Putra Komuter station

Infobox Station
name=Putra
type=KTM Komuter regional rail halt


image_size=270
image_caption=The Putra Komuter halt prior to a canopy upgrade in mid-2007.
address=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
coordinates=coord|3|9|55|N|101|41|27|E|region:MY_type:landmark
line=Rawang-Seremban Route and Sentul-Port Klang Route (KTM Komuter) (1995 to present)
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platform=2 side platforms.
tracks=2
parking=None
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opened=1995
rebuilt=
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code=PUTRA
owned=Keretapi Tanah Melayu
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Putra is a Malaysian commuter train halt in Kuala Lumpur named in part after the Putra World Trade Centre located nearby. The halt forms part of a common KTM Komuter railway line shared by both the Rawang-Seremban Route and the Sentul-Port Klang Route. The halt is also the northernmost station in the KTM Komuter network where trains from both the Rawang-Seremban Route and the Sentul-Port Klang Route stop.

History

The halt was built during the double tracking and electrification of railway lines in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan between 1990 and 1994 to primarily serve KTM Komuter services. Since beginning operation with the launch of KTM Komuter in 1995, the halt has remained relatively unchanged in both its position in the railway system and station design. Only in mid-2007 has the halt underwent one significant upgrade ("see design").

Design

The Putra stop is spread along two electrified railway tracks, each with one of the stop's two side platforms at either side of the track. Because of its specific use as a Komuter stop, Putra station is merely a designated halt with a single two-room building housing limited staff members, and originally designed to offer only ticketing services, including both manual and ticket vending machines, and fare gates. A footbridge was included to link both platforms. Due to its location close to a major roadway (Jalan Kuching), the halt also features one unusually narrow platform. The halt underwent upgrading of a platform canopy in mid-2007.

Interchange

The halt is located 400-500 m from the PWTC LRT station that serves train services along the Sentul Timur-Sri Petaling Line and the Sentul Timur-Ampang Line, and the Putra Bus Terminal 300 m away, servicing buses to East Coast destinations in Peninsular Malaysia. Interchangings from the Komuter halt require that the passenger walk at least along a pedestrian crossing over an expressway and a ramp.

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