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Central Region
Region in Singapore

Central Region

The Central Region is one of the five regions in the city-state of Singapore defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority for urban planning purposes.

Plan a trip to Central Region→From Johor Bahru

It encompasses the country's principal commercial, civic and cultural districts, including the Central Area, and serves as the core of Singapore's metropolitan region. Comprising 132.7 square kilometres (51.2 sq mi) of land area, it includes 11 planning areas (PAs) within the Central Area, as well as another 11 more outside it. The region is home to many of Singapore's national monuments as it was historically the area where the city was first founded and contains the country's only UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

How locals move

Getting around Central Region the local way

  • 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.
  • Get inFrom there, take bus 35/35M to the ferry terminal.
  • Get inIf you are arriving at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal, getting a taxi can be very difficult due to the remote location and 200 other people hailing them simultaneously; it's often faster to take bus 35/M a few stops to the nearest MRT station and try your luck there.
  • Get inThe bus calls twice in its route at the ferry terminal and visitors must pre-register to enter the logistics park ALPS.

From Wikivoyage: Singapore, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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