Inter-city rail and Commuter rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Parit Buntar, Perak, Malaysia. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Keretapi Tanah Melayu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | 1 Bukit Mertajam-Padang Rengas route (KTM Komuter Northern Sector) ETS KTM ETS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Available, free. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Electrified | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Parit Buntar railway station is a Malaysian train station located at and named after the town of Parit Buntar, Perak.
The station is located at the heart of the town of Parit Buntar, a town in Perak which borders directly Bandar Baharu in Kedah and Nibong Tebal in Penang. Other nearby towns are Tanjung Piandang and Bagan Serai.
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