Monday, August 4, 2014

Getting To National Mosque By Public Transport

National Mosque (Masjid Negara) is one of the iconic buildings in Kuala Lumpur. The mosque was built between 1963 and 27th August 1965. It has a capacity of 15,000 people and situated among 13 acres of beautiful gardens.  [Source].

 National Mosque [Source: Here]

This mosque is the center of attention usually from locals and some foreign workers when it comes to Friday prayer every week. A conducive and spacious prayer hall is the main factor behind that. Due to limited parking spaces and massive traffic jams during peak hours, it is difficult for people to go there. Hence, this post will propose an alternative way to get there by using public transport.

National Mosque situated nearby Pasar Seni station (KLJ) and Kuala Lumpur station (KTM).


At Pasar Seni station, after you get off the train and pass by the ticket counter, you will see a bridge that links the station with Kuala Lumpur station.

A bridge across Kelang river from Pasar Seni 

Walk through the bridge until you see Kuala Lumpur KTM station, do not enter the ticket counter over there, just go straight further until you see a parking lot in front of Pos Malaysia building. You will see a door to an underground tunnel that cross the Jalan Kinabalu. The mosque is situated at the end of the tunnel.

Walk through the bridge until you see KTM station

  The underground tunnel that crosses Jalan Kinabalu to National Mosque

Now you have safely arrived without have to drive your own vehicle. The estimated travel time from Pasar Seni station to mosque is around five minutes. 
At the end of the tunnel, you will see this signage

 Pasar Seni station is situated between Masjid Jamek and KL Sentral station on KLJ line (Red coloured)

Happy Travelling!!

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