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Penang International Airport–Teluk Bahang via Bayan Baru , Sungai Nibong , Gelugor , Dato Keramat Road , Komtar , Pulau Tikus , Tanjong Tokong , Tanjong Pinang , Tanjong Bungah , Batu Ferringhi
The Penang Hill Railway is a funicular railway that ascends to the peak of Penang Hill in George Town. Completed in 1923, it is the only operational funicular system in Malaysia. [19] [30] The railway operates on some of the world's steepest gradients, with a slope angle of 27.9°. [31]
The Tanjong Tokong line, also spelt as the Tanjung Tokong line, is a proposed light rail transit or monorail system in Penang. The 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) line is planned to connect George Town's city centre with its northern suburb of Tanjong Tokong. The line has eight stations, with potential extensions towards Tanjong Bungah and Batu Ferringhi ...
Hill Railway Station Road is a road in the city of George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. Designated as Route P210 , it stretches from the suburb of Air Itam to the Penang Hill Lower Railway Station at the foot of Penang Hill .
The 29.5 km (18.3 mi) line will connect George Town's city centre with its southern suburbs of Jelutong, Gelugor and Bayan Lepas, with a link towards Seberang Perai across the Penang Strait. The first domestic LRT line outside the Klang Valley , the Mutiara line is a component of the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) and comprises 21 stations.
[3] [10] [89] George Town is slightly more than two-fifths the size of Singapore. α The 295 km 2 (114 sq mi) Penang Island has an uneven terrain with a mountainous topography down the middle. [ 29 ] [ 93 ] The island's coastal plains are narrow, with the most extensive plain located at the northeastern cape, where the 25.5 km 2 (9.8 sq mi ...
Komtar houses the Office of the Chief Minister of Penang, as well as agencies of the Penang state government and the Penang Island City Council.. The city centre of George Town encompasses 19 km 2 (7.3 sq mi) of the northeastern plains of Penang Island, forming the basin of the Pinang River, the main river system on the island.
The Penang Hill Railway is a one-section funicular railway which climbs the Penang Hill from Air Itam, on the outskirts of the city of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. The railway first opened in 1923 as a two-section railway, but was overhauled in 2010 into a one-section system.