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Sultan Street railway station was a railway station located at the intersection of Jalan Sultan, Jalan Pudu and Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[1]

Sultan Street
General information
Location	Jalan Pudu, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Owned by	Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Line(s)	Ampang Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
History
Opened	1892
Closed	Unknown
Former services
Preceding station Keretapi Tanah Melayu Following station Kuala Lumpur Terminus Ampang Line Pudu towards Salak Selatan or Ampang

The station was opened in 1892 and was initially a through station on the line from (the later location of) Kuala Lumpur railway station to Ampang. The track from Kuala Lumpur ran through the middle of Foch Avenue (currently Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock), but this section was closed after some time. Now a terminus, Sultan Street station remained accessible from the main line via a junction at what is now Salak Selatan Komuter station. A new station building was constructed for the terminus station.

The station's closure date is unknown, but it is still shown on the 1962 official Malayan topographical survey map.[2] Moreover, the station was noted as having a diesel railcar service to Seremban railway station, which was affected by a railway strike in December 1962.[3] Multiple services per day to Ampang were still running in 1965, when another strike disrupted them.[4] On 6 June 1967, the station was the scene of protests which were dispersed by police.[5] In 1969, the station was still open, as it was reported train tickets could be bought here for KTM services.[6]

The railway alignments to Salak Selatan and Ampang have been re-used in the late 1990s for the Ampang and Sri Petaling lines. The current nearest station to Sultan Street station's location is Plaza Rakyat LRT station. The station was located next to the still standing Wesley Methodist Church.

External links

• Photographs of the facades of both the first and second (terminus) station building
• Photograph of the platforms of the terminus station
• Steam train on the platforms at Sultan Street, 1969
• Diesel railcars at the platforms at Sultan Street
• Colour photograph of the station facade
• Colour photograph of the platform and signalling levers (late 1960s)

References

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