Kamunting

The Kamunting railway station is a Malaysian train station located at and named after the town of Kamunting, Perak. Kamunting was also the southern terminus of the KTM Komuter Northern Sector before it was moved to Padang Rengas in July 2016 and subsequently Ipoh in 2023.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Taiping Airport.

Taiping Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Tony Ng, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Taiping Aerodrome is an aerodrome in Taiping, Larut, Matang and Selama, Perak, Malaysia. It is located at Jalan Muzaffar Shah formerly Creagh Road, Assam Kumbang and also called Tekah Airstrip. Taiping Airport is situated 3½ km south of Kamunting.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamunting and Aulong.

Kamunting

Town

Kamunting is a town in Larut, Matang and Selama District, Perak, Malaysia. It is the biggest satellite town of Taiping. During the Malayan Emergency between 1948 and 1960, Kamunting was the site of a major British/Commonwealth military base, there being a large garrison for the 28th Commonwealth Independent Infantry Brigade and also one of the three British Military Hospitals in Malaya.

Aulong

Suburb

Aulong is a suburb of Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. This suburb has an estimated population of 5,000, with the majority being Chinese and Malays. The main town centre consists of the old and new villages. Aulong is situated 4½ km south of Kamunting.

Taiping

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Taiping is a city located in Larut, Matang and Selama District, in the state of Perak, Malaysia. It is located approximately 48 km northwest of Ipoh, the capital of Perak, and 78 km southeast of George Town, Penang.

Kamunting

Type: Railway station
Wheelchair access: yes
Categories: building, station, and transportation
Location: Perak, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude

4.89561° or 4° 53′ 44″ north

Longitude

100.7191° or 100° 43′ 9″ east

Operator

KTM

Network

KTM Intercity;KTM ETS

Open location code

6PP2VPW9+6J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 450333333

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=yes

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In Other Languages

“Kamunting” goes by many names.

Chinese: “甘文丁”

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