Pulau Sebang/Tampin railway station

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Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad Logo.svg Pulau Sebang / Tampin
 KB18  KTM Komuter logo.svg Electrictrainservicelogo.png
Commuter rail and Inter-city rail station
Pulau Sebang Railway Station.jpg
Main entrance of the Pulau Sebang Railway Station
General information
Other names Malay: ڤولاو سبڠ/تمڤيڠ (Jawi)
Chinese :普罗士邦/淡边
Location Pulau Sebang, Malacca, Malaysia
Owned by Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Line(s) West Coast Line
Platforms2 island platform
Tracks4
Construction
ParkingAvailable
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station code KB18 
History
Opened1905
Rebuilt1995
(reconstruction)
2013
(Actual rebuild)
Electrified2013
Previous namesTampin
Services
Preceding station KTM Komuter logo.svg Keretapi Tanah Melayu
(Komuter)
Following station
Rembau
towards Batu Caves
Batu Caves–Pulau Sebang Line Terminus
Preceding station Electrictrainservicelogo.png Keretapi Tanah Melayu (ETS)Following station
Seremban
towards Padang Besar
Padang Besar–Gemas (Gold) Batang Melaka
towards Gemas
Seremban
towards Butterworth
Butterworth–Gemas (Gold)
Railway station's exterior Pulau Sebang-Tampin Railway Station.JPG
Railway station's exterior

The Pulau Sebang/Tampin railway station (formerly Tampin railway station) is a Malaysian train 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.

Contents

The station is served by the KTM ETS and KTM Komuter's Seremban Line. The station is the southern terminus of the Seremban Line and was formerly the western terminus of KTM Intercity's Ekspres Selatan services. [1]

Location and locality

This station is located in Pulau Sebang in Alor Gajah district of Melaka, Malaysia and is just a few minutes walk to Tampin town centre in Negeri Sembilan. Tampin and Pulau Sebang itself has been blending their development between these borders that any differences looks hard to be distinguished 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. Not only it serves both Tampin and Pulau Sebang locality in general, it also attracts passengers as far as central Melaka as there's a bus route of Panorama Melaka bus service that goes from Melaka Sentral to Tampin bus terminal nearby.

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 has 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 was seen with an infographic mentioning Pulau Sebang only.

History

The station began operations on 15 July 1905 when construction of the West Coast Line reached Tampin from Seremban. Later on 1 December 1905, the 34-kilometre (21 mi) Tampin-Malacca Line was opened. 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 in World War II. [2]

On 10 October 2015, KTM Komuter introduced a new route, a shuttle service between Seremban-Sebang/Tampin-Gemas station. [3] [4] Southbound Komuter passengers (from Kuala Lumpur) will have to alight at Seremban station, and wait for the shuttle train services to Pulau Sebang/Tampin or 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 the Seremban Line was extended to Pulau Sebang/Tampin, effectively replacing the shuttle service with the Komuter line.

The station was the starting point of KTM Intercity's Ekspres Selatan Line, which terminates at Johor Bahru Sentral station before KTM truncates the service to start from Gemas in 2021. The station is also the third last stop of the KTM ETS line, before it terminates at Gemas station.

Services

Pulau Sebang/Tampin railway station serves as a station for KTM ETS and KTM Komuter. Below is the list of train services available as of 10/3/2024 [5] , please do not rely heavily on the information below and go to KTMB Integrated Ticketing System website as schedule might change due to modernization, federal festivals, or natural disaster.

Electric Train Service (ETS)
ServiceTrain No.DepartureTowardsNote
KTM ETS 932114:19Gemas, Negeri Sembilan
KTM ETS 932215:54Butterworth, Pulau Pinang
KTM ETS 942008:37Padang Besar, Perlis
KTM ETS 942523:39Gemas, Negeri Sembilan
Komuter
ServiceTrain No.DepartureTowardsNote
KTM Komuter Klang Valley 200204:42Batu Caves, SelangorWeekdays only
KTM Komuter Klang Valley 260205:30Batu Caves, SelangorWeekdays only
KTM Komuter Klang Valley 200605:37Batu Caves, Selangor
KTM Komuter Klang Valley 200806:05Batu Caves, Selangor
KTM Komuter Klang Valley 201006:42Batu Caves, SelangorWeekdays only
KTM Komuter Klang Valley 201607:53Batu Caves, SelangorWeekends only
KTM Komuter Klang Valley 202811:23Batu Caves, SelangorWeekdays only
KTM Komuter Klang Valley 203211:31Batu Caves, SelangorWeekends only
KTM Komuter Klang Valley 205016:54Batu Caves, SelangorWeekdays only
KTM Komuter Klang Valley 205818:00Batu Caves, SelangorWeekends only

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References

  1. Berhad, Keretapi Tanah Melayu. "KTMB | Book ticket online for ETS Train, Intercity Train and View Train Timetable in Malaysia | Map & Routes". www.ktmb.com.my. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. "We can revive Tampin-Malacca rail service | New Straits Times". 24 July 2015.
  3. "KTMB perkenal perkhidmatan komuter baharu dari Seremban ke Gemas". October 2015.
  4. "Komuter guna jadual baru mulai esok". 2 February 2018.
  5. "KTMB Timetable Search". KTMB Integrated Ticketing System (KITS). Retrieved 10 March 2024.

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