The station is also near to the Cheras-Kajang Interchange at the Sungai Besi-Ulu Kelang Elevated Expressway (SUKE). The elevated expressway is higher than the MRT track which is pretty high from the road.
It was opened on 17 July 2017, along with 19 adjoining stations (from Muzium Negara to Kajang) as part of Phase 2 of the system.
The station was thus provisionally named Phoenix Plaza station during construction. Plaza Phoenix was the former name of the Cheras Sentral Shopping Centre.
Station Background
Station Layout
The station has a layout and design similar to that of most other elevated stations on the line (except the terminus and underground stations), with the platform level on the topmost floor, consisting of two sheltered side platforms along a double tracked line and a single concourse housing ticketing facilities between the ground level and the platform level. All levels are linked by lifts, stairways and escalators.
Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Customer Service Office, Station Control, Shops, pedestrian linkway to Cheras Sentral and Entrance C
Entrance C
Feeder Bus Stop, Taxi and E-hailing lay-by, Jalan 3/144A
G
Ground Level
Entrances A and B, Feeder Bus Stops, Taxi and E-hailing lay-by, Jalan Cheras
Exits and entrances
The station has three entrances - Entrance A and Entrance B on either side of Jalan Cheras, and Entrance C at Jalan 3/144A inside Taman Connaught. A link bridge also connects the station via the link bridges to Entrance A and Entrance C with the Cheras Sentral Shopping Mall.
Each entrance will have separate feeder bus service lines. Therefore, passengers are advised to ensure the correct entrance for the feeder bus line which they are going.
Feeder bus stop, Cheras Sentral Shopping Mall (Ground Floor), Silka Cheras Hotel
B
East side of Jalan Cheras
Feeder bus stop
C
North side of Jalan 3/114A
Feeder bus stop, Cheria Heights Apartments
Cheras Sentral Linkway
Cheras Sentral 3rd Floor
Cheras Sentral Shopping Mall
Bus Services
Feeder Bus Services
With the opening of the MRT Kajang Line, feeder buses also began operating linking the station with several housing areas around the Taman Connaught, Sungai Besi, Cheras Awana and Alam Damai area.
The feeder bus lines in this station are operating in each of the entrances. Therefore, passengers are advised to ensure the correct entrance for the feeder bus line which they are going.
MRT Feeder Bus Services at MRT Taman Connaught Station
For KL-bound only. The bus stops at Cheras Sentral bus stop.
Planned Interchange
Taman Connaught station, or rather Plaza Phoenix station, was initially planned to be an interchange between the MRT Kajang Line and the MRT Putrajaya Line when the MRT lines were first announced. The alignments were later changed to the MRT Tun Razak Exchange station instead.