Gemas railway station
Gemas | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The new Gemas Railway Station | ||||||||||||||||
| Location |
Gemas, Tampin, Negeri Sembilan Malaysia | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Keretapi Tanah Melayu | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) |
KTM Intercity KTM ETS | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 island platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Available, free. | |||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1922 | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2012 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
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).
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 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. [1] 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.
Gallery
View of the new Gemas Railway Station which was constructed as part of the Seremban-Gemas Double Tracking and Electrification Project.
Platforms of the new Gemas Railway Station.
Platforms of the new Gemas Railway Station with a KTM ETS train.
View of the waiting area and ticketing counter of the new Gemas Railway Station.
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.
View of the entrance of the old Gemas Railway Station, prior to the construction of the new station.
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, Gemas.
References
- ↑ "KTMB introduces new commuter service from Seremban to Gemas". The Malaysian Insider. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gemas Railway Station. |
Coordinates: 2°34′48″N 102°36′43″E / 2.58000°N 102.61194°E
 KTM Intercity railway stations | |
|---|---|
| West Coast Line |
|
| East Coast Line |
|