24-556: West Coast Line may refer to: KTM West Coast railway line , Malaysia West Coast Line (Sweden) West Coast Main Line , United Kingdom West Coastway Line , United Kingdom West Coast Line (Wessel, Duval & Company) shipping company The West Coast Railway in New Zealand, see Wellington–Manawatu Line Western Trunk line West Coast Line (Qingdao Metro) Topics referred to by
48-656: Is aimed at the Indian shipping community, enticing them to choose Westport over Singapore's as the trans-shipment hub of Asia. The first of its two box terminals started operations in March 1996, with the second expected to be opened in June and the third in December. The first container had three berths in 600 metres, with the third having six. All three terminals would have 19 berths, eventually becoming 32 berths when fully developed. Westport
72-751: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages KTM West Coast railway line The KTM West Coast railway line runs from Padang Besar close to the Malaysia–Thailand border in Perlis (where it connects with the State Railway of Thailand ) to the Woodlands Train Checkpoint in Singapore . It is called the West Coast railway line because it serves
96-659: Is double-tracked and electrified from Padang Besar to Gemas . From Gemas to the Woodlands Train Checkpoint, the line is single-tracked and not electrified. Loops at stations allow trains to pass. Double tracking and electrification works are currently being carried out. The West Coast railway line connects with the State Railway of Thailand at Padang Besar, while the East Coast line branches off at Gemas . The West Coast railway line includes several branch lines from
120-655: Is double-tracked and electrified. The major stations on the line include KL Sentral in Kuala Lumpur , Butterworth in Penang and Johor Bahru Sentral in the south in Johor . The West Coast railway line was developed in stretches on June 1, 1885, with the opening of the Taiping–Port Weld Line, and 1932 when the line opened up to Tanjung Pagar , thus spanning the entire west coast of Peninsular Malaysia from Padang Besar on
144-557: Is supposed to cater for at least 22 services daily involving KTM ETS , KTM Intercity and shuttle train services. Electrification for the stretch will have the same specifications as that of the Seremban-Gemas stretch, name at 25 kV AC 50 Hz single phase and supplied via an overhead catenary. Train operations for this stretch will be integrated with the Train Control Centres at KL Sentral and Gemas. The design speed for
168-666: The KESAS Highway . On 1 October 2013, Pulau Indah was directly connected to the Malaysian Administrative Capital, Putrajaya via the South Klang Valley Expressway . Westports is the first port in Malaysia to have a fully automated operation system. It handles all types of cargoes in containers, breakbulk , dry bulk, liquid bulk, vehicles (roll-on roll-off) and other conventional cargoes. Located along
192-456: The Malaysia–Thai border to Singapore. The line began with the construction of branches linking coastal ports with inland tin mining areas before they were gradually linked up by the main truck line running through the interior of the West Coast states of Peninsular Malaysia. The latest new lines to be built were the branch lines to West Port , North Port, Tanjung Pelepas , Pasir Gudang and
216-534: The Gemas–Johor Bahru electrification and double-tracking project. The length of the line to be electrified and double-tracked is 197 km between Chainage 563.040 at Gemas to Chainage 754.180 at Johor Bahru . The project includes the construction of 11 stations at Segamat , Genuang , Labis , Bekok , Paloh , Kluang , Mengkibol , Rengam , Layang-Layang , Kulai and Kempas Baru , and 3 future stations at Tenang , Chamek and Senai . The upgraded line
240-554: The North Butterworth Container Terminal at the Port of Penang . The trunk line had also seen sections becoming disused, abandoned or even removed, with the latest being the closure and subsequent removal of the southernmost stretch of track between the Woodlands Train Checkpoint and Tanjong Pagar in 2011. The West Coast railway line is served by a variety of train services: After many years of announcements about
264-810: The West Coast states of Peninsular Malaysia . The line is owned and used entirely by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM). The 1,151-kilometre line is busier than the East Coast railway line because the West Coast railway line handles a variety of passenger train services such as the KTM ETS services, the KTM Intercity services, the International Express , the KTM Komuter in the Klang Valley and Greater Penang areas, and freight trains. Of this total length, 759 km
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#1732851722287288-540: The existing signalling and electrification system. This will be reduced to just seven-and-a-half minutes once the KVDT is completed. The 42km rehabilitation under Phase I, which are: Phase II is from Simpang Bangsar - Pelabuhan Klang and Salak Selatan - Seremban. The West Coast main trunk line stretches from Padang Besar on the Malaysia–Thailand border to the Woodlands Train Checkpoint in Singapore. The main trunk line
