Padang Besar railway station

Padang Besar
Location	Padang Besar, Perlis, Malaysia.
Owned by	Keretapi Tanah Melayu State Railway of Thailand
Line(s)	KTM Intercity KTM ETS SRT Padang Besar Branchline
Platforms	1 side platform 1 island platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Parking	Available, free.
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1 July 1918
Rebuilt	January 2013
Services
Preceding station   Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Intercity)   Following station Hat Yai in Thailand Terminus North-South Line Bukit Ketri towards Woodlands Terminus ETS Transit Bukit Ketri towards Gemas Preceding station   State Railway of Thailand   Following station Khlong Ngae toward Hat Yai Junction Southern Line Padang Besar Branch Arau toward Butterworth

The Padang Besar railway station is a Malaysian train station located at and named after the town of Padang Besar, Perlis. It is the northern-most station of the west coast line, connecting to the State Railway of Thailand's rail network.

The Padang Besar railway station has Malaysia's only integrated customs, immigration and quarantine facility for Malaysia and Thailand and rail passengers are processed for exiting Malaysia and entering Thailand (or vice versa if traveling the other direction) in the station. The Padang Besar station in Thailand only serves as a domestic station.

Padang Besar railway station serve as a dryport in Northern Malaysia and IMT-GT, its land for cargo is limited by compare to the grow rate of the cargo, government noticed the future development restriction by expand the reservation land for cargo.

Coordinates: 6°39′48″N 100°19′14″E / 6.6633°N 100.3205°E

See also

• KTM West Coast Line

External links

• KTM Intercity