Pulau Sebang/Tampin railway station

Pulau Sebang/Tampin

Passenger disembarking from an ETS train at the station
Location Pulau Sebang, Malacca, Malaysia
Owned by Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Line(s) KTM West Coast Line
Platforms 2 island platform
Tracks 4
Construction
Parking Available, free.
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 1905
Rebuilt 1995
(reconstruction)
2013
(Actual rebuild)
Electrified 2013
Services
Preceding station   Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Intercity)   Following station
towards Hat Yai
North-South Line
towards Woodlands

The Pulau Sebang/Tampin railway station (formerly Tampin railway station) is a Malaysian train station on the West Coast Line located near and named after the border towns of Pulau Sebang, Malacca and Tampin, Negeri Sembilan. The station itself is situated in Malaccan territory.

The station is served by the KTM ETS, KTM Komuter Southern Sector and KTM Intercity services.

Naming dispute

There was an unresolved dispute to what the Tampin railway station is named as. The people in Negeri Sembilan called the railway station "Tampin railway station" while the people in Malacca called it "Pulau Sebang railway station". KTM also confirmed that the railway station's name is "Tampin" not "Pulau Sebang" but however even after a signboard both that reads "TAMPIN/PULAU SEBANG" was put on the platforms the dispute is still ongoing. However, on 4 January 2013, KTM resolved the naming dispute by changing the station's name from just Tampin to Pulau Sebang/Tampin.

History

The station began operations on 15 July 1905 when construction of the West Coast Line reached Tampin from Seremban. Later on 1 December 1905, the 34-kilometre (21 mi) Tampin-Melaka Line was opened. The main trunk line to Gemas was only opened about a year later on 1 October 1906. The Tampin-Melaka Line was later dismantled by the Japanese in World War II.

The old station building was demolished on 11 April 2013 for the Seremban-Gemas Electrification and Double-Tracking Project, after 108 years of operations and a 1995 reconstruction.[1]


See also

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References

  1. ↑ http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2010&dt=0111&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Dalam_Negeri&pg=dn_26.htm

Coordinates: 2°27′48″N 102°13′37″E / 2.46333°N 102.22694°E / 2.46333; 102.22694


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