Arau railway station

Arau railway station, officially Arau Royal railway station, is a Malaysian railway station located at and named after the town of Arau in the state of Perlis.
The current railway station was built as part of the Ipoh–Padang Besar Electrification and Double-Tracking Project, which was completed in December 2014. The new station replaced an old wooden single platform station that closed on 22 June 2011.

Location and locality

As the name denotes, it is located in the town of Arau, Perlis and being a royal town, it is located near the Arau Palace where the Raja of Perlis resides. The stations current name also denotes its significance to the royal town, the first and only railway station in Malaysia to have royal title. It is also located around 10 kilometres from the state capital, Kangar.
The station is served by KTM ETS and KTM Komuter Northern Sector services. The station is located near the Arau bus station, served by bus routes to Kangar, Changlun and Alor Setar, as well as taxi services to Kuala Perlis, the main jetty serving Langkawi Island.
The station also serves University of Malaysia Perlis, MARA University of Technology's Arau Campus, Northern University of Malaysia and the Perlis Matriculation College.