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Railway stations' heritage conserved

 The Singapore government has announced it would be keeping both the Tajong Pagar Railway Station and the Bukit Timah Railway Station because of their deep historical significance and to protect physical reminders of the country's rich heritage.

The Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB) is gazetting the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station as a national monument, while the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is gazetting the Bukit Timah Railway Station as a conserved building.

The prime ministers of Singapore and Malaysia had announced at their retreat on May 24 last year, that the Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) station would be relocated from Tanjong Pagar to the Woodlands
Train Checkpoint (WTCP) by July 1 this year. 

Both leaders also agreed that the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station passenger terminal building would be conserved given its historical significance.

They added that the old Bukit Timah Railway Station building at Blackmore Drive could also be conserved.

With the relocation of KTMB station from Tanjong Pagar to WTCP, both the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station and the Bukit Timah Railway Station will then cease to operate as KTMB railway facilities.

PMB director Jean Wee said: "With the causeway linking Singapore (and) Malaysia, the KTMB railway established itself as the only means of locomotive transportation between the two countries for nearly 80 years.

"The gazette of the railway line's terminus, the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, recognises the uniqueness of the structure and its existence as the key operational railway station in Singapore. 

"It will continue to be a landmark even in its adaptive re-use, to reflect the nature and strength of ties between both countries as well as among (their) people."

With the gazetting of the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, there are now 64 national monuments in Singapore.

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