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68-619: Johor Bahru Sentral (also known as JB Sentral ) is an integrated transport hub in Bukit Chagar, Johor Bahru, Johor , Malaysia. Inaugurated on 21 October 2010, it replaced the closed Johor Bahru railway station located 200m south of it. As part of the Southern Integrated Gateway , it is connected to the Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex . Johor Bahru Sentral also

136-413: A tonne of freight by rail costs 0.93 baht per kilometre compared with 1.72 baht by road, but 86 percent of Thailand's freight moves by road and only 2 percent by rail. Completed double tracking projects: Phase one of the project includes five sections of double-track railway with remaining two projects under construction: Cabinet approval is expected to allow the signing of contracts for phase two of

204-541: A 722-km route to Lamphun Province in the north of the country, and a 433-km route to Khon Kaen in the northeast. SRT also operates special services aimed at tourists, such as the SRT Royal Blossom train, SRT KiHa 183 Excursions, steam train services and weekend Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi and Suan Son Pradipat province. Most of these special services feature special trains, and are priced at a premium, with added services. Refurbished old KiHa 183 trains debuted on

272-620: A direct, no-change-of-plane multi-stop flight. In the U.S., a number of air carriers including Alaska Airlines , American Airlines , Braniff International Airways , Continental Airlines , Delta Air Lines , Eastern Airlines , Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) , Hughes Airwest , National Airlines (1934-1980) , Pan Am , Trans World Airlines ( TWA ), United Airlines and Western Airlines previously operated such cooperative "through plane" interchange flights on both domestic and/or international services with these schedules appearing in their respective system timetables. Delta Air Lines pioneered

340-575: A line branches to connect with the Malaysian railway at Padang Besar and the mainline continues to Su-ngai Kolok passing through Yala Province . The Eastern Line begins at Bangkok before heading through Chachoengsao , Prachinburi to terminate at Aranyaprathet in Sa Kaew Province , 255 kilometers from Bangkok. There is a reopened rail link to Cambodia from Aranyaprathet. A branch line also connects Khlong Sip Kao Junction to

408-578: A loss every year since it was turned into a state-owned enterprise under the Transport Ministry in 1951. As the worst financially performing state enterprise, it reported a preliminary loss of 7.58 billion baht in 2010. In the fiscal year ending 30 September 2016, the military government budgeted 7,600 million baht for SRT infrastructure investments to be used for track duplication, an extension of Bangkok's elevated railway, and construction of bridges, fences, and track improvements, however,

476-498: A major transport hub, often multimodal (bus and rail), may be referred to as a transport centre or, in American English , as a transit center . Sections of city streets that are devoted to functioning as transit hubs are referred to as transit malls . In cities with a central station , that station often also functions as a transport hub in addition to being a railway station. Journey planning involving transport hubs

544-493: A new Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complex and also a new bridge that aims to replace the Causeway. While the bridge plans is cancelled indefinitely, the new CIQ opens in 2008 for vehicular access. The whole project costed RM2.5 billion. Johor Bahru Sentral was later opened for train services replacing the old station in 21 October 2010 with Sultan Ibrahim Ismail officiating the opening ceremony, and has since taken over

612-582: A rehabilitation plan that will be presented to the State Enterprise Policy Commission on 30 July 2018. The commission, chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is expected to approve the plan. The plan calls for SRT to become the largest railway state enterprise in ASEAN . By 2027, anticipating income growth from asset management and cost management, SRT foresees profits of over 20 billion baht. Hopewell Holdings of Hong Kong

680-641: Is a westerly branch towards Khiri Rat Nikhom while the main line continues south to Thung Song Junction in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province where another branch reaches Kantang in Trang Province . Not far away, another branch separates off the mainline at Khao Chum Thong Junction . The main line from Nakhon Sri Thammarat continues through Phatthalung before reaching Hat Yai Junction in Songkhla Province . From here,

