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The old customs complex, built in the early 1970s, located at the junction between Woodlands Road and Woodlands Centre Road closed after the new checkpoint was opened on 18 July 1999, [5] although the motorcycle lane remained open in the mornings until 2001, and it was reopened on 1 March 2008 for goods vehicles only.
Woodlands Train Checkpoint (abbreviated as WTCP, also known as Woodlands CIQ) is a railway station and border checkpoint in Woodlands, Singapore.Located close to the Malaysia–Singapore border, the station is owned by Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) and is operated by the Malaysian railway operator Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) in agreement with the Singaporean authorities.
The area consisting of modern-day Woodlands Town first witnessed the opening of the Johor-Singapore Causeway in 1923. Early Woodlands consisted of villages where residents made their living mostly as small-time shopkeepers and vegetable farmers in the Marsiling area, while rubber plantations and poultry farms dot the landscape at where modern-day Admiralty is located.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA, Chinese: 移民與關卡局 ；Malay: Penguasa Imigresen dan Pusat Pemeriksaan) is a law enforcement agency within the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the border control agency responsible for frontline border control operations at air, sea and rail ports in Singapore.
The new checkpoint complex also houses the Woodlands Train Checkpoint, opened on 1 August 1998, as the Singapore railway border clearance facility, which was previously co-located with Malaysian immigration and customs at Tanjong Pagar railway station. The relocation to Woodlands caused disputes between the two countries, which was resolved in ...
Following the announcement of the Woodlands extension in February 1991, Singapore's communications minister Mah Bow Tan said the cross-border link was "very much on the cards", with provisions at Woodlands station reserved for the extension. Nevertheless, further feasibility studies would need to be carried out with the Malaysian government.
Johor Bahru Checkpoint and Woodlands Checkpoint on the Malaysia–Singapore border handles the busiest international land border crossing in the world, with 350,000 travellers daily. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A border checkpoint is a location on an international border where travelers or goods are inspected and allowed (or denied) passage through.
Located in the north of Singapore, Woodlands Division serves residents living and working in Woodlands, Sembawang and Yishun. It also oversees policing resources at Woodlands Checkpoint and Tuas Checkpoint until the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) took over all policing resources on 3 January 2023.