Rantau Panjang railway station
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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.
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.
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.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
located near Jalan Besar and named after the town of Rantau Panjang
Rantau Panjang
Rantau Panjang is a town and also a parliamentary constituency in Kelantan which is located near the Malaysia-Thailand Border. Across the border is Sungai Golok, Thailand.Banks in Rantau PanjangMaybank, Bank Simpanan Nasional and Agro Bank Malaysia....
. Opened in 1921, it is currently disused after railcar drivers from State Railway of Thailand
State Railway of Thailand
The State Railway of Thailand is the state-owned rail operator in Thailand. The network sees around 50 million passengers per annum.-History:SRT was founded as the Royal State Railways of Siam in 1890...
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.
Services
There used to be KTM IntercityKTM Intercity
KTM Intercity is the brand name for a group of diesel-hauled intercity train services in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad . Most services operate from Kuala Lumpur Sentral station in the Malaysian capital. A few operate solely along the East...
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
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
took up the entire scehdule until the drivers' protests to not terminate the DMU services at Kota Bharu
Kota Bharu
Kota Bharu is a city in Malaysia, is the state capital and Royal City of Kelantan. It is also the name of the territory in which Kota Bharu City is situated. The name means 'new city' or 'new castle/fort' in Malay. Kota Bharu is situated in the northeastern part of Peninsular Malaysia, and lies...
as well as at Tumpat
Tumpat
Tumpat is a town and a district in Kelantan, Malaysia. Tumpat is situated at the end of the East Coast Line train line operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu which links Kelantan to the western part of Peninsular Malaysia. This strategic location makes it the transportation hub of Kelantan...
due to unexpected numbers of passengers that led to its disuse.
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 ExpressEastern and Oriental Express
The Eastern & Oriental Express carries passengers in luxury between Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. The train travels through dense rainforests and towering mountains past golden temples; rubber plantations and fields of frangiapani, tapioca, sunflowers and mango orchards; and remote towns and...
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.