‘Good old days’: Redditors nostalgic over photos of Lim Chu Kang Road ahead of its closure

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‘Good old days’: Redditors nostalgic over photos of Lim Chu Kang Road ahead of its closure​

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Despite being shot in 2025, the photos looked straight out of the 1990s.
By Charlotte Tan - 4 Jun 2025, 1:08 pm

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Redditor photographs Lim Chu Kang Road, netizens reminisce over smell of chicken farm​

If you grew up in Singapore, chances are that Lim Chu Kang Road will ring a bell. From vast cemeteries to army training grounds, the road is sure to bring back nostalgic memories.

However, starting 8 June, about 8km of the road will be realigned, and the existing stretch decommissioned — effectively marking the end of an era.

One photographer made a trip down Lim Chu Kang Road on Monday (2 June) to document its final days.

Photographer captures frozen-in-time images​

In a post titled “The final days of Lim Chu Kang Road” on the r/singapore subreddit, the user @fr_echidna shared a series of images that looked as though they were taken decades ago

The photos, which were shot with a Casio EX-V7 digital camera and featured deserted roads, an old-school bus stop, and cemetery paths, looked straight out of the 1990s.

Source: @Fr_echidna on Reddit

The post has garnered more than 960 upvotes at the time of writing, as netizens flooded the thread with memories of serving their National Service (NS) in the area.

One user shared that they “will always miss” the rojak stall they frequented during training. Another chimed, “The muah chee was the closest thing to civilisation”.

One netizen similarly pointed out the area’s seclusion: “Remembering the days [when] we tried squeezing up the only bus that [would] take us to civilisation in the 90s.”

“Good old days,” added the user.

Lim Chu Kang Road’s eerie quietness, especially being home to Singapore’s largest cemetery complex, was another common theme.

Source: @Fr_echidna on Reddit

 

[Squeezer]

Just a road.... nothing to reminisce about.

The tearing down of the old national library was a shame though.

 

[hahaedmw]

nostaglic my lan, wakao. u want this, just cross over borders, u will see thousands km
of this shiat that look like mixtute of barren land and slums. thanks god government finally decided to do something to it.


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[xcodes]

for people who reporting back to their army camp during their NS, isn't this road is the most sad and lonely road?

 

[Travis_Touchdown]

such a huge stretch of land tell us no land sho need to charge housing 9696...

 

[tmkedmw]

for people who reporting back to their army camp during their NS, isn't this road is the most sad and lonely road?

Sungei Gedong camp... sibei ulu camp

 

[tidiii]

for people who reporting back to their army camp during their NS, isn't this road is the most sad and lonely road?

yalor...who cares if this road disappears sia
nobody even drives there unless visit graveyard which is once a year

this road also often close cus its the only place the big planes from US can land

 

[standarture]

Lame la. People dont care suddenly care. Is like that one. Just faster capture photos to show off to people and reap content farm.

 

[fatscaryuncle]

Last night do my usual rounds suddenly see so many ah beng bring their car and deck chair sit at the runway roadside...

 

[tmkedmw]

yalor...who cares if this road disappears sia
nobody even drives there unless visit graveyard which is once a year

this road also often close cus its the only place the big planes from US can land

Road leads to Sungei Gedong camp also.
Those posted there is gg, think stay in is better for those without own transport

 

[tmkedmw]

 

[Dracky]

Favourite road for cyclists and illegal drag racers.

 

[pwongkk]

yalor...who cares if this road disappears sia
nobody even drives there unless visit graveyard which is once a year

this road also often close cus its the only place the big planes from US can land

Will the tengah airbase extension be haunted?

Afterall these souls were chased out of their final resting place.

 

[pwongkk]

Must ask why lta never consider build an underground LCK road below the existing road. Tekan all the nsfs. Now they have to leave early to travel the longer distance to reach Gedong.

Coming from Gedong, they travel longer distance. Family and gf time cut short.

Can spare more burial land for the future dead.

Poor planning, never fully optimise land use in land scarce sg.

 

[tidiii]

Road leads to Sungei Gedong camp also.
Those posted there is gg, think stay in is better for those without own transport

all along everyone posted to these camps know that they have to wait a long time before bus comes
this road closure changes nothing

 

[tmkedmw]

all along everyone posted to these camps know that they have to wait a long time before bus comes
this road closure changes nothing

Pls see your original graveyard post and my reply.
Nothing to do with road closure

 

[sango65]

All the bus otakus will camp at LCK on Sat night and Sun morning to video bus 975?

 

[Firstclass1188]

such a huge stretch of land tell us no land sho need to charge housing 9696...

Don't shoot your mouth, if the government builds housing there, would you stay?


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[trax06]

Sungei Gedong camp... sibei ulu camp

Ya lo lucky I was not in army.

 

[Travis_Touchdown]

Don't shoot your mouth, if the government builds housing there, would you stay?


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last time clementi bishan also cemetery huatz... nao also jinz populated huatz...