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KL Sentral
Transit-oriented development hub and Intermodal passenger transport station
From top, left to right: KL Sentral CBD, KL Sentral exterior, link to Muzium Negara station, KL Sentral concourse, and link to KL Monorail accessed via Nu Sentral shopping mall
General information
Location	Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Coordinates	3°08′03″N 101°41′11″E / 3.1343°N 101.6864°E / 3.1343; 101.6864
Owned by	MRCB
Operated by	Keretapi Tanah Melayu Prasarana Malaysia Express Rail Link
Line(s)	West Coast Line
Platforms	2 island platform (Batu Caves-Pulau Sebang Line & Tanjung Malim-Port Klang Line) 1 island platform (KTM ETS & KL Sentral-Terminal Skypark Line) 2 side platforms (Kelana Jaya Line) 2 Side platforms (KLIA Ekspres) 1 island platform (KLIA Transit)
Tracks	4 (Batu Caves-Pulau Sebang Line & Tanjung Malim-Port Klang Line) 2 (KTM ETS & KL Sentral-Terminal Skypark Line) 3 (KTM Freight) 2 (Kelana Jaya Line) 2 (KLIA Ekspres) 2 (KLIA Transit)
Connections	Connecting station to  MR1  through NU Sentral for KL Monorail Connecting station to  KG15  Muzium Negara for MRT Kajang Line via a 240 meter walkway Feeder buses
Construction
Structure type	Mostly subsurface Elevated (Kelana Jaya Line)
Parking	Available with payment
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KA01   KS01   KJ15   KE1   KT1
History
Opened	16 April 2001; 23 years ago (2001-04-16) (KTM Komuter, KTM Intercity and Kelana Jaya Line) 14 April 2002; 22 years ago (2002-04-14) (Express Rail Link) 12 August 2010; 13 years ago (2010-08-12) (KTM ETS, replacing KTM Intercity) 1 May 2018; 6 years ago (2018-05-01) (Skypark Link)
Services Preceding station Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Komuter) Following station Kuala Lumpur towards Batu Caves Batu Caves–Pulau Sebang Line Mid Valley towards Pulau Sebang/Tampin Kuala Lumpur towards Tanjung Malim Tanjung Malim–Port Klang Line Abdullah Hukum towards Port Klang Terminus KL Sentral–Terminal Skypark Line Subang Jaya towards Terminal Skypark Preceding station Keretapi Tanah Melayu (ETS) Following station Kuala Lumpur towards Padang Besar KL Sentral–Padang Besar (Express) Future Service (opening 1st August 2024) Terminus Kuala Lumpur towards Butterworth KL Sentral–Butterworth (Express) Future Service (opening 1st August 2024) Kuala Lumpur towards Ipoh KL Sentral–Ipoh (Express) Future Service (opening 1st August 2024) Kuala Lumpur towards Padang Besar KL Sentral–Padang Besar (Platinum) Kuala Lumpur towards Butterworth KL Sentral–Butterworth (Platinum) Kuala Lumpur towards Padang Besar Padang Besar–Gemas (Gold) Bandar Tasik Selatan towards Gemas Kuala Lumpur towards Butterworth Butterworth–Gemas (Gold) Kuala Lumpur towards Ipoh KL Sentral–Ipoh (Gold) Terminus KL Sentral–Ipoh (Silver) Preceding station Following station Pasar Seni towards Gombak Kelana Jaya Line Bangsar towards Putra Heights Preceding station Express Rail Link Following station Terminus KLIA Transit Bandar Tasik Selatan towards KLIA T2 KLIA Ekspres KLIA T1 towards KLIA T2

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 intercity 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 Kuala Lumpur's passenger rail lines serve KL Sentral except the Ampang, Sri Petaling, Shah Alam Line and Putrajaya Lines. Many intercity trains serving Peninsular Malaysia start here. All the railway components of the scheme have been completed. 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 of development built on the former Keretapi Tanah Melayu marshalling yard in Brickfields. The development includes the transport hub, hotels, office towers, condominiums and shopping malls and was expected to be completed in 2015.^[1]

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 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 Malayan Railway's 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 a nearby 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, a number two trains crashed into each other. One was an airport bound train and the other was a parked train. The crash injured three people. ^[2]

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.^[3][4]

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.^[5]

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.^[1]

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 is expected to begin in Q4 2007 and complete in 2011. It is unknown how many floors there will be but it should have around 600,000 sq ft (56,000 m²) of office space available.^[7]

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 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%.^{[citation needed]}
• 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. ^[8]

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 Food and Beverage (F&B) centre.

Entertainment zones

Lot E will be a hub for 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 was 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.^[9]

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 half a million sq ft 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 (Putrajaya Sentral), 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: KL Sentral – Terminal Skypark (Suspended)
•  ETS  KTM Electric Train Service (ETS): Intercity trains to Gemas, Butterworth, and Padang Besar
• Rapid KL: Light rapid transit (LRT) service
  • 5 Kelana Jaya Line: Putra Heights – Gombak

(Note: the Kelana Jaya Line station is branded as KL Sentral - redONE due to sponsorship reasons.) ^[10]

Connecting rail services

The following lines have stations located within the vicinity of KL Sentral complex:

• 8 KL Monorail:  MR1  KL Sentral Monorail station at Jalan Tun Sambanthan can be accessed via NU Sentral shopping mall located adjacent to KL Sentral complex.
• 9 MRT Kajang Line:  KG15  Muzium Negara MRT station at Jalan Damansara can be accessed via a 200-metre undergound walkway from the KL Sentral complex.

Station layout