748-683: Is also a branch off the mainline from Ban Dara Junction to Sawankhalok in Sukhothai Province . The Northeastern Line begins on the same route as the Northern Line, splitting at Ban Phachi Junction towards Nakhon Ratchasima . Then at Thanon Chira Junction , the line splits with one route passing Khon Kaen and Udon Thani before terminating at Nong Khai 624 kilometers (388 mi) from Bangkok. The other route passes through Buriram , Surin , Sisaket to reach Ubon Ratchathani , 575 km (357 mi) from Bangkok. There

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816-1141: Is also another branch route originating from Kaeng Khoi Junction in Saraburi Province passing through Chai Badan District in Lopburi Province and Chatturat District in Chaiyaphum Province , before joining the mainline heading towards Nong Khai at Bua Yai Junction in Nakhon Ratchasima Province . The Southern Line begins in Bangkok and heads west towards Nakhon Pathom before splitting into three different routes. One route heads west to Kanchanaburi Province (210 km (130 mi)) while another heads north towards Suphan Buri (157 km (98 mi)). The Southern Line itself continues southbound through Ratchaburi , Phetchaburi , Hua Hin , Prachuap Khiri Khan Province , Chumphon , to Surat Thani 678 kilometers (421 mi) distant. From Surat Thani, there

884-536: Is cheaper—only roughly half the cost of road transport —safer, and more environmentally-friendly than road transport, accounted for only 1.4 percent of freight tonnage carried in 2015. SRT aims to boost its share of cargo transport to six percent with its rail duplication by 2022. Expansion of SRT's freight service, which could earn more money than the heavily subsidized passenger service, has been neglected for decades in favour of Thailand's roads. The SRT's poor financial performance and resistance to reform, coupled with

952-402: Is divided into 6 platforms in 3 island platform formation, with only 4 platforms is used for train services. Platform 1 and 2 serves KTM Intercity train from Gate B section, while Platform 3 and 4, accessible from Gate A side is for Shuttle Tebrau. A local bus terminal serving the city areas is located on Jalan Jim Quee side of the terminal, although one must walk out and take an escalator before

1020-626: Is divided into two entrances, Gate A is for Shuttle Tebrau passenger to Woodlands which requires valid passport checks to enter alongside valid ticket and Gate B is for KTM Intercity passengers to other areas. These two floors is passenger-limited areas in which only those who have valid tickets could enter from the second floor. The first floor is passenger-only waiting area, however it is separated between Intercity and Shuttle Tebrau passengers. Shuttle Tebrau passenger area also includes Malaysia custom and immigration clearance area as passenger will cross international border to Singapore. The platform are

1088-534: Is located separately in CIQ building. Taxi stands is also available from both sides of the entrances, but cross-border taxis is only limited on Jalan Tun Razak side. Transport hub Historically, an interchange service in the scheduled passenger air transport industry involved a "through plane" flight operated by two or more airlines where a single aircraft was used with the individual airlines operating it with their own flight crews on their respective portions of

1156-483: Is more complicated than direct trips, as journeys will typically require a transfer at the hub. Modern electronic journey planners for public transport have a digital representation of both the stops and transport hubs in a network, to allow them to calculate journeys that include transfers at hubs. Airports have a twofold hub function. First, they concentrate passenger traffic into one place for onward transportation. This makes it important for airports to be connected to

1224-607: Is necessary as compared to other stations. The concourse area, accessible to public locates ticket booths and machines for the trains, KFC fast food store, various convenience stores, phone shops, souvenir shops and also public waiting areas. This place is publicly accessible from Jalan Tun Razak/JBCC and Jalan Jim Quee/CIQ entrances, and is also places that people always go through from CIQ complex to Johor Bahru city center areas (via Jalan Tun Razak/JBCC entrance) and vice versa. This floor also locates passenger area entrance gates with automated control machines to check valid tickets. It

1292-461: Is planned to be the main hub for rail and bus transportation in Johor Bahru. It is proposed to be the main station of KTM ETS , KTM Komuter South, Transit Bus Terminal and will be connected to the future Bukit Chagar RTS and JB Sentral BRT stations. Johor Bahru Sentral station is located in the central area of Johor Bahru around Bukit Chagar. Being part of Southern Integrated Gateway,

