Tanjung Aru train station

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Tanjung Aru train station
Platform 1 at Tanjung Aru Station
Platform 1 at Tanjung Aru Station
Data
Design Terminus
Platform tracks 3
abbreviation Tg Aru
opening 1903
Website URL http://www.sabah.gov.my/railway/
location
Place / district Kota Kinabalu
State Sabah
Country Malaysia
Coordinates 5 ° 56 '49 "  N , 116 ° 3' 31"  E Coordinates: 5 ° 56 '49 "  N , 116 ° 3' 31"  E
Height ( SO ) 8.4  m
Railway lines

1 (Tanjung Aru – Tenom)

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The station Tanjung Aru is a combined head and through station of the Sabah State Railway in the state of Sabah , Malaysia . It is located on the 5.8 km section of the single-track Tanjung Aru – Tenom line . Normal passenger traffic ends as a terminus at Tanjung Aru station, while service trips can continue to the "Secretariat" service stop at km 2.0. The station is also abbreviated to "Tg Aru" in official names.

history

Station sign Tanjung Aru

The line from Beaufort to Jesselton , today's Kota Kinabalu and the associated facilities was built by George Pauling & Company on behalf of the North Borneo Chartered Company and completed in 1903. Historical photographs in the National Museum of Sabah in Kota Kinabalu show that the train stations at that time usually consisted of a thatched wooden hut.

In 2007 the entire line was out of service for maintenance and repair work. In this context, all stations on the Tanjung Aru – Beaufort section were renovated or rebuilt in a uniform style. The railway line was reopened on February 21, 2011.

Investments

The station building also houses the administration of the Sabah State Railway and is located outside of downtown Kota Kinabalu near the airport.

The station includes the depot and workshops of the Sabah State Railway.

One of the three platforms is reserved for the operation of the historic North Borneo Railway . When the historic Vulcan steam locomotives are operated for tourist purposes, a special colonial-style ticket office is opened on the station grounds.

Picture gallery

  • Tanjung Aru railway depot

  • Tanjung Aru Railway Station ticket office

  • Waiting room in Tanjung Aru station

  • Return ticket Tg Aru - Beaufort

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Information from the Sabah State Railway on an information board at Tg Aru station, explored on site by U. Aranas on May 19, 2011
  2. ↑ KK-B'fort rail service resumes Feb. 21 , Daily Express, INDEPENDENT NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF EAST MALAYSIA, February 12, 2011, accessed May 21, 2011