TY - JFULL AU - Nor Hafizah Anuar and M. Gul Akdeniz PY - 2017/8/ TI - An Architectural Study on the Railway Station Buildings in Malaysia during British Era, 1885-1957 T2 - International Journal of Architectural and Environmental Engineering SP - 1935 EP - 1944 VL - 11 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10007774 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 127, 2017 N2 - This paper attempted on emphasize on the station buildings façade elements. Station buildings were essential part of the transportation that reflected the technology. Comparative analysis on architectural styles will also be made between the railway station buildings of Malaysia and any railway station buildings which have similarities. The Malay Peninsula which is strategically situated between the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea makes it an ideal location for trade. Malacca became an important trading port whereby merchants from around the world stopover to exchange various products. The Portuguese ruled Malacca for 130 years (1511–1641) and for the next century and a half (1641–1824), the Dutch endeavoured to maintain an economic monopoly along the coasts of Malaya. Malacca came permanently under British rule under the Anglo-Dutch Treaty, 1824. Up to Malaysian independence in 1957, Malaya saw a great influx of Chinese and Indian migrants as workers to support its growing industrial needs facilitated by the British. The growing tin ore mining and rubber industry resulted as the reason of the development of the railways as urgency to transport it from one place to another. The existence of railway transportation becomes more significant when the city started to bloom and the British started to build grandeur buildings that have different functions; administrative buildings, town and city halls, railway stations, public works department, courts, and post offices. ER -