312-425: The government's recommendation of shippers to use local ports and the continuous availability of empty boxes at the port. It handled 162,000 TEUs between January and June 1998, compared to 38,000 TEUs from the same period in the previous year. The other two ports, Northport and Southpoint, however, had weaker performance. In April 1998, Westport launched its own feeder service – Westport Express Service – to support
336-582: The intention to upgrade the final stretch of single track of the West Coast Line, the Government began the public display exercise for the Gemas–Johor Bahru electrification and double-tracking project on 27 October 2015. The public display exercise, required for all development of new railways under Section 84 of Malaysia's Land Public Transport Act 2010, ran until 27 January 2016. Chinese company China Railway Construction Company (CRCC) has been awarded to build
360-427: The investment arm of the state of Selangor. Starting out as Kelang Multi Terminal Sdn Bhd in 1994, renamed as Westport Sdn Bhd since 1997 and now known as Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd, the seaport terminal has played a leading role in Malaysia's efforts to provide storage, bunkering, cargo/freight handling and other port related facilities which add to Malaysia's importance as a link in the global maritime trade. Westport
384-559: The main trunk line, namely: The Bukit Mertajam Junction to Butterworth , Batu Junction to Batu Caves , Port Klang Junction to Port Klang station, as well as the branch line to Terminal Skypark is double tracked and electrified. The line from Port Klang to Westport and its shipping terminals, as well as the branch lines between Skudai Junction and the Port of Tanjung Pelepas and the Kempas Baru and Pasir Gudang are single lines and not electrified. There are also branch lines where
408-493: The mainline operators and non-vessel operating common carriers using the terminal. One of their routes were from Penang to Westport and from Pasir Gudang to Westport. Sometime in 1998, Westport began adding a slag terminal and additional container yard. A 11.2 km single track line connecting Westport and the Port Klang station began operations on 9 December 1998, costing RM 383 million. Using block trains to carry logistics in
432-427: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title West Coast Line . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Coast_Line&oldid=1238104390 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
456-412: The straits of Malacca, Westports, collectively with Northport as Port Klang, has become the 18th busiest seaport in the world. Ruben Gnanalingam is the company's CEO. During privatisation by the government of Malaysia in the early 1990s, Port of Port Klang was subdivided into 3 terminals which are now known as Northport, Southpoint and Westports. Westport, the newest of the three private terminals,
480-469: The track line, it would operate four times a day. Each train will have a capacity of 60 TEUs. The track would be able to carry 14 trains per day. Located on the island of Pulau Indah (formerly Pulau Lumut), Westports have transformed the island's natural swamplands and sands into a multi-cargo seaport terminal. With the current quay length of 3.2 kilometers, which includes 5 container terminals, Westports are able to handle up to 7.5 million TEUs yearly, with
504-424: The tracks exist but are not used for any service or closed are: None of these disused branch lines are double tracked nor electrified. & Woodlands West Port, Malaysia Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd (formerly known as Kelang Multi Terminal Sdn Bhd ) is a multi-cargo terminal located on Pulau Indah , Port Klang , Malaysia which is accessible by road via Pulau Indah Expressway , connecting to
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#1732851722287528-438: The tracks is 160 km/h. Construction began in 2016 and is expected to be completed by April 2025. The project was implemented by Keretapi Tanah Melayu began in 2016 and phase 1 is expected to be completed by 2021. The project entails the rehabilitation of 42 km of tracks between Rawang and Salak Selatan as well as Sentul and Simpang Batu. This will focus on enhancing 16 stations along these routes and upgrade
552-511: Was given a 30-year concession with an additional 30 year option by the government at RM 3 billion. It began operations in September 1994 in a smaller scale before later expanding. Kelang Multi Terminal Sdn Bhd, the original name of the operator of Westport, is a consortium consisting of Pembinaan Redzai, Advance Synergy Berhad, Semakin Ajaib, Lembaga Urusan Tabung Haji and Permodalan Negeri Selangor,
576-402: Was launched on 10 September 1996, targeting 3,000,000 TEUs by 2000 and aim to be among the top 10 ports in the world. Many of the developments at Westport that were planned to be ready by 2000 began in 1994 and were completed shortly before the 1997 Asian financial crisis . Westport handled 120,000 TEUs in 1997. By 1998, it became the fastest growing container port in Malaysia, thanks to
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