Dilapidated railway station in Sabah turns to ‘dust’


Colour photo of Melalap Train Station taken in April 2016 courtesy of Dragonfly Robotix.

KOTA KINABALU: A move to restore a long-forgotten dilapidated railway station in Sabah’s interior Melalap district some 160km from here has now turned to dust.

This railway station, which served as a key stop for agricultural producers from the interior more than a hundred years ago, was supposed to be restored starting 2019, with works already starting on the railtrack.

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