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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 Woodlands Checkpoint is one of Singapore's two land border checkpoints, connecting ground traffic with Malaysia.It services the vehicular traffic (cars, buses, lorries, motorcycles) along with pedestrians that goes through the Johor–Singapore Causeway.
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.
On 26 November 2020, the construction contract of Woodlands North RTS station in Singapore was awarded to Penta-Ocean Construction Co Ltd valued at S$932.8 million (US$675.94 million) by the Land Transport Authority (LTA). The contract also includes the construction of the tunnels and the Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine (CIQ) building.
The Johor–Singapore Causeway is a 1.056-kilometre (0.66 mi) causeway consisting of a combined railway and motorway crossing that links Malaysia's second largest city of Johor Bahru across the Straits of Johor to the district and town of Woodlands in Singapore.
Woodlands station is the first MRT station in Singapore to feature an underground bus interchange directly underneath it. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] In addition to the bus interchange, the station has at least 50 bicycle parking spaces and taxi stands, integrating the station with other transportation modes. [ 46 ]
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.