Behrang Stesen (, Jawi: ; zh, t=美冷车站; ) is a small town located in

Muallim District The Muallim District is the eleventh Districts of Malaysia, district of the state of Perak, Malaysia, situated at the southeastern tip of the state, bordering the state of Selangor. It was proclaimed by the current Sultan of Perak, Nazrin Shah of P ...

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. It is situated within the parliamentary constituency of

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 ...

and is located approximately equidistant – on either side – to

at its the southeast and to

Slim River Slim River is a small town in Muallim District, Perak, Malaysia. It is about 100 km (driving time 45 minutes) from Kuala Lumpur. It is situated in the southern part of Perak and is 20 km north of Tanjung Malim. It is about 100 k ...

to its northwest respectively.

History

Aftermath of the Behrang Stesen fire - April 2021

On 28th March 2020 at around 12:22am, a large fire razed an entire row of 11 wooden shophouses previously rebuilt in 1969 (after a similar-sized fire had first raged in the village). A spokesman for the Perak Division of the

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(JBPM Perak) confirmed that firefighters from nearby Slim River worked together with groups of volunteers from Slim Village,

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and Pekan Baru, as well as additional units from

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 ...

and

Bidor Bidor (Jawi: بيدور) is a town and mukim in Batang Padang District, southern Perak, Malaysia. Geography Bidor is located 59 km southeast from state capital Ipoh and 116 km northwest of Kuala Lumpur. It is south of Tapah, north o ...

to put out the fire. It was reported that though an estimated 70 percent of the aforementioned B-class shophouses were destroyed in the inferno, the 55 affected residents were safe. Behrang Railway Station

Transport

Behrang KTM Railway Station, 500m to the Southeast of the town, was rebuilt for the Rawang-Ipoh double tracking project in 2008. However, at present, the station remains unused and closed off from the public as 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 ...

, which services the line, stops only at neighbouring stations

(Northbound) and

(Southbound).

Attractions

*Sungai Bil Waterfall, a waterfall located at Behrang Ulu.

References

Muallim District Towns in Perak {{Perak-geo-stub