Tapah Road railway station

ETS  Tapah Road
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General information
Location	Tapah Road, Perak, Malaysia.
Owned by	Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Line(s)	KTM ETS
Platforms	2 side platform
Tracks	3
Construction
Parking	Available, free.
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1893
Rebuilt	2007
Electrified	2007
Services
Preceding station   Keretapi Tanah Melayu (ETS)   Following station Template:ETS stations toward Template:ETS stations Template:ETS lines Template:ETS stations toward Template:ETS stations

The Tapah Road railway station is a Malaysian railway station stationed at the north eastern side of and named after the town of Tapah Road, Perak. The station is owned by Keretapi Tanah Melayu and provides KTM ETS services. At one end of this station, there is a freight yard. It was made prior to the Rawang-Ipoh Electrified Double Tracking Project.

History

Built in between 1880 and 1885, the original station is among the oldest of the railway stations in Malaysia. On May 18, 1893, Sir Cecil Clementi Smith officiated the launch of the Tapah Road railway station.

From here, there was a 27 km-long track branching out to Teluk Intan, but the track was heavily damaged in World War II and after repairs was disused in the 1990s and is now dismantled.

In March 2007, as part of the electrified double tracking project between Rawang and Ipoh, it was rebuilt, with the old station building being retained.

External links

• Tapah Road Railway Station