Butterworth railway station
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Entrance of Butterworth railway station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Butterworth Penang Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Railway Assets Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Keretapi Tanah Melayu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | West Coast Line (Butterworth Branch) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Available for free | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Y | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 14 September 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Butterworth railway station is a Malaysian railway station located at and named after the town of Butterworth, Penang.
The station is served by KTM ETS and the KTM Komuter Northern Sector trains. It previously served as the southern end of the International Express from Bangkok, Thailand, which now ends at Padang Besar.
The station is located near to, and linked with via covered pedestrian walkways, Penang Sentral bus terminal and the Sultan Abdul Hamid Ferry Terminal for ferries to Penang Island.
The end of the line at this station is "Chainage Zero", and as such, is regarded as the starting point of the KTM West Coast Line to Woodlands, Singapore. The northern portion of the line to Padang Besar, where the Malaysian railway network is connected to the State Railway of Thailand network, is measured from the rail junction at Bukit Mertajam.