Pasar Seni MRT station is an underground MRT station located near Petaling Street, the area more well known as the Chinatown Kuala Lumpur.
The Pasar Seni MRT station is one of the stations being built as part of the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) project on the 
MRT Kajang Line.
| Stations for MRT Kajang Line |
|---|
| KG15 Muzium Negara |
↱  ⇄  KJ15 KL Sentral |
↱ ⇄  MR1 KL Sentral |
↱ ⇄   KA01 KS01 KL Sentral |
↱ ⇄  KT1  KE1 KL Sentral |
| KG16 Pasar Seni |
| ↱ ⇄ KJ14 Pasar Seni |
| ↱ ⇄ KA02 Kuala Lumpur |
| KG17 Merdeka |
↱ ⇄  AG8  SP8 Plaza Rakyat |
It was opened on 17 July 2017 under Phase Two operations of the MRT Kajang Line.
The Pasar Seni MRT station was constructed at the site formerly occupied by the Klang Bus Stand, Plaza Wawasan Complex and the UO Shopping Centre.
It is built with a pedestrian bridge and escalators linking the paid areas of both the MRT and LRT stations, thus allowing commuters to conveniently transfer between the Kelana Jaya line LRT and the MRT Kajang Line.
Station layout
The Pasar Seni MRT station has three underground levels – Concourse Level, Plant Room Level (not accessible to public) and Platform Level – beneath the ground level plaza.
| Pasar Seni station layout |
|---|
| LEVEL 2: LRT platform level |
| Platform 1: LRT Kelana Jaya Line towards gombak |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right |
| Platform 2: LRT Kelana Jaya Line towards Putra Heights |
| LEVEL 1: LRT concourse |
| Fare gates, Ticketing Machines, LRT Station Control, LRT Customer Service Office, LRT station entrance, Shops, Paid-to-paid pedestrian bridge between LRT and MRT stations, Pedestrian bridge to Kuala Lumpur KTM station. Entrances C and E |
| LEVEL G: Street level |
| Taxi Terminal, Shops, RapidKL concession ticket counter. HAB Pasar Seni. Entrances A, B and D |
| LEVEL B2: MRT Concourse |
| MRT Station Control, MRT Customer Service Office, Ticketing Machines, Fare gates, Entrance C paid-to-paid access to LRT concourse |
| LEVEL B4: MRT Platform level |
| Platform 1: MRT Kajang Line towards Kajang |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right |
| Platform 2: MRT Kajang Line towards Kwasa Damansara |
The design of the station entrance buildings at the ground level is based on the quartz found at Bukit Tabur quartz range in Gombak, Selangor.
The theme for the Pasar Seni MRT station’s interior design is “Confluence”, taken from the confluence between the Gombak and Klang Rivers, which is located next to Masjid Jamek, the preceding station on the Kelana Jaya Line.
The MRT tunnels in this station is located only 300 meters from the opening of the Kelana Jaya Line’s tunnel (towards Masjid Jamek).
Location of station
The Pasar Seni MRT station is located next to the Jalan Sultan Mohamed bus hub with buses to Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam and Subang Jaya as well as Go KL city buses.
Around this MRT station, you can find these nearby attractions within short walking distance.
- Ali Muthu & Ah Hock Kopitiam
- Central Market
- Chinatown Kuala Lumpur 茨厂街
- City Inn Hotel
- D Loft Hotel China Town Kuala Lumpur
- D’Oriental Inn
- Goldbrick Hotel City Centre
- Guan Di Temple Chinatown
- Heritage One Station Restaurant
- Hotel Excel Inn
- I Love KL Statue
- KL Hop-On Hop-Off Stop 21
- Kuala Lumpur City Gallery
- Kuala Lumpur KTM station
- Kuala Lumpur Railway Station
- Kwai Chai Hong
- Lavana Hotel Chinatown
- Lavana Hotel Chinatown
- Lucky in the Sky
- Nasi Lemak Mak Eton
- Natalia Guesthouse Pasar Seni
- National Mosque of Malaysia
- Niko Neko Matcha 2.0 – Chinatown
- Old Kasturi Kopitiam 新星光茶餐室
- OYO 552 Hotel Kl Centre Point
- Park N Ride Kuala Lumpur KTM station
- Pos Malaysia Headquarters
- Public Bank @ Jalan Tun H.S. Lee
- Raizzy’s Guesthouse
- Senja Hostel Kuala Lumpur Chinatown
- Sin Sze Si Ya Temple
- The Majestic Hotel Kuala Lumpur Autograph Collection
- Travelodge Chinatown Kuala Lumpur
- Vinny Jeyaa Banana Leaf Curry House
- Wisma Hang Sam
- Wisma Kwong Siew
Note: This is an ongoing update. More places will be added soon.
