Bukit Panjang railway station

Last updated
Bukit Panjang
General information
Location Singapore
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDemolished
History
OpenedBetween July and December 1903 [1]
ClosedUnknown date
Original company Keretapi Tanah Melayu
Former services
Preceding station Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad Logo.svg Keretapi Tanah Melayu Following station
Mandai
towards Padang Besar
North–South Line Bukit Timah
towards Tanjong Pagar

Bukit Panjang railway station was a railway station on the Singapore-Kranji Railway which served Bukit Panjang from 1903 to an unknown date.

Contents

History

Bukit Panjang railway station was opened to the public on sometime between July and December 1903, [1] on Choa Chu Kang Road, [2] along Bukit Timah Road, [3] as an infill station between Bukit Timah station and Woodlands station. [4] [5] The station was built near the military exercise camp and range, and helped the surrounding neighbourhoods develop, as it attracted residents. [1] The station was also near a rubber plantation. [6] A post office was built at the station on 21 March 1924, [7] and opened on 1 April 1924. [8]

As it was decided that Tank Road station was unfit to be the terminus of the line, it was decided that the Bukit Timah-Tank Road section of the line would be abandoned, and the line would instead deviate in between Bukit Panjang station and Bukit Timah station, travelling down a different route which ran along the west of the main town, to a new terminal station at Tanjong Pagar, [9] with a new station being built at Bukit Timah, and two new stations at Tanglin and Alexandra. [10] In November 1955, a new service was introduced in which lorries would arrive at the station in the morning and in the evening to bring people to and fro from work from the station. This was introduced due to the low ridership of the station. [11]

By 1984 the station had already been abandoned and demolished. The site was one of several possible locations for a railbus station for the railbus line that the Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) planned to build in Singapore. [12]

Incidents

On 26 November 1921, a man was run over and killed by an oncoming train near the station. The body of the man was mutilated and very badly cut up. [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Historical Maps of Singapore". NUS Libraries. National University of Singapore . Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sale of Properties". The Straits Times . Singapore. 15 September 1909. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "The Singapore-Kranji Railway". The Straits Times . Singapore. 26 December 1948. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Lai, Kai Joo (30 July 1971). "Putting the record straight". New Nation. Singapore. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Bukit Panjang Rubber Estate". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser. Singapore. 19 December 1912. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Blue Book for the Year ... Singapore: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1925. p. 8.
  8. ↑ "Untitled". The Straits Times . Singapore. 22 March 1924. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  9. ↑ Chandy, Gloria (30 April 1979). "Once, Singapore connection crossed over the Johore Straits by steam ferries". New Nation. Singapore. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "The new railway deviation". Malaya Tribune. Singapore. 2 May 1932. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "This May Mean 'Go by Train' to Work". The Straits Times . Singapore. 27 November 1955. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  12. ↑ Soh, Victor (31 July 1984). "All Aboard the Johor-Singapore Railbus..." The Singapore Monitor. Singapore. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Untitled". Malaya Tribune. Singapore. 2 December 1921. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

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