Cempaka LRT station
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Cempaka LRT station is a Malaysian at-grade rapid transit station
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 situated near and named after the nearby Taman Cempaka (Malay
Malay language
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; English: Cempaka Estate), in Ampang Jaya
Ampang, Selangor
Ampang Jaya, more commonly known as just Ampang, is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It is the fifth largest town or city in Malaysia after Subang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, Klang and Johor Bahru. It borders a district within Kuala Lumpur also known as Ampang. It covers...

, Selangor
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. The station is part of the Sri Petaling-Ampang branch of the Ampang Line
Ampang Line
The Ampang Line is one of the two lines in Kuala Lumpur Rail Transit System network operated by RapidKL Rail network. The other rail network is the Kelana Jaya Line....

 (formerly known as STAR, and the Ampang and Sri Petaling Lines), and was openned on December 16, 1996, as part of the first phase of the STAR system's opening, alongside 13 adjoining stations along the Sultan Ismail
Sultan Ismail LRT station
Sultan Ismail LRT station is a light rail transit station in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, operated by RapidKL served by the Ampang Line. This station was opened in 1996, along with 17 other LRT stations. There is an artist impression of the LRT Sultan Ismail station erected at SK Lelaki Jalan Batu....

-Ampang
Ampang LRT station
Not to be confused with Ampang Park LRT station, a station on the Kelana Jaya Line.Ampang LRT station is a Light Rail Transit station operated by rapidKL served by the Ampang line in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the eastern terminus for passenger services on the line...

 route.

Location

The Cempaka station is situated east from and named after the Ampang Jaya
Ampang, Selangor
Ampang Jaya, more commonly known as just Ampang, is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It is the fifth largest town or city in Malaysia after Subang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, Klang and Johor Bahru. It borders a district within Kuala Lumpur also known as Ampang. It covers...

 locality of Taman Cempaka to the southeast, and is within walking distance of Kampung Pandan Dalam (Inner Pandan Village) directly north from the station, Pandan Indah south. The station is accessible from two branch roads, one off Jalan Cempaka (Cempaka Road) from the north and another off Jalan Pandan Indah 6/1 (Pandan Indah Road 6/1).

The Pandan Jaya station was constructed along two leveled tracks, reusing the now defunct Federated Malay States Railway and Malayan Railway
Keretapi Tanah Melayu
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 route between Kuala Lumpur, Ampang town
Ampang, Selangor
Ampang Jaya, more commonly known as just Ampang, is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. It is the fifth largest town or city in Malaysia after Subang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, Klang and Johor Bahru. It borders a district within Kuala Lumpur also known as Ampang. It covers...

 and Salak South
Salak South
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. The station is also located a mere 470 metres away from the neighbouring Cahaya station
Cahaya LRT station
Cahaya LRT station is a Malaysian at-grade rapid transit station situated near and named after the nearby Taman Cahaya Cahaya LRT station is a Malaysian at-grade rapid transit station situated near and named after the nearby Taman Cahaya Cahaya LRT station is a Malaysian at-grade rapid transit...

, which serves roughly the same locality.

Design

Overall, the Cempaka station was built as a low-rise station along two tracks for trains traveling in opposite direction. Because the station is nearly at-grade and features two side platform
Side platform
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s, the station designates individual ticketing areas for each of the station's two platforms at their level, ensuring access to trains traveling the opposite direction is not freely possible. The station also serves as a public crossing across the Ampang Line tracks between Kampung Pandan Dalam and Pandan Indah via a walkway running underneath the tracks and platforms.

The principal styling of the station is similar to most other stations in the line, featuring curved roofs supported by latticed
Latticework
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 frames, and white plastered walls and pillars. Currently, only stairway
Stairway
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s are used to link street level with the station's ticket areas and platforms, so the station is not accommodative to disabled
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 users. Lifts were installed around July 2011, but as of December 2011 they are still not yet operational.

Cempaka LRT station as the rapidKL bus hub

Cempaka LRT station is also a rapidKL
RapidKL buses
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 bus hub for local shuttle (TEMPATAN) bus routes.
  • T323 : Cempaka LRT - Sri Nilam Apartment via Taman Mawar - Cempaka LRT
  • T324 : Cempaka LRT - Taman Bukit Permai via Pandan Indah - Cempaka LRT

The rapidKL routes radiating out from Cempaka LRT station with connecting City shuttles, Trunk shuttles, Local shuttles and Express buses .
Route Origin Via Destination Connecting To
T323 Cempaka LRT Jalan Pandan Indah 6/1 - Jalan Pandan Indah - Jalan Teratai 1/2 - Pandan Mewah Heights - Pandan Mewah Hospital - Puteri Park Plaza - Jalan Teratai 1/1 - Taman Bukit Teratai - Jalan Melur 1/1 - Jalan Taman Putra - Jalan Tasik Tambahan 1 - Jalan 1/1 - Jalan Ikan Jelawat Sri Nilam Apartment via Taman Mawar U22, U27, U30
T324 Cempaka LRT Jalan Pandan Indah 6/1 - Jalan Pandan Indah - Pandan Mewah Heights - Jalan Pandan Utama - Le Jardine Deluxe Apartment - Menara Maxisegar - Pandan Kapital - Steven's Corner, Jalan Pandan Utama - Jalan Pandan Ilmu - Sek Men Pandan Indah - Jalan Bunga Raya - Jalan Bunga Mawar - Jalan Bunga Mawar 4 - Puteri Park Plaza - Jalan Teratai 1/2 - Jalan Bunga Mawar 8 - Jalan Bukit Permai Taman Bukit Permai via Pandan Indah T326

Neighbouring stations

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