Seremban station

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Seremban KTM Komuter regional rail station and KTM Intercity inter-city rail station
The still operational pre-war station building of the Seremban railway station.
Station statistics
Address	Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
Lines	Rawang-Seremban Line (KTM Komuter) (1995 to present) North-South Line (KTM Intercity).
Platforms	1 side platform and 1 island platform.
Tracks	3
Parking	Available, pay.
Other information
Opened	1910
Electrified	1995
Code	SEREMBAN
Owned by	Keretapi Tanah Melayu

The Seremban railway station is a Malaysian railway station on the west end of Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. The station is named after Seremban.

The station serves the North-South Line of the KTM Intercity train services, as well as KTM Komuter commuter train services introduced in 1995. It is the southern terminal station of the KTM Komuter's Rawang-Seremban Line.

[edit] History

The station was constructed between 1904 to 1910 at a cost of RM26,000.00, having long served earlier railway companies before the Malayan Railway Administration (now known as the Malayan Railway) took over responsibilities of managing all lines in Malaya in 1948. The station continued to offer Intercity train services along the North-South Line, as well as offering goods deliveries.

From February 6, 1994 to April 12, 1994, the station underwent extensive remodeling in preparation for the launch of the Rawang-to-Seremban stretch of the KTM Komuter commuter train services. The renovation saw the retrofitting of new KTM Komuter facilities into the station, as well as the raising of all platforms in the station to support easier access in and out of KTM locomotives and coaches.

[edit] Platforms

The Seremban railway station, as seen from one of its platforms. Note the line used by a KTM Komuter train (along platform 1), which is frequently used by Komuter trains along the Rawang-Seremban Line.

The station contains three platforms connected by a link bridge. Because the station serves as a terminal stop of the KTM Komuter commuter train service, only one line is needed for the service, used as a final stop for its southbound journey and the beginning of its northbound journey (like most EMUs, the KTM Komuter rolling stock is capable of moving backwards or forwards).

Komuter trains stop only at platform 1, a side platform directly adjoining the station building. Platforms 2 and 3 are situated on a island platform covered by a metal-framed and wooden shade, and serve Intercity train services that travel in either direction.

[edit] Architecture

The station is essentially fashioned in a simplistic form, consisting of an oblong-planned one storey station building containing station offices at the southern half of the station, and ticketing facilities and the passenger concourse in the northern half of the building; a brick-and-plaster entranceway was also included in its earlier iteration. The station features verandahs supported by carved wooden beams sporting curved motives.

The station is covered by two layers of hip roofs: One at the bottom cut at the top by a smaller one with a large gable. A white clock tower is erected atop the roof of the building, topped by an onion dome. The top of the roof is adorned by wooden carvings and small pinnacles on its upper ends.

[edit] References

• Tourist plaque in front of Seremban station, Seremban.