Tenom railway station

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Tenom Railway Station

Stesen Keretapi Tenom
Tenom railway station sign.svg
General information
Location Tenom, Sabah
Malaysia
Coordinates 5°7′23.17″N115°56′41.96″E / 5.1231028°N 115.9449889°E / 5.1231028; 115.9449889
Owned by Sabah State Railway
Operated bySabah State Railway
Line(s) Western Sabah Railway Line
(formerly North Borneo Railway Line)
Platforms Side platform
TracksMain line (2)
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesNo
History
Opened1 August 1914 (1914-08-01)
Closed2007 (2007)
Rebuilt21 February 2011 (2011-02-21)
Services
Preceding station Sabah State Railway Following station
Terminus Western Line Pangi
towards Secretariat

Tenom railway station (Malay : Stesen Keretapi Tenom) is one of four main railway station on the Western Sabah Railway Line located in Tenom, Sabah, Malaysia.

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History

Like most areas in the West Coast Division; the area around Tenom in the Interior Division is used by the North Borneo administration for agricultural purposes. To transport the produce to major towns, English engineer Arthur J. West import labourers from China to construct a railway line in 1903 in Tenom; [1] [2] which was later completed in 1905. [3] [4] The original station was built from wood and located in ( 5°7′25″N115°56′43″E / 5.12361°N 115.94528°E / 5.12361; 115.94528 ) before it was moved to the present site in 2007 with the construction of a new station following the modernisation of rail services in the modern state of Sabah. From 1970s, the line to Melalap that connecting to the station have been dismantled. [3] [5] The present station began its operation on 21 February 2011. In 2016, new diesel multiple unit (DMUs) from India for use in the Beaufort–Tenom lines was introduced. [6]

Track upgrade

On 19 November 2021, Malaysia's Deputy Transport Minister Henry Sum Agong announced the project to upgrade the Halogilat-Tenom railway track is expected to be ready by early 2022. [7]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tenom District</span> District in Sabah, Malaysia

The Tenom District is an administrative district in the Malaysian state of Sabah, part of the Interior Division which includes the districts of Beaufort, Keningau, Kuala Penyu, Nabawan, Sipitang, Tambunan and Tenom. The capital of the district is in Tenom Town.Majority Tenom is Murut while Kadazandusun as well as Lundayeh are minorities in Tenom.

References

  1. ↑ Danny Wong Tze Ken (1999). "Chinese Migration to Sabah Before the Second World War". Persée. pp. 131–158. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  2. ↑ Mahen Bala (14 September 2016). "Strangers on a train". Performance Management and Implementation Unit, Government of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  3. 1 2 David de la Harpe (25 November 2016). "Tenom – where the railway ends". New Sabah Times. Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  4. ↑ David Sutton (12 October 2013). "The rail thing". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 7 May 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Dr. Johnstone; A. J. West (Officers of the Company) (3 February 1898). "North Borneo Chartered Company: North Borneo Railway; The first train in North Borneo". British North Borneo Chartered Company: Views of British North Borneo, Printed by W. Brown & co., limited, London, 1899. Malayan Railways. Retrieved 7 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "New DMU train by January". Daily Express. 10 July 2016. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Halogilat-Tenom rail upgrade ready next year". Bernama. Daily Express. 19 November 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2021.


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