The Pulau Sebang/Tampin railway station (formerly Tampin railway station) is a Malaysiantrain station on the West Coast Line located near and named after the bordering towns of Pulau Sebang, Malacca and Tampin, Negeri Sembilan. The station itself is situated in Malaccan territory, being one of the two stations on the West Coast Line that serves the state of Malacca, the other being Batang Melaka.
This station is located in Pulau Sebang in the Alor Gajah District of the state Malacca, and is just a few minutes walk from the Tampin town centre in Negeri Sembilan. Tampin and Pulau Sebang itself have been blending their development between these borders that any differences look hard to distinguish between the borders originally marked in the town.
Being a station between the border of two states, near a major town and the terminus of a major commuter line makes the station quite strategic to travellers. It serves both Tampin and Pulau Sebang localities in general and attracts passengers as far as central Melaka as there's a bus route of SBST Melaka bus service T20 that goes from Melaka Sentral to Tampin bus terminal.
Naming dispute
Initially, the station was named "Tampin railway station", despite the station being situated geographically in Pulau Sebang, and not Tampin. There was an unresolved dispute to what the railway station is named as. The people in Negeri Sembilan called the railway station "Tampin railway station" while the people in Malacca called it "Pulau Sebang railway station". KTM also confirmed that the railway station's name is "Tampin" not "Pulau Sebang". Even after a signboard that read "TAMPIN/PULAU SEBANG" was put up on the platforms, the dispute was still ongoing. However, on 4 January 2013, KTM resolved the naming dispute by changing the station's name from just Tampin to Pulau Sebang/Tampin on the orders of the Melaka state government. But since 2018, all signboard bearing the station's name have only the name "PULAU SEBANG" with the word "(TAMPIN)" removed. This change was most probably done informally due to the KTMB ticketing system and train information display still bearing the original station name though some KTM Class 93 rolling stock was seen with an infographic mentioning Pulau Sebang only.
History
Pulau Sebang/Tampin railway station in 1909
The station began operations on 15 July 1905 when construction of the West Coast Line reached Tampin from Seremban.[2][3][4][5][a] Later on 1 December 1905, the 34-kilometre (21mi) Tampin-Malacca Line was opened.[6] The main trunk line to Gemas was only opened about a year later on 1 October 1906. The Tampin-Malacca Line was later dismantled by the Japanese Empire in World War II, with the dismantled tracks transported to Thailand and Myanmar to build the infamous Thai-Burma Death Railway.[7][8][9]
Malacca junction, the tracks heading towards the right is the now-dismantled Pulau Sebang-Malacca branch line.
The original station building underwent a reconstruction in 1995, and was then demolished and rebuilt in 2013 during the Seremban-Gemas electrification and double-tracking project on the West Coast Line.[10] The new station building was officially opened on 10 October 2015.[11][12]
In conjunction with the opening of the new station and electrified line in 2015, KTM Komuter introduced a new route, a shuttle service between Seremban and Gemas stations with an intermediate stop at Pulau Sebang/Tampin.[13][14] Southbound Komuter passengers (from Kuala Lumpur) will have to alight at Seremban station, and wait for the shuttle train services to Gemas railway station|Gemas. The shuttle service was cut short on 20 June 2016 to Pulau Sebang/Tampin, removing both Batang Melaka and Gemas from the line. This system operated until 11 July 2016, when then KTM Komuter Seremban Line was extended to Pulau Sebang/Tampin, effectively merging the shuttle service with the Komuter line. The Seremban Line would eventually be renamed the Batu Caves–Pulau Sebang Line to reflect the current termini of the line.
The station was the starting point of KTM Intercity's Ekspres Selatan service, which terminated at JB Sentral. However, in 2021, KTM truncated the service to start from Gemas instead. The station has since been served by several KTM ETS services.
Services
Railway station's exterior
Pulau Sebang/Tampin railway station serves as a station for KTM ETS and KTM Komuter services. Below is the list of train services available as of 2 January 2026. [15]
↑"Current Topics". The Straits Echo (Mail Edition). 14 July 1905. p.611. Retrieved 6 June 2025. THE railway from Seremban to Tampin will be opened for traffic from the 15th inst. Two "up" and two "down" trains will run each day, stopping at Kendong, Rembau and Sungei Gadut as intermediate stations.
↑"Johore Railway". The Straits Times. 6 May 1905. p.3. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
↑"Saturday, April 29, 1905". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly). 4 May 1905. p.279. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
↑"By Rail". The Straits Times. 21 December 1905. p.9. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
↑""电动火车好快哦" · 淡边人初体验好兴奋"["The electric train is so fast!" Tampin residents are excited about the first experience]. Sin Chew Daily (in Chinese). 12 October 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
↑林丽虹; 王蓉 (11 July 2016). "森4电动火车站可直通隆市"[Negeri Sembilan 4 train station will now able to directly reach KL]. Oriental Daily Online (in Chinese). Retrieved 6 June 2025.
↑Some earlier sources said that the railway station would be opened on 1 July 1905, however a later source published on 14 July 1905 said that the railway station would be opened on 15 July 1905 instead. The later is taken as the correct date until proven otherwise.
Stations and services in italics are planned or under construction
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