Rantau Panjang railway station
| Rantau Panjang KTM Intercity inter-city rail station |
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 View of Rantau Panjang railway station's tracks, platform and signboard |
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| Station statistics | |
| Address | Rantau Panjang, Kelantan, Malaysia. |
| Coordinates | 6°01′12″N 101°58′33″E / 6.02°N 101.97583°E |
| Lines | Rantau Panjang Line |
| Platforms | 1 side platform |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Parking | Available. |
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| Opened | 1921 |
| Owned by | Keretapi Tanah Melayu |
The Rantau Panjang railway station is a disused Malaysian railway station located near Jalan Besar and named after the town of Rantau Panjang. Opened in 1921, it is currently disused after railcar drivers from State Railway of Thailand protested that they did not want to stop at Wakaf Bharu railway station. The Thailand entrance to the Harmony railbridge is currently sealed off by the Royal Thai Army with KTMB and SRT's permission. This station is the cleanest KTMB station in Malaysia (and still is) due its disusage.
[edit] Services
There used to be KTM Intercity services stopping at the station but were stopped because there is a Butterworth railway station handling the International Express or Ekspres Antarabangsa to Thailand and a Padang Besar railway station handling the Ekspres Langkawi. Later DMUs from Thailand took up the entire scehdule until the drivers' protests to not terminate the DMU services at Kota Bharu as well as at Tumpat due to unexpected numbers of passengers that led to its disuse.
[edit] 2008 Flooding Between Pondok Tanjung to Bukit Merah, Malaysia
During some flash floods in certain parts of Malaysia in 2008, the station and its trackline served as an emergency route for the Eastern and Oriental Express trains when the Pondok Tanjung-Bukit Merah part of the mainline were unusable causing a direct dirvert. After the diversions, the station and its trackline went back to its current state.
