Butterworth railway station

Butterworth
View of the platform area of Butterworth Railway Station
Location	Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia.
Owned by	Keretapi Tanah Melayu State Railway of Thailand
Line(s)	KTM ETS KTM Komuter Northern Sector SRT Padang Besar Branchline
Platforms	2 island platform
Tracks	5
Construction
Parking	Available, free.
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	September 14, 1967
Rebuilt	2014
Electrified	2015
Services
Keretapi Tanah Melayu (ETS) Terminus ETS Transit Bukit Tengah towards Gemas Preceding station     Following station Terminus Kamunting-Butterworth-Gurun Line Bukit Tengah towards Gurun or Kamunting Preceding station   State Railway of Thailand   Following station Bukit Mertajam toward Hat Yai Junction Southern Line Padang Besar Branch Terminus

The Butterworth railway station is a Malaysian railway station located at and named after the town of Butterworth, Penang.

The station is served by KTM Intercity, KTM ETS (both ETS Ekspres and ETS Transit), SRT Padang Besar Sector and KTM Komuter Northern Sector trains. It is also the southern end of the International Express from Bangkok, Thailand.

The station is located near to, and linked via covered pedestrian walkways, the Butterworth temporary bus terminal and the Sultan Abdul Hamid Ferry Terminal for ferries to Penang Island. A free shuttle van also ferries passengers between the railway station and the arrival/departure point of the ferry terminal.

The end of the line at this station is "Chainage Zero", and as such, regarded as the starting point of the KTM West Coast Line and also the line to Padang Besar, which is connected to the State Railway of Thailand network. All distances for the two lines are measured from the end of the line here.

The station began operations in 1967 when the railway swing bridge over the Perai River was opened, allowing the rail line which had prior to this terminated at Perai (also known as Prai and Prye), to continue to Butterworth.

Before the railway line was extended to Butterworth, all rail services began from Perai, where ferries to Penang Island also departed.

The railway line between Prai and Bukit Mertajam was opened in July 1899, and as sections of the West Coast Line were completed, allowed trains to run from Prai to Seremban by 1903, and Johor Bahru by 1909. The line to Padang Besar was completed in 1918, allowing the first International Express to run between Prai and Bangkok's Thonburi Station that year.