Mid Valley Komuter station
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The Mid Valley Komuter station is a KTM Komuter
KTM Komuter
KTM Komuter is a commuter train service in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu . It was introduced in 1995 to provide local rail services in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley suburban areas. It is popular with commuters into the city, who thus avoid being caught in road traffic...

 train halt
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...

 located in Seputeh
Seputeh
Seputeh is an area and parliamentary constituency in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mid Valley Megamall, Malaysia's largest shopping complex is located here...

, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

. The station was completed at a total cost of RM12.2 million, and opened to the public on August 2004.

Design

The station consists of two levels: the upper, elevated level supports a ticketing concourse and faregate
Turnstile
A turnstile, also called a baffle gate, is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. It can also be made so as to enforce one-way traffic of people, and in addition, it can restrict passage only to people who insert a coin, a ticket, a pass, or similar...

s, while the lower ground level contains fully covered platforms linked from the upper level via staircases or elevators for handicap passengers. Breaking from the norm of older KTM Komuter stations, the Mid Valley station features high arched canopies
Canopy (building)
A canopy is an overhead roof or else a structure over which a fabric or metal covering is attached, able to provide shade or shelter. A canopy can also be a tent, generally without a floor....

 and steel support frames, designs emulated in the Kepong Sentral station
Kepong Sentral Komuter station
The Kepong Sentral KTM Komuter station is a KTM Komuter train station located in Kepong, in the northwestern area of Kuala Lumpur. The station is the newest addition to the KTM Komuter system, opened on July 1, 2006. Situated just beside this station is the Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2...

, another new KTM Komuter station opened later in 2006.

Mid Valley City

The station was constructed south the a road bridge to Taman Seputeh, and is located 200m from Mid Valley City
Mid Valley City
Mid Valley City is a mixed development project in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The development consists The Gardens shopping mall and Mid Valley Megamall.-Accessibility:...

, which contains the Mid Valley Megamall
Mid Valley Megamall
Mid Valley Megamall is a complex comprising a shopping mall, an office tower block, 30 signature offices and 2 hotels located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was opened in November 1999. The mall has 4.5 million square feet of total floor area, out of which 1.7 million square feet is leasable...

 and The Gardens, the former connected to the station by an overhead bridge. The station was intended to address the traffic problem surrounding the mall, which, prior to the completion of the station is only reachable via road vehicles, creating frequent traffic jams around the area. Parking services are unavailable directly at the station as the station was intended to primarily service the Mid Valley City area only, and parking areas are already supposedly provided in Mid Valley City itself. Nevertheless, bus services do stop within the vicinity of the station via Jalan Syed Putra
Jalan Syed Putra
Jalan Syed Putra , Federal route is a major highway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was named after Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, the third Yang di-Pertuan Agong, which used to reside at Istana Negara which lies at one end of the highway.Jalan Syed Putra was...

, a major roadway which passes the station.

The Mid Valley station is one of only two KTM Komuter train stations that is located close or adjacent to a shopping complex. The other station is the Subang Jaya
Subang Jaya Komuter station
The Subang Jaya KTM Komuter station is a commuter station located in SS16, Subang Jaya and served by the Sentul-Port Klang Route.The station is situated behind Subang Parade and Carrefour and is a popular train and bus hub...

 station at the Sentul-Port Klang Line, constructed near the Subang Parade
Subang Parade
Subang Parade is the first shopping centre in Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located near Wisma Consplant and Empire Subang. Its anchor tenant is the Parkson Department store...

 mall.

Connection to rapidKL buses

The station is accessible via the following rapidKL buses
RapidKL buses
RapidKL bus is the largest bus operator in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. As of 2008, it operates 167 routes with 650 buses covering 980 residential areas with a ridership of about 400,000 per day....

:-
Mid Valley
Route
Number
Origin Destination
U66 Pasar Seni Taman Medan
U84 Pasar Seni Kelana Jaya
U85 Pasar Seni Taman Paramount LRT
Taman Paramount LRT station
Taman Paramount LRT station is an LRT station in Petaling Jaya that is served by rapidKL's Kelana Jaya Line. This station is located in Taman Paramount in Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan....

T631 Universiti LRT
Universiti LRT station
Universiti LRT station is a Light Rail Transit station in Kuala Lumpur served by rapidKL's Kelana Jaya Line.This station serves the local population of Universiti Malaya and neighbouring Kampung Kerinchi, Pantai Dalam and Pantai Hill Park....

Mid Valley Megamall
Mid Valley Megamall
Mid Valley Megamall is a complex comprising a shopping mall, an office tower block, 30 signature offices and 2 hotels located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was opened in November 1999. The mall has 4.5 million square feet of total floor area, out of which 1.7 million square feet is leasable...

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