Segamat railway station explained

Segamat
Type: Inter-city rail station
Style:KTM
Address:Segamat, Segamat District
Country:Malaysia
Coordinates:2.507°N 102.8141°W
Owned:Railway Assets Corporation
Operator:Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Line:West Coast Line
Platforms:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Connections:Local transportation
Structure:Elevated
Parking:Available, free.
Accessible:Yes
Status:Reopened as new station on 14 May 2024
Opened:1909 (Reopened on 14 May 2024)
Opening: (new station)
Closed: (old station)
Electrified:Yes

The Segamat railway station is a Malaysian train station located at and named after the town of Segamat, Segamat District, Johor. This station provides KTM Intercity train services. Adjacent to the railway station is the bus & taxi terminal. It was announced that KTM ETS train services to Padang Besar and Butterworth would be extended to the new station on 1 July 2024, however this post was since retracted, and there has been no services to this new station since. [1]

History

The station was first built in 1909 when the West Coast Line was extended from Gemas to Segamat. In 1924, the station was reconstructed with a bigger building at the same place.

The old station ceased operations on 28 April 2021 and was temporarily transferred to the Segamat Temporary Railway Station located 3.7km (02.3miles) away. The old station will be demolished to make way for a new station to be constructed as part of the Gemas-Johor Bahru Double Tracking and Electrification Project.[2] As of October 2023, the new station building had already been completed with KTMB testing the station's internal and external lighting, passenger announcement and information systems, as well as the station's signalling.

Railway operations were transferred from the temporary station to the new station when it was opened at 7:00am on 15 May 2024.[3]

Around the station

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: No, there is no ETS train to Segamat on 1 July 2024. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240624074523/https://railtravelstation.com/no-ets-to-segamat-1-july-2024/ . 24 June 2024 . 15 August 2024 . RailTravelStation.
  2. News: Zain. Nabilah. 3 May 2021. Operasi Stesen Keretapi Segamat Ditamatkan. Sintok News. 20 October 2021. ms. Segamat Railway Station Operation Ended.
  3. News: Tan. Danny. 15 May 2024. New KTM Segamat station starts operations today. Paultan.org. 23 May 2024. en.