Ashford

Ashford is a district in Tampines, Singapore.

​Overview

It is divided into several districts:

• Ashford North, Blocks 101 - 114
• Ashford Central, around Tampines Court
• Ashford East, Blocks 124 - 127 and 272 - 299 & Angsana Primary School
• Ashford West, Blocks 136 - 139

There is also Ashford Walkway Tunnel, which was being built in 2007, and the Ashford Timothy Railway which was being a heritage line using British Rail Class 121s, being started in 2004 and was demolished in 2010, because it runs parallel to the Tampines Line which was started in 2003. The Ashford Station was being built in 2004 so as to connect residents, together with Block 131 and Block 123 with few demand wise.

The Ashford Toll Expressway was being built in 2004 for passenger cars to go from Tampines Avenue 2 to Tampines Street 11, at the speed of 110km/h.

History

A 57 year old man was killed in a traffic accident at the junction of Tampines Street 11 and Tampines Avenue 2 on Monday (15th September 2014). The man was standing at the junction waiting to cross, when a blue Kia crashed into him. The driver of the Kia had lost control of his vehicle and collided into a traffic light, uprooting it, before hitting the pedestrian and flinging him onto the road. The car also crashed into a van and a taxi before coming to a stop on another lane.

Police have arrested the driver in connection with the incident and investigations are ongoing into the cause of the fatal crash.

Shooting at Tampines Round Market

Today, two gunmen went in to the Tampines Round Market by a car, hitting the wall at Tampines Round Market. The terrorist attack also came to a surprise where the gunmen opened fire at all the patrons and 13 pigeons were dead or injured. In addition, 56 people were injured and 12 people were killed.

We revealed that, the Islamic State has been "blaming" onto the mosque incidents. So we chose the Tampines Round Market, where the patrons like those Singapore Airlines retirees, chose to eat there.

Two gunmen came from the residence at Bedok, and banged the entrance gate before banging the walls of the market. A police spokesperson said that in Tampines Round Market, one gunmen will be sent for psychiatric treatment.

At the Bukit Timah Emergency Preparedness Day, a car went into the carpark and two gunmen start randomly using one AK-47 rifles.

Treasure at Tampines

1. 16-storey condominium
2. Havaianas
3. New Era
4. Weston Corp
5. Underground carpark with air-conditioned and electric car charging lots
6. Swimming pool
7. Interactive whiteboard
8. Customized and flexible furniture
9. Gallery of Tampines Court

Shopping

Tampines Round Market

At the Ashford West, there is also Tampines Round Market, together with several coffeeshops in the vicinity. The gateball court was being built since January 2008 at the Ashford East. Residents can do their shopping at Tampines Block 107 and Tampines Block 138, known to the NTUC FairPrice in the vicinity.

Schools

There are several schools in Ashford area. These include - only two primary schools (Angsana and East Spring).

District Overview

Ashford East

The gateball court was being built since January 2008 at the Ashford East which is next to the Qiaonan Primary School. Angsana Primary School, formerly known as Griffiths Primary School started operations in 1987. Griffiths Primary School is used to be a visiting place for their society of distributing unused newspapers / or promoting the community on 31 August 2013. Angsana Primary School was renamed from Griffiths Primary School in 2015.

Ashford Central

At the Ashford Central, there is also the Ashford Convention Centre, which is also known to be - Tampines Changkat Community Club. It was used as a polling station in 2006 and 2011 general elections. The Ashford Central was supposed to have a shopping mall called Westfield Ashford, but the change of plans in 2010 resulted in aborting.

Tampines Round Market has been closed for upgrading works from 15 April 2019 to 14 June 2019.

​Tampines Court

Main article: Tampines Court

Tampines Block 114

The carpark at Tampines Block 114 is home to places where they will order Grab/Go-Jek from these places:

• Gabriel Low
• Jeremy Koh/Koh Bee Sai/Koh Siew Tee
• Koh Lin
• Vincent Ang/Susan Ong

National Convention Centre

Changkat CC is originally a community club that is built in 1984. It was renamed to Tampines Changkat CC in 2001 and it was redeveloped into National Convention Centre (NCC) in 2010.

Ashford Timothy Railway

Ashford Timothy Railway is a heritage railway that was built in 2004, from Block 151, via the Tampines Primary and Secondary Schools, Ashford, Block 131 to Block 123. This was closed in 2010 and demolished, due to the fact that Ashford Walkway Tunnel runs parallel to the Ashford Timothy Railway.

