The Rawang railway station is a
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
in
Rawang,
Gombak District,
Selangor
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,
Malaysia
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that is served by the
KTM Komuter (of the
Port Klang Line since 2015) and the
KTM ETS train services.
It was the northernmost terminus for passenger services on the Rawang-Seremban Route since the start of the KTM Komuter service until 2015 when the trial route between Rawang and Port Klang began operating to cater to the KTM double track upgrading project. In 2016, the line Rawang-Port Klang Line was merged with the Rawang-Tanjung Malim shuttle service, thus ending Rawang's role as the northern terminus of the line.
The station built to cater the traffic around the suburb of Rawang as there were no other commuter or mass transit services in the
Klang Valley
Klang Valley ( ms, Lembah Klang; zh, 巴生谷; ) is an urban conglomeration in Malaysia that is centered in the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, and includes its adjoining cities and towns in the state of Selangor. It is con ...
that stopped here before the arrival of the KTM Komuter.
Extension
On April 21, 2007, a shuttle service between Rawang and
Rasa was launched. The service, which extends the KTM Komuter network by 22 km, covers three new stations, namely
Serendah,
Batang Kali and
Rasa. This is the first stretch of the problem-prone and much-delayed
Rawang-Ipoh electrification and double-tracking project to become operational. This service was extended to
Kuala Kubu Bharu on January 5, 2008. On June 1, 2009, the service was further extended to
Tanjung Malim.
For more details on the extension, see
Rawang-Tanjung Malim Shuttle Route.
References
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External links
KL MRT & KTM Komuter Integration
Gombak District
KTM ETS railway stations
Rawang-Seremban Line
Railway stations in Selangor
Rapid transit stations in Selangor
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