KTM Museum, Railway museum in Johor Bahru, Malaysia
The KTM Museum occupies the former Johor Bahru railway station, a colonial-style building rebuilt in 1930 and opened in 1931 at a cost of about 75,900 dollars, built by Swan & Maclarden. The station closed on 21 October 2010 when Johor Bahru Sentral replaced it. The building is painted blue and yellow, and it has never opened to the public as a museum.
The 1909 station was the southernmost terminus of the Federated Malay States Railways' West Coast line from Prai, built over five years from 1904. Rebuilt in 1930 by Swan & Maclarden for about 75,900 dollars and opened in 1931, it gained a link across the Causeway to Singapore in 1923. It closed on 21 October 2010, replaced by Johor Bahru Sentral, and the building became the KTM Museum, never opened to the public.
The building is the former Johor Bahru station, rebuilt in 1930 in a colonial style by Swan & Maclarden at a cost of about 75,900 dollars and opened in 1931. Upstairs rooms once let passengers stay overnight. The museum itself has never opened to the public, so the name KTM (Keretapi Tanah Melayu) and the station's story are known mainly from the outside.
The museum has never opened to the public, so there are no tours or interior displays to visit; the 1930s station building can only be seen from outside. It stands beside the Johor Bahru Sentral hub, reachable on foot via the walkway over Jalan Jim Quee from the CIQ complex, and near the Causeway to Singapore.
The collection holds original equipment from 1909, including rare steam locomotives from the colonial era. These pieces show the technological leap from steam power to modern electric trains in Southeast Asia.
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