Singapore – Kranji railway line

Singapore – Kranji
The Bukit Timah Railway Station was in operation as a train station from 1915 to 2011
Route, 1907
Route length:	31.8 km
Gauge :	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Legend Tanjong Pagar Bukit Timah Newton Woodlands Train Checkpoint Singapore / Malaysia Johor Bahru Sentral after Hat Yai

The Singapore – Kranji line of the Singapore Government Railway was built from 1900 to 1902.

history

The 19¾ mile (31.8 km) long railway line with a 1000 mm gauge ran from the oil terminal on Tank Road along Cuppage Road, Newton Circus, Cluny Road and Bukit Timah before going to Kranji and Woodlands , from where it went led to Malaysia via the former Federated Malay States Railway. In 1918, the United Malay Government acquired all of the land and infrastructure from the Singapore Railway for $ 4,136,000 and was then called Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Malay Railway Company). Until the Johor – Singapore Causeway opened in 1923 , passengers had to take a ferry across the Strait of Johor to continue their journey.

In 1932 the new Tanjong Pagar Railway Station was completed. The original stretch from Tank Road to Bukit Timah was dismantled about 7 years later because there was less and less traffic. Due to changes in entry regulations in 1993, passport control was moved from Tanjong Pagar to Woodlands . Since then, the Bukit Timah station has only been used for train encounters, but it was not allowed to get on or off there or to drop off or pick up goods.

There was also an interesting handover of tokens that the train driver could use to prove that he was authorized to drive the route. A railway employee on the train threw the token, which was packed in a sack, to a colleague on the platform. The station master then handed another token packed in a sack to another employee on the train. These tokens were then passed on to the appropriate border control employees with regard to the entry requirements.

In the early 1900s, a member of the Swiss Club successfully requested that another stop be set up about 50 meters from the clubhouse on Swiss Club Road. The stop was called Holland Road Halt and existed for 30 years. Until the First World War , the members of the Swiss Club got out at Holland Road Halt and continued their journey to the Bukit Tinggi Clubhouse on ox carts. After the war, more and more cars became available. In 1932 the tracks were laid on a different route, which today runs from Tanjong Pagar via Holland Village to Bukit Timah Village. Dunearn Road was built on the old route.

Pictures of the railway line

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  Tram tracks in front of Tank Road Station

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  Train to Tank Road Station on bridge over Orchard Road

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  Newton Station

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  Singapore-Kranji Railway, with Hunslet 4-4-0T locomotive

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  Token handover at the Bukit Timah Railway Station

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  Former Woodlands Railway Station

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  Tanjong Pagar Railway Station

Web links

Commons : Keretapi Tanah Melayu Train Stations in Singapore  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Malayarailway: Bukit Timah Railway Station. Published July 21, 2009. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
2. ↑ Singapore Railways. Last update on January 24, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2017.