KL decides not to stamp rail passports. Ng, M. Walking through history. Low, S. Last train out. Today, p. Ee, J. All aboard for that last ride from Tg Pagar train station. Retrieved from NewspaperSG.. National Heritage Board. Former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. Sabapathy, T. Sculpture in Singapore. Singapore: National Museum, p.
Lingfield: Oakwood Press, pp. Ida Bachtiar. Tor, C. The lost world. Today , p. Ida Bachtiar, I. The real Singapore. No more goodbyes at Keppel station platform. Singapore Government News. Zaccheus, M. The next landmark would be Woodlands Train Checkpoint where no photos are allowed. No trains this time too, so visiting Woodlands Waterfront to spot a train would be rather pointless too. At least I can get from Woodlands to Tanjong Pagar in under 30 minutes that way.
I wonder if the New? My grandfather worked at the Tanjong Pagar Railways and raised a family in the Railway Quarters, and I produced an on-site play inspired by his Railway-Life in March I recently produced the film version of that play in Oct So my heart, history and heritage are extremely connected to the Railways. So thank you for documenting our Railways. Please keep on doing this! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Skip to content Facebook.
The URA car park on the former freight lines has also opened. Heading down to the URA car park. Looking down towards Raeburn Park. The main facade is currently partially blocked by the Circle Line 6 site office. Peeking through the original gates for a clearer shot. Scaffolding is also in place up to the block facing Keppel Road.
Parts of the old fence still stands at unaffected portions of Circle Line Stage 6 construction. Hopefully there will be more progress to update every year from now on. Bridge has been reconditioned, and I must say that it was a job well done. Heading up to Bukit Timah Railway Station by the ramp towards the siding.
I was quite surprised of the construction works at the top of the ramp. Looks like a track extension? Little bit jagged there though. The wooden block demarcating the conserved section of railway track is now painted grey.
The overgrown path outside the station building. This remains too. The northern part of the platform being eaten up by grass. These are actual railway tracks alright, complete with holes to fix fishplates on.
Very surprisingly, the pads to fit between the rail and sleeper are still used. I guess these will be filled up with Binded Fine Gravel just like the southern end. Heading north towards Butterworth Bridge Do not attempt to run a real train through this point. The kilometer post of The reconditioned Bridge standing proudly. Excellent job by the people behind this. Looking north towards Rifle Range Road.
Looking down to Bukit Timah Road. England appearing on many trusses. The view of Bridge from the Rifle Range Road side. The conserved track tapers off to the regular path again at this end. The path ends abruptly for now with the ongoing Murnane Pipeline Project works.
Heading up the railway tracks, literally. England here. Each rivet and nut has also been polished down and repainted on, making it look brand new. The bridge number of seems to have been repainted on as a block grey. Looks like this new kilometer post is also dropping off soon.
These roof tiles are usually found in Chinese buildings and temples. The use of these tiles on the roofs of the railway station highlights yet another characteristic of the Art Deco style — the incorporation of local architectural elements.
The metre-high central hall of the station feels large and spacious without the visual obstruction of supporting columns. The coat of arms of the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States can also be found on both ends of the grand hall.
Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor drove the last train out of the station. On the same day, the Malaysian Government returned the land on which the station stands which had belonged to Malaysia under the Railway Ordinance of to Singapore, in exchange for other plots in the downtown area.
A Singapore Government Agency Website. National Monuments Public Infrastructure. Architecture and Furnishings The Former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station was designed largely in the Art Deco style, which was popularised in France after the First World War before flourishing internationally between the s and early s.
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