Sri Petaling LRT station is a

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station in

Sri Petaling Sri Petaling (also known as Bandar Baru Sri Petaling) is a suburb of Kuala Lumpur, in Malaysia. The township is located in the south of the city, within the constituency of Seputeh Seputeh is a federal constituency in the Federal Territorie ...

, a suburb about 20 km south of

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, the capital of

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. At that time, Sri Petaling station was named as "Komanwel" station., where "Komanwel" is the

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spelling for "

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". The station was opened in commemoration with the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. The station is on the

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 45.1 kilometres of tracks (28.0 miles) with 36 stations and was the first ...

and was the former southern terminus for passenger services on the line until October 31, 2015. It is the start of the new LRT extension project which extended the current terminus of the line to Putra Heights station. The station is also the namesake for the LRT line. Sri Petaling LRT station was opened in 1998, along with 17 other stations, which at that time formed the ''STAR LRT Phase 2''. It was then renamed ''Sri Petaling Line'' to avoid confusion from names that differ only in the phase number. Vista Commonwealth condominiums (formerly used as 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village) and the International Medical University (IMU) is within walking distance to this station.

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Kuala Lumpur MRT & LRT Integrations
Ampang Line Railway stations opened in 1998 {{Malaysia-metro-stub