In December 1941, at the start of the World War II in Malaya, the British forces retreating south to Kuala Krai, destroyed the last span of the bridge to prevent the Imperial Japanese Army advancing.
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The bridge was officially opened on 1925 by the late Almarhum Sultan Muhammad IV of Kelantan and was named after the British Governor for the Straits Settlements, Sir Laurence Guillemard (1920 - 1927).
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The bridge was constructed between May 1920 and July 1924 by The Metro Carriage Wagon & Finance Co. Ltd based in Wednesbury, England as a crossing over the Kelantan River.
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It is two of the oldest railway bridges in the country after Victoria Bridge in Perak.
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Guillemard Bridge (Malay: Jambatan Guillemard Jawi: جمبتن ڬويلليمارد) is a single track railway truss bridge located in Kusial, in the state of Kelantan, Malaysia.
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