Caving in SE Asia: Batu Caves station

29 January 2012

Train to Batu Caves

The regular train service to Batu Caves started in July 2010. At that time I visited the Batu Caves station but didn't go on the train.

I finally made the train journey in Jan 2012, just 10 days before Thaipusam. I took the train from Sentral. It is the regular KTM Komuter train and runs every half hour.

This train has a ladies only coach in the middle. However on both journeys there were men in this coach and no one seemed to bother.

The journey from Sentral to Batu Caves took about half an hour and cost RM2.

At Batu Caves there was a YTL cement train carrying away part of the hill!

Inside Batu Caves station

Platform views

The station

Entrance to station

View of Batu Caves from the rail track

7 August 2010

Batu Caves train station 2010

The new Batu Caves train station has opened, and the KTM Komuter route started service on July 29 2010. It connects Batu Caves to Port Klang, via Sentul.

The new station is rather smart. I remember when it was just a field, with a small hut. The only time I used the train in the past was during one Thaipusam -this was the only time that the line was in operation for public trains. It is normally used for the cement cargo industry.

The 7.5 kilometre journey from Sentul to Batu Caves takes 15 minutes. The new route passes through five new stations namely Sentul, Batu Cantonment, Kg Batu, Taman Wahyu and Batu Caves.

The train fare for the Pelabuhan Klang-Sentul route is RM5.80 and an addition of RM1.30 is charged for the direct journey from Sentul to Batu Caves.