Pulau Sebang/Tampin railway station

The Pulau Sebang/Tampin railway station (formerly Tampin railway station) is a Malaysian train station on the West Coast Line located near and named after the bordering towns of Pulau Sebang, Malacca and Tampin, Negeri Sembilan. The station itself is situated in Malaccan territory, being one of the two stations on the West Coast Line that serves the state of Malacca, the other being Batang Melaka.

Pulau Sebang / Tampin
KB18  Commuter rail and Inter-city rail station
Main entrance of the Pulau Sebang Railway Station
General information
Other names	Malay: ڤولاو سبڠ/تمڤيڠ (Jawi) Chinese: 普罗士邦/淡边
Location	Pulau Sebang, Malacca, Malaysia
Owned by	Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Line(s)	West Coast Line
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	Available
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	KB18
History
Opened	1905
Rebuilt	1995 (reconstruction) 2013 (actual rebuild)
Electrified	2013
Previous names	Tampin
Services Preceding station Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Komuter) Following station Rembau towards Batu Caves Batu Caves–Pulau Sebang Line Terminus Preceding station Keretapi Tanah Melayu (ETS) Following station Seremban towards Padang Besar Padang Besar–Gemas (Gold) Batang Melaka towards Gemas Seremban towards Butterworth Butterworth–Gemas (Gold)

Railway station's exterior

The station is served by the KTM ETS and KTM Komuter's Seremban Line. The station is the southern terminus of the Seremban Line and was formerly the western terminus of KTM Intercity's Ekspres Selatan services.^[1]

Location and locality

This station is located in Pulau Sebang in the Alor Gajah district of Melaka, Malaysia and is just a few minutes walk to Tampin town centre in Negeri Sembilan. Tampin and Pulau Sebang itself have been blending their development between these borders that any differences look hard to distinguish between the borders originally marked in the town.

Being a station between the border of two states, near a major town and the terminus of a major commuter line makes the station quite strategic to travellers. It serves both Tampin and Pulau Sebang localities in general and attracts passengers as far as central Melaka as there's a bus route of SBST Melaka bus service T20  that goes from Melaka Sentral to Tampin bus terminal.

Naming dispute

Initially, the station was named "Tampin railway station", despite the station being situated geographically in Pulau Sebang, and not Tampin. There was an unresolved dispute to what the railway station is named as. The people in Negeri Sembilan called the railway station "Tampin railway station" while the people in Malacca called it "Pulau Sebang railway station". KTM also confirmed that the railway station's name is "Tampin" not "Pulau Sebang". Even after a signboard that read "TAMPIN/PULAU SEBANG" was put up on the platforms the dispute was still ongoing. However, on 4 January 2013, KTM resolved the naming dispute by changing the station's name from just Tampin to Pulau Sebang/Tampin on the orders of the Melaka state government. But since 2018, all signboard bearing the station's name has only the name "PULAU SEBANG" with the word "(TAMPIN)" removed. This change was most probably done informally due to the KTMB ticketing system and train information display still bearing the original station name though some KTM Class 93 was seen with an infographic mentioning Pulau Sebang only.

History

The station began operations on 15 July 1905 when construction of the West Coast Line reached Tampin from Seremban. Later on 1 December 1905, the 34-kilometre (21 mi) Tampin-Malacca Line was opened. The main trunk line to Gemas was only opened about a year later on 1 October 1906. The Tampin-Malacca Line was later dismantled by the Japanese in World War II.^[2]

On 10 October 2015, KTM Komuter introduced a new route, a shuttle service between Seremban-Sebang/Tampin-Gemas station.^[3][4] Southbound Komuter passengers (from Kuala Lumpur) will have to alight at Seremban station, and wait for the shuttle train services to Pulau Sebang/Tampin or Gemas. The shuttle service was cut short on 20 June 2016 to Pulau Sebang/Tampin, removing both Batang Melaka and Gemas from the line. This system operated until 11 July 2016, when the Seremban Line was extended to Pulau Sebang/Tampin, effectively replacing the shuttle service with the Komuter line.

The station was the starting point of KTM Intercity's Ekspres Selatan Line, which terminates at Johor Bahru Sentral station before KTM truncates the service to start from Gemas in 2021. The station is also the third last stop of the KTM ETS line, before it terminates at Gemas station.

Services

Pulau Sebang/Tampin railway station serves as a station for KTM ETS and KTM Komuter. Below is the list of train services available as of 10/3/2024,^[5] please do not rely heavily on the information below and go to KTMB Integrated Ticketing System website as schedule might change due to modernization, federal festivals, or natural disaster.

Electric Train Service (ETS)

Service	Train no.	Departure	Towards	Note
KTM ETS	9321	14:19	Gemas, Negeri Sembilan
KTM ETS	9322	15:54	Butterworth, Pulau Pinang
KTM ETS	9420	08:37	Padang Besar, Perlis
KTM ETS	9425	23:39	Gemas, Negeri Sembilan

Komuter

Service	Train no.	Departure	Towards	Note
KTM Komuter Klang Valley	2002	04:42	Batu Caves, Selangor	Weekdays only
KTM Komuter Klang Valley	2602	05:30	Batu Caves, Selangor	Weekdays only
KTM Komuter Klang Valley	2006	05:37	Batu Caves, Selangor
KTM Komuter Klang Valley	2008	06:05	Batu Caves, Selangor
KTM Komuter Klang Valley	2010	06:42	Batu Caves, Selangor	Weekdays only
KTM Komuter Klang Valley	2016	07:53	Batu Caves, Selangor	Weekends only
KTM Komuter Klang Valley	2028	11:23	Batu Caves, Selangor	Weekdays only
KTM Komuter Klang Valley	2032	11:31	Batu Caves, Selangor	Weekends only
KTM Komuter Klang Valley	2050	16:54	Batu Caves, Selangor	Weekdays only
KTM Komuter Klang Valley	2058	18:00	Batu Caves, Selangor	Weekends only

References

1. Berhad, Keretapi Tanah Melayu. "KTMB | Book ticket online for ETS Train, Intercity Train and View Train Timetable in Malaysia | Map & Routes". www.ktmb.com.my. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
2. "We can revive Tampin-Malacca rail service | New Straits Times". 24 July 2015.
3. "KTMB perkenal perkhidmatan komuter baharu dari Seremban ke Gemas". October 2015.
4. "Komuter guna jadual baru mulai esok". 2 February 2018.
5. "KTMB Timetable Search". KTMB Integrated Ticketing System (KITS). Retrieved 10 March 2024.

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