Klang Town Railway Station, Selangor

The front facade of Klang Railway Station along Jalan Raya Timur in Klang Town

The entrance into the Railway Platforms with modern ticket machines and turnstiles

The new "KTM" Klang signboard -- would have been noce to see the old Federated Malaya States Railway signage ( black & white )

An old wagon train that has been converted to a "shop" , parked in front of the station

Warehouses or "Kilang"lined up on the otherside of the Railway lines

The name for Klang Town was probably derived from the word "Kilang" , which meant "warehouse"from an old Malay word. In the old days, Klang Town would have been full of warehouses to store tin for transhipment from the mining fields in the Klang Valley further the east of the town, to the Port, 6 miles miles to the west.

In the 1890's, commodities such as coffee and rubber added to the load for export from Malaya. This led to the construction of the Klang Railway Station to accommodate the growth of traffic not only for goods, but passengers as well. The extension of the railway from Klang Town to the Port of Swettenham, was constructed between 1895 to 1901 - making Selangor Railway System then, one of the busiest in Malaya.