Stesen Keretapi Ipoh

this is one majestic place!

ETS service. Place has been upgraded and well-managed. Interesting night view, attractive lighting at the fountain

This is a building really deserving to be treated much better. Such a character and carries and important image of Ipoh. Yet, it still look dire, sober and craving for maintenence. Low rating for the responsible parties to look seriously into this and restore the 5 star it deserves.

Great rail station with history and cool colonial architecture. Would give 5 stars but bathrooms leave something to be desired. Train service is awesome.

One of attraction if you come to Ipoh. Great place to have some nightwalk. You can see Ipoh sign with Ipoh magistrate building behind it. Oh yea, 8pm-11pm you'll be able to see fountain with awesome lights! Grab pickup point available.

Good public transportation.Well organize and nicely manage with good facilities.You can buy ticket at the counter,online and by the machine.Make sure u be punctual to take a train ride

Bangunan bersejarah yang masih digunakan... The Ipoh railway station is a Malaysian train station located at the south-western side of and named after the capital city of Ipoh, Perak. It serves as the main railway terminal for the state under Keretapi Tanah Melayu offering KTM ETS services, as well as handling freight trains. Although there are 9 tracks, only four are electrified and three of the electrified tracks are used for the ETS service. The remaining 6 other tracks are used for freight trains. Designed by Arthur Benison Hubback, the current station was officially opened in 1917. Affectionately known as the Taj Mahal of Ipoh by its locals, the building also houses a station hotel called the Majestic Hotel. The first Ipoh station was constructed in 1894 as railway tracks for the Perak Railway (PR) were first laid along Ipoh, serving the town for 20 years through the final years of the PR and its consolidation into the Federated Malay States Railways (FMSR). In 1914, construction of a second station and hotel to replace the first station began; dogged by material shortages and escalating costs of labour during the Great War, the station was only completed in 1917. The new double-storey station building was constructed with vastly larger space to not only house railway offices, but also Majestic Hotel, an enclose hotel that also boasted a restaurant and a bar. Originally offering 17 bedrooms which directly grant access to the second floor loggia, the hotel upgraded its number of rooms to 21 in 1936. For over 80 years, through the operational years of the FMSR and its eventual successor, Malayan Railways, the station's overall layout has remained largely unchanged since its construction due to minimal upgrading exercises throughout the wider Peninsular Malaysian railway network. Like many early stations built under Perak Railway, the 1894 station's construction was rudimentary, consisting of a single-storey wooden structure with massive pitched tiled roofs and an overall open air layout. The 1917 station's design was conceptualised by Arthur Benison Hubback, a British architectural assistant to the Director of Public Works credited for designing various public buildings in British Malaya in various vernacular colonial Western styles as well as "Neo-Moorish/Mughal/Indo-Saracenic/Neo-Saracenic" styles that draw influences from British Indian colonial architecture. In contrast to the Kuala Lumpur railway station, the Ipoh station's exterior is more distinctively Western in design, drawing elements of late-Edwardian Baroque architecture and incorporating moderate rustication on the base of the ground floor, opened pointed and arched pediments, extensive use of engaged columns, and a large central dome over the porte-cochère, while integrating vernacular elements such as deep, open air loggias into the ground floor and upper floor of the building (the ground floor's loggia measures at 183 metres, the length of the station's frontage). In spite of its overall aesthetics, elements of Indo-Saracenic architecture are still found in the form of miniature chhatris towering over corner support columns on both sides of the structure. The 1917 station originally featured three platforms; one side platform and two platforms on an island connected by tunnels, with steel-and-wood pitched canopies as shelter. Source : Wikipedia

4 stars for the station building. More room for improvement in maintaining the whole place. 5 stars for the ETS. Took the bussiness coach from here to Butterwoth. On time, as stated on the ticket. The train moved 6.23pm. After a while, the polite stewardess gave us a pack of fried noodles with a cup of tea (or coffee if you wish). Thought that was our dinner. Yet, she came again after a few minutes asking if we wanted our dinner. We asked it for later. She gave a full paper bag about half an hour before we arrived at our destination. There's grilled chicken set, a box of juice, 350ml mineral water and even a set of pstries for dessert. We trulyl appreciate the great service!