Borneo Wharf railway station was opened to the public on 21 January 1907, as one of the two original railway stations on the 1907 extension of the Singapore-Kranji railway from
Tank Road station, along with
Pasir Panjang railway station. next to Nelson Road and Breeze Hill, in front of a coolie shed. It served those travelling to
Singapore after arriving at Borneo Wharf, removing the need to ride a rickshaw to the main town. In 1909, the bridge near the station went under repairs, and a temporary wooden structure was erected to replace it. However, the bridge was later revealed to be unfixable, and a new permanent 15-feet bridge was erected near the station. As the line from Pasir Panjang station to Tank Road station did not generate enough revenue, it was closed to passenger traffic on 1 April 1908, carrying only freight since then. As it was decided that Tank Road station was unfit to be the terminus of the line, it was decided that the Bukit Timah-Tank Road section of the line would be abandoned, and the line would instead deviate in between Bukit Panjang and Bukit Timah, travelling down a different route which ran along the west of the main town, to a new terminal station at
Tanjong Pagar. Pasir Panjang station, as well as rest of the Tank Road-Pasir Panjang line was negotiated off to the
Singapore Harbour Board, as some of the board's land was going to be used for the new terminal station. The station was closed sometime between 1929 and 1932, and was later replaced by
Alexandra Halt railway station on the new railway line going to Tanjong Pagar. ==References==