Bandar Kinrara is a township in

Puchong Puchong is a major town and a parliamentary constituency in the Petaling District, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. Bordering Kuala Lumpur, it is part of the Greater Kuala Lumpur area. It is bordered by Petaling Jaya in the north, Subang J ...

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. The Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve is situated to its south. Island & Peninsular Berhad commenced the township development under Perumahan Kinrara Berhad in 1991. The only link road to the development then was via Jalan Puchong before entering Kinrara Army Camp road. Bandar Kinrara 1 (BK 1) was constructed for low-cost terrace houses before Bandar Kinrara 2 (BK 2) double storey terraces begun construction. The construction of

Bukit Jalil Highway The Bukit Jalil Highway, or Puchong–Sungai Besi Highway, Federal Route 217, is a major highway in Klang Valley, Malaysia. It is a toll-free and also a second highway after Shah Alam Expressway E5. It connects the Sungai Besi Expressway E9 nea ...

(Federal route 217) helped Bandar Kinrara to expand the development phase on both side of the highway. An underpass linked both sides of the development.

Background

The construction of Kinrara began in 1991 and was developed by Perumahan Kinrara Berhad (A member of I&P Group Sdn Berhad) It comprises a land area of . It is used to be a rubber estate known as Kinrara Estate. Bandar Kinrara is divided into sections BK 1–9. BK 1-3 are located on the northern side of the Bukit Jalil Highway heading towards Puchong while BK 4-9 are located on the southern side of the highway.

Facilities

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shopping complex is located here and was opened in 2008. An international cricket ground named

Kinrara Academy Oval Kinrara Academy Oval was a cricket stadium located at Bandar Kinrara, Puchong, Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Constructed in 2003, it hosted its first recorded match in 2005 when Bhutan Under-17s played Kuwait Under-17s in the Asian Cric ...

was completed in 2003. There is also a youth centre consisting of covered futsal arenas and badminton courts and a natural buffer zone in a form of a forest reserve to the south called Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve which has been lately re-gazetted by the current state government as permanent reserved. The IPD Serdang Police District Headquarters is located at Bandar Kinrara 5 (BK 5). Near the police headquarters is the 18-hole Kinrara Golf Club. It is open to the public and also offers facilities such as resorts, tennis courts, swimming pool and fitness center. It also offer 103 rooms hotel accommodation for its visitors. Masjid Al-Ehsan serves as the township's main mosque in BK 5, while there is also the Sri Maha Mariamman Hindu Temple in BK 1. Mongkon Chakawan (Thai Buddhist Temple) is located in BK 2/7. The transportation in Bandar Kinrara has improved as well. The township is serviced by both bus and rail transport. Under the LRT Extension Project (LEP), the

LRT Sri Petaling Line , , The LRT Ampang Line and the LRT Sri Petaling Line are medium-capacity light rapid transit (LRT) lines in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. The combined network comprises of tracks with 36 stations and was the first railway in Malaysia to us ...

now passes through Bandar Kinrara. BK 1 and BK 9 residents can access the line at the Alam Sutera station located beside the industrial area of Bandar Kinrara 1 on the Bukit Jalil Highway. Entrances to the station are opposite Mercedes Benz Kinrara and beside Alam Sutera Petronas petrol station on the other side of the highway. Residents of BK 2 to BK 8 have access to the LRT line at the Kinrara BK 5 station, with entrances located beside SMK Seksyen 1 Bandar Kinrara secondary school in BK 2 and opposite Eight Kinrara condominium in BK 5.

Education

Kinrara is served by several primary and secondary schools within its vicinity. The primary schools include: * SK Seksyen 1 Bandar Kinrara * SK Seksyen 2 Bandar Kinrara * SJK(T) Kinrara * SJK(C) Yak Chee * SRA BK 5 The secondary schools are: * SMK Seksyen 1 Bandar Kinrara * SMK Seksyen 3 Bandar Kinrara * SMK Seksyen 4 Bandar Kinrara.

Accessibility

The township is accessible from

Damansara–Puchong Expressway The Damansara–Puchong Expressway (Malay language, Malay: ''Lebuhraya Damansara–Puchong'') , abbreviated as LDP, is a major controlled-access highway in the Petaling District of Selangor, Malaysia. The expressway runs in a north–south direc ...

(LDP),

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(MRR2),

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(NKVE) and

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(NPE). It is located 19 km to the Kuala Lumpur City Centre and 7–15 km to

Subang Jaya Subang Jaya is a city in Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. It comprises the southern third district of Petaling. It consists of the neighbourhoods from SS12 to SS19, UEP Subang Jaya (USJ), Putra Heights, Batu Tiga as well as PJS7, PJ ...

and

Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya (), colloquially referred to as "PJ", is a city in Petaling District, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. Originally developed as a Satellite city, satellite township for Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, it is part of the G ...

. Bandar Kinrara is currently accessible by LRT via the Sri Petaling line at both the local Kinrara BK5 station and

Alam Sutera Alam Sutera is a mixed township at South Tangerang City and Tangerang City of Banten province in Indonesia. It is located south-west of capital Jakarta and within Jabodetabek metro area. The township has a land area of about 800 hectares. Most of ...

station. The duration of travel via LRT towards Masjid Jamek interchange station is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. In the future, Bandar Kinrara will be linked to

via the

Kinrara–Damansara Expressway The Petaling Jaya Dispersal Link Expressway (PDLE) (''formerly'' Kinrara–Damansara Expressway (KIDEX) or KIDEX Skyway) was a new expressway under planning in Klang Valley, Malaysia. The expressway connects the Damansara–NKVE Interchange of t ...

and to Putrajaya via the Serdang–Kinrara–Putrajaya Expressway.

References

{{Coord, 3.0506289, 101.649001, type:town, display=title Populated places established in 1991 1991 establishments in Malaysia Petaling District Townships in Selangor