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'''Kranji''' is a suburb in northwestern Singapore, located about 22 kilometres (15 miles) from the [[Downtown Core|city centre]].  
'''Kranji''' is a suburb in northwestern Singapore, located about 22 kilometres from the city centre. It is connected to {{Stn|Kranji| MRT station}} and it connects to [[Johor Bahru]] via bus service 170.
 
==Etymology==
'''''Kranji''''' is named after a local [[tree]], the ''kranji'' or ''keranji'' (''Dialium indicum'', [[Velvet tamarind]]). Its abundance has rapidly dwindled since the first half of the nineteenth century.
 
==History==
The first Singapore-Kranji [[railway]] from Tank Road to Kranji was opened in 1903. In 1909, the [[Johor|Johor State]] railway was opened and in 1912 both these railways became part of the Federated Malay States railway, which had been formed in 1901. After the completion of the [[Johor-Singapore Causeway|Causeway]] in 1923, the lines were joined to complete the unification of the [[Federated Malay States]] Railway. Previously a Railway ferry service had operated between Woodlands jetty and Abu Bakar pier from 1903 until 1923.
 
Kranji served as a [[military camp]] before the [[Battle of Singapore|Japanese invasion of Singapore]] in 1942, and is now the home of the [[Kranji War Cemetery]] and [[Kranji War Memorial]], commemorating the 30,000 [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] personnel who died in Singapore, [[British Malaya|Malaya]], [[Java (island)|Java]] and [[Sumatra]] during [[World War II]].
 
In addition, it is now a prime residential area comprising mostly stand-alone properties. There are no towering apartment blocks, unlike most suburbs of Singapore. It is also an [[industry|industrial]] area.
 
==Highlights==
The [[Singapore Turf Club]] operates [[Kranji Racecourse]], the only [[horse racing]] race course in Singapore. It is located next to the [[Kranji MRT Station]].
 
There is also a [[reservoir (water)|reservoir]] known as [[Kranji Reservoir]], which was formed by the [[dam]]ming of the Kranji River.
 
[[Bollywood Veggies]] is an organic farming collective and information centre open Wednesdays - Sundays.
 
==References==
*Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), ''Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names'', Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 981-210-205-1
 
*Romen Bose (2006), "Kranji - The Commonwealth War Cemetery and the Politics of the Dead", Marshall Cavendish Editions, ISBN 981-261-275-0
 
==External links==
*[http://www.myfareast.org/SingaporeMemorials/kranji.html Kranji War Cemetery and Singapore Memorial]
*[http://www.turfclub.com.sg Singapore Turf Club]
 
==Bus services==
The following bus services stop outside [[Kranji MRT Station]] at Woodlands Road:
 
{| style="text-align:centre; font-size:95%; border:1px solid black"
! Service !! Between !! And !! Notes
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color:purple;color:white; height:35px" | SBS Transit Trunk Services
|-
| style="background-color:purple;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 160 || [[Jurong East Bus Interchange]] || Kota Raya II Bus Terminal (JB)
|-
| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 170 || [[Queen Street Bus Terminal]] || Larkin Bus Terminal (JB) || Red Plate
|-
| style="background-color:blue;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 170 || Kranji MRT Station || Kota Raya II Bus Terminal (JB) || Blue Plate
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color:red;color:white; height:35px" | SMRT Buses Trunk Services
|-
| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 178 || [[Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange]] || [[Boon Lay Bus Interchange]]
|-
| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 925 || [[Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange]] || [[Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange]] || Operates Weekdays and Saturdays only.
|-
| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 925C || [[Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange]] || [[Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve]] || Operates Sundays and public holidays only.
|-
| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 960 || [[Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange]] || [[Marina Centre Bus Terminal]]
|-
| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 961 || [[Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange]] || [[Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal]]
|-
| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 961C || [[Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange]] || [[Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal]]
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color:yellow;color:black; height:35px" | Handal Indah Cross-border Services
|-
| style="background-color:yellow;color:black;text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" | CW1 || Kranji MRT Station || Kota Raya II Bus Terminal (JB)
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color:gray;color:white; height:35px" | Kranji Express
|-
| style="background-color:gray;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" |KE || [[Kranji MRT Station]] || Kranji Countryside || See this website[http://www.kranjicountryside.com/template/schedule.html]
|-
|}
 
The following busses ply along Kranji/Sungei Kadut:
 
{| style="text-align:centre; font-size:95%; border:1px solid black"
! Service !! Between !! And !! Notes
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color:red;color:white; height:35px" | SMRT Buses Trunk Services
|-
| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 925 || [[Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange]] || [[Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange]] || Operates Weekdays and Saturdays only.
|-
| style="background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold" | 925C || [[Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange]] || [[Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve]] || Operates Sundays and public holidays only.
|-
! colspan="4" style="background-color:gray;color:white; height:35px" | Kranji Express
|-
| style="background-color:gray;color:white;text-align:center;font-weight:bold;" |KE || [[Kranji MRT Station]] || Kranji Countryside || See this website[http://www.kranjicountryside.com/template/schedule.html]
|-
|}
There is a SMRT bus depot at Kranji Way


==See Also==
*[[Sungei Kadut]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kranji Wikipedia article]


[[Category:Places in Singapore]]
[[Category:Places in Singapore]]
[[Category:Kranji]]

Latest revision as of 21:50, 4 February 2022

Kranji is a suburb in northwestern Singapore, located about 22 kilometres from the city centre. It is connected to Kranji MRT station and it connects to Johor Bahru via bus service 170.

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