Penang’s fractured ferry-rail link

Teh (in wheelchair), waiting at the lift with other passengers with luggage, as she cannot use the stairs (in background) at Penang Sentral after disembarking at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal in Butterworth, Penang. — Photos: LIM BENG TATT/The Star

Delays, closed walkway, accessibility barriers mar commute from island to KTM station on mainland

BY THE time the average traveller reaches Butterworth railway station from Penang island via the ferry, they are often already exhausted.