The canopy structures of the former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station building will be dismantled and fully restored after the completion of the new Circle Line Cantonment station in 2025, the Land Transport Authority (LTA), Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) and Singapore Land Authority (SLA) said in a joint statement on Friday (May 27). "The old train platform canopies are important to the history and...
Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
A historic chapter will close on Thursday at the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. Seven trains, bound for Malaysia, will make their final journey from the station on Thursday. Many have flocked to the station to take a last train ride from the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. One of them is 64-year-old Mohd Jani Abdul Manap, who arrived in Singapore from Kuala Lumpur to do just that. Mr Mohd Jani said the...
The Tanjong Pagar Railway Station will be relocated to the Woodlands Train Checkpoint with effect from July 1. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority said the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station and the Bukit Timah Railway Station will cease all operations on that date. And all arrival and departure trains will terminate and start at the Woodlands Train Checkpoint. Source : Channel NewsAsia - 18 May...
The Singapore government has announced it would be keeping both the Tajong Pagar Railway Station and the Bukit Timah Railway Station because of their deep historical significance and to protect physical reminders of the country's rich heritage. The Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB) is gazetting the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station as a national monument, while the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is...
The historic agreement between Malaysia and Singapore to settle a long-standing railway land swop issue will open up new property development opportunities in Singapore and Iskandar Malaysia, said DTZ Research. For Singapore, the reversion of the railway land will enable the authorities to amalgamate the track land with adjacent sites and bring about more optimal use of the land, a DTZ report...
Singapore and Malaysia expect to conclude a deal on exchanging land parcels between both sides in three months. The prime ministers of both countries met in Putrajaya, Malaysia on Tuesday. One outcome is that they agreed to reduce the toll charges for motorists using a link which connects the countries. The meeting was a follow-up on their retreat in Singapore last month. A key item - details on how...
Property watchers said the current Malayan Railway station site at Tanjong Pagar offers tremendous opportunities for residential and commercial development. But these will likely take shape only in 2015 or 2016. Singapore and Malaysia announced on Monday that the Tanjong Pagar railway station will be relocated to Woodlands by July next year. Property observers say the Tanjong Pagar site, located in the...
Singapore and Malaysia capped a historic day in relations on Monday with agreement on a long outstanding bilateral issue. After 20 years, both sides have arrived at a solution on the Malayan Railway Land in Singapore. The leaders of the two countries agreed to move the station at the heart of the city centre in Tanjong Pagar to Woodlands Train checkpoint, near the border by the 1 July 2011. The smiles...