Continuing from The limestone hill of Gua Bama - A tribute to President Obama?...
Soon I arrived at the town of Kuala Lipis. Targeting its old town section I made my first stop at the railway station.
I have been to Kuala Lipis many times before and never failed to make a stop at the station. This is because I found it to be rather quaint and full of life.
This time I found it very quiet, almost abandoned...
As far as I could remember there were always people hanging about, if not to wait and take trains, they just loiter around to enjoy its quaint feel and sight.
After some time I found out why it was quite. The station used to have 6 train services per day making stops and taking/leaving passengers here. Now it is reduced to 2... even then at midnight and very early morning.
I found out that this has been the case since 2 years ago, after a big flood had ravaged most of the state of Pahang and Kelantan in 2014. That's when I realised I have visited Kuala Lipis in as many years...
A main railway bridge in Kelantan had collapsed during the flood, Because of that frequency of services had to be reduced and certain stations not serviced.
But I was told repair would soon be totally completed and normal service should return pretty soon. Anyway here's a look at things/infomation displayed at the station...
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