Gemas railway station is a Malaysian

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located at the eastern side of and named after the town of

Gemas Gemas (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Gomeh'') is a small town and a mukim in Tampin District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, near the Negeri Sembilan-Johor state border. It is situated 101 km northeast of Seremban, the state capital city, and 30 km no ...

, Tampin District,

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...

. Built in 1922, the station is the meeting point of and the railway junction connecting the West Coast Line (Padang Besar–Singapore) with the East Coast Line (Tumpat–Gemas). 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.

History

The Gemas station was constructed sometime in 1922 as a hub for trains from Penang, Seremban, and Kuala Lumpur. The station also houses a railyard to store active motive power and rolling stock, the railyard also has another function as well: a scrapyard for old, broken down motive power and rolling stock to be scrapped off as cheap metal.

KTM Komuter

Between October 2015 and June 2016

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also served the stretch between and this station. However, passengers to

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or Tanjung Malim are required to switch trains at

Seremban Seremban (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Soghomban'', ''Somban''; Jawi: ) is a city in the Seremban District and the capital of the state of Negeri Sembilan in Peninsular Malaysia. The city's administration is run by the Seremban City Council. Se ...

then. Following a rescheduling exercise in June 2016 the shuttle service was cut short and ended at Pulau Sebang/Tampin, removing Gemas and

Batang Melaka Batang Melaka is a mukim and town in Jasin District, Malacca, Malaysia. Located at the Negeri Sembilan state border, part of the town itself is within Negeri Sembilan. It is about 52 kilometers from Melaka Sentral and is connected by the Panoram ...

from the line. Direct trains all the way to Tanjung Malim (and later to Batu Caves) was established from Pulau Sebang/Tampin station and passengers were no longer required to change trains at Seremban. However, both Gemas and Batang Melaka were no longer included in the Seremban Line.

KTM ETS

On 10 October 2015

KTM ETS The KTM ETS (commercially known as ETS, short for 'Electric Train Service') is an inter-city rail passenger service operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) using electric multiple-unit (EMU) trains. The KTM ETS is the second electric train servic ...

services were extended to Gemas.

Train services

* KTM ETS ** ETS Gold Train No. 9420/9425 Padang Besar–Gemas ** ETS Premium Train No. 9204/9371 Butterworth–Gemas * KTM Intercity ** Ekspres Selatan Train No. 40/42/44 JB Sentral–Gemas ** Ekspres Selatan Train No. 41/43/45 Gemas–JB Sentral ** Ekspres Makmur Train No. 34/35 Kuala Lipis–Gemas ** Ekspres Rakyat Timuran Train No. 26/27 Tumpat–JB Sentral

Gallery

File:Gemas New Station 4.jpg, View of the new Gemas Railway Station which was constructed as part of the Seremban-Gemas Double Tracking and Electrification Project. File:Gemas New Station 2.jpg, Platforms of the new Gemas Railway Station. File:Gemas New Station 3.jpg, Platforms of the new Gemas Railway Station with a

train. File:Gemas New Station 5.jpg, View of the waiting area and ticketing counter of the new Gemas Railway Station. File:Notis penutupan stesen keretapi KTM Batang Melaka dan Gemas.jpg, Notice of closure of the KTM Komuter Shuttle Service to/from Batang Melaka railway station and Gemas. images captured at the KTM Pulau Sebang (Tampin) train station. File:Stesen Keretapi Gemas.jpg, View of the entrance of the old Gemas Railway Station, prior to the construction of the new station. File:Rail Junction Gemas.JPG, View looking north from the Gemas station prior to reconstruction under the Seremban-Gemas Double Tracking and Electrification Project. Left, the main line to Kuala Lumpur. Right, the Jungle Line to Tumpat,

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{{KTM Intercity railway stations KTM ETS railway stations Railway stations opened in 1922 Railway stations in Negeri Sembilan