Remember last time when I blogged about our little outing taking the train to Butterworth and hanging out at Penang Sentral? Well, I did not mentioned much about Penang Sentral because I think it deserves a post on its own.
Penang Sentral is the new hub for all transportation and transits in Butterworth - KTM station, bus station, jetty for ferry and of cos, taxis. In addition to the convenience of public transportation, Penang Sentral offers several facilities and services to enhance the traveler's experience while in transit.
Penang Sentral is build with shops, ticketing counters, prayer rooms, a food court, a nursing room and many other facilities to accommodate the needs of travellers. There are also parking spaces available for the convenience of those using transport facilities there. Penang Sentral is hoped to play an important role in streamlining transportation in the state as the place was a hub for long and short distance buses, taxis, ferries and trains.
One of the services that attacted my attention is the self-service ticketing system for bus ticket. Anything self-service or technology-wise always amused me. I think this could makes lifes easier so you can decide on your own on what time you want to purchase you ticket instead of the counter telling you this time is sold out, and other time is when, again and again.
Other common facilities like restroom can be easily find but there are things that for me, up to another standard for a transportation hub like this.
The Nursing Room at Penang Sentral very comfortable, well-kept and is very easy to find. Normally nursing rooms were placed at some secluded area and it is not so convenience for the mothers to walk far with a crying-hungry babies. Penang Sentral Nursing Room is located at Level 2, is in the middle of the centre and quite spacious. It is equipped with two private nursing room and two changing tables.
The wide door opening and spacious space between the changing table and private nursing room is a plus point too. It makes it less worrying for the fathers to go in for diaper changing and without making the nursing mother in the rooms less comfortable.
As a nursing mother, this makes me very happy!
If you need to pray before boarding on the bus, ferry or even the train, do pray at Penang Sentral prayer room (surau) before proceed with our journey. The surau is way comfortable and spacious than the one at the KTM station. The surau is also Located at Level 2 of the building.
Other than that, the Penang Sentral has a lot of F&B tenant too. So you can have you lunch or dinner, or snacks and coffee in between from all the eateries available while waiting for your boarding time.
Well, there are actually more but I did not managed to capture all the outlets inside.
Besides eateries, there are also book stores, pharmacy, convenient stores and hair salon avaiable in the Penang Sentral.
Hope with this new Penang Sentral, the passengers of the busses, ferry and trains will find it more convenient for their trip especially during peak season.
Dah lagi hebat daripada kl sentral plak nengoknya. Kalau ada train dari Terengganu ke Penang, saya dan anak2 nak je ke sana. Kawasan transit yang memberi banyak kemudahan kepada traveller
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BalasPadamWah dah buka ke? selama ni pergi penang masih tengah buat lagi. lepas ni mudah la ada tempat macam ni kan
BalasPadamWahhh macam2 dah ada kat Penang ekk. Lama bebenor tak ke sana. Dah bukak penang sentral ni, mudahlah orng awam nak ke satu2 tempat. Tengok pun nampak selesa je, macam2 ada dlm satu bangunan
BalasPadamCantik fasilitis kat sini. Kat mana sebenarnya Penang Sentral ni? Butterworth ke? Teringat masa belajar kt Penang dulu Matrikulasi, kena amik bas kat jeti Butterworth. Azab tempat letak beg semua. Macam ni dah selesa dan cantik, senang nak naik transport apa.
BalasPadamThe place is actually nice. The facilities looking great. Plus they even got nursing room which is for me always being neglected by certain places. I hope they will keep maintaining this place so it would always be comfortable for the users
BalasPadamWow. This is exciting and very convenient. I will visit here when I go back to Penang. I love that it aims to streamline all the public transport and I hope that more states are doing the same thing too.
BalasPadamWahhhh... selesanya sekarang. Rasa macam dekat airport pulak. Untung dah naik public transportation travel jauh-jauh ni, kemudahan semakin selesa day by day.
BalasPadamwah, ni transportation hub ke shopping mall ni?? Banyak betul outlet best-best siap ada 4fingers tu. Kemudahan pun bagus. Ni kalau datang saja-saja lepak pun boleh ni. Tapi persoalannya bila la nak pi penang.. hehe
BalasPadamLia pernah sampai Penang sentral ni 2 3 kali memang menarik lah kan. atleast penang ada hub yang macam kl sentral/TBS dan lebih teratur sistem dia. kemudahan pun banyak.
BalasPadamWahhh dah dibuka kepada umum ke kak Julia? Bestnya! 5 tahun kita study sana dulu masih under construction lagi. Sempat la jugak melawat kawasan waktu tu sebab ada kena mengena dengan study. Minggu ni bakal pindah ke Penang semula ikut suami. Nanti nak datang melawat lah hehehe.
BalasPadamSo many nice facilities to use! It getting better and better I think for all the malls in Malaysia. It's been a while I travel to Penang too.
BalasPadamdah pernah pergi sini hujung tahun lepas. ke awal tahun nie tak ingat. tapi amsa tu banyak lagi lot2 yang kosong. memang ebsar Penang Sentral nie. sy ingat lagi dulu saya selalu naik bas express dri situ nak balik ke Selangor. skrg dah tiada lagi tempat tu. tinggal tapak je
BalasPadamTengok dari luar macam biasa je. Tapi dalaman dia mewah.macam macam kemudahan disediakan. Bilik untuk ibu menyusu pun ada. Bagusnya. Sukanya mcm ni.
BalasPadamThat day when i went back to Penang i stopped over at this Penang Sentral station. I love the spaciousness and the facilities. Hopefully there will be more f&b outlets coming.
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BalasPadamCantiknya Penang Sentral. Macam airport la kan nanti cara mereka sediakan servis.
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