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About SGTrains

SGTrains is a community website created and run by train enthusiasts, documenting and sharing the little-known facts about Singapore's rail network.

It was started in 2011 by a group of train enthusiasts, united by a passion for rail transport, with the mission to share facts and information about Singapore's railways, as well as to provide a platform for train enthusiasts to interact and discuss about the railway.

Since then, we have come a long way - SGTrains now contains many pages of information - on topics spanning across the rail network - as well as an active trainspotting community on Spotters.

What exactly is SGTrains?

SGTrains is best described as a community: it consists of the website (which you're on right now), the blog — A Train of Thought, and the crowdsourced trainspotting platform — Spotters.

It also comprises our social media presence on Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Threads, TikTok, and news aggregation platforms Flipboard and Google News.

A brief history of SGTrains

A brief timeline of notable events in SGTrains' history.

2024

June 2024

SGTrains at Thomson-East Coast Line 4 Public Preview

SGTrains sets up a booth with Friends of Land Transport at the Thomson-East Coast Line 4 Public Preview on 21 Jun 2024

2023

May 2023

SGTrains was invited to share about Singapore trains and "The Journey of NEL" at Singapore HeritageFest on 13-14 May 2023

2022

November 2022

SGTrains at Thomson-East Coast Line 3 Opening Event

SGTrains sets up a booth with Friends of Land Transport at the Thomson-East Coast Line 3 Opening Event on 11 Nov 2022

January 2022

SGTrains launches crowdsourced trainspotting platform "Spotters" on 22 Jan 2022

2019

March 2019

SGTrains awarded Friend of Land Transport at the Land Transport Excellence Awards 2019

2018

September 2018

SGTrains visited the InnoTrans 2018 trade fair in Berlin, Germany

June 2018

SGTrains was invited to share about Singapore trains "A Train of Thoughts" at Sengkang Depot on 14 Jun 2018

2017

November 2017

SGTrains at Marine Parade Public Library

SGTrains was invited to share about Singapore trains "A Train of Thoughts" at the Marine Parade Public Library on 18 Nov 2017

October 2017

SGTrains was invited to set up a booth at the Downtown Line 3 Open House on 15 Oct 2017

2015

October 2015

SGTrains Instagram page was started

April 2015

SGTrains launches its redesign on 2 Apr 2015, with new and refreshed reference pages

2014

December 2014

STAR 2014 was held on 20 Dec 2014

2013

December 2013

In place of STAR, an event titled SGTrains Operation-Race Mission (or STORM) was held

2012

December 2012

STAR 2012 was held on 8 Dec 2012

April 2012

SGTrains awarded Friend of Land Transport at the Land Transport Excellence Awards 2012

2011
(Founded)

December 2011

The inaugural Singapore Train-Enthusiasts' Amazing Race (STAR) was held on 11 Dec 2011

October 2011

The SGTrains main website was launched

September 2011

SGTrains Latest Buzz - a Facebook group for sharing recent happenings, was created

August 2011

SGTrains's Facebook page and Twitter account was started

February 2011

SGTrains was founded, containing only a community discussion board

Who is SGTrains?

SGTrains is a community, which means the answer to this question has two possible answers:

Everyone!

The first answer is: everyone who participates in the community, be it online, on the crowdsourced Spotters platform, on our social media pages, or elsewhere.

SGTrains Team

The SGTrains Team is the people that keep SGTrains running, events organised, and social media pruned and top condition.

Have more questions?

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