1360-416: Is possible for freight trains to travel between Thailand and the neighboring countries (Malaysia and Laos), the amount of international rail freight presently constitutes only a minuscule portion of Thailand's foreign trade. In 2012, merely 95 thousand tons of export cargo left Thailand by rail, as compared to 12 million tons of cargo exported by road, and 114 million tons of cargo exported by ship. For import,

1428-704: Is the state-owned rail operator under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport in Thailand . The SRT was founded as the Royal State Railways of Siam (RSR) in 1890. King Chulalongkorn ordered the Department of Railways to be set up under the Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning. Construction of the Bangkok - Ayutthaya railway (71 km or 44 mi), the first part of

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1496-741: Is the terminus of all Eastern line services and commuter services from Bangkok on the Northern, Northeastern and Southern lines. Phahonyothin and Ladkrabang Inland Container Depot (ICD) are the main freight terminals. The Northern Line runs alongside the Northeastern Line until the Ban Phachi Junction . There, it splits from the Northeastern Line and proceeds through Lopburi , Nakhon Sawan , Phichit , Phitsanulok , Denchai , Lampang , Lamphun , before finally reaching Chiang Mai , 751 km (467 mi) from Bangkok . There

1564-553: The Airport Link . Nearly 91% was single-track railway (3,685 km (2,290 mi)) while 6%, mainly important sections around Bangkok, were double-track railway (251 km or 156 mi) and 3% were triple-track railway (107 km or 66 mi). The network serves 47 provinces and around 35 million passengers annually. The passenger count is expected to double by 2032, when the network grows to 6,463 km (4,016 mi) to serve 61 provinces. The SRT has suffered

1632-687: The Asian financial crisis of 1997, resulted in stringent restraints being placed on SRT staffing. In July 1998, the Thai cabinet issued an order that the SRT could only hire five new employees for every 100 retirees. As of 2018 , the order remains in effect. SRT officials estimated in 2017 that the enterprise needed to boost staff by 20 percent to 12,000. In 2018 SRT claims that it needs 18,015 employees to operate efficiently, but only has 10,035 on staff. The train maintenance workforce has dwindled to 500 from 3,000 over

1700-673: The Eastern and Oriental Express on their tracks which runs from Singapore to Bangkok and vice versa, although trips in 2024 did not enter Thailand. A link across the First Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge to Thanaleng railway station , near Vientiane , opened in March 2009. In December 2010, following Chinese plans to extend their standard-gauge railway network to Xishuangbanna on the China–Laos border and further into Laos,

1768-747: The hub and spoke system for aviation in 1955 from its hub in Atlanta, Georgia , United States , in an effort to compete with Eastern Air Lines . FedEx adopted the hub and spoke model for overnight package delivery during the 1970s. When the United States airline industry was deregulated in 1978, Delta's hub and spoke paradigm was adopted by several airlines. Many airlines around the world operate hub-and-spoke systems facilitating passenger connections between their respective flights. Intermodal passenger transport hubs in public transport include bus stations, railway stations and metro stations , while

1836-415: The CIQ complex. It was said that the history of Johor railway developments started in the 1869 where Sultan Abu Bakar (then still Maharaja) officiated construction of Johore Railway, which line are planned to be built northwards towards Gunung Pulai , 18 miles from the terminus here. While the line was indeed built from Johor Bahru and it has been operating in 1875 for the first 6 miles of construction, it

1904-493: The CIQ footbridge to reach the terminal. Most local buses to destinations like Kulai , Gelang Patah , Pasir Gudang and Kota Tinggi is available from the terminal and frequent services to Larkin Sentral intercity bus terminal and Senai International Airport is also available from the terminal. While cross-border buses to Singapore supposed to stop at the hub, most of the buses only terminates or stops at CIQ bus hub which

1972-618: The Gemas-Johor Bahru double-tracking project and services resumed in July 2022 after the new tracks between Johor Bahru and Kempas Baru were ready. Johor Bahru Sentral serves as the Malaysian immigration checkpoint for southbound rail passengers towards Woodlands. Northbound rail passengers from Woodlands are processed by Malaysian immigration and customs officers at Woodlands Train Checkpoint prior to boarding. Johor Bahru Sentral

