Batu Kentonmen Komuter station

**KC02**
Batu Kentonmen
KC02 ; Batu Kentonmen
; Commuter rail station
General information
Other names	Malay: باتو كينتونمن (Jawi) ; Chinese: 峇都肯都门 ; Tamil: பத்து கென்டன்மென்
Location	Batu Kentonmen, Jalan Ipoh, 51200 Kuala Lumpur
Coordinates	3°11′53.1″N 101°40′52.2″E
Owned by	Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Line(s)	1 Seremban Line (KTM Komuter)
Platforms	2 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	Available
Accessible	Available
Other information
Station code	KC02
History
Opened	July 2010
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Kent
Services

Batu Kentonmen Komuter station or Batu Cantonment Komuter station is an at grade commuter train station located at the 4.5th miles of Jalan Ipoh, a major road and residential suburb of Kuala Lumpur. The station is named after the Batu Cantonment (Malay: Batu Kentomen), an army detention centre and army weapons depot located beside the station. The station is built as a feeder station for a number of residential neighbourhoods, and is integrated with the adjacent military base, as sheltered walkways are built allowing military staff convenient use of the station. Slightly off platform, a line from the main line branches of into the camp.

The station is designed to be disabled friendly with lifts to platforms and ramps to the ticketing office. The main platforms of the station are fully covered by metal roofings.

Name

During British colonial rule, and until the 1980s, Batu Kentonmen station was known as Kent Station.[1]

Connection to MRT Putrajaya Line

Batu Kentonmen Komuter station is within walking distance of, but not integrated with, the Kentonmen MRT station on the Putrajaya Line.

References

"The KTM Klang Valley rail network circa 1985". Retrieved 2 July 2019.

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[1] "The KTM Klang Valley rail network circa 1985". Retrieved 2 July 2019.