User:Robertsky/sandbox/drafts/Rail Corridor (Singapore)
Rail Corridor is a greenway formed from the former railway that connected Malaysia to Singapore, stretching from Woodlands to Tanjong Pagar.
Background
[edit]In 2010, a land swap was conducted between Malaysia and Singapore which allowed Singapore to reclaim a strip of land formerly used for Malaysia's Keretapi Tanah Melayu rail operations. Under the Singapore Railway Transfer Ordinance 1918, the strip of land comprised of 434.26 acres (173.7ha) with 352.52 acres (141ha) leased for a period of 999 years while 81.74 acres (32.7ha) was for perpetuity.[1][2][3] The land stretches 26km from north of Singapore at Woodlands, through the heart of Singapore, to Tanjong Pagar, south of Singapore, where a train station was constructed.[4] After Singapore gained its independence from Malaysia, the land remain under KTM's control, which in turn was nominally a Malaysian government-run corporation.
Since the news of the swap was announced, the public had shown interest in the future developments of the now unused land. The Nature Society of Singapore (NSS) then submitted a proposal to the authorities to consider the land for a redevelopment in to a "green corridor". The proposal took inspirations from New York's High Line and Paris' Promenade Plantée.[5] The public was receptive to the idea, and so did the government. The Urban Redevelopment Authority then held public engagement exercises which cummulated into a request for proposal in 2015. The winning proposal was further refined with public inputs collected in the earlier engagement exercises.[6]
- plan for greenway
Development
[edit]- state of redevelopment
-- kranji forest clearing issue
- preserved buildings/installations
-- truss bridges
-- bukit timah railway station
-- clementi nature trail[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tanjong Pagar Railway Station | Infopedia". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "CO10076 | Railway Land Swap: New Light on an Old Issue - RSIS". www.rsis.edu.sg. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "Singapore Railway Transfer Ordinance 1918 - Singapore Statutes Online". sso.agc.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "Witnessing history depart". 11 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015.
- ^ Bergman, Justin (2014-04-02). "In Singapore's Center, but a World Away". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "Co-creating the Rail Corridor's Future". CSC. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
- ^ "Two new trails at Clementi Nature Corridor to be progressively ready from 2023". CNA. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
Further Reading
[edit]- The Green Corridor A Proposal to Keep the Railway Lands as a Continous Green Corridor - Nature Society of Singapore