2040-642: The Lao National Railway. The rail link to Cambodia via Poipet from the railhead at Aranyaprathet was constructed in 1941, but was closed in 1961 due to strained Thai-Cambodian relations during the Cold War. The rail connection was repaired and reopened in April 2019. Cross-border services briefly ran until it was suspended by the outbreak of COVID-19 . Currently, no cross-border services operate. Railway connections to Myanmar (Burma), notably

2108-540: The Northeastern Line at Kaeng Khoi Junction . At Chachoengsao Junction , there is another branch to Sattahip . Along the route to Sattahip, at Si Racha Junction , there is yet another branch towards Laem Chabang Deep Sea Port and further at Khao Chi Chan Junction for Map Ta Phut Port, in Rayong . As of January 2023, all services terminate at Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) station. No services run to Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal. The Maeklong Railway , also operated by

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2176-612: The Northern Line, was started in 1890 and inaugurated on 26 March 1897. The Thon Buri - Phetchaburi line (150 km or 93 mi), later the Southern Line, was opened on 19 June 1903. The first railway commander of the RSR was Prince Purachatra Jayakara , Prince of Kamphaengphet. The Northern Line was originally built as 1,435 mm ( 4 ft  8 + 1 ⁄ 2  in ) standard gauge , but in September 1919 it

2244-521: The SRT Board approved the addition of 1,330 new workers to bring the workforce to 15,550, still fewer than needed to address staff shortages. As of 2020 , SRT employed 9,204 employees and 3,721 yearly staffs totaling 12,925 while employment quotas respectively was 18,015 and 4,056 totaling 22,071. To address a long list of complaints accusing SRT of a lack of transparency in bids for projects and procurement deals, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha fired

2312-652: The SRT Light Red Line. The Red Line project is a new commuter rail system also owned by the SRT and will replace portions of rail lines running through Bangkok, eliminating at-grade crossings. Currently, two lines operate: the Dark Red Line and the Light Red Line . Thai railways transported around 11 million tons of freight per year in 2007–2012, which was around 2% of the total amount of freight moved by all modes of transportation. While it

2380-468: The SRT had managed to disburse only 53 percent of its allotted investment budget of 60 billion baht, compared with an average disbursement rate of 80 percent by Thailand's other 55 state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Disbursement rate is seen as an indicator of efficient management. SRT's budget from government for FY2020 was 13,574.9 million baht, increased from 9,087 million baht in FY2019. "If you look at

2448-499: The SRT has debts amounting to nearly 190 billion baht. The SRT consistently operates at a loss despite being endowed with large amounts of property—the SRT is one of Thailand's largest land holders, owning an estimated 39,840 hectares — and receiving large government subsidies. SRT's latest property development scheme is the Chao Phraya Gateway project. It capitalises on SRT's 277 rai , 1.16 kilometre stretch of land on

2516-548: The SRT network, gifted by the JR Hokkaido Railway Company , are now some of the most popular excursion train services, providing day and overnight tours to different provinces such as Ayutthaya, Hua Hin, Chacheongsao, Nakhon Nayok and Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi. Use Caterpillar C175-16 ACERT engines Used for special services only. (only 953 in use) (only 824 and 850 in use) (only 713 and 715 in use) In 2018, 91% of Thailand's 4,044 km rail network

2584-426: The SRT they are a bit like a patient in [intensive care] and everyone is saying to him 'you are the future' and trying to kick him out of bed when he is still moaning and groaning," said Ruth Banomyong, a logistics and transport expert at Thammasat University . The SRT annual operating losses are estimated at a minimum of 10 billion baht. In 2018 and 2019, the SRT lost 12 and 17 billion baht respectively. As of 2021

