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Shorter tenure for Rail Corridor developments at former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station

SINGAPORE — While parts of the former Tanjong Pagar Railway station could be developed for community activities, design teams will have to bear in mind the area’s shorter tenure of 20 years, pending the redevelopment of the Greater Southern Waterfront.

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. TODAY file photo

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. TODAY file photo

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SINGAPORE — While parts of the former Tanjong Pagar Railway station could be developed for community activities, design teams will have to bear in mind the area’s shorter tenure of 20 years, pending the redevelopment of the Greater Southern Waterfront.

Set to be the most prominent and important gateway into the Rail Corridor due to its close proximity to the city, teams will have to propose suitable interim uses for the former station, which may be supported by “appropriate and sensitive additions and alterations” to the building, noted the Request for Proposal brief released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) today (March 18). However, the proposals should take into account that the tenure of the new uses could be as short as 20 years.

The public should have unfettered access to parts of the three-storey building — a National Monument — so that they can better appreciate the station’s heritage. The main arrival hall should be capable of being adapted into a multi-purpose space or event hall and the main building and platforms should not be gated for easier accessibility.

In addition, the URA said teams must be mindful that new uses and activities within the site do not create nuisances and disturbances to the surrounding neighbourhood.

Meanwhile, a segment of the Rail Corridor at Choa Chu Kang — a bare stretch with one of the lowest levels of flora biodiversity along the green corridor — which cuts into a parcel of land set aside for housing development, could be integrated with the adjacent Pang Sua Canal to create an ecologically richer and more vibrant natural environment. This could become part of the entire residential precinct.

Teams are also given the option of shifting the segment away from its original railway alignment, but if they do so, “memories of the original alignment should be retained in some form in the overall layout and design of the Choa Chu Kang housing precinct,” the URA said.

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