The Bukit Timah Railway Station was once and formely a place
where trains stopped to pick and drop passengers. After the
Malaysian immigration decided to move to Tanjung Pagar station, the
Bukit Timah station now serves as an interchange for trains that
are meant to cross with each other, and also serves the activity of
token passing.
Normally, the station master only pass the token, which is a
form of a key, giving the locomotive driver the right of way to
Woodlands CIQ.
There are three lines at the station. The first, nearest to the
station platform is the mainline. The middle line is called the
loop line, when there is a need to cross a train, crossing means
two trains crosses with each other at the station. One of the train
will proceed into the loop line and stopped till the train
occupying the main line is cleared.
It is quite eerie at night, but if you are a regular to the
station, it will be peanuts to you. I've stayed at the station from
3pm to 11pm/12mn till the station is closed. The station is quite a
good place to relax, peaceful. You can bring your books to sit
there and study or read or to just relax your mind.
You have to ask the permission from the station master first
before using their premises. I've known a station master there and
we've been friends for quite a long time.
interesting... is the station master a local or malaysian?
