Transfer Road, George Town

Jalan Transfer

Transfer Road is one of the major roads in George Town, Penang. It runs from Burmah Road to Northam Road, and has a number of offshoots. Among the roads that branches off from Transfer Road are Phee Choon Road, Kedah Road, Dickens Street, Popus Lane, Dindings Road, Hutton Lane, Ariffin Road, Jalan Sekerat, Argyll Road and Sri Bahari Road.

Transfer Road was constructed in the third quarter of the 19th century. It follows the course of the Transfer Road Canal, a waterway that has since been obscured for much of the way.

Transfer Road was named to commemorate the transfer of the administration of the Straits Settlements from Madras to Singapore in 1867, given greater autonomy in the administration of the states.