Batu Kentonmen Komuter station

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Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad Logo.svg Batu Kentonmen
 KC02  KTM Komuter logo.svg | Commuter rail station
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General information
Other names Malay: باتو كينتونمن (Jawi)
Chinese :峇都肯都门
Tamil: பத்து கென்டன்மென்
LocationBatu Kentonmen, Jalan Ipoh, 51200 Kuala Lumpur
Coordinates 3°11′53.1″N101°40′52.2″E / 3.198083°N 101.681167°E / 3.198083; 101.681167
Owned by Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Line(s) 1 Batu Caves-Pulau Sebang Line (KTM Komuter)
Platforms2 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
ParkingAvailable
AccessibleAvailable
Other information
Station code KC02 
History
OpenedJuly 2010
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesKent
Services
Preceding station KTM Komuter logo.svg Keretapi Tanah Melayu
(Komuter)
Following station
Kampung Batu
towards Batu Caves
Batu Caves–Pulau Sebang Line Sentul

Batu Kentonmen Komuter station or Batu Cantonment Komuter station is an at grade commuter train station located at the 4.5th miles of Jalan Ipoh, a major road and residential suburb of Kuala Lumpur. The station is named after the Batu Cantonment (Malay: Batu Kentomen), an army detention centre and army weapons depot located beside the station. The station is built as a feeder station for a number of residential neighbourhoods, and is integrated with the adjacent military base, as sheltered walkways are built allowing military staff convenient use of the station. Slightly off platform, a line from the main line branches of into the camp.

Contents

The station is designed to be disabled friendly with lifts to platforms and ramps to the ticketing office. The main platforms of the station are fully covered by metal roofings.

Name

During British colonial rule, and until the 1980s, Batu Kentonmen station was known as Kent Station. [1]

Connection to MRT Putrajaya Line

Batu Kentonmen Komuter station is within walking distance of, but not integrated with, the Kentonmen MRT station on the Putrajaya Line.

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References

  1. "The KTM Klang Valley rail network circa 1985" . Retrieved 2 July 2019.