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A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, ... Singapore Railways Museum [21] Rail Corridor. Source: [22]
Subsequently, with much political demands, plans to build a railway through Singapore, primarily to service the New Harbour, came underway in 1899 and the Singapore-Kranji Railway was completed in 1903. Between 1906 & 1907, the line was extended southwards from the terminus station at Tank Road to Tanjong Pagar and the wharves.
Bukit Timah railway station is a former railway station and crossing loop in Bukit Timah, in the westernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore.. Opened on the dismantled Tank Road mainline in 1903, it was rebuilt on the current Singapore–Johor Bahru KTM Intercity mainline in 1932, until the Jurong line shut down and it became a crossing loop station in the late 1940s until closure.
A transport museum is a museum that holds collections of transport items, which are often limited to land transport (road and rail)—including old cars, motorcycles, trucks, trains, trams/streetcars, buses, trolleybuses and coaches—but can also include air transport or waterborne transport items, along with educational displays and other old transport objects. [1]
In 1923, the Johor-Singapore Causeway was completed, opening to goods trains on 17 September 1923, [10] and opening to passenger trains on 1 October 1923, allowing the Singapore-Kranji Railway to connect with the railways of Malaysia easier. [11]
In 2019, The Rail Mall commissioned Singaporean freelance artist, Yip Yew Chong, to paint a wall mural on the entrance of the strip. [1] The mural features the last wild tiger shot in Singapore and the Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM), the last train to enter Singapore through the old railway station .
Rail transport in Singapore mainly consists of a passenger urban rail transit system spanning the entire city-state: a rapid transit system collectively known as the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system operated by the two biggest public transport operators SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) and SBS Transit, as well as several Light Rail Transit (LRT) rubber-tyred automated guideway transit lines also ...
The Republic of Singapore Navy Museum [5] Singapore Philatelic Museum (SPM) Singapore Pinacothèque de Paris [6] Singapore Coins and Notes Museum (SCNM) Sports Museum; The Gem Museum; Trick Eye Museum [7] Vintage Camera Museum; The Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum; Buddha Tooth Relic and Temple Museum; Hell's Museum; Museum of Ice Cream Singapore