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Remember moments from your childhood where you can ride your bicycle over to your friends’ blocks or houses, invite them out and play outdoor games or sports?<\/p>\n

Today, even as adults, most interactions among friends have shifted online or via mobile devices, so getting them to come over on a regular basis becomes less compelling.<\/p>\n

With the 24km-long Rail Corridor set to fully open by 2024, bringing back that sense of adventure and camaraderie among friends on a weekly basis may seem like a good throwback.<\/p>\n

Better yet, if your friends live near the corridor’s many access points, a weekly catch-up among families to work out and interact with nature together, may just be a great lifestyle to have.<\/p>\n

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Singapore’s Rail Corridor<\/h2>\n

A National Parks initiative, the Corridor connects the Kranji woodlands to Tanjong Pagar Railway Station.<\/p>\n

It transforms the now unused Singapore-Malaysia railway line into a continuous green passage, allowing nature’s wildlife to move from one forest to another.<\/p>\n

It’s also a recreational passageway for members of the public to jog, brisk walk, appreciate nature and feel nostalgic. They can walk the entire trail or choose sections between various access points.<\/p>\n

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If you cycle with your mates, you have to keep your speed to no more than 10km\/h. You may also need to dismount on some unpaved\/uneven sections. (Image credit: URA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While not exactly a cycling paradise like our Park Connector Network (PCN), you can cycle along the corridor with your mates.<\/p>\n

However, you must keep to a 10km\/h speed limit. Furthermore, while most sections are dirt paths, concrete or rubbered flooring, some parts are gravel, like the newly refurbished Truss Bridges at Upper Bukit Timah and Bukit Timah.<\/p>\n

As the Corridor is meant more for nocturnal wildlife, it is open 24\/7, but lights are switched off at night. Also, not every section is lit, so the advice is to plan ahead, exit by nightfall and take extra care if it gets too dark or late.<\/p>\n

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(Image source: NParks)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Between now and 2026, NParks is enhancing different sections<\/a> along the trail, so some sections may be diverted or rerouted. It’s recently opened the Bukit Timah Railway Station node<\/a>, which includes two conserved buildings – the Station and Railway Staff Quarters, two gardens – Kampung Garden, and Herb and Spice Garden, yard shelter with a toilet block and an event lawn.<\/p>\n

Some upcoming improvements (most should be ready by 2024) include:<\/p>\n