Padang Besar railway station

Padang Besar
Location Padang Besar, Perlis, Malaysia.
Owned by Keretapi Tanah Melayu
State Railway of Thailand
Line(s) KTM ETS
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
Keretapi Tanah Melayu (ETS)
TerminusETS Transit
towards Gemas
Preceding station   State Railway of Thailand   Following station
Southern Line
Padang Besar Branch
toward Butterworth

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 / 6.6633; 100.3205

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