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News

Rail Corridor is now accessible to the public [Press Release]

9 January 2012 – The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has completed removal works along the former railway land. The... 

Rail Corridor re-opens for public use from Monday

By Grace Chua, The Straits Times, 9 Jan 2012. The Rail Corridor – the snaking, 26km tract of former Keretapi Tanah... 

Final pieces of KTM track removed

By Grace Chua, The Straits Times, 1 Jan 2012. The last of the former Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) railway tracks have been... 

Campaign for a green corridor

By Teo Wan Gek and Toh Yong Chuan, The Straits Times, 30 Dec 2011. Alarm bells rang in Nature Society (Singapore) vice-president... 

Why Supporters of The Green Corridor Should Support Bukit Brown Too

The Green Corridor is a former railway while Bukit Brown is a cemetery, so different yet so similar. The Green Corridor... 

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Events

Re-Imagining the Rail Corridor – Traveling Exhibition

The Re-imagining The Rail Corridor exhibition showcases some early ideas from students and design professionals for what... 

Re-Imagining the Rail Corridor

Re-imagining The Rail Corridor is envisioned as a series of events dedicated to enhancing the public awareness and understanding... 

The Green Corridor walk along the old Jurong Line [18 Sep]

Time: Sunday, September 18, 8:30am – 11:30am. Location: Teban Gardens to Sunset Way. The Jurong Line, completed in... 

Thank You Walk [31 Jul]

Sunday, 31 July, 9am – 11am; Location: Bukit Timah Train Station to Rail Mall (meet at platform opposite station); We... 

Walking the railway together [9 Jul]

Join us for a walk with Minister of State for National Development, Tan Chuan-Jin, tomorrow 6am, starting at the carpark... 

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Community Stories

Good Work on The Green Corridor by UWCSEA Students

On Monday 5th December 2011, 200 Grade 8 students from United World College of South East Asia, Dover Campus, Singapore, walked the Green Corridor from Bukit Timah Rail Mall to Ghim Moh. It was a great day out for everyone involved. The students loved having the opportunity to do something active in... 

Examples of Rails to Trails

A reader shares these examples of former railways converted into multi-purpose trails for cycling and walking, and at the same time serving as a wildlife corridor. Australia: http://www.railtrails.org.au/ http://www.visitmelbourne.com/Activities-and-attractions/Outdoor-activities/Cycling/Cycling-trails.aspx New... 

Breaking the link – cutting and removing the KTM railway line

By N. Sivasothi, 22 Jul 2011. A symbolic scene greeted me on my field trip yesterday morning. The Malaysian (Keretapi Tanah Melayu or KTM) railway I crossed each time I ventured into Mandai mangroves since 1987 has been cut. The fastening clips have been removed and collected in canvas bags along... 

A Walk Down the Tracks Part 2

By David Teo, 18 Jul 2011. In the previous post, I talked about my walk along the tracks from Bukit Timah railway station to Ghim Moh Estate. CK and I took a well deserved breakfast break together with the rest of the group. For many of them, this is their final stop for the day while CK and I decided... 

A Walk Down the Tracks – The Green Corridor

By David Teo, 17 Jul 2011. Bukit Timah Station at 645am on 10th July – now fenced up and closed.  When I started documenting the KTM railway closure in Singapore, I had decided I would do no more than a series of 5 postings documenting the closure, the people and of course, the trains.... 

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