Tenom railway station ( ms, Stesen Keretapi Tenom) is one of four main

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on the

Western Sabah Railway Line The Western Sabah Railway Line ( ms, Laluan Keretapi Barat Sabah) in Sabah, Malaysia is the name given to rail services that operate from Tanjung Aru until Tenom in the West Coast and Interior divisions under the management of Sabah State Rail ...

located in

Tenom Tenom ( ms, Pekan Tenom, ) is the capital of the Tenom District in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia. Its population was estimated to be around 5,148 in 2010. It is located about 176 kilometres south of Kota Kinabalu and 128 kilometres n ...

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...

, Malaysia.

History

Like most areas in the

West Coast Division West Coast Division ( ms, Bahagian Pantai Barat) is an administrative division of Sabah, Malaysia. It occupies the northwest portion of Sabah. With an area of 7,588 square kilometres, it occupies 10.3% of Sabah's territory. It also has approxi ...

; the area around Tenom in the

Interior Division The Interior Division ( ms, Bahagian Pedalaman) is an administrative division of the state of Sabah, Malaysia. It occupies the southwest portion of Sabah, bordered by the neighbouring state of Sarawak on its west. With an area of 18,298 square ki ...

is used by the

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administration for agricultural purposes. To transport the produce to major towns, English engineer Arthur J. West import labourers from

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to construct a railway line in 1903 in Tenom; which was later completed in 1905. The original station was built from wood and located in () before it was moved to the present site in 2007 with the construction of a new station following the modernisation of rail services in the modern state of Sabah. From 1970s, the line to Melalap that connecting to the station have been dismantled. The present station began its operation on 21 February 2011. In 2016, new

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(DMUs) from

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for use in the

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–Tenom lines was introduced.

Track upgrade

On 19 November 2021, Malaysia's Deputy Transport Minister

Henry Sum Agong Dato Henry Sum Agong (born 18 February 1946) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Transport in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Wee Ka Sion ...

announced the project to upgrade the Halogilat-Tenom railway track is expected to be ready by early 2022.

References

External links

* Tenom District Railway stations opened in 1914 Railway stations in Sabah {{Malaysia-railstation-stub