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Global Design: A Geek's Guide to Transport Museums

Elliot Napier  |  The Straits Times  |  February 2026  |  Link  |  Archive

A large railway shed at Hua Lamphong station, Bangkok, holding the Thai Railway Museum's locomotive collection.
Thai Railway Museum locomotive collection at Hua Lamphong Station, Bangkok.
A display at Riverside Museum exploring Glasgow’s connections with pro-slavery blockade busters.
A display at Riverside Museum exploring Glasgow’s connections with pro-slavery blockade busters.
The diesel locomotive Sir Alexander, at the Hong Kong Railway Museum.
Hong Kong's first diesel-electric locomotive, named Sir Alexander after then-governor Sir Alexander Grantham.
A video game called 'Land Transport Operations Challenge' at the SG Mobility Gallery in Singapore.
Learning to smoothly run Singapore's public transport at the SG Mobility Gallery.
The tall ship Glenlee sits in front of Glasgow's Riverside Museum.
Glasgow's Riverside Museum and the Tall Ship Glenlee shed some light on the history of the Scottish city's transport.

 

It’s always election season somewhere in Singapore: Inside HDB’s colour democracy

Teo Kai Xiang  |  The Straits Times  |  June 2025  |  Link  |  Archive

A colour scheme polling station in Singapore for residents of a HDB housing block to select the new paint scheme.
A colour scheme polling station in Singapore for residents of a HDB housing block to select the new paint scheme.