Plans for a virtual museum documenting Singapore’s land, sea and air transport heritage, laying the groundwork for a future physical museum referred to as the Singapore Transportarium, have emerged from a Ministry of Transport (MOT) job advertisement in October 2026.
The plans were disclosed in a Careers@Gov posting for a Transport Heritage Intern under the National Transport Academy (NTA), which provides some details of the proposed initiative, but no opening timeline or location for the physical museum is specified.
Virtual Transport Heritage Museum
According to the MOT job posting, Singapore’s first virtual transport heritage museum will feature a microsite containing historical stories, heritage trails and markers documenting the country’s transport history.
The initiative will cover transport-related sites, artefacts and personalities, drawing on archival records, oral histories, publications and stakeholder interviews. Self-guided heritage trails are also being planned, featuring site descriptions, historical context and points of interest.
The digital platform will take reference from the National Heritage Board’s Roots heritage portal, with historical materials potentially sourced from transport operators, heritage institutions, archives, museums, community groups and transport veterans.
Singapore Transportarium
Beyond its name and intended role as a future physical transport heritage museum, the MOT job posting provides no further details on the Singapore Transportarium, including its proposed location, exhibition plans or development timeline.
Existing Heritage
Existing transport heritage displays include smaller-scale installations such as the heritage corner at Woodlands Integrated Transport Hub, and exhibits at the SG Mobility Gallery. If brought to fruition, the proposed Singapore Transportarium presents an opportunity to establish a major transport heritage landmark.
A dedicated museum featuring permanent displays of historically significant vehicles, particularly preserved public buses and train carriages, could offer a more comprehensive showcase of Singapore’s transport history.
The former Changi Depot will highly likely be the location of the ‘Singapore Transportarium’, as implied in LTA’s website written 2 years ago. “LTA is also looking to transform the existing Changi Depot, which will also be decommissioned into an attractive and vibrant destination for all.”
Too bad all C151 complete sets been scrap now all theres left are a few cars, hope none of them will be scrap. C651 & C751B only left 2 DT Trailers of each respectively. Should have had kept an entire set to preserve. The remaining C151 cars in Tuas Depot which belongs to 015/016 can be coupled as a 3 car and store in the museum hopefully. Better than nothing.
Hopefully have preserved C151, C651, or C751B carriage
That’s great to hear! Hopefully this paves the way forward for greater transport preservation in Singapore! As for potential sites, it would be pretty cool if they can use a former bus depot/terminal/interchange, or even a former rail depot.
A good candidate for this would be BNDEP, which after decommissioning would provide a large area for the museum. Alternatively, it could also be situated at the former Changi Depot site, being near the airport and expo centre, and next to ECID. If it also involves aviation, being situated at Aviation Park would be perfect, since it is adjacent to the sea and Changi Airport. It would be perfect if they could acquire the former Singapore Airlines 747-200 parked at Stockholm Arlanda in Sweden, until recently being used as a hotel, which went bankrupt in 2025.
Should be obvious where is it. Most probably: the former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. They should put a cabin of every available (not yet disposed) previous train model there, for the public to relive the moments.