Showing posts with label Singapore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Singapore. Show all posts

Monday, 31 December 2012

Sentosa Monorail, Singapore.




The Sentosa Monorail was  a monorail system which served  as one of the  main means of transportation within  the island of Sentosa in Singapore. The monorail system commenced operations in 1987 and ceased operations in 2005 to make way for the  New Sentosa Express monorail. Much of the track and all of the rolling stock were sold as scrap. Although most of the track was dismantled, a section of the original track was kept to serve as an elevated walkway for Sentosa's Nature Walk, and one can still see a small section of track along Siloso Beach heading into the forest today.

Saturday, 4 June 2011

Bukit Timah Railway Station, Singapore.

The Bukit Timah Railway Station was opened in 1915 as part of the Singapore-Kranji Railway, also known as the Singapore Government Railway. Constructed between 1900 and 1902, the line ran from the terminal at Tank Road towards Woodlands via Cuppage Road, Newton Circus, Cluny Road (where Adam Flyover is today) and finally to Bukit Timah, before proceeding to Kranji and Woodlands where it continued to Malaysia via the former Federated Malay States Railway. The Bukit Timah Railway Station (now belongs to Singapore) has been officially gazetted as a conserved building.

Saturday, 7 May 2011

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, Singapore.

Tanjong Pagar railway station (also called Keppel Road railway station or Singapore railway station, is a owned by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM), the main railway operator in Malaysia.. The land on which the station and the KTM railway tracks in Singapore are situated is held by KTM on a 999 year lease.

Following an agreement between Malaysia and Singapore which was reached on 24 May 2010, railway operations into the station will cease by 1 July 2011, after which the building will be conserved.

A historic landmark opened in 1932, It consist of a very fine Central Waiting Hall with a domed roof, the walls being paneled with typical Malaysian scenes. In front are the letters FMSR (Federated Malay States Railway) and sculptures symbolizing Agriculture, Commerce, Transport and Industry.