Kuala Kangsar railway station tour
Feb 14th, 2008 by Neo
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The other day I brought you all the way to Kuala Kangsar to see the magnificent Clock Tower. I know you must have wanted to see more historical and interesting places from this small Royal town… no worries, this time I bring you to see the century old Kuala Kangsar railway station. I believe not many railway stations this old exist in Malaysia these days.
Look at the old sign board with peeled paint. The Kuala Kangsar station lies between Pandang Rengas and Sungai Siput. Let’s go straight in and check out what this place is made of.
That’s the train platform… quite empty and quite mainly because it was during the Chinese New Year period, and not many people travel using trains anymore I suppose. Most people prefers to drive.
Beautiful or not? I mean this old heritage building. This is definitely a heritage and treasure of Malaysia, and I hope the authorities do not have any plans whatsoever to tear this building down in the name of modernization. Instead they should look for ways to preserve it and perhaps build more facilities. This will make the new generations remember of our own history. 
What are these?! Haha… I asked the same question to the person on duty in the railway office but he wasn’t very good in explaining (or it could be that I was slow) and so not very sure how this system works. But it’s something like a key or token system where the train captain needs to acquire in order to proceed to the next station. The key or token is the authorization he needs to drive his train further.
It didn’t take too long before a train finally rolled in to the station. The attendants were busy with the red and green flags directing the train to stop at the correct platform position.
At the other end of the station, another attendant was seen switching the train tracks. Old system like this requires a lot of manual work, but as long as everyone follows the system which has been tested and used for so many years, it should be pretty safe and alright.
Fulamak, what a shock to find something like this here! API, not doubt they are the fire extinguishers of the old days… but luckily they are not being used anymore these days.
Last but not least, I leave you with the following picture of the locomotive.
Elegant? Please say yes!
Hope you enjoyed the above tour. While other people were happily celebrating Chinese New Year, I played a kepoh reporter role and sneaked in this historical railway station to bring you what you will never see elsewhere. Haha… proud of me or not?
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i am very proud of you.you have posted a heritage feature that won’t be around in another 2-3 years once Gamuda has completed the Ipoh - North double track……
i wish you would do more of the same …..of course (only) if that is not too much to ask for.
cheers!
kk
Excellent pics. Being a M’sian leaving in faraway Canada, this brings back old memories of my train rides from KL to Butterworth. Thank you, excellent effort.
Well done. I would love to learn more about history. Want to start a history class online?
wuah! you teach history in skool kah?
Happen to enter your very interesting blog by accident. What a sweet surprise !! Am currently working and living in a foreign country, reading some of your posting made me feel closer to home. Malaysia is a unique country, be it good or bad, this is the only place I call ‘home’.
I shall get down to the train to have a close look of Kuala Kangsar station when I take a train next time. I like the way you describe this very old station.
I traveled on a KTM few weeks ago and realized that they installed the flat screen TV in the cabin. 
Really look forward to the completion date of the ‘Rakyat Plaza’, as you know, the current pudu raya bus station destroy the whole image of the stunning KL city.
All the Best to you.
Oh My second home town! Still classic, never fades away
Look likes my hometown one too.. ahhahaa
I salute you for the effort, even though it was during CNY period! Guess what, I only took the KTM interstate train like, twice in my life! That’s why I don’t see much of these railway stations often.
The KTM Komuter around the Klang Valley on the other hand, I have taken countless times.
Just want to share this nice MV about Kuala Kangsar with you people: http://youtube.com/watch?v=rFBor1YDseM
Also learnt from this MV that the first rubber tree in Malaysia is planted first in Kuala Kangsar? Anyone can confirm this?