 On 28 November 2011, the fare gates which kept the two systems separated were removed and the plaza which physically linked the two stations became part of the "paid (or restricted) zone" of a physically integrated Masjid Jamek station.This allowed commuters to transfer from one line to the other without leaving the system for the first time since the two stations became operational.Opened on 16 December 1996 as part of the first phase of the then STAR system (Phase 1), the Ampang and Sri Petaling Line station was constructed directly above a bridge along "Jalan Tun Perak" that crosses the Klang River shortly before the Klang River-Gombak River confluence