Pedestrian bridges also link the station with Kuala Lumpur KTM station, which is served by the KTM Komuter and KTM ETS services; Kuala Lumpur General Post Office and the Dayabumi building.
Entrances and Exit
The Pasar Seni MRT station has a total of 4 entrances / exits – Entrance A to Jalan Sultan and Entrance B to Jalan Sultan Mohamed, both belong to the MRT station.
Entrance C of the MRT station is the given name for the paid-to-paid pedestrian link bridge to the LRT station and is not an entrance from outside.
Entrance D at Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock and Entrance E at the direct link to the Kuala Lumpur KTM Station are at the LRT station.
The entrance A accommodates access to the Chinatown / Petaling Street, Jalan Sultan, Jalan Tun H.S. Lee, and Jalan Panggong.
The entrance B accommodates access to Jalan Bandar Traffic Police Headquarters, and Jalan Sultan Mohamed Bus Hub.
The entrance C accommodates access to Concourse level escalator to elevated link.
The entrance D at south side of Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock and it provides access to Jalan Sultan Mohamed Bus Hub, Central Market, Kuala Lumpur, Hang Kasturi Walk, Walkway to Kuala Lumpur General Post Office, Dayabumi.
The entrance E at the Concourse level of the Pasar Seni LRT station provies direct link to the Kuala Lumpur KTM Station.
Facilities & services
The Pasar Seni MRT station provides following facilities and services for your convenience.
- Escalator
- Public toilets
- Public telephone
- Customer service office
- Lift
- Island platform
- Surau
- Ticket vending machine
- Ramp access
- Tactile tiles
- Disabled-friendly toilets
- Low lift buttons for wheel chair users
- Braille for the lift buttons
- Staff at stations to provide assistance
- Low counters for wheel chair users
Connected linkway between Pasar Seni MRT station and Pasar Seni LRT station
The underground Pasar Seni MRT Station is linked to elevated Pasar Seni LRT station via a 65 meters paid-to-paid linkway.
The paid-to-paid link is labelled as Entrance C of the MRT station. It however only allows commuters to transfer between the LRT and MRT.
Station statistics
| Pasar Seni MRT station | |
|---|---|
| Location | Nearby Central Market, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Lines | MRT Kajang Line |
| Structure | Underground |
| Platforms | 1 island platform |
| Tracks | 4 |
| Parking | Not Available |
| Bicycle facilities |
Not available |
| Opened | 17 July 2017 |
| Owned by | Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd |
| Reference | Pasar Seni station on wikipedia |
MRT stations of MRT Kajang Line
The MRT Kajang Line is the first line of the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Project (KVMRT) that began full operations in July 2017.
The MRT Kajang Line spans a total length of 51km and it runs underground for a distance of 9.5km beneath the centre of Kuala Lumpur while the rest of the alignment is elevated. The line has 30 stations of which 7 are underground station and 1 is provisional station (Bukit Kiara).
The following is a simplified table showing the integrations and connections of MRT Kajang Line with other rail systems to complete the Greater Kuala Lumpur / Klang Valley Integrated Transit System.
| Stations for MRT Kajang Line |
|---|
| KG04 Kwasa Damansara |
↳ ⇄  PY01 Kwasa Damansara |
| KG05 Kwasa Sentral |
| KG06 Kota Damansara |
| KG07 Surian |
| KG08 Mutiara Damansara |
| KG09 Bandar Utama |
| KG10 Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) |
| KG12 Phileo Damansara |
| KG13 Pusat Bandar Damansara |
| KG14 Semantan |
| KG15 Muzium Negara |
| ↱ ⇄ KJ15 KL Sentral |
| ↱ ⇄ MR1 KL Sentral |
| ↱ ⇄ KA01 KS01 KL Sentral |
| ↱ ⇄ KT1 KE1 KL Sentral |
| KG16 Pasar Seni |
| ↱ ⇄ KJ14 Pasar Seni |
| ↱ ⇄ KA02 Kuala Lumpur |
| KG17 Merdeka |
| ↱ ⇄ AG8 SP8 Plaza Rakyat |
| KG18A Bukit Bintang |
| ↱ ⇄ MR6 Bukit Bintang |
| KG20 Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) |
| ↱ ⇄ PY23 Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) |
| KG21 Cochrane |
| KG22 Maluri |
| ↱ ⇄ AG13 Maluri |
| KG23 Taman Pertama |
| KG24 Taman Midah |
| KG25 Taman Mutiara |
| KG26 Taman Connaught |
| KG27 Taman Suntex |
| KG28 Sri Raya |
| KG29 Bandar Tun Hussein Onn |
| KG30 Batu 11 Cheras |
| KG31 Bukit Dukung |
| KG33 Sungai Jernih |
| KG34 Stadium Kajang |
| KG35 Kajang |
| ↳ ⇄ KB06 Kajang |
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