Padang Besar railway station
Padang Besar | |||||||||||
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| Location | Padang Besar, Perlis, Malaysia. | ||||||||||
| Owned by |
Keretapi Tanah Melayu State Railway of Thailand | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |
KTM Intercity Electric Train Service (planned) SRT Padang Besar Branchline | ||||||||||
| Platforms |
1 side platform 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | Available, free. | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 July 1918 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | January 2013 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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The Padang Besar railway station is a Malaysian train station located at and named after the town of Padang Besar, Perlis. It is the northern-most station of the west coast line, connecting to the State Railway of Thailand's rail network.
The Padang Besar railway station has Malaysia's only integrated customs, immigration and quarantine facility for Malaysia and Thailand and rail passengers are processed for exiting Malaysia and entering Thailand (or vice versa if traveling the other direction) in the station. The Padang Besar station in Thailand only serves as a domestic station.
Padang Besar railway station serve as a dryport in Northern Malaysia and IMT-GT, its land for cargo is limited by compare to the grow rate of the cargo, government noticed the future development restriction by expand the reservation land for cargo.
Coordinates: 6°39′48″N 100°19′14″E / 6.6633°N 100.3205°E