Arau railway station

Arau railway station, officially Arau Royal railway station (Malay: Stesen Diraja Arau), is a Malaysian railway station located at and named after the town of Arau in the state of Perlis.

Arau Royal Station ستيسين دراج اراو
Inter-city rail and Commuter rail station
Entrance of Arau railway station
General information
Location	Arau, Perlis, Malaysia.
Owned by	Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Operated by	Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Line(s)	West Coast Line
Platforms	2 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	R10 Kangar - Arau - Changlun  R14 Kangar - Arau - Jitra - Alor Setar
Construction
Parking	Available, paid.
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1917
Closed	June 22, 2011 (2011-06-22) (old station)
Rebuilt	2014
Electrified	2014
Services
Preceding station Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Komuter) Following station Bukit Ketri towards Padang Besar Padang Besar–Butterworth Line Kodiang towards Butterworth Preceding station Keretapi Tanah Melayu (ETS) Following station Padang Besar Terminus KL Sentral–Padang Besar (Express) Alor Setar towards Kuala Lumpur Sentral KL Sentral–Padang Besar (Platinum) Padang Besar–Segamat (Gold) Anak Bukit towards Segamat
Track layout Legend to Bukit Kerti 3 2 Railway Station 4 1 Istana Arau to Kodiang
Location

The current railway station was built as part of the Ipoh–Padang Besar Electrification and Double-Tracking Project, which was completed in December 2014. The new station replaced an old wooden single platform station that closed on 22 June 2011.^[1]

Location and locality

As the name denotes, it is located in the town of Arau, Perlis and being a royal town, it is located near Arau Palace where the Raja of Perlis resides. The new name of Stesen Diraja (Royal Station) also denotes its significance to the royal town, the first and only railway station in Malaysia have royal title. It is also located around 10 kilometres to the state capital, Kangar.

ETS and Komuter services do make a stop here and the location is considered very strategic in Perlis as it is near to Arau bus station that serves bus routes to Kangar, Changlun and Alor Setar, and there's also taxi services that may drive passengers to Kuala Perlis, well known being one of the main jetty for Langkawi Island in Kedah. Due to that fact, passengers going to the island mostly alight at this station as well as people going to Kangar and places nearby.

It also serves Pauh nearby, where Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) is located. Several education institutions are located nearby the station, namely the MARA Technology University (UiTM) Arau Branch and Perlis Matriculation College.

See also

• Rail transport in Malaysia