tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post8993765486376890175..comments2024-03-03T20:31:09.646+08:00Comments on Second Shot: A Secret Tunnel under Orchard Road?Icemoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-69078221274887647842009-10-07T23:37:47.532+08:002009-10-07T23:37:47.532+08:00Thanks Anon. I will remember your description. Nex...Thanks Anon. I will remember your description. Next time go Centrepoint will take photo.<br /><br />By the way, if any of you has done so, do share.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-34082764287733429512009-10-07T23:32:43.103+08:002009-10-07T23:32:43.103+08:00Hi Icemoon, if you are walking down to B1 Centrepo...Hi Icemoon, if you are walking down to B1 Centrepoint from the main road, do not walk through the glass door. Instead turn right and walk into a hidden passage where you would see both a laundry services and money changer shop. In the middle of these two shop, the tunnel is ahead but it's sealed up. If my memories server me right, the money changer shop name was City something :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-33827876297025870912009-10-07T12:10:16.215+08:002009-10-07T12:10:16.215+08:00I guess the tunnel would be used by car owners not...I guess the tunnel would be used by car owners not able to find parking space in Centrepoint.<br /><br />Hey Anon, where is that section? Near which shop? Any photo??Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-80354590225084651862009-10-07T11:14:36.826+08:002009-10-07T11:14:36.826+08:00Icemoon, I happened to pass by Centrepoint the day...Icemoon, I happened to pass by Centrepoint the day before and decided to see if the tunnel was still around. Guess what? It was still there but the section was closed. Hopefully they decide to renovate the tunnel and link it to Orchard Central in future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-83594893889995994292009-10-04T11:59:20.794+08:002009-10-04T11:59:20.794+08:00i have used the tunnel before. it was not well use...i have used the tunnel before. it was not well used like the one connecting tang's to the orchard station and isetan. it reminded me of one of those tunnels at east coast park. it did not link the two shopping complexes directly. i remember getting into the tunnel from the car-park, to the right of the former specialist shopping centre, and diagonally opposite centrepoint.yghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07054865524193859788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-75252263774385407902009-10-03T23:40:41.547+08:002009-10-03T23:40:41.547+08:00I have a video clip of this part of Orchard Rd tak...I have a video clip of this part of Orchard Rd taken when my kids were young. Brought them there to see the X'mas lights. I will check to see if can see the tunnel entrance or not.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-17769324438512146392009-10-03T22:48:28.415+08:002009-10-03T22:48:28.415+08:00Dear all, I have updated the post with a photo.
C...Dear all, I have updated the post with a photo.<br /><br />Chun See, I look forward to your Cuppage Centre post. :)Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-16093119764726927732009-10-03T01:00:47.886+08:002009-10-03T01:00:47.886+08:00I remember the entrance was near to the McDonalds ...I remember the entrance was near to the McDonalds beside the road leading to Centre Point carpark. Did you know that in the old days, this road connects to Cuppage Centre where our office (NPB) was? Reminds me, I should blog about the old Cuppage Centre.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-37211514581095907542009-10-01T11:11:47.759+08:002009-10-01T11:11:47.759+08:00Thanks to pinto, Chun See and Anon.
Now I have an...Thanks to pinto, Chun See and Anon.<br /><br />Now I have an idea where the tunnel used to be located. Next time I go centrepoint, will look for the old and new tunnel.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-84555357891389101212009-10-01T01:05:57.685+08:002009-10-01T01:05:57.685+08:00Based on my memory, the tunnel was located at base...Based on my memory, the tunnel was located at basement 1 next to the stairs leading up to the main road. It was a very short tunnel which lead to the opposite carpark which is now Orchard Central. The exit at the carpark was just a normal exit similiar to the one you would find at the Istana park from Plaza Singapura.<br /><br />The last time I saw the tunnel was pre renovation when the old Macdonalds stretched out into the walkway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-63203970699695874312009-09-30T21:33:16.113+08:002009-09-30T21:33:16.113+08:00As far as I can recall, long before the MRT came a...As far as I can recall, long before the MRT came along, there was already an underpass connecting Centrepoint to the other side of Orchard Road. I haven't been to Orchard Rd for ages so won't know if it is still there.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-89666479401879781122009-09-30T11:20:49.183+08:002009-09-30T11:20:49.183+08:00I can't recall exactly. I think it was next to...I can't recall exactly. I think it was next to the McDonalds, before they created the extension.pintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14676823759744680169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-60039138642372226802009-09-30T10:08:27.043+08:002009-09-30T10:08:27.043+08:00Oh! That means the other exit was at Glutton Squar...Oh! That means the other exit was at Glutton Square?<br /><br />Where was its exit in Centrepoint? Beside Cold Storage on the basement? I tried to find but couldn't. I found the car park instead, haha.Icemoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174805596607457468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1729881438055696073.post-6266494258527822662009-09-30T06:23:52.569+08:002009-09-30T06:23:52.569+08:00This tunnel is not a secret, I've used it befo...This tunnel is not a secret, I've used it before. It is something like the one linking Lucky Plaza to Takashimaya, just that this one doesn't link between two building.<br /><br />The Mighty Minds map is correct. One end of the tunnel was at Centrepoint, the other was at the car park. It's not a direct tunnel from Centrepoint to Specialist Shopping Centre or to Somerset MRT - which is why no one really used it.<br /><br />The signboard and the book are not mistaken in saying that the tunnel connected Centrepoint to Specialist Shopping Centre and Somerset MRT respectively. From Centrepoint, you could use the tunnel to get to either place.pintohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14676823759744680169noreply@blogger.com