TAPAH ROAD Perak | Aerial Drone Footage

Tapah Road (pop. ~7,000) is a small town which is located near Tapah, in the state of Perak, in Malaysia. The population consists of 40% Muslim Malays, 30% Chinese, 20% Indians and a few indigenous.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Tapah Road was of greater importance in early to mid-20th century because of its railway station, Tapah Road railway station, which is one of the oldest in Malaysia. The station was constructed with a 30 km (19 mi) railway to Teluk Intan (Branch Line) in the 1880s. The station was, and still is, linked to the main railway line from Butterworth to Singapore. Tapah Road was considered a major stop because it was the gateway to Cameron Highlands, the cold highland resort which was popular with the British colonial officers.
The town became relatively less important in terms of economic activities in the region as road vehicles gained popularity beginning in the 1970s. The train service between Tapah Road and Teluk Intan had been terminated in 1991 and most of the railtrack is no longer in place. Tapah Road railway station was rebuilt in 2007 as part of the duplication and electrification of the main railway line. It is now served by the Kuala Lumpur-Ipoh Electric Train Service (ETS) and the Kuala Lumpur-Butterworth KTM Intercity.
The town is on the road leading to Tapah and thus led to its name. This name has drawn some criticism from local Malay linguists because it has a colonial 'stain' on it. A number of towns in Perak also have this 'stain' such as Slim River, Port Weld (now Kuala Sepetang) and Teluk Anson (now Teluk Intan). Tapah Road maintained its name because the equivalent version in Malay ('Jalan Tapah') is also not suitable because it is not named after a road, but a town.
The town is now gaining significance because a large prison was built about 1 km (0.62 mi) from the town in 2001. The prison is the largest in Perak and a small township has been spawned near the prison to cater for the prison staff and visitors.
There are three primary schools and a secondary school (Sekolah Menengah Dato' Panglima Perang Kiri) in this town. There are two rows of shops leading to the railway station. An overhead bridge was built (completed in 2005) over the railway lines. There are large oil palm estates near the town leading to Teluk Intan. There also have two big Indian's Kuil and six small Kaliaman kuil in the estate. There are vegetable farms and rubber estates along the road to Tapah. There were a lot of tin mines 30 years ago but not one is in operation now. There was a plan to build a university in this area but it is not known if the project is still on since there is still no evidence of its construction yet.
STESEN kereta api Tapah Road suatu ketika dulu menjadi sebutan ramai kerana ia menjadi tempat persinggahan kepada orang ramai atau penumpang dari utara dan selatan untuk bercuti ke tanah tinggi Cameron atau Cameron Highlands.
(Sumber: www.bharian.co...)
Ketika zaman penjajahan Inggeris, kebanyakan penumpang Inggeris menjadikan gudang yang terdapat di stesen kereta api ini sebagai tempat penyimpanan barang sebelum dipindahkan ke Cameron Highlands dengan menggunakan kenderaan bagi kegunaan mereka yang tinggal di tanah tinggi itu.
Pada zaman itu, orang ramai termasuklah orang Inggeris yang ingin mengunjungi tanah tinggi itu perlu singgah di stesen kereta api ini dan dari sini mereka perlu mendapatkan perkhidmatan kereta sewa.
Malah, bagi orang ramai yang ingin mengunjungi pekan Telok Anson (dikenali sebagai Teluk Intan) juga akan berhenti di stesen kereta api ini sebelum bertolak dengan menggunakan kereta api lain yang menuju ke pekan itu.
Di samping itu, pekan Tapah Road yang terletak kira-kira 100 meter dari stesen kereta api juga turut sibuk menerima kunjungan orang ramai dan orang Inggeris menjadikannya sebagai tempat berehat dan menikmati makanan sebelum menuju ke destinasi seterusnya.
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