KB18 Commuter rail and Inter-city rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | Available | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | KB18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1995 (reconstruction) 2013 (Actual rebuild) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Tampin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]
This station is located in Pulau Sebang in the 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
Service | Train No. | Departure | Towards | Note |
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KTM ETS | 9321 | 14:19 | Gemas, Negeri Sembilan | |
KTM ETS | 9322 | 15:54 | Butterworth, Pulau Pinang | |
KTM ETS | 9420 | 08:37 | Padang Besar, Perlis | |
KTM ETS | 9425 | 23:39 | Gemas, Negeri Sembilan |
Service | Train No. | Departure | Towards | Note |
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KTM Komuter Klang Valley | 2002 | 04:42 | Batu Caves, Selangor | Weekdays only |
KTM Komuter Klang Valley | 2602 | 05:30 | Batu Caves, Selangor | Weekdays only |
KTM Komuter Klang Valley | 2006 | 05:37 | Batu Caves, Selangor | |
KTM Komuter Klang Valley | 2008 | 06:05 | Batu Caves, Selangor | |
KTM Komuter Klang Valley | 2010 | 06:42 | Batu Caves, Selangor | Weekdays only |
KTM Komuter Klang Valley | 2016 | 07:53 | Batu Caves, Selangor | Weekends only |
KTM Komuter Klang Valley | 2028 | 11:23 | Batu Caves, Selangor | Weekdays only |
KTM Komuter Klang Valley | 2032 | 11:31 | Batu Caves, Selangor | Weekends only |
KTM Komuter Klang Valley | 2050 | 16:54 | Batu Caves, Selangor | Weekdays only |
KTM Komuter Klang Valley | 2058 | 18:00 | Batu Caves, Selangor | Weekends only |
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