Cross-Border Railways Act 2018 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Planning and Construction of Cross‑Border Railway
7. Power to enter State land to construct, etc., railway
Feedback & supportThe LTA or any person it authorises for the purpose of this section may do all or any of the following for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, operating or improving the railway infrastructure or railway assets of any cross‑border railway:
LTA
“LTA” means the Land Transport Authority of Singapore established under the Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act 1995;
at any reasonable time, enter upon any State land within or adjoining the railway area and take possession of that land;
subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Lands, do all things as are reasonably necessary for constructing, maintaining, operating or improving the railway infrastructure or railway assets of the cross‑border railway on, under or over the State land, including —
railway infrastructure
“railway infrastructure”, in relation to a cross‑border railway, means any of the following buildings or structures within Singapore that is used or intended to be used for the cross‑border railway, but not including any railway asset in or on the building or structure:(a)a train station;(b)a railway tunnel;(c)a viaduct;(d)a bridge;(e)a railway yard;(f)a maintenance facility for trains and maintenance or engineering vehicles used for or in connection with the railway;(g)any other building or structure prescribed as railway infrastructure for that cross‑border railway;
removing any building, or any object or structure or vegetation from the land;
digging or boring of a tunnel under the land and erecting any building, object or structure over or under the land;
underpinning or strengthening a building; and
constructing railway passenger facilities on, under or over that land.
railway
“railway” means a network or system of fixed horizontal rails, tracks, grooves or other guide‑ways on, under or above the ground along which a train moves or runs, and includes —(a)all railway assets built, installed or used for the operation of the railway; and(b)all railway infrastructure constructed or intended to be constructed for any railway and any extension of the railway;