Tumpat railway station
Railway station in Tumpat, Malaysia
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The Tumpat railway station is a Malaysian railway station located at and named after the town of Tumpat in the Tumpat District of the state Kelantan. It is also the northern terminus of Keretapi Tanah Melayu's East Coast Line.[3]
Kelantan
Malaysia
Keretapi Tanah Melayu Tumpat | |||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Tumpat, Tumpat District Kelantan Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Railway Assets Corporation[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Keretapi Tanah Melayu | ||||||||||||||||
| Line | East Coast Line | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Concrete building | ||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Available, free. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 4 May 1914[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||
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In 2018, station upgrading works as well as a project to build a depot began. The station was upgraded to accommodate an estimated passenger capacity of 1,500 people per day. The upgrade works of the station involved the construction of a new station building, upgrading the existing platform level, and construction of a full roof and a footbridge. The depot will be built with an area of 4.7 hectares to accommodate 13 units of the new KTM Class 61 diesel multiple units (DMU).[4][5]
Train services
The station is served by the following KTM Intercity services:[6]
- Ekspres Rakyat Timuran 26/27 Tumpat–JB Sentral
- Shuttle Timur 52/53/57/58 Tumpat–Gua Musang
- Shuttle Timur 55/56 Tumpat–Dabong
- Shuttle Timur 51/60 Tumpat–Kuala Lipis
Around the station
- Tumpat railway depot
