Subzone of Sungei Kadut Planning Area in Singapore
Kranji
is a suburb in northwestern
Singapore
, bounded by
Sungei Kadut
to the north, Turf Club to the east, as well as Lim Chu Kang and the Western Water Catchment to the west.
It is located about 22 kilometres (14 mi) from the
city centre
and it came from Malay word "Buah Keranji" due to pronunciation by local Malay, it became "Kranji".
Etymology
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Kranji is named after a local
tree
,
pokok
kranji
or
keranji
(
Malay
for
Dialium indum
, velvet tamarind tree).
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History
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Kranji War Cross
Kranji served as a
military camp
before the
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
personnel who died in Singapore,
Malaya
,
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 industrial area.
Highlights
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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
known as
Kranji Reservoir
, which was formed by the
damming
of the Kranji River.
Bollywood Veggies
is an organic farming collective and information centre open Wednesdays - Sundays.
Transportation
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In 1903, the
Singapore-Kranji Railway
was launched with four stations, running from Tank Road to Kranji.
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It is connected to
Kranji MRT station
and is one of the main boarding and alighting stops to and from Johor Bahru for Bus Service 160 and 170/X.
References
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- Romen Bose (2006), "Kranji - The Commonwealth War Cemetery and the Politics of the Dead", Marshall Cavendish Editions,
ISBN
981-261-275-0
External links
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