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Gemas railway station

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Owned by
  
Keretapi Tanah Melayu

Parking
  
Available, free.

Electrified
  
2014

Owner
  
Keretapi Tanah Melayu

Platforms in use
  
3

Line(s)
  
KTM Intercity KTM ETS

Disabled access
  
Yes

Opened
  
1922

Rebuilt
  
2012

Gemas railway station

Location
  
Gemas, Tampin, Negeri Sembilan Malaysia

Address
  
Kawasan Industri Gemas, 73400 Gemas, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

Similar
  
Batang Melaka railway st, Pulau Sebang/Tampin railway st, Rembau railway station, Seremban railway station, Bekok railway station

Gemas railway station


Gemas railway station is a Malaysian train station located at the eastern side of and named after the town of Gemas, Tampin District, Negeri Sembilan. Built in 1922, the station is a railway junction connecting the West Coast Line (Padang Besar - Singapore) with the East Coast Line (Tumpat - Gemas).

Contents

As part of the Seremban-Gemas double tracking and electrification, the tracks were realigned and a new station building was built adjacent to the old station building. The old station building, platforms and a section of the railway tracks have been spared demolition and preserved.

Gemas railway station


History

The Gemas station was constructed sometime in 1922 as a hub for trains from Penang, Seremban, and Kuala Lumpur. The station also housed a railyard to store active locomotives, the semi-torn down Gemas railyard also had another function as well: a scrapyard for old, broken down locomotives and coaches to be scrapped off as cheap metal.

KTM Komuter

Between October 2015 and June 2016 KTM Komuter also served the stretch between Seremban and this station. Passengers to Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves or Tanjong Malim are required to switch trains at Seremban station then. Following a rescheduling exercise in July 2016 the Komuter service now ends at Tampin; direct trains all the way to Batu Caves are now possible and passengers are no longer required to change trains at Seremban.

KTM ETS

On 10 October 2015 KTM ETS services were extended to Gemas.

References

Gemas railway station Wikipedia