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
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. 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. 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. 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.

- plan for greenway

Development
- state of redevelopment

-- kranji forest clearing issue

- preserved buildings/installations

-- truss bridges

-- bukit timah railway station

-- clementi nature trail