Tanjong Pagar Railway Station (7)

A shot of the facade of the building to close the series.

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station (6)

Malaysian customs through the gate. In two months, trains will no longer circulate on these tracks.

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station (5)

Waiting for the next train or enjoying the cool air of the station?

On the side of the track

A decrepit wooden house along the track. These couches do look almost comfortable (from a distance!).

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station (4)

The switcher up close.

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station (3)

Last train circulating on these tracks should be in June/July of this year.

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station (2)

This shunting locomotive is used for assembling and disassembling train in the goods yard as well as moving empty passenger cars destined to travel to Malaysia into position on the station tracks

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station (1)

The Tanjong Pagar Railway Station was completed in 1932 to receive the KTM passenger trains from Malaysia.

Until today, the land on which the railway tracks and the station are located have belonged to Malaysia. In May 2010, both Malaysian and Singaporean government agreed to have the station relocated to Woodland and the railway land returned to Singapore. In compensation, Malaysia will be granted a majority ownership in a company that will be holding several plots of prime land in Singapore.

While the track land will be redevelopped, the building of the railway station will be preserved by the National Heritage Board.

Railway Bridge Across Sungei Ulu Pandan

D700 70-300mm @ 70 ISO400 f/4.5 -0.7EV 1/50 tripod

No, while it could look similar at first sight, this is not the bridge over the River Kway!

This bridge is part of an extension of the Malayan Railways completed in 1965. The line was not used much as its completion coincided with the separation of Singapore and Malaysia. It was ultimately abandoned in 1974 and the land was bought by Singapore from KTM to build the Keppel Flyover.

We can still visit this old bridge, which makes a great subject for a shoot. Indeed, to capture the above picture, I had to wait patiently for other photographers to leave the site as the light was falling together with the first drops of rain... This location will deserve another visit.