Great Malaysian Railway Journeys
TAIPING

diesel locomotive

THE STATION

Taiping has a new railway station designed to cater for the electric train service from Kuala Lumpur which is due to be extended to Taiping and beyond some time later in 2015. The old station still stands. Here are some photos taken in May 2015.

Taiping's smart new railway station.Taiping's smart new railway station.
double tracking at Taiping stationDouble tracking of the line from KL to the Thai border is now complete.
railway line with hills in the backgroundNice scenery at Taiping.
green glass pedestrian bridge at the stationGlass covered bridge linking the two platforms.

The old station is wedged up against the platform of the new. The old station has been stripped of its contents and signage but old signal equipment remains in a caged off section of the platform.

old station exteriorOld Taiping Station
old station platformOld station platform with fence of the new station to the right.
old style manual signalling equipmentThe old signalling equipment is in a fenced-off cage on the old platform.
railway related buildingAlongside where the tracks used to be.

NEARBY THE STATION

On Jalan Stesen there are a couple of old wooden bungalows, one of which is owned by KTMB and used as a store for various surplus railway equipment.

tricycle food stallA trishaw food stall which is probably parked outside the neighbouring school on school days.
KTMB ownedThe sign says KTMB property.
rail vehicle for railway workers' useTrack inspection vehicle?

ELSEWHERE IN TAIPING

There are a lot of well preserved heritage buildings in Taiping. You can cover many of them by following my Taiping Heritage Trail. Of particular interest to railwayana lovers is Laman Budaya, where there is a diesel locomotive on display, together with a Taiping station sign and relics of an old dismembered railway bridge.

green diesel locomotiveLocomotive with the nameplate Telok Chempedak 22125.
vintage Taiping platform signSign relocated to Laman Budaya from Taiping station platform.
piece of platform bridgeAn old platform bridge has been cut into sections and left lying at Laman Budaya.

Meanwhile , at the Perak Museum, there is an old carriage marked Perak State Railway which may be one of the few remnants of the Taiping to Port Weld line, Malaya's first railway line.

vintage wooden railway carriageVintage Perak State Railway carriage.
steam engine used for tin miningSteam engine made by R Carrett & Sons Ltd, Leiston Works, England for use in tin mining operations.

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David (the one on the left) is the writer behind Malaysia Traveller, sharing first-hand travel advice from over five decades of living and travelling across Asia and the Middle East. Based in Malaysia since 2009 and now in Kuching, he has published over 760 pages on this website, personally visited every place he covers, and uses only his own photos. Readers can learn more on his About Me page. He also shares updates on Facebook and YouTube. He loves uncovering overlooked places that even some Malaysians have never visited.