Batu Gajah railway station
The new Batu Gajah railway station is a Malaysian railway station stationed at the northeastern side of and named after the town of Batu Gajah, Perak. It was officiated by Dato’ Sri Chan Kong Choy in 2008. The new station replaces an old station at Jalan Pusing in Batu Gajah town which was closed beginning 19 July 2005 when all services moved to the new station which was operating partially. The old, single platform wooden station was to have been converted into a museum. Location and locality The station is located in Kampung Pisang, Batu Gajah in Kinta district of Perak, Malaysia, not far from Batu Gajah town. Most of the surrounding areas are KTMB depot and Akademi KTM. This station not only serves those from Batu Gajah, but also surrounding areas like Tanjung Tualang and even Lahat and Pusing in Ipoh city areas, as well as Pengkalan residential and business areas including Station 18. Passengers to and from Seri Iskandar also alight here, especially students of Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) and Universiti Teknologi MARA campus around it. Batu Gajah Railway Depot After YTL Corp had announced their intentions to use KTM's Sentul Works for their Sentul East and Sentul