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| Tanjong Pagar Railway Station (CNB 2011) |
On 30th June 2011, the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station was closed and ceased to operate after nearly 80 years. Also known as the Singapura, or Keppel Road Railway Station, it was Malaysian (on a 999 year lease), run by the KTM (Keretapi Tanah Melayu) as an intercity station. But new Points of Agreement between Malaysia and Singapore moved the KTM terminus to Woodlands instead.
Architecturally, Tanjong Pagar is a beauty in the
art deco style built in 1932, by Swan & Maclaren. The station has two long platforms, covered by umbrella reinforced concrete roofs.
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| The ticket counter (2011) |
The main building has a barrel vault roof with the main public hall decorated with panels displaying batik styled mosaic murals depicting Malaysian scenes of rice planting, rubber tapping, and activities of shipping, tin mining, etc.
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| FMSR inside CNB 2011) |
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| Murals on the station walls in the interior hall (CNB 2011) |
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| The facade of Tanjong Pagar Railway Station (NA 2011) |
The decorative features on the facade include the letters F, M, S, R, to stand for the Federated Malay States Railway and four marble relief figures - representing Agriculture, Commerce, Transport and Industry (allegories of then Malaysia's economic pillars). They are works by Alfredo Nolli.
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| F and Agriculture (CNB 2011) |
On 9 April 2011 the main building of the station was gazetted a national monument. So is it being converted into a railway museum now, I wonder?
Visited: 4 Feb & June 2011
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