Gua Musang Railway Station

Location: Gua Musang

While we were on the way to Kota Bahru, we decided to have a pit-stop in this small town called Gua Musang. This small town is almost famous for its limestone hills. Between the town and hill, there is a must visit place, which is the railway station.

Also, it is known as "Jungle Railway", which we get to know from wikipedia. Officially, the East Coast Railway line, it branches of the West Coast Trunk line at Gemas on the border of Johor and N Sembilan and goes through the forested heart (hence nicknamed as "Jungle Railway") of Peninsular Malaysia to Tumpat.

When one is inside the railway station, one will see 2 signboards, telling the passenger the direction of the north-bound train to Krai or Tumpat, or south-bound train to KL or Singapore. Besides that, one is exactly at the foot of the limestone hills while inside the railway station.

Another information that we would like to share would be the name of "Gua Musang" (Cave of Fox) from wikipedia.

"It was believed that long ago this town was inhabited by some superstition hunters who made offerings of animals in front of the cave of Bukit Gua Musang. One afternoon a raging storm broke out and the huts of the hunters were destroyed. At the height of the storm a bolt of lightning struck of the hill and nearly split it into two. The hunters, believing that the God of the Cave was angry with them, knelt down and began to pray. As they were praying they saw a huge pack of foxes (or musang in Malay) running into the cave. At once, they seized their bows and arrows and lay in wait for the foxes. They waited the whole evening but the foxes did not emerge, not even the storm had stopped. From then on, the inhabitants called the cave Gua Musang."