Before cinema halls and streaming apps, there were movie nights beneath the open sky – sponsored by the railways, projected onto a tall white screen, and free for all to…
In 1995, Malaysia entered a new era of public transport with the launch of KTM Komuter, the country’s first electric commuter train service. Just two years later, the Express Rail…
Following independence in 1957, towns like Kluang flourished as administrative and industrial hubs, made possible by strong rail links connecting Johor to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. By the 1960s, a…
Some voices linger long after the train has gone. For many in Kluang, it’s Aunty Tan Sua’s — soft, insistent, familiar. Her call once drifted through the station platform and…
As Malaya entered the 20th century, the British extended the railway southward, linking Gemas to Tanjong Pagar in Singapore. Opened in 1909, this spurred the growth of rubber plantations, towns,…
Long before railways crisscrossed Malaysia, Maharaja Abu Bakar envisioned a line of wooden tracks stretching from his palace in Johor Bahru to the foot of Gunung Pulai. It was an…
Not every story at the station happened on the platform. Just a few steps away, in this unassuming building, the Train Master kept everything on track – literally and figuratively.…
As new tracks and electrification were laid under the Electrified Double Track Project (EDTP), another kind of infrastructure quietly followed. Fibre optic cables now run along this corridor, bringing with…