This is similar to Epping Ongar Railway. Trains were running as Class 117s.

Tok Wei Cheng Memorial

Tok Wei Cheng Memorial is a memorial that is home to Tok Wei Cheng just before he died in 2006. Tok Wei Cheng is similar to Cedric Diggory and can be seen in the final moments of 2007 and flashback in December 2007. There is also another student - called Chiang Wei Cheng in Tampines Primary School.

It was located at Tampines Court, and it is also similar to Tan Kim Seng Fountain and Lim Bo Seng Memorial. It became a national monument, as the gateball court was there from 2008 to 2018, until the upgrade with the Tampines Butterfly Garden on the corner. There was a visit in June 2009 by my mum, while Timothy Mok was left alone at home. Even Timothy Mok had went to the former Qiaonan Primary School during the visit in May 2009, but had actually saw people playing basketball in the community club.

Tampines Round Market

Tampines Round Market is a market that has groceries and food such as 45 hawker shops and all those food courts. It was featured everytime and was built in 1985. Chai Chee Pork Porridge was the only long-surviving tenant since 1997. On July 2005, Tampines Round Market was closed for 6 month renovation. During this period, a temporary hawker centre was being set up at the Tramlink South Depot and currently the Optare Building. Golden Carnation is a new HDB BTO that has been completed on 28 December 2013 and residents moved to Tampines Block 117 by September 2014. Construction begun on December 2011 and is formerly known as Optare Building and Tramlink South Depot. It contains a block for studio apartments, designed for elderly.  Some of the hawkers were retired are Sheng Noodles, Hui Fang Curry Rice and Selamat Datang Food Stall. It was being renovated in January 2006 and was commonly renamed to Tampines Block 138. During this period, Lim Zi Teng, Shermaine Ong had however went to Tampines Round Market.

From 1 April 2013 to 31 May 2013, Tampines Round Market was again closed for renovation, which has a new tenant mix. At the same time, Ming Fishball Noodles and Laksa was closed down and replaced by food and drink stall (137 Coffee Stall), and Armenian Street Char Kway Teow took over Bak Chor Mee.

Hawker Shops

• Xing Ji Wanton Mee
• Pig's Viscera Prawn Noodles
• Yummy Sarawak Kolok Mee
• Song Han Carrot Cake
• Yong Huat Chicken Rice
• Xing Yun Kway Chap
• Soon Lee Vegetable Rice Nasi Lemak
• Hong Hakka Yong Tau Foo
• Chai Chee Pork Porridge
• Quan Fang Coffee Stall
• Ming Yun Coffee Stall

Getting there

Blk 141 bus stop

Service	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
8	6.37am	6.46am	6.43am	12.13am	12.15am	12.17am
17	5.53am	5.54am	5.51am	12.53am	12.54am	12.50am
18	5.38am	5.42am	6.12am	12.55am	12.54am	12.54am
20	6.07am	6.07am	6.06am	11.36pm	11.36pm	11.36pm
28	6.03am	6.02am	6.32am	12.53am	12.56am	12.49am
34	5.38am	5.41am	5.57am	12.13am	12.07am	12.12am
39	5.35am	6.06am	6.06am	11.36pm	11.36pm	11.36pm
59	6.36am	6.49am	6.48am	12.14am	12.15am	12.14am
292	5.22am	5.23am	5.23am	12.58am	12.58am	12.58am
518	8.25am	8.01am	8.57am	12.56am	1.05am	1.00am

Blk 101 bus stop

Service	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
8	5.46am	6.00am	6.15am	11.15pm	11.17pm	11.15pm
17	6.14am	6.12am	6.09am	12.45am	12.47am	12.43am
18	5.22am	5.28am	5.37am	12.15am	12.15am	12.15am
20	6.20am	6.20am	6.19am	12.34am	12.44am	12.41am
28	6.03am	6.01am	6.04am	12.22am	12.21am	12.23am
34	6.34am	6.29am	6.43am	1.08am	12.59am	1.05am
39	7.01am	7.12am	7.14am	12.36am	12.40am	12.40am
59	5.57am	6.25am	6.25am	11.55pm	11.55pm	11.55pm
518	6.48am	6.36am	7.36am	10.39pm	10.37pm	10.38pm

Gallery

The Christmas light-up at Tampines Street 11

U Stars

Butterfly Garden

Christmas 2019