Day Out - a walk along Singapore's Rail Corridor
Above: Our mini hike from King Albert Park to Commonwealth (Old Malayan Railway)
Above: We started the walk from King Albert MRT Station, along Bukit Timah Road
Above: The iconic Bukit Timah Truss Bridge, across Bukit Timah Road
Scenic Views
The old rail tracks have been turned into walkways
Above: Old Bukit Timah Railway Station, under renovation currently
Above and below: Native plant of the yam family, look at those HUGE leaves
Banana plants dotted the rail corridor
Above: Bamboo Orchid, or Arundina graminiflora
Above and below: Bukit Timah Diversion Canal
Above and below: small rare fruits we found along the path
Above: The path below Holland Road
Above: a plant of the Figs (Ficus) family
Above and below: private houses along the Rail Corridor
Above: Bunga Simpur, or Dillenia suffruticosa
Above: Saga seeds on the dried pods
Above: the Railway graffiti, below Commonwealth Avenue and North Buona Vista Road
Above and below: we have now reached Commonwealth and the Historical Marker known as Former Malayan Railways
The old Tanglin Halt Food centre which was now deserted, to make way for redevelopment of the land.
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