Bandar Puteri LRT station
Bandar Puteri LRT station is a Light Rapid Transit station situated in Bandar Puteri, Puchong. It is operated under the Sri Petaling Line network and is situated between Puchong Perdana and Taman Perindustrian [Puchong LRT station|Taman Perindustrian Puchong station]. Like most other LRT stations operating in Klang Valley, this station is elevated. However, unlike most LRT stations on the Sri Petaling Line, this station has an island platform instead of 2 side platforms.
The station is located near Puteri Mart, a market complex with food stalls, wet market and a few shops. A busy shopping area can be reached within a short walking distance from the station. The Bandar Puteri Town Park is also situated nearby. It mainly serves the residences in Bandar Puteri Puchong, along with nearby residential areas such as Puchong Hartamas and Taman Puchong Utama. A transit-oriented development project which consist of SOVO office suites and retail shops is also built near the station.
The station is a part of the Ampang and [Sri Petaling lines extension|Ampang and Sri-Petaling lines LRT Extension Project (LEP)] announced in 2006. It was opened on 31 March 2016, along with 3 other stations in Puchong.
History
The extension of both Sri Petaling Line and Kelana Jaya Line were announced on 29 August 2006 by then Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Mohd Najib Abdul Razak. This was also confirmed by then Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Abdullah Badawi in his National Budget speech in 2006.The extension project, worth RM955.84 million, was awarded to a joint venture consortium of George Kent Bhd and its partner Lion Pacific Sdn Bhd. Construction started in 2010, while fault free test runs of the trains started on 22 January 2016. Although it faced some delays, the station was opened on 31 March 2016, as a part of the second phase of the extension.