11/50: Tanjong Pagar Railway Station

The Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, now a gazetted national monument, was built in 1932 in hopes that it will be the start and end point of a rail network that would stretch west to Calais, France, north to Hankou, China, and onwards to the Trans-Siberian network. With a rich Art Deco style, the station has four reliefs of white marble, representing Agriculture, Industry, Commerce and Transport, and the accompanying letters “F M S R” stand for “Federated Malay States Railways”.

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