The last KTM train pulling out of Tanjong Pagar Station at 11pm last night with Johor Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar at the controls. -- ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

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ON BOARD THE SPECIAL LAST TRAIN OUT OF TANJONG PAGAR STATION: TRAIN enthusiast Char Lee leaned out the doorway in between train carriages and held his camera to capture the last moments of Malayan Railway's (KTM) last train travelling through the heart of Singapore.

Along the way, the 30-year-old member of the KTM Railway Fan Club yelled and waved to people who gathered along the route from Tanjong Pagar to Woodlands.

This special train, which left the station at 11pm, an hour after the last scheduled KTM train departed, was driven by Johor Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar.

Small groups of people gathered along the track for a final look.

The platform of the Bukit Timah railway station was packed; residents along Rifle Range Road waved from their homes, and there were groups who waited at railway crossings at Bukit Gombak and Chua Chu Kang. Many were armed with cameras, video recorders and glowing light sticks as they shouted hearty goodbyes to those on board.

Some 600 passengers were invited to board the 12-carriage train. They included members of the Johor royalty and officials, current and former KTM staff, KTM train enthusiasts and some 50 journalists from Malaysia and Singapore.

Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.

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