Railways in the Malay 
Peninsula. 
T HE Federated Malay States Railways system 
serves not only the Federated Malay States 
proper but also the Straits Settlements and 
the Unfederated States of Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan 
and Johore. Of the 1,022 miles of line open for 
traffic the Federated Malay States Government owns 
all but 120 miles running through Johore State. 
The entire system is operated by the Federated 
Malay States Railways, the Johore line being leased 
to it by the Johore Government. 
The first length of line laid was from Taiping 
to Port Weld in Perak, a distance of 8 miles. This 
line was built by Perak State and was opened for 
traffic on 1st June, 1885. 
In the following year, the first line in the State 
of Selangor was opened from Kuala Lumpur to 
Klang — a distance of 21^ miles. 
Steady progress was maintained in both States, 
and in 1901 the first General Manager and Chief 
Engineer was appointed to control both the Perak 
and Selangor State Railways. The mileage open 
for traffic by the end of 1901 had increased to 244 
miles, of which 97 were in Selangor and 147 were 
in Perak. By the end of 1903 the mileage open 
for traffic had increased to 340 miles, the two 
