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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.
Penang Hill is a hill resort comprising a group of peaks near the center of Penang Island, Malaysia. It is located within the Air Itam suburb, 9 km (5.6 mi) west of the center of George Town . Penang Hill is also known by the Malay name Bukit Bendera , which actually refers to Flagstaff Hill , the most developed peak.
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. [1]
The Penang Hill cable car is a gondola lift under construction in George Town, the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang. The 2.73 km (1.70 mi) line will connect the Penang Botanic Gardens to the peak of Penang Hill and is intended to complement the existing Penang Hill Railway. The cable car line is projected to serve a capacity of ...
The final trolleybus was retired in 1961, after which transit buses dominated Penang's public transport system. [9] Over time, Penang's public buses deteriorated due to financial mismanagement of the several competing private operators. [10] In 2004, the Yellow Bus Company, one of the major public bus operators in the state, abruptly ceased ...
Bukit Bendera may refer to: Penang Hill; Bukit Bendera, Brunei, area in Tutong, town of Tutong District, Brunei; Bukit Bendera (federal constituency), represented in ...
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.
Penang Sentral is an intermodal transit-oriented development in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia. Proposed as the main transportation hub for the State of Penang , and by extension, Greater Penang , the first phase of the Penang Sentral project opened on 22 November 2018.