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Adventure #025 - Bukit Timah railway station was a former railway station and crossing loop in Bukit Timah, 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.

It closed in 2011, and it is now a conserved recreational building and museum that is part of the Rail Corridor.

BUKIT TIMAH TRUSS BRIDGE
The bridge across Bukit Timah/Dunearn Road spans 45 meters and is the only Baltimore truss bridge in Singapore. It is a popular spot today for photo-taking and is widely used by Rail Corridor users. The bridge across Upper Bukit Timah Road spans 60 meters and is the only Pratt truss bridge in Singapore. The Pratt truss design features vertical supports and diagonals that slope down toward the center.

YARD SHELTER
A new sheltered Yard serves as a rest area and gathering point, with public restrooms that simulate rustic toilets found in the old days. The Yard also features an educational board that shares with visitors the history of the railway.

RAILWAY STAFF QUARTERS
The conserved Railway Staff Quarters is a former staff housing block that has been repurposed into a café, called ‘1932 STORY’ with a rustic, relaxed ambiance. Key architectural elements of the building were also restored, and improvements were made to make the building more accessible.

BUKIT TIMAH RAILWAY STATION
The conserved Bukit Timah Railway Station building was built in 1932 and is one of two extant railway stations in Singapore. Along with its key architectural and railway elements, the railway station has been sensitively and carefully restored and repurposed as a heritage gallery for visitors to learn about its history and that of the Rail Corridor.

Notable heritage features include a "772.75" distance marker indicating the distance in kilometers from Bukit Timah Railway Station to Butterworth Railway Station in Penang.

In the building, you can see restored elements like track switching levers, a ticketing booth, and a replica of a signals diagram in the Signal Room, which former Station Masters used to control rail traffic. To the front of the building, you can find more restored features, such as station signs, token poles, and replicas of railway station wagons that once plied the tracks.

RAILWAY STATION SERVICE WAGONS
Don't miss the bright yellow service wagons sitting on the railway tracks in front of the railway station building. They stand out against the backdrop of the restored building, which could soon make them a hotspot for photography lovers, urban sketchers, and even wedding couples. These service wagons have been replicated to look "just like old railway maintenance vehicles", and are placed on the existing railway tracks "as play features reminiscent of the former railway station".

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