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 dismantled and sent home to Malaysia, capping off a year in which the Woodlands to Tanjong Pagar railroad stretch was decommissioned in a landmark land swop.

The 26km tract from Woodlands to Tanjong Pagar was returned to Singapore last July as agreed with Malaysia, in exchange for land parcels in Marina South and Ophir-Rochor.

In the weeks after the train service to Woodlands ceased, thousands of recreational explorers and shutterbugs thronged the tracks, hoping to capture a slice of history.

Trains had run from Tanjong Pagar since 1932, and continue to run north from Woodlands.

Removal works started in July. Small structures, railway tracks, sleepers, ballast, cables, gates, posts and debris were removed.

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Source: The Straits Times via Wildsingapore

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