tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post8902570858813375133..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: SINGAPORE KRANJI RAILWAY by Guest Blogger PeterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-36464721055268713862014-03-29T00:14:28.944+08:002014-03-29T00:14:28.944+08:00Well, Its interesting now to see that there's ...Well, Its interesting now to see that there's the downtown Line following the routeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-37176286702342418512009-03-24T01:32:00.000+08:002009-03-24T01:32:00.000+08:00Hi Peter,Thanks fo the memories of Bt Timah... Yes...Hi Peter,<BR/>Thanks fo the memories of Bt Timah... Yes! I was raised at a zinc roof shop house in 843, Bt Timah Road (which now Royal Ville) However,it was numbered as 16F in my elder siblings' birth certs. During the early 60s, we could see the trail of an rail track near my neighbour house(849 Bt Timah)He was a Malay tailor who house was built during WWII using clay and rattan. If you had passed my path, you probably remember what business my father ran at that time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-52511688014154380242007-09-21T16:44:00.000+08:002007-09-21T16:44:00.000+08:00I met Bessie Chua, a local book author of children...I met Bessie Chua, a local book author of children's books. She authored Baby Chick's Batik Scarf and a Radio Singapore family serial in the 1950s called Little World of Hsu Fei.<BR/><BR/>Bessie told me she remembered standing on the Neil Road bridge (after the Tiger Balm factory) looking down on the abandoned metal railway tracks with wooden sleepers when she was on her way to Fairfield Girls School. The year was 1938. That means prior to WW2, the Singapore-Kranji Railway tracks were still there, though no longer in operations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-53726399111304012382007-08-22T13:30:00.000+08:002007-08-22T13:30:00.000+08:00Hi guys,Theres this Railway club in malaysia where...Hi guys,<BR/>Theres this Railway club in malaysia where members can interact and know more about railways.<BR/><BR/>Link > http://www.ktmrailwayfan.com/forum or http://www.ktmrailwayfan.com/galleryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-75142993266304841452007-08-20T13:45:00.000+08:002007-08-20T13:45:00.000+08:00Hi Ice Kachang If there is a proper name to addres...Hi Ice Kachang<BR/> <BR/>If there is a proper name to address you, do advise. You can reach me at profkingsfield2004@yahoo.com.sg<BR/> <BR/>Were u referring to Dunearn Road infront of Watten Estate/Shelford Road vicinity? Where was your source and in which year?<BR/> <BR/>There were suggestions that it was on the Bukit Timah Road side just before Cluny Road because the first Botanical Gardens were there. There were speculations that the botanists needed to use the train service to get to the Botanical gardens, which I am afraid was not correct. I think the mix-up was because at that time Farrer Road had not been built, not until at least after 1938. <BR/> <BR/>There were other stations as you rightly mentioned but these were for freight/military rather than passenger service. It was not until Tg Pagar Station or Singapore Station as it was then called that a station served both freight and passenger services.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-40241330070550253402007-08-16T02:19:00.000+08:002007-08-16T02:19:00.000+08:00Thanks for the website,For item 2,The actual locat...Thanks for the website,<BR/>For item 2,The actual location should be Dunearn road opposite where now Crown centre is.<BR/><BR/>There were also People Park Station and Borneo Wharf Station along SKR on it ways to the Dock.<BR/>They were closed down in around 1910.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-912592074927216812007-07-25T20:09:00.000+08:002007-07-25T20:09:00.000+08:00Next time I go to Beauty World hawker centre, I wi...Next time I go to Beauty World hawker centre, I will try to talk to the old hawkers there and see if they know about this railway line.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-65195549286890240782007-07-25T06:51:00.000+08:002007-07-25T06:51:00.000+08:00There are many surprises that await us; inclduing ...There are many surprises that await us; inclduing myself. <BR/><BR/>For example, plans and designs were drawn up to move Raffles Institution out from Bras Basah Road to somewhere in the suburbs. No I am not referring to the one at Grange Road where the Old Admiralty House once stood (now Ministry of Education Network For Teachers).<BR/><BR/>It was a big location, as big as a HDB town size.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-79625608846422856442007-07-24T22:41:00.000+08:002007-07-24T22:41:00.000+08:00Fascinating research. Fascinated particularly by t...Fascinating research. Fascinated particularly by the information on a Changi railway on the linked web site - I had no idea of this in 1960 when I lived there and was unaware of any remaining evidence of it.<BR/><BR/>Here in the UK you get the feeling that such is the interest in old railways that there are no new facts to be unearthed but Peter seems to have done a great job in unearthing a whole basin load of historical information. Perhaps Spore moves just too fast and the past gets lost in the hurry - again bearing out the need for Chun See's initiative with this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-83299066036097763152007-07-24T19:00:00.000+08:002007-07-24T19:00:00.000+08:00Tom said... Peter, I was looking through your webs...Tom said...<BR/> Peter, I was looking through your website, it was very fascinating, the site is wonderfull,it reminds me of the steam trains when I was a boy. peter I was wondering if it was one of those two, Steam Trains,the 564.20 Batang padang, or the 562.06 Kuaka Trengang, that took the company I was in to Ipoh, the year was 1961. Thanks for letting me see your site,its Great.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00283468129139631266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-65227042200482502292007-07-24T10:54:00.000+08:002007-07-24T10:54:00.000+08:00thanks peter for the wonderful post and research a...thanks peter for the wonderful post and research as usual :) I've included, not as detailed as yours of course, this bit of information in the Bukit Timah Community Trail brochure as well. <BR/><BR/>Apparently the Holland station or Holland Halt as it was called was built because one of the swiss club members then knew the people who operated the SKR and got them to specially build a stop for the swiss club members to easily access their clubhouse. That's why the station was situated near Swiss club Road. The members would take the train to the holland station and then jump on the nearby waiting bullock carts to travel up to the club house. This was before the invent for the automobile of course heh :)<BR/><BR/>NMonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09656957598868734650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-88104299137765926372007-07-24T10:31:00.000+08:002007-07-24T10:31:00.000+08:00In my previous article about wayang stages, I ment...In my previous article about <A HREF="http://goodmorningyesterday.blogspot.com/2007/07/where-have-all-wayang-stages-gone.html" REL="nofollow">wayang stages</A>, I mentioned the Al-Huda mosque in Jalan Haji Alias. There's a photo and a news story about the Bukit Timah Community Trail on Pg H4.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-90894645648537761632007-07-24T09:27:00.000+08:002007-07-24T09:27:00.000+08:00Peter - Thanks for the explanation. Was the Singap...Peter - Thanks for the explanation. Was the Singapore & Kranji Railway network connected to the Malayan Railway network in those days? In other words, can one take the train from Tank Road station to go to, say KL? If not, then the SKR probably ended at Woodlands?Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-84666321527449938452007-07-23T18:37:00.000+08:002007-07-23T18:37:00.000+08:00VictorActually SKR terminating station was Tank Ro...Victor<BR/>Actually SKR terminating station was Tank Road for passenger service although by 1904, a westward extension for freight (that went through Neil Road) continued to Tanjung Berlayar and the Keppel Road dockyard areas.<BR/><BR/>I did see a track crossing Keppel Road (where the Keppel Flyover connects to AYE) to the old Cold Storage cold room in late 1950s. In the early 1980s, I saw a small-gauge railway track at Bukit Chermin crossing the road into the golf course area (re: Keppel Club). In those days it never strike me that there was some history about these things. I asked Keppel Club management and they say the same story: never heard about it.<BR/><BR/>My father told me that in 1955 the Malayan Railway trains were roped in to help provide public transport because of the bus strike which paralysed all the bus services in Singapore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-42157544469194543792007-07-23T17:59:00.000+08:002007-07-23T17:59:00.000+08:00Peter - You really do a lot research into the hist...Peter - You really do a lot research into the history of railway not only Singapore also mainland Malaysia. On item 7, when the British left Singapore in the early seventies, land occupied was returned to the Singapore Govt. Practically the whole naval base to the north was alloted to the Sembawang shipyard, with parcels of lands being taken over by PSA, namely the naval basin and Admiralty East & West. Senoko Power station was also sitting on part of this land, all of them near to the present Woodlands (including a Shell depot), except the naval basin which is nearer to HDB estates of Sembawang and Yishun. Subsequently a plot was leased to the Malaysian Navy. On one occasion Dr M personally came (in a navel craft) to inspect the naval facilities there. There were always railway lines connected to the jetties during British times, presumely for movements of munitions unloaded to and from the jetties to the underground ammo dumps. In 1978 when I was posted to Sembawang Wharves, I saw a track railway line leading to the jetty at the present Sembawang Park. These tracks were later cemented over, so that the park looks unblemished to users. Many people like to fish from this jetty. Because of the uneven terrain of the park, the lovely sun-set over the side of Johor strait, the park is ideal for relaxing. I spent many hours dreaming away on one of its benches after work. TCS (now mediacorp) also liked to shoot part of their TV serials in the park.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-77021488509284985772007-07-23T13:52:00.000+08:002007-07-23T13:52:00.000+08:00Singapore-Kranji railway? Just like the term "kato...Singapore-Kranji railway? Just like the term "katoey", I've never heard of it either.<BR/><BR/>So one end of the railway must be at Kranji, I guess. Was the other end located at the current KTM Tg Pagar Station?Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339178864363140977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-24554065855196378042007-07-23T11:31:00.000+08:002007-07-23T11:31:00.000+08:00Thanks for sharing your research with us, Peter. I...Thanks for sharing your research with us, Peter. I must admit, prior to this, I have never heard of the Spore-Kranji Railway.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.com