Gurun railway station
Gurun | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Gurun, Kedah, Malaysia. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| System | Inter-city rail and Commuter rail station | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Keretapi Tanah Melayu | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | West Coast Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | K50 Alor Setar - Gurun - Sungai Petani | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Available, free. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1 March 1915 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Gurun railway station is a Malaysian railway station located at and named after the town of Gurun, Kedah. Both KTM ETS and KTM Komuter Norther Sector trains serve this station. Gurun was the northern terminus of the Komuter service before it was extended north to Padang Besar in July 2016.
The new Gurun railway station was built as part of the Ipoh–Padang Besar Electrification and double-tracking Project and was reopened on 11 June 2014. The new station replaces and old wooden one which was demolished.
Train services
- ETS Gold (Padang Besar-JB Sentral) Train No. 9442/9449[1]
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5°49′11″N 100°28′42″E / 5.81972°N 100.47833°E