Pulau Sebang/Tampin railway station

Pulau Sebang/Tampin
Passenger disembarking from an ETS train at the station
Location	Pulau Sebang, Malacca, Malaysia
Owned by	Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Line(s)	KTM West Coast Line
Platforms	2 island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	Available, free.
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1905
Rebuilt	1995 (reconstruction) 2013 (Actual rebuild)
Electrified	2013
Services
Preceding station   Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Intercity)   Following station Rembau towards Hat Yai North-South Line Batang Melaka towards Woodlands

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 border towns of Pulau Sebang, Malacca and Tampin, Negeri Sembilan. The station itself is situated in Malaccan territory.

The station is served by the KTM ETS, KTM Komuter Southern Sector and KTM Intercity services.

Naming dispute

There was an unresolved dispute to what the Tampin 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" but however even after a signboard both that reads "TAMPIN/PULAU SEBANG" was put on the platforms the dispute is 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.

History

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-Melaka Line was opened. The main trunk line to Gemas was only opened about a year later on 1 October 1906. The Tampin-Melaka Line was later dismantled by the Japanese in World War II.

The old station building was demolished on 11 April 2013 for the Seremban-Gemas Electrification and Double-Tracking Project, after 108 years of operations and a 1995 reconstruction.^[1]

See also

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References

Coordinates: 2°27′48″N 102°13′37″E / 2.46333°N 102.22694°E / 2.46333; 102.22694

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)