Butterworth railway station

Butterworth
View of the platform area of Butterworth Railway Station
Location	Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia.
Owned by	Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Line(s)	KTM Intercity KTM ETS KTM Komuter
Platforms	2 island platform
Tracks	5
Construction
Parking	Available, free.
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 14, 1967
Rebuilt	2014
Electrified	2015
Services
Preceding station   Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Intercity)   Following station Terminus North-South Line Bukit Tengah towards Woodlands Bukit Tengah towards Hat Yai North-South Line Trains change direction at Bukit Mertajam Junction for a different route Terminus Preceding station   Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Komuter)   Following station Terminus Kamunting-Butterworth-Gurun Line Bukit Tengah towards Gurun or Kamunting Preceding station   State Railway of Thailand   Following station Bukit Mertajam toward Hat Yai Junction Southern Line Padang Besar Branch Terminus

The Butterworth railway station is a Malaysian railway station located at and named after the town of Butterworth, Penang.

The station is served by KTM Intercity, KTM ETS (both ETS Ekspres and ETS Transit) and KTM Komuter (Kamunting-Butterworth-Gurun Line) trains. It is also the southern end of the International Express from Bangkok, Thailand.

The station is located near to, and linked via covered pedestrian walkways, the Butterworth temporary bus terminal and the Sultan Abdul Hamid Ferry Terminal for ferries to Penang Island. A free shuttle van also ferries passengers between the railway station and the arrival/departure point of the ferry terminal.

The end of the line at this station is "Chainage Zero", and as such, regarded as the starting point of the KTM West Coast Line and also the line to Padang Besar, which is connected to the State Railway of Thailand network. All distances for the two lines are measured from the end of the line here.

History

The station began operations in 1967 when the railway swing bridge over the Perai River was opened, allowing the rail line which had prior to this terminated at Perai (also known as Prai and Prye), to continue to Butterworth.

Before the railway line was extended to Butterworth, all rail services began from Perai, where ferries to Penang Island also departed.

The railway line between Prai and Bukit Mertajam was opened in July 1899, and as sections of the West Coast Line were completed, allowed trains to run from Prai to Seremban by 1903, and Johor Bahru by 1909. The line to Padang Besar was completed in 1918, allowing the first International Express to run between Prai and Bangkok's Thonburi Station that year.

New station

On 4 August 2011, the old Butterworth station building was officially closed and subsequently demolished. Railway services operated from a temporary station located about 30 metres away from the old station near its railyard.^[1]

A new Butterworth railway station was then built as part of the Electric Double Tracking Project.

North Butterworth Container Terminal

The Butterworth station is also connected to a freight terminal known as the North Butterworth Container Terminal (NBCT) to handle freight cargo from the south at Johor and from the north at Thailand (via Padang Besar railway station). Until 1 July 2011, the container terminal also sent shipments and received emptied freight rolling stock to and from Kampong Bahru railyard in Singapore near Tanjong Pagar railway station.

Gallery

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  Entrance of the new station.

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  End of the line at the new station.

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  The Chainage 0 sign between the tracks beneath the pedestrian walkway at the new station.

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  An ETS Ekspres train at Butterworth Station just before departing for KL Sentral at 1738 on 6 August 2015.

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  Station concourse above the platform area with the ticketing counter and the old wooden chairs which were previously used in the old railway station.

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  Platform area of the old Butterworth railway station in February 2011.

External links

• Butterworth Railway Station at www.keretapi.com
• Butterworth Railway Station at www.mrt.com.my

References

Coordinates: 5°23′36″N 100°21′59″E / 5.39333°N 100.36639°E / 5.39333; 100.36639

KTM Intercity railway stations West Coast Line (Links to Trunk line) Padang Besar Bukit Ketri Arau Kodiang Tunjang (closed) Anak Bukit Alor Setar Kobah Ladang Jenun (closed) Gurun Sungai Petani Tasek Gelugor Butterworth Bukit Tengah Bukit Mertajam Simpang Ampat Nibong Tebal Parit Buntar Bagan Serai Bukit Merah Kamunting Taiping Padang Rengas Kuala Kangsar Sungai Siput Chemor (closed) Tanjung Rambutan (closed) Tasek Ipoh Lahat (freight only) Batu Gajah Kota Bharu, Perak (freight only) Malim Nawar (closed) Kampar Tapah Road Sungkai Slim River Behrang Tanjung Malim Kuala Kubu Bharu Ulu Yam (closed) Rawang Sungai Buloh Kepong Sentral Kuala Lumpur Sentral KL Kajang Seremban Rembau Pulau Sebang/Tampin Batang Melaka Air Kuning Selatan (closed) East Coast Line (Links to Trunk line or KL Sentral) Tumpat Kampung Kok Pasir halt Wakaf Bharu Bunut Susu Kampung Macang halt Pasir Mas Chica Tinggi To' Uban Sungai Keladi Bukit Panau Tanah Merah Temangan Sungai Nal Kuala Krai Pahi Manik Urai Kampung Baru Sungai M'kuang Ulu Temiang Kampung Baru Bukit Abu Bukit Abu Kampung Geris Dabong Kemubu Sri Jaya Sri Mahligai Sri Bintang Sungai Tasin Jerek Baru Bertam Bernam Baharu halt Limau Kasturi Sungai Sirian Kampung Sungai Sirian Sungai Koyan Pan Malayan Gua Musang Mentara halt Merapoh Telok Gunong Kubang Rasa Sungai Temau Chegar Perah Aur Gading Dura Kampung Berkam Bukit Betong Telang Padang Tengku Kuala Lipis Batu Sembilan Kerambit Mela Jerantut Jenderak Kuala Kerau Kerdau Mentakab Mengkarak Teriang Mengkuang Kemayan Bahau Gemas-Singapore Line (Trunk Line) Gemas Batu Anam Segamat Genuang Tenang Labis Bekok Paloh Chamek Kluang Mengkibol Rengam Layang-layang Kulai Kempas Baru Danga City Mall JB Sentral Woodlands Train Checkpoint Bukit Timah (closed) Tanjong Pagar (closed)