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Planning Area and HDB Town in Central Region, Singapore

Toa Payoh

Toa Payoh is a planning area and residential town located in the northern part of the Central Region of Singapore.

Toa Payoh
Toa Payoh · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Toa Payoh is a planning area and residential town located in the northern part of the Central Region of Singapore. Toa Payoh planning area borders Bishan and Serangoon to the north, the Central Water Catchment to the northwest, Kallang to the south, Geylang to the southeast, Novena to the west and Hougang to the east. Toa Payoh New Town is situated in the western portion of the Toa Payoh planning area. The latter occupies a much larger area, encompassing estates such as Potong Pasir and Bidadari.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Toa Payoh

Airports
Singapore Changi (SIN), 15 km · Hang Nadim (BTH), 38 km · Senai (JHB), 40 km
  • Sepang → Toa Payoh
    278 km · quickest by road, 4h 54m · RM65–85
  • Subang → Toa Payoh
    980 km · quickest by air, 10h 26m · Rp2,311,470–3,556,930
  • Padang (Katapiang) → Toa Payoh
    460 km · quickest by air, 7h 12m · Rp1,293,860–2,000,270
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No local-transport research exists yet for Toa Payoh

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Toa Payoh. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inA similar scheme is available for citizens of India who have a valid visa or residence permit issued by Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom or the United States (Schengen visas issued by other countries do not count), and have an onward plane, ferry or cruise ticket to a third country.
  • Get inFerries link Singapore with the neighbouring Indonesian province of Riau Islands, and the Malaysian state of Johor.
  • Get inSingapore has two terminals that handle international ferries: near Sentosa and near Changi Airport.
  • Get inHarbourFront Ferry Terminal is located inside HarbourFront Centre shopping mall, not to be confused with the adjoining VivoCity.
  • Get inTanah Merah Ferry Terminal is located south of Changi Airport.

From Wikivoyage: Singapore, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Tanjung Balai KarimunID

    11 ways of moving, 14 sources

    63 km
  2. 02
    Tanjung Pinang and BintanID

    9 ways of moving, 49 sources

    81 km
  3. 03
    SelatpanjangID

    7 ways of moving, 12 sources

    133 km
  4. 04
    TiomanMY

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    169 km
  5. 05
    Anambas IslandsID

    10 ways of moving, 23 sources

    311 km

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Toa Payoh is 5 km from Singapore, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.