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Ampang Line
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| Ampang Line formerly STAR LRT |
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| Alignment | Sentul Timur - Ampang Sentul Timur - Sri Petaling |
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| Type | Light Rail Transit | |
| Service area | Kuala Lumpur and surrounding Klang Valley | |
| System length | 27 km | |
| Stations | 25 | |
| Ticketing | ||
| - TnG | Yes | |
| - Stored value | Yes | |
| - Travel pass | Yes (RM90 monthly or RM7 daily) | |
| Operational mode | With driver | |
| Operational date | December 16, 1996 | |
| Operator | Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) | |
The Ampang Line (AMP) is a light rail transit for the two routes of the line operating in RapidKL Rail Network. These sub-lines are:
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- Ampang (formerly, Ampang line)
- Sri Petaling (formerly, Sri Petaling line)
The system has assumed multiple name throughout its service. Initially known as STAR (Abbreviation in Malay: Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan; English: Light Rail Transit System) the STAR LRT or the STAR Line, the system's name was renamed in 2005 to refer to system's two sub-lines: the Sri Petaling/Ampang Lines. In April 2007, the entire system was renamed the Ampang Line as one common line, with no official names given to the sub-lines.
The system is one of two light rail transit under the management of RapidKL's rail transport division, the other being the Kelana Jaya Line.
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The Ampang Line consists of two routes totalling at a length of 27 kilometres that begin at two different stations at the south, meeting at an interchange station and ending at the same station at the north. The Ampang-Sentul Timur line begins at the Ampang terminus station, while the Sri Petaling-Sentul Timur line begins at the Sri Petaling station. Both lines converge at the Chan Sow Lin interchange station; the merged line leads to the north, terminating at the Sentul Timur station. The Ampang-Sultan Ismail route was the first phase of the system to open, on December 16, 1996, with the second stretch from the Chan Sow Lin station to the Sri Petaling station operational on July 11, 1998, primarily for accessibility to the National Sports Complex during the 1998 Commonwealth Games via the Bukit Jalil station. The latest phase between the Sultan Ismail station and the Sentul Timur station was opened on December 6, 1998.
The line between the Plaza Rakyat station to the Sentul Timur station is strictly elevated, with the line between the Bandaraya station to the Titiwangsa station running along the Gombak River. The Chan Sow Lin-Ampang line is primarily surface leveled, while the Chan Sow Lin-Plaza Rakyat line and the Sri Petaling-Chan Sow Lin line use a combination of surface leveled and elevated tracks. There are no subway lines in the system.
The system includes a total of 25 stations: eleven along the Chan Sow Lin-Sentul Timur line, and seven along the Ampang-Chan Sow Lin line and the Sri Petaling-Chan Sow Lin line each. The service depot and primary train depot for the system is situated before the Ampang terminal station and the end of the Ampang-bound line. A secondary train depot is located after the Sri Petaling station.
Unlike existing metre gauge railway lines that span the country, Ampang Line tracks are standard gauge, the first railway system in the country to adopt standard gauge. The line between Ampang-Chan Sow Lin-Plaza Rakyat and Chan Sow Lin-Salak Selatan were formerly part of the Malayan Railway network (Ampang/Sultan Street branch), closed down in the 1960s (between the present Chan Sow Lin station and the present Plaza Rakyat) and the early 1990s (the remaining portion of the line).
| RapidKL Rail Network
Ampang Line route map |
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Since its launch, the Ampang Line had been intended to include forms of interchangeability with other rail-based systems in the region. When the STAR line was launched in 1996, the Bandaraya station became the first STAR station to be designated as an integration station, connecting to the Bank Negara Komuter station, a KTM Komuter regional rail station, several hundred metres away. With the completion of the Sri Petaling-Chan Sow Lin line, the Bandar Tasik Selatan station was opened as a more integrated interchange between the STAR line and the KTM Komuter. The line would later include interconnectivity with Kelana Jaya Line, ERL and KL Monorail services in the following years. The system currently has a total of five stations linked to other railway systems.
The Ampang Line is the only rail system in the Kuala Lumpur rail transit network that does not stop within or near Kuala Lumpur Sentral.
The rolling stock of the Ampang Lines consists of a fleet of 90 Adtranz standard gauge trains manufactured by Walkers Limited, an engineering and company. The trains consist of electric multiple units, which draw power from the underside of a third rail installed along a side of the line. All cars in each train may serve as both the power cars and motor cars. The trains are manned, with driver cabs occupying the tips of the trains.
The trains come in two trainset configurations. The first and most common variation is the six-car trainset, which consists of three sets of two EMUs (2+2+2) and utilises the maximum platform length of the lines' stations. Each two EMU sets at the front and rear consist of one driving car and one trailer car, while the two EMUs between are trailer cars. Each two EMU sets are not connected to other EMU sets in the train. The second variation is a four-car trainset, a more obscure configuration that consists of only two EMU sets (2+2) of one driving car and one trailer car at both ends. With only two-thirds the length and number of cars as the six-car variation. The 2+2 trainsets were once used in full in the service until the massive deployment of 2+2+2 trainsets.
The interiors of the trains are largely stark and simplistic. The seating provided are only arranged sideways towards the sides of the train and are surfaced in sheet metal and plastic, while spaces near the connecting ends of the cars are provided for wheelchair bound passengers. The remaining space accommodates standing passengers.
The vehicle design and size of the rolling stock has remained relatively unchanged since its launch in 1996.
- 13 November 1992: Sistem Transit Aliran Ringan Sdn Bhd (Star LRT) incorporated to implement Kuala Lumpur's first LRT project.
- 22 December 1992: Franchise agreement between the Malaysian government and Star LRT signed for the development, ownership and operation of LRT system.
- 30 August 1994: Work on the project officially commenced.
- 16 December 1996: Phase One between Ampang and Sultan Ismail stations begins operations.
- 11 July 1998: Branch line from Chan Sow Lin station to Sri Petaling station begins operations. This branch forms part of the Sri Petaling Line.
- 6 December 1998: Extension from Sultan Ismail station to Sentul Timur station begins operations.
- 1 September 2002: Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (SPNB) takes over ownership and operations of Star LRT under the first phase of Kuala Lumpur's public transport restructuring exercise. SPNB renames the system Starline.
- November 2004: Operations of Starline transferred to Rapid KL. Ownership of assets remain with SPNB.
- 19 July 2005: Rapid KL announces that Starline's two lines will be renamed the Ampang and Sri Petaling Lines. All signage will be changed by 2006.
- 27 October 2006: A six-coach LRT train which came in from Ampang overshoots the end of the elevated tracks at Sentul Timur station, resulting in the front half of the first coach dangling in the air about 25m above the ground.
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| RapidKL RAIL network | • Kelana Jaya Line • Ampang Line |
| KTM Komuter | • Sentul-Port Klang Line • Rawang-Seremban Line • Rawang-Rasa shuttle service |
| KL Infrastructure | • KL Monorail |
| Express Rail Link (ERL) | • KLIA Ekspres • KLIA Transit |
| Others | • Aerotrain |