2652-768: The SRT, is independent of the national rail network and is split into two sections. The line begins at Wongwian Yai in Bangkok before terminating at the Mahachai station in Samut Sakhon , where a ferry is used by passengers to cross the Tha Chin River . The line starts again across the river at Ban Laem and continues until the Mae Klong station of Samut Songkhram . SRT operates different types of rail services, each with different service patterns as outlined below: SRT operates long-distance passenger services on

2720-615: The Singapore-bound part and Woodlands train checkpoint replaces the Malaysia-bound part after Tanjong Pagar station closes. This station closes on 21 October 2010 as Johor Bahru Sentral replaces its purpose, with plans is to convert it as a railway museum. Johor Bahru Sentral is one of the proposed facilities of Malaysia's Southern Integrated Gateway which aims to provide an integrated entry hub for vehicles from Singapore to enter Malaysia via Johor Bahru, with others being

2788-527: The Thai government agreed to start negotiations on building a standard-gauge network. This would initially involve two lines: from Bangkok to the Lao border, and a longer line from Bangkok along the peninsula to the Malay border. In 2024, long distance overnight train services between Bangkok and Vientiane Khamsavath railway station were started. Shuttle trains to Udon Thani are also being operated in conjunction with

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2856-411: The airline does not fly directly between. Airlines have extended the hub-and-spoke model in various ways. One method is to create additional hubs on a regional basis, and to create major routes between the hubs. This reduces the need to travel long distances between nodes that are close together. Another method is to use focus cities to implement point-to-point service for high traffic routes, bypassing

2924-509: The connection between the CIQ complex and the station is just via the connecting walkway over Jalan Jim Quee to the east and is very near to Johor Causeway where the only train connection to Singapore lies straight to Woodlands Train Checkpoint . It is also connected to City Square shopping complex via walkway over Jalan Tun Razak in the east. Both roads also provide road connections to the station, with Jalan Jim Quee also provide road access for motorcars from/to Singapore as it directly connected to

2992-559: The countries in 1967, as the matters is settled in Tanjong Pagar station instead. But as 1990 Point of Agreement between Malaysia and Singapore are signed and later on the whole disputes about the agreement rose, it forced Johor Bahru station to provide an immigration and customs clearance service for Singapore-bound trains while Malaysia clearance decided to stay in Tanjong Pagar for northbound trains. This practice remains until today, with changes being now Johor Bahru Sentral replaces

3060-426: The current schedule only listed Gemas as the northernmost terminus) and a trip of Ekspres Rakyat Timuran to Tumpat, Kelantan is being served by this station. Cross-border service is now branded as Shuttle Tebrau , running exclusively between Johor Bahru Sentral and Woodlands Train Checkpoint . The COVID-19 pandemic also affected services, but were gradually restored by 2022. Between January and June 2022, however,

3128-444: The day of travel at the station. Since May 2024, a waiting list function has been added, allowing registered users to wait for available tickets if they have been sold out. The SRT operates all of Thailand's national rail lines. As of 2023, Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal is the main terminus of all long-distance services from Bangkok on the Northern, Northeastern and Southern lines, while Bangkok (Hua Lamphong) railway station

3196-836: The east from the start, and as FMSR network gradually spread, it later able to serve trains to Kedah, Perlis and Kelantan as well. It later able to serve trains up to Bangkok when FMSR connects to State Railways of Thailand network via Padang Besar in 1918 and as East Coast sector of Gua Musang completes construction in 1931, the East Coast line has been connected to SRT via Sungai Golok as well. After Johore Causeway completed in 1923, trains has been able to serve southward to Tank Road in Singapore. The trains would later terminate at Tanjong Pagar station in Keppel Road after its opening in 1932. However Johor Bahru has since become one of

3264-560: The following lines: Until 2016, SRT operated international services to Butterworth in Penang , Malaysia , in conjunction with Malaysian state operator KTM . Direct trains from Bangkok now only run as far as Padang Besar , due to the opening of KTM ETS . Since 2021, there 3 return trains operate from Hat Yai Junction and terminate at Padang Besar across the Malaysia–Thailand border . SRT has also historically allowed operation of

