Rantau Panjang railway station
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Rantau Panjang | ||||||||||||||||
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| Former KTM Intercity and State Railway of Thailand station | ||||||||||||||||
 View of Rantau Panjang railway station's tracks, platform and signboard | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Rantau Panjang, Kelantan Malaysia | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 6°01′12″N 101°58′33″E / 6.02000°N 101.97583°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Keretapi Tanah Melayu | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Rantau Panjang Line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Available | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | Emergency only[citation needed] | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1921 | |||||||||||||||
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The Rantau Panjang railway station was a Malaysian railway station located near Jalan Besar and named after the town of Rantau Panjang, Kelantan. Opened in 1921, it is located on the Rantau Panjang branch line, branching off from the main KTM East Coast Line at Pasir Mas. Rantau Panjang is one of the two rail border crossings on the border with Thailand (the other is Padang Besar railway station in Perlis), though currently there is no cross-border train crossing the Malaysia–Thailand border at Rantau Panjang. The Thai entrance to the Harmony rail bridge is currently sealed off by the Royal Thai Army.[1]
Services
[edit]The station was previously served by both Keretapi Tanah Melayu and State Railway of Thailand trains. Later, Thai diesel multiple units (DMUs) took up the entire schedule, which rose unexpected numbers of passengers, resulting in protests by the railcar drivers against terminating the DMU services at Wakaf Bharu and Tumpat.[citation needed] The protests led to the discontinuation of the cross-border SRT services in 1978[2][3] and the station fell into disuse.[when?]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Three Southern Border Provinces Tour: Red Zones and Forgotten Ways
- ^ Nguyen, James Morris and Son (2019-05-05). "Plan pushed to reopen busy rail link from Thailand to Malaysia closed 41 years ago to boost trade connectivity". Thai Examiner. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ "ThaiRailways.com - History". www.thairailways.com. Retrieved 2024-01-21.