The Rawang railway station is a railway station in Rawang,

Gombak District The Gombak District is an administrative Districts of Malaysia, district located in the eastern-central part of the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal T ...

Selangor Selangor ( ; ), also known by the Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the e ...

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

that is served by the

KTM Komuter KTM Komuter is a commuter rail system in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM). It was introduced in 1995 to provide local rail services in Kuala Lumpur and the surrounding Klang Valley suburban areas. Services were later expanded to o ...

's since 2015, and the

KTM ETS The KTM ETS, commercially known as ETS (Electric Train Service), is an inter-city rail, inter-city higher-speed rail service in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM). The KTM ETS is the second electric train service to be operated by t ...

train services. It was the northernmost terminus for passenger services on the Rawang–Seremban Route since the start of the KTM Komuter service until 2015, when the trial route between Rawang and Port Klang began operating to cater to the KTM double-track upgrading project. In 2016, the Rawang–Port Klang Line was merged with the Rawang–Tanjung Malim shuttle service, thus ending Rawang's role as the northern terminus of the line. The station built to cater the traffic around the suburb of Rawang as there were no other commuter or mass transit services in the

Klang Valley Klang Valley () is an urban agglomeration in Malaysia that is centered in the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, and including their adjoining cities and towns in the state of Selangor. It is the urban area of the much larger Ku ...

that stopped here before the arrival of the KTM Komuter.

Extension

On 21 April 2007, a shuttle service between Rawang and Rasa was launched. The service, which extends the KTM Komuter network by 22 km, covers three new stations, namely Serendah,

Batang Kali Batang Kali is a town and mukim in Hulu Selangor District, Selangor, Malaysia. The city is designated as a transit point to Genting Highlands, a renowned resort city. Originally just a small town gaining traction due to the development of Ligam ...

and Rasa. This is the first stretch of the problem-prone and much-delayed Rawang–Ipoh electrification and double-tracking project to become operational. This service was extended to

Kuala Kubu Bharu Kuala Kubu Bharu (also spelt Kuala Kubu Baru, Kuala Kubu Bahru or Kuala Kubu Baharu; abbreviated to KKB), is the district capital of Hulu Selangor District, Selangor, Malaysia. It is located north of Kuala Lumpur and from Shah Alam, the stat ...

on 5 January 2008. On 1 June 2009, the service was further extended to

Tanjung Malim Tanjong Malim, or Tanjung Malim, is a town in Muallim District, Perak, Malaysia. It is approximately north of Kuala Lumpur and 120 km south of Ipoh via the North–South Expressway. It lies on the Perak-Selangor state border, with Sunga ...

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Gombak District KTM ETS railway stations Port Klang Line Railway stations in Selangor Rapid transit stations in Selangor Railway stations in Malaysia opened in 1892 {{Malaysia-railstation-stub