Tanjong Pagar railway station

Tanjong Pagar
Former KTM Intercity station
The art deco Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. The large initials "F M S R" stand for Federated Malay States Railways. The four white marble reliefs beneath these initials are allegories of Agriculture, Commerce, Transport and Industry.
General information
Other namesSingapore
Keppel Road
Location30 Keppel Road, Singapore 089059
Coordinates1°16′22″N 103°50′17″E / 1.27278°N 103.83806°E / 1.27278; 103.83806
Owned bySingapore Land Authority
Line(s)Formerly part of West Coast Line (North–South)
Platforms3 (1 island platform, 2 side platforms)
Tracks3
Construction
ParkingYes
Architectural styleArt Deco
Other information
StatusGazetted monument of the National Heritage Board
History
Opened3 May 1932; 92 years ago (1932-05-03)
Closed1 July 2011; 13 years ago (2011-07-01)
Original companyKeretapi Tanah Melayu
Former services
Preceding station Keretapi Tanah Melayu Following station
Bukit Timah
towards Padang Besar
North–South Line Terminus
Designated9 April 2011; 13 years ago (2011-04-09)
Reference no.64

Tanjong Pagar railway station,[a] also known as Singapore railway station[b] or Keppel Road railway station, is a former railway station located at 30 Keppel Road in Singapore. The station was the southern terminus of the network operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM), the main railway operator in Malaysia, until 30 June 2011 when the station ceased operations with relocation of the KTM station to Woodlands Train Checkpoint. The land on which the station and the KTM railway tracks stood was originally owned by KTM and over which Malaysia had partial sovereignty.[1] This arrangement lasted until 30 June 2011, when rail service to Tanjong Pagar was ended and the land reverted to Singapore.[2][3]

The main building of the railway station was gazetted as a national monument on 9 April 2011,[4] completing one of the objectives of the new Points of Agreement between Malaysia and Singapore.

It will be a future site for Cantonment MRT station, one of the stations for Circle MRT line Stage 6.


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  1. ^ "From The Straits Times Archives: Malayan Railway land in Singapore". The Straits Times. 31 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Squatters on KTM land to be evicted". The Sun. Kuala Lumpur. 28 March 1997. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Tg Pagar railway land was leased to KTM". The Star. Kuala Lumpur. 29 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Tanjong Pagar station a national monument". The Straits Times. 9 April 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2017.