Woodlands Train Checkpoint

Woodlands
KTM Intercity inter-city rail station and checkpoint
Woodlands Train Checkpoint is Singapore's only inter-city railway station
Location	11 Woodlands Crossing, Woodlands, Singapore 738103
Owned by	Immigration and Checkpoints Authority
Line(s)	North-South Line (KTM Intercity)
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	No
History
Opened	1 August 1998
Services
Preceding station   Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Intercity)   Following station JB Sentral towards Hat Yai North-South Line Terminus

Woodlands Train Checkpoint (abbreviated as WTCP, also known as Woodlands CIQ) is a railway station and border checkpoint in Woodlands, Singapore. It is the southern terminus of the Malaysian Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) rail network.

Constructed from 1992 to 1997, WTCP was opened on 1 August 1998 as the Singapore border control facility for rail passengers. At that time there were no boarding facilities, as northbound passengers heading towards Malaysia were required to clear Malaysian Customs and Immigration at Tanjong Pagar railway station in central Singapore, and northbound trains stopped at WTCP for Singapore exit immigration checks only. However, southbound passengers could disembark after clearing Singapore Customs and Immigration at WTCP, as they had already cleared Malaysian Immigration at Johor Bahru railway station.

Since 1 July 2011, WTCP has been the southern terminus of the KTM Intercity service, following an agreement between Malaysia and Singapore to close Tanjong Pagar railway station. Northbound passengers now clear Singapore Immigration and Malaysian Customs and Immigration at WTCP before boarding the train for Malaysia, while southbound passengers clear Malaysian Immigration at Johor Bahru Sentral railway station, and Singapore Customs and Immigration at WTCP.

Border control issues

Until 1998, both Malaysia and Singapore had their customs and immigration facilities for rail passengers at Tanjong Pagar railway station. Singapore decided to relocate its customs and immigration facilities to Woodlands despite Malaysia's unwillingness to vacate the Tanjong Pagar railway station according to the Malaysia–Singapore Points of Agreement of 1990. The ICA ceased operations at Tanjong Pagar and moved into WTCP on 1 August 1998.

While providing immigration facilities for southbound passengers at Johor Bahru, Malaysian Customs and Immigration for northbound passengers remained at Tanjong Pagar, refusing to relocate to either Woodlands or Johor Bahru. This peculiarity resulted in passengers travelling to Malaysia being granted entry to Malaysia before being granted exit from Singapore, which is contrary to international practice. To circumvent the problem, Malaysian Immigration officers in Tanjong Pagar did not stamp passports, instead scanning them into a computer system and providing a stamped embarkation/disembarkation card, to be retained until leaving Malaysia. This still posed problems for some visitors when leaving Malaysia due to the lack of a physical endorsement in their passports, especially for those who lost the card while in Malaysia.

The border control issues were resolved in 2010 following an agreement to close the Tanjong Pagar railway station. KTM together with Malaysian Customs and Immigration relocated their operations to WTCP on 1 July 2011.

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Coordinates: 1°26′38″N 103°46′09″E / 1.44389°N 103.76917°E / 1.44389; 103.76917