The Kepong Sentral Komuter station is a

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located in

Kepong Kepong is a town in northern Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of Stat ...

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. It is part of the

Tanjung Malim–Port Klang Line The KTM Tanjung Malim–Port Klang Line (), formerly known as the Port Klang Line () is one of the three KTM Komuter Central Sector lines provided by Keretapi Tanah Melayu. The electric trains run between and . Prior to 15 December 2015, ...

, and also provides

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services. Situated just beside this station is the

Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2 or Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 Scheme), Federal Route 28, is a ring road built by the Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) to connect neighborhoods near the boundary of Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur ...

(MRR2).

History

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The station was built as an

infill station An infill station (sometimes in-fill station) is a train station built on an existing passenger rail, rapid transit, or light rail line to address demand in a location between existing stations. Such stations take advantage of existing train ser ...

, which opened in July 2006.

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services were extended to this station in 2008 when it was included in the KL Sentral–Ipoh shuttle, which was discontinued when

Electric Train Service The KTM ETS, commercially known as ETS (Electric Train Service), is an inter-city rail, inter-city higher-speed rail service in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM). The KTM ETS is the second electric train service to be operated by t ...

began operations in August 2010. The Kepong Sentral Komuter station was built to cater to the traffic in

, a suburban area northwest of

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...

. The Kepong Komuter station, which also serves the same locality is located 1 km away.

Interchange with MRT station

This station serves as an interchange to the line via a link bridge. The MRT station was opened on 16 June 2022, and is one of two interchanges between the Port Klang Line and Putrajaya Line. Previously, the MRT station was named after ''Kepong Sentral'' as well, but was subsequently named Sri Damansara Timur during launch.

External links

Kepong Sentral KTM Komuter Station
Petaling District Port Klang Line Railway stations in Selangor Rapid transit stations in Selangor KTM ETS railway stations Railway stations in Malaysia opened in 2022 {{Malaysia-railstation-stub