English: Double-story station building was constructed in 1914-1917 with vastly larger space to not only house railway offices, but also Majestic Hotel, an enclose hotel that also boasted a restaurant and a bar. Originally offering 17 bedrooms which directly grant access to the second floor loggia, the hotel upgraded its number of rooms to 21 in 1936, to 86 in 2007 till 2020.

Station's design was conceptualised by en:Arthur Benison Hubback, a British architectural assistant to the Director of Public Works credited for designing various public buildings in en:British Malaya.

Western design exterior has drawing elements of late-Edwardian Baroque architecture and incorporating moderate rustication on the base of the ground floor, opened pointed and arched pediments, extensive use of engaged columns, and a large central dome over the en:porte-cochère, while integrating vernacular elements such as deep, open air en:loggias into the ground floor (183 metres) and upper floor of the building. In spite of its overall aesthetics, elements of Indo-Saracenic architecture are still found in the form of miniature en:chhatris towering over corner support columns on both sides of the structure.