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The ETS covers the section of the West Coast Main Line between Padang Besar near the Malaysia-Thailand border and Gemas near the border between Negeri Sembilan and Johor, including the branch line between Bukit Mertajam Junction and Butterworth. The line from Gemas to Johor Bahru is currently a single track and is being double-tracked and ...
The length of the line to be electrified and double-tracked is 197 km between Chainage 563.040 at Gemas to Chainage 754.180 at Johor Bahru. The project includes the construction of 11 stations at Segamat , Genuang , Labis , Bekok , Paloh , Kluang , Mengkibol , Rengam , Layang-Layang , Kulai and Kempas Baru , and 3 future stations at Tenang ...
On 29 January 2011, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha said that The Gemas-Johor Bahru double-tracking and electrification project is expected to start that year. He added that the Government hoped to appoint the contractor for the project this year and Malaysia is still in the midst of talking with China Railway Construction , but ...
There are 31 daily trains running between JB Sentral and Woodlands Train Checkpoint, consisting of 18 Singapore-bound trains and 13 Johor Bahru-bound trains. When travelling from Johor Bahru to Woodlands, passengers will clear Malaysian immigration at JB Sentral station before boarding the train.
Johor Bahru Sentral station is located in the central area of Johor Bahru around Bukit Chagar. Being part of Southern Integrated Gateway, the connection between the CIQ complex and the station is just via the connecting walkway over Jalan Jim Quee to the east and is very near to Johor Causeway where the only train connection to Singapore lies straight to Woodlands Train Checkpoint.
The old station ceased operations on 28 April 2021 and was temporarily transferred to the Segamat Temporary Railway Station located 3.7 km (2.3 mi) away. The old station will be demolished to make way for a new station to be constructed as part of the Gemas-Johor Bahru Double Tracking and Electrification Project. [3]
Station concourse, 2023. The station is located at Butterworth in North Seberang Perai district of Penang, and just easily connected to Butterworth town via Federal Route 1 and also near to Ferry Terminal exit of Butterworth Outer Ring Route (E17).
Originally a predecessor station was built for the Federated Malay States Railway (FMSR) approximately 100 metres (330 ft) away from the current station, however Kempas Lama railway station as most railway fans named it was destroyed by the Japanese in World War II but was rebuilt after the war and demolished a few years later.