Woodlands railway station, Singapore
Woodlands | |||||||||||
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| Location | Singapore | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Status | Demolished | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 10 April 1903[1] | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1 October 1923[2] | ||||||||||
| Original company | Keretapi Tanah Melayu | ||||||||||
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Woodlands railway station was a railway station on the Singapore–Johore Railway which allowed passengers to access ferries bound for Johor from 1903 to 1923.
History
[edit]Woodlands railway station was opened to the public on 10 April 1903 as the new northern terminus of the line, as part of the extension of the railway from Bukit Timah railway station, which also included a station at Bukit Panjang, which had not yet finished construction by the time the extension had opened.[1] The station allowed for quicker and more convenient access to ferries, which were bound for Johor.[3] The station replaced the bus, which previously ran the route.[1] Despite being in close proximity to the nearby village of Kranji, there was no road connecting the station to the village, thus rendering it impossible for residents of Kranji to utilise the station.[4] The station was serviced by a police station, which opened shortly after the opening of the station.[1] The land surrounding the station was owned by the railway, and a rule was implemented in which entering the premises of the station would cost an extra five cents. This included the nearby piers, the police station, the post office box and the ticket office.[5]
The station was not used often, as it was too far away from town. When the station first opened, many of the employees caught a severe illness and had to be sent to the hospital.[6] The opening of Johor Bahru railway station likely lessened the passenger traffic in the station, as they replaced the ferries going to Johor.
The station was closed on 1 October 1923[2] and was later demolished, being replaced with a petrol station.[6] The site of the former station 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.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Singapore-Johore Railway". The Straits Times. Singapore. 11 April 1903. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Untitled". The Straits Times. Singapore. 14 September 1923. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Heavy Railway Traffic". The Straits Times. Singapore. 9 March 1904. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Untitled". The Straits Times. Singapore. 21 November 1903. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ "Railway Rule Causes Complaint". The Straits Budget. Singapore. 15 April 1909. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Yesterday". The Straits Times. Singapore. 31 March 1981. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- ^ Soh, Victor (31 July 1984). "All Aboard the Johor-Singapore Railbus..." The Singapore Monitor. Singapore. Retrieved 27 March 2022.