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Commuter rail
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inter-city rail
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station
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Tanjung Malim
Tanjung Malim, or Tanjong Malim, is a town in Muallim District, Perak, Malaysia. It is approximately north of Kuala Lumpur and 120 km south of Ipoh via the North–South Expressway. It lies on the Perak-Selangor state border, with Sun ...
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Perak
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Malaysia
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side platform
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island platform
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Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) (Jawi: كريتاڤي تانه ملايو برحد) or Malayan Railways Limited is the main rail operator in Peninsular Malaysia. The railway system dates back to the British colonial era, when it was firs ...
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The Tanjung Malim railway station is a
Malaysia
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train station
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stationed at the north eastern side of and named after the town of
Tanjung Malim
Tanjung Malim, or Tanjong Malim, is a town in Muallim District, Perak, Malaysia. It is approximately north of Kuala Lumpur and 120 km south of Ipoh via the North–South Expressway. It lies on the Perak-Selangor state border, with Sun ...
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Perak
Perak () is a state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, and Selangor to the south. Thailand's ...
. The station provides both
Komuter and
ETS
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Organisations
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services.
The station was first constructed in 1900 and at the time, served as the halt for the intercity trains. As part of the Rawang-Ipoh
double track
A double-track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single-track railway where trains in both directions share the same track.
Overview
In the earliest days of railways in the United Kingdom, most lin ...
ing and
electrification
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project, it was rebuilt in 2007 and reopened two years later, on 1 June 2009, as the final stop in the
Rawang-Tanjung Malim shuttle service (formerly known as the Rawang-
Kuala Kubu Bharu
Kuala Kubu Bharu (also spelt Kuala Kubu Baru, Kuala Kubu Bahru or Kuala Kubu Baharu; abbreviated to KKB), is the district capital of Hulu Selangor District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located 60 km north of Kuala Lumpur.
In 1883, the Sung ...
shuttle service). The service has since 2016 been merged with the
Port Klang Line
Port Klang Line ( ms, Laluan Pelabuhan Klang) is one of the three KTM Komuter Central Sector lines provided by Keretapi Tanah Melayu. The electric trains run between and . Prior to 15 December 2015, the northern terminus of this line was .
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, making Tanjung Malim the northern terminus of the line.
The station, unlike the four other stations along the shuttle route, is situated along three railways with three
platforms. Its only similarity with the other stations on the shuttle route is that it also contains facilities normally reserved for medium-to-large stations along three or more lines. In addition to ticketing facilities and basic amenities, the station contains spaces for administrative occupants, as well as a
kiosk
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and an additional foot bridge (fused with a foot bridge exclusively for Komuter users) for pedestrians that simply intend to cross the railway lines. The station also includes low-tech support for
disabled
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passengers. The station exits northeast into a branch road that leads west into the town centre of Tanjung Malim.
The Tanjung Malim station's one
side platform
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and one
island platform
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are designated as Platform 1 (adjoining the main station building at the west, intended for northbound trains), Platform 2 (at the east, intended for southbound trains), and Platform 3.
Location and locality
It is located in Tanjung Malim town in Muallim District, Perak, Malaysia. This station is very close to Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris old campus and is in reasonably near distance to its new campus in Proton City, which also locates PROTON production plant there. Sultan Azlan Shah Polytechnic also is near to the area.
The station also serves Behrang (as Behrang station don't serve many services hence it became their main station) and bordering towns of Hulu Selangor like Hulu Bernam town and Kalumpang.
Train services
* ETS Train No. EG9022/EG9032: KL Sentral–Ipoh
* ETS Train No. ES9051/EG9031: Ipoh–KL Sentral
* ETS Train No. EG9420/EG9425: Padang Besar–Gemas
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Port Klang Line
Port Klang Line ( ms, Laluan Pelabuhan Klang) is one of the three KTM Komuter Central Sector lines provided by Keretapi Tanah Melayu. The electric trains run between and . Prior to 15 December 2015, the northern terminus of this line was .
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services
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External links
Tanjung Malim Railway Station
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KTM ETS railway stations
Muallim District
Railway stations in Perak
Rapid transit stations in Perak
Rawang-Seremban Line
Railway stations opened in 1900