SINGAPORE – A decommissioned MRT train has been transformed into a hotel – the first such concept in Singapore – complete with the original train interior, and real-life footage of the train’s earlier journeys screened on display panels.

The train hotel will be open for bookings in the second half of 2025.

Train Pod @ one-north has eight rooms, each measuring about 7.5 sq m, housed in a carriage from a third-generation Kawasaki-Nippon Sharyo C751B train, which is among the trains that plied the North-South and East-West lines from 2000 to 2024.

It was officially launched on April 11 by Ms Low Yen Ling, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, and Culture, Community and Youth.

At Train Pod @ one-north, each air-conditioned room in the train carriage is equipped with a single bunk bed that can accommodate two guests, as well as an en-suite bathroom.

Outside the train carriage, guests have access to common amenities such as a vending machine for food and drinks, a coin-operated washing machine and dryer, an outdoor kitchen and a fridge or freezer.

They can also use the outdoor dining area, furnished with original MRT train seats and bicycle racks.

Room rates will be around $80++ to $90++ on weekdays, and $100++ to $120++ on weekends.

Train Pod @ one-north is created by local start-up Tiny Pod and supported by JTC Corporation. It is an extension of Tiny Pod’s existing pop-up shipping container hotel at LaunchPad @ one-north – another example of how the company transforms existing structures into functional spaces.

Tiny Pod’s shipping container hotels were launched in 2020, and have since expanded to urban and public spaