Scenic route
Jungle Railway
Gemas → Tumpat · Malaysia
The nicknamed Jungle Railway crosses Malaysia’s rainforested interior past Taman Negara, from Gemas up to Tumpat near the Thai border.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2893513 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 63 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 17 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: KTM — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Jungle Railway?
The Jungle Railway runs 528 km from Gemas to Tumpat.
How long does the Jungle Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 11 h for the 528 km. That is an average of 48 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 90 km/h.
Who runs the Jungle Railway?
KTM.
How old is the Jungle Railway?
The line has been in service since 1931. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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