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The End Of The Railroad In Singapore: A Photo Essay

In: Public Space in Urban Asia

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The end of the railway in Singapore came after 108 years of operation, a vestige of the British Empire, a very specific space in a very different time. The trains were charging first-class passengers 56 cents, according to The Straits Times (2 January 1903), to leave the original station on Tank Road to Kranji. The Tank Road station closed when the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station opened in 1932, the southernmost station of the railway line, after the agreement of the Railway Deviation of 1932. Governor Sir Cecil Clementi officiated at the opening of the station…

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  • Claire Leow, 2014. "The End Of The Railroad In Singapore: A Photo Essay," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: William SW Lim (ed.), Public Space in Urban Asia, chapter 4, pages 64-79, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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