Bangsar (or Bank Rakyat-Bangsar for sponsorship reasons) is a

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(LRT) station on the Kelana Jaya Line located at

Bangsar Bangsar is a residential suburb on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, lying about south-west of the city centre. It is part of the Lembah Pantai parliamentary constituency. Bangsar is administered by Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL), unlike ...

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. It is an elevated station located directly above Jalan Bangsar. Although located at Jalan Bangsar, it is quite some distance from most parts of Bangsar, namely Bangsar Baru.

Station Naming Rights Program

Formerly known as Bangsar since its operation on September 1, 1998, the station was renamed to Bank Rakyat-Bangsar after Bank Rakyat was given naming rights by

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. It is the first three stations under pilot program of Station

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since launched in October 2015.

Facilities

There is a facility for reloading the

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card at the Bank Rakyat &

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ATM in this station.

Station layout

Bus services

The Bangsar LRT station is well served by bus services, both trunk as well as feeder bus services. The bus stops located at street level and serve many routes, especially those between Kuala Lumpur and the western Klang Valley townships of Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam and Klang.

Trunk buses

Feeder buses

EXPRESS bus routes

FirstCoach, an express bus service to

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departs from Lengkok Abdullah, nearby the LRT station.

Gallery

File:Bangsar LRT station.jpg, Bangsar station signange. File:Bangsar station (Kelana Jaya Line) (exterior), Kuala Lumpur.jpg, Bangsar station taken on March 17, 2007 from construction site of Dataran Maybank. File:Bangsar LRT Station platform (211211).jpg, Platform 2

References

{{coord, 3.1567, N, 101.7017, E, source:wikidata, display=title Kelana Jaya Line Railway stations in Malaysia opened in 1998