20110710 KTM Choa Chu Kang

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Gone are the glory days

Everyone wants a piece of KTM

It was an impromptu decision to drop by Bukit Timah Railway Station on a warm Sunday afternoon. For those who are planning to drive, there are spaces for parking on the left side after you drive into the narrow lane. It was very crowded! I guess everyone is scrambling to take a last look of the railway station before they dismantle the tracks.

20110327 Day trip to Johor (Part 1: KTM)

A week ago, I lamented to Ash and Chin that I have never taken a train from Singapore to Malaysia and the train station at Tanjong Pagar is closing down in a few months time! My initial plan was to take the train to Kuala Lumpur. Then Chin reminded me that the journey will take 7 hours. So I changed it to Johor Bahru instead. It only takes 1 hour to reach JB Sentral (excluding the time spent at immigration).

On Sunday, the 5 of us woke up very early to make it in time for the 8AM train. *YAWN* The tickets are only available for sale 24 hours before the train departs. We did not have to worry about long queues as 1) most of the passagers will prefer to take the coach than the train. 2) it is freaking early for a Sunday.

There are 5 train schedules daily, at 7.15am, 8am, 1pm and (I forgot the last two). Anyway, I read some reviews on the internet that the train schedules are subject to changes so it is advisable to call the office to check the timing. In our case, Ash went down personally last Thursday to get the timings for us. Except for the 7.15AM train which cost S$3 per ticket, the ticket price for the rest of the timings is S$13 each.

Snapshots of the train station.
The immigration process was slow.

I should have woken up earlier to have more time to take more photos!!

The journey was pleasant albiet a little noisy. The seats are old and dirty. We also saw little roaches around.

Snapshots on the train

We did not know there is a Bukit Timah Station

City Square is just across JB Sentral

Unlike the usual chop in the passport, the officer stamped it on the white card

The other officer (departure) wrote this on my passport