3332-627: The governor and board of the State Railway of Thailand in February 2017, using his special powers under Section 44 of the interim constitution. Since 1 February 2017, Tickets can be purchased online , in person, as well was on the phone by dialling 1690. Since 1 February 2024, all long distance special express and express train tickets open up 90 days in advance. Most other tickets can only be bought up to 30 days in advance. For local ordinary and commuter trains, they only can be bought on

3400-501: The hub entirely. There are usually three kinds of freight hubs: sea-road, sea-rail, and road-rail, though they can also be sea-road-rail. With the growth of containerization , intermodal freight transport has become more efficient, often making multiple legs cheaper than through services—increasing the use of hubs. State Railway of Thailand The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) ( Thai : การรถไฟแห่งประเทศไทย , abbrev. รฟท., RTGS :  kan rot fai haeng prathet thai )

3468-419: The infamous Death Railway , are defunct. The SRT operates commuter rail services from Bangkok along the Northern and Northeastern Lines up to Ayutthaya, Ban Phachi Junction, Lopburi and Kaeng Khoi Junction. Ten trains run along the route on a daily basis. A new service serving between Thon Buri and Salaya was launched on 22 October 2010, extending to Nakhon Pathom on 1 June 2022 to act as a feeder service for

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3536-412: The main stations of the rail network serving express and mail trains of the railway services especially between the town and Singapore. Johor Bahru station again becoming the terminus for the networks as Japanese occupation strikes in 1942 forced British to blow up the Causeway in order to slow down Imperial Japanese Army entry to Singapore, severing the only train connection to Singapore. The connection

3604-400: The nation's freight transportation market, in 2016 the SRT, in a joint project with Japan, started experimenting with small, 12-foot containers. It is thought that, being smaller than the standard 20-foot containers, these containers can be more easily transported by truck between a rail station and the end customer. These containers are being tried on two routes from Bangkok's Bang Sue station:

3672-584: The past 30 years. To make up the shortfall, the SRT hires around 4,000 "yearly staffs", usually on daily wages of 300 baht. It has also caused the SRT to pay massive amounts of overtime pay to current employees. For example, one station master in Pattani was paid 61,210 baht in monthly salary, but also an additional 102,271 baht in overtime pay. As of 2020 , the staff employment quota was 4,056 but SRT hired 3,721 staffs. As of July 2019 , SRT employed 10,292 employees and 3,928 yearly staffs, totaling 14,220 while

3740-420: The public as inefficient and resistant to change. Trains are usually late, and most of its equipment is old and poorly maintained. Although SRT's operational costs amount to two baht per kilometre traveled, SRT fares defray only a fraction of that cost. SRT has not been permitted to hike fares since 1985 which is significantly below market rate. Under the auspices of the Transport Ministry, the SRT has submitted

3808-479: The rail transport's share was even smaller. Thai railways transport both bulk freight (primarily oil products and construction materials) and containerized freight. Most of the freight movement is between Bangkok and sea ports (in particular, between the deepwater port of Laem Chabang and the container terminal in Lad Krabang , in Bangkok's eastern suburbs). In an attempt to increase the railway's share of

3876-688: The river in the Khlong Toei District . The SRT hopes the project will help clear its 100 billion baht debt. The project is projected to break even within eight years and deliver profits of 140 billion baht. As of April 2019 , SRT's plans are being submitted to the Transport Ministry for approval. SRT's failings are reflected in passenger numbers, which, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit have dropped from 88 million in 1994 to 44 million in 2014, and 26 million in 2020. The SRT has long been popularly perceived by

3944-433: The role as the main station for Johor Bahru. The clearance for Singapore-bound train services is also transferred here. Although major Intercity trains stopped here in its early years of opening, the station later saw a sharp decrease in passengers as the express services were reduced and later terminated in 2016 for many major West Coast services. Only three trips of Ekspres Selatan up to Pulau Sebang/Tampin and Gemas (with

4012-573: The southernmost terminus for Federated Malay State Railways trains in Malay Peninsular states. However FMSR has been running a combined trains and ferry services between both peninsular railway networks and Singapore Government Railways network. Both Johore Government Railways and Singapore Government Railways has been integrated under FMSR administration on 1912. The station is able to serve services from linked FMSR railways of Malaya especially from West Coast states up to Penang and Pahang to

4080-599: The station closed as part of the project to double the railway tracks between Johor Bahru and Gemas. The station reopened in mid-June 2022 with the resumption of Shuttle Tebrau , and both Ekspres Selatan and Ekspres Rakyat Timuran returned in July. The double-tracking project is being followed up by electrification of the line between Johor Bahru and Gemas, expected to be complete by 2025. Once operating, KTM ETS will be able to serve this station, allowing for faster travel to Kuala Lumpur and beyond. The station building has been built with this plan in mind, hence no major makeover

4148-410: The surrounding transport infrastructure, including roads, bus services, and railway and rapid transit systems. Secondly some airports function as intra-modular hubs for the airlines, or airline hubs . This is a common strategy among network airlines who fly only from limited number of airports and usually will make their customers change planes at one of their hubs if they want to get between two cities

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4216-416: The two countries with Johor Bahru station remains an important stop for the trains. For a while in the 1980s, it also serve Railbus service between Kulai and Singapore. Different from road entries on the causeway, Johor Bahru station which facilitate railway entries between the two countries did not really have any immigration and custom clearance facilities for some decades after first border control between

4284-437: Was a single-track railway . A government initiative to move air and road transport to rail passed a major milestone on 28 December 2017 when the SRT signed nine contracts costing 69.5 billion baht with private contractors to complete track duplication on 702 km of the SRT network. The government's aim is to reduce the nation's logistical overhead, some 1.75 trillion baht, by moving air and road freight to rail because moving

4352-519: Was decided to standardize on 1,000 mm ( 3 ft  3 + 3 ⁄ 8  in ) meter gauge and the Northern Line was regauged over the next ten years. On 1 July 1951, RSR changed its name to the present State Railway of Thailand, which has the status of a state enterprise agency. On 7 April 2020, the Thai cabinet named Nirut Maneephan as the new chief of the SRT, the 29th governor in its history. As of 2020 SRT had 4,044 km (2,513 mi) of track, all of it meter gauge except

4420-448: Was not clear for what function it serves and if Johor Bahru has a proper station standing here until 1889 where the railway is reported defunct. The old station of Johor Bahru under Johore State Railway was opened in 1909 in conjunction of completion of the final West Coast main link sector from Gemas to Johor Bahru after a 5 year construction starting in 1904. As there was no land access to Singapore yet at that time, Johor Bahru used to be

4488-484: Was restored in 1946 after British control was reinstated in both states. In 1948, Johor Bahru station is now under Malayan Railways and later after independence, the current Keretapi Tanah Melayu. As politics changed the state of the regions which ultimately made Singapore and Malaya, later Malaysia, two different countries, Johor Bahru station now lies on the international border between the two countries. However local and express trains remains running uninterrupted between

4556-777: Was the lead contractor for SRT's ill-fated Bangkok Elevated Road and Train System . The project commenced in 1990 and was terminated by the Thai government in 1998, only 13% complete. Hopewell and the SRT each blamed the other for the failure of the 80 billion baht project. Both parties sued, and the case has been in litigation since its cancellation. On 23 April 2019, Thailand's Supreme Administrative Court upheld an arbitration committee's ruling in favour of Hopewell. The court ordered SRT to pay Hopewell compensation of 11.88 billion baht, plus 7.5% interest per year. The interest, totaling 13 billion baht, brings SRT's total liability to nearly 25 billion baht, payable within 180 days. Rail freight, which

4624-705: Was the southern terminus of KTM Intercity train services to Gemas and Pulau Sebang/Tampin via Ekspres Selatan or Tumpat via Ekspres Rakyat Timuran . KTM Intercity via Shuttle Tebrau also served the Woodlands Train Checkpoint in Singapore across the Johor–Singapore Causeway . However, an electric train connection at Gemas is required for passenger to KL Sentral , Butterworth and Padang Besar . The station did not provide any train services from January to June 2022 due to

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