Choa Chu Kang — Sungei future housing 12 Kadut 13 A walk down memory lane Kranji Bukit The trains have gone silent in the 24km Rail Corridor between Tanjong Pagar and Batok Woodlands, but lush life abounds. Some spots are now open to joggers and nature 14 WOODLANDS ROAD Agri-Food Kranji Singapore lovers, and the plan is to eventually turn it into a fully accessible redeveloped Innovation Park station Racecourse Upper Bukit Timah KRANJI EXPRESSWAY green space for the public. The corridor and its improvement plans are split into Truss Bridge 11 CHOA the southern, central and northern sections, with each section featuring its CHU KANG Bukit Timah ROAD BUKIT TIMAH EXPRESSWAY unique landmarks and scenery. Here are some highlights. Fire Station BUKIT Hillview Bukit PANJANG Towards Central Beauty World ROAD Catchment area Bukit Timah station 9 10 station Panjang TIMELINE Railway Station/ Kranji 6 Bukit Timah Station Master’s Bukit Timah Railway Station Nature Quarters 2011 Reserve • Originally constructed as a small station to serve the suburban parts of Singapore, this single-storey building follows the style of The URA begins consulting public and interest groups Tanjong Pagar HOLLAND 7 8 traditional small-town stations common in the United Kingdom and Railway Station ROAD Beauty on possible improvements to the Rail Corridor. World Rifle Range Malaya in the 1930s. Nature Park • The station is being redeveloped into a multi-use facility. AYER RAJAH King Albert 2018 EXPRESSWAY Park station JALAN JELITA Holland Several sections of the corridor, such as the Plain conserved Bukit Timah Railway Station and its Buona surroundings, are closed for improvement works Vista including heritage restoration and trail works. QUEENSTOWN station one-north COMMONWEALTH 5 RAIL CORRIDOR 2020 DRIVE business park Opened Diverted Landmark Nearly 5km of the corridor – between 4 CLOSED STRETCHES (REOPENING) Jalan Kilang Barat and Commonwealth Drive, 3 and between Buona Queensway – Tanglin Halt — Q1 2021 Q4 2021 Q2 2024 2025 Bukit Timah future housing future housing Vista and the Bukit Alexandra Fire Station Timah Railway Station – Hospital re-opened to the public • Built in 1956, A LOOK BACK IN TIME Singapore’s fourth since June 30 last year. JALAN KILANG BARAT Tanjong Pagar Railway Station re station was integral to keeping • One of the original end points for the four economic pillars of Malaya – 2021 kampung homes railway line, the station is known for its commerce, agriculture, transport safe from and industry. The central section GREATER grand facade inuenced by both the widespread blazes. is set to fully open, SOUTHERN neoclassical and art deco schools of • The railway station is set to become • It is now a with a short detour in WATERFRONT architecture. part of the Circle Line by 2025, conserved building. Holland Road where • The national monument is fronted by with Cantonment MRT station ongoing works are four large statues representing the incorporated into it. expected to be Steel truss bridges completed early next year. By the middle of The two steel truss bridges were gazetted for conservation this year, a continuous by the URA in 2015. They opened in 1932 as part of the then trail from Hillview Road KTM railway line and served as landmarks for decades. to Spooner Road will SPOONER 2 ROAD also be ready. Silat 2025 Tanjong Pagar The public can look 1 Railway Station forward to a seamless Rail Corridor from Kranji in the north to Tanjong Pagar in the south by 2025. Sources: URA, NPARKS ST PHOTOS: LIM YAOHUI, CHONG LII STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS: LEE HUP KHENG, LIM KAILI.