  MR6 
History
Opened August 31, 2003
Services
Preceding station   Rapid KL   Following station
towards KL Sentral
KL Monorail
towards Titiwangsa

Bukit Bintang (or AIRASIA-Bukit Bintang for sponsorship reasons) [1] is an elevated monorail train station located in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur. Part of the KL Monorail line, it opened alongside the rest of the train service on August 31, 2003.

Station Naming Rights Programme

Formerly known as the Bukit Bintang station since its opening on 2003, the station was renamed to AIRASIA-Bukit Bintang on 9 October 2015 after Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia was given naming rights under the rail operator Prasarana Malaysia's Station Naming Rights Programme.[2][3]

Station layout

L2 Station Platform Level & Staircase Linkway
Side platform
Platform 1 KL Monorail towards  MR11  Titiwangsa (→)
Platform 2 KL Monorail towards  MR1  KL Sentral (←)
Side platform
L1 Station Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Monorail Station Control, Concourse Staircase Linkway, Unpaid Area Escalator to/from Street Level
Linkway Pedestrian Linkway to Shopping Mall
G Street Level Jalan Sultan Ismail, Shops, Taxi Lay-by, Pedestrian Crossing

Bus connection

The bus stops located at street level and routes list as below;

TEMPATAN bus

UTAMA bus

Station Location

The station is situated at Bukit Bintang (translated from Malay to English as "Starhill"), a shopping hub in the Kuala Lumpur Golden Triangle commercial district. Erected over Jalan Sultan Ismail, the station is located directly south from the Jalan Sultan Ismail - Jalan Bukit Bintang intersection.

The station has three exits: The northwest exit leads to the west side of Jalan Sultan Ismail, while the southwest and southeast exists directly lead into the BB Plaza and Lot 10 shopping centres, respectively, via pedestrian bridges. Similar to the nearby Imbi station, the Bukit Bintang station is also directly within walking distance from various other shopping centres (including the Starhill Gallery, Low Yat Plaza, Pavilion, Farrenheit 88, Lot10, Imbi Plaza and Sungei Wang Plaza).

Due to its proximity to Bukit Bintang, the monorail station receives a high volume of passengers during peak hours and non-working days. The station is also the only Kuala Lumpur Monorail to include an overhead link bridge that directly connects its two train platforms. The station's length is also longer in comparison with certain KL Monorail stations.

Position within the Kuala Lumpur Monorail system

The Bukit Bintang station is the first station (alongside three other stations) towards the Titiwangsa station to be lined along Jalan Sultan Ismail. The line towards the Kuala Lumpur Sentral station thereafter turns west towards Jalan Imbi at the Jalan Sultan Ismail - Jalan Imbi intersection.

The station is one of four Kuala Lumpur Monorail stations that serves the Kuala Lumpur Golden Triangle locality, the other three being the Raja Chulan station (500 metres away), the Imbi station (also 500 metres away), and the Hang Tuah station (connected to the Ampang Line LRT).

Around the station

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bukit Bintang Monorail Station.

References

  1. ↑ Make a stop at AirAsia-Bukit Bintang monorail
  2. ↑ Boo, Su-Lyn (9 October 2015). "Bukit Bintang monorail station now called 'AirAsia-Bukit Bintang'". Malay Mail. Petaling Jaya. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Meng, Yew Choong (12 October 2015). "Name train station after yourself". The Star. Petaling Jaya. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
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