Side Stacked Platform

A Side Stacked Platform (Split Platform) is a station that has a platform for each track, split onto two or more levels. This configuration allows a narrower station plan (or footprint) horizontally, at the expense of a deeper (or higher) vertical elevation, because sets of tracks and platforms are stacked above each other.

Where two rails lines cross or run parallel for a time, split platforms are sometimes used in a hybrid arrangement that allows for convenient cross-platform interchange between trains running in the same general direction.

The Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) MRT Station is designed to be a Side Stacked Platform for the Putrajaya Line and Kajang Line, making it an interchange between the two lines. As a result, the TRX Station employs a stacked arrangement for cross-platform interchange.

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