Puduraya

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An interior of Puduraya.

The Puduraya station (Malay: Hentian Puduraya) is the main bus station terminus in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was opened in 1976 by the late former Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn. Long-distance buses arrive and leave from Puduraya for all over Malaysia, and also Thailand and Singapore. Puduraya is especially busy during public holiday and festive periods.

As of 2006, Puduraya is currently undergoing a renovation costing about RM 3 million (approx. US$ 817,000). Facilities such as a hotel, bank, and food stalls are located in the Puduraya building.

The exterior of the Puduraya.

1 Destinations
2 Incidents
- 2.1 2007 bombing
- 2.2 Ticket touts
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Destinations

Causeway Link (Kuala Lumpur - Johor Bahru)
Transnasional (Kuala Lumpur - South)and (Kuala Lumpur - North)
Executive Coach (Johor Bahru - Kuala Lumpur)
Plusliner
Nice Express (Kuala Lumpur - Johor Bahru - Singapore)
Johora (Kuala Lumpur - Johor Bahru)
Hasry Express(Kuala Lumpur - Muar - Batu Pahat)
Express Maharani (Kuala Lumpur - Muar)
Hosni Express
Maju
Express Satria (Kuala Lumpur - Kluang)
Mara Liner (Kuala Lumpur - North) and (Kuala Lumpur - Kuantan)
Star Shuttle (Kuala Lumpur - KLIA)

[edit] Incidents

[edit] 2007 bombing

On June 15, 2007, a small homemade explosive, concealed in a snack wrapper and left on a concrete bench, was detonated at 9.10 pm (MST) at the Platform 7 entrance of the Puduraya bus station concourse, wounding an 11-year-old girl.^[1] The police, who vowed to investigate the motive of the blast and find the culprits of the bombing, ruled out the possibility that the bombing was masterminded and executed by militants, as certain quarters had claimed.^[2] No news pertaining the bombings were available thereafter.

[edit] Ticket touts

Ticket touts at the Puduraya bus terminal are fleecing unsuspecting travellers espe-cially those who turn up at night after the counters are closed and are desperate to travel the next day.

These touts who sell fake tickets conveniently begin their dirty work after most of the ticket counters on the first floor of the bus terminal are closed.

Hundreds of people have pro-bably fallen prey to these cheats but only a handful have at-tempted to make a police report at the terminal’s police beat base – which is, amazingly, located just across from the ticket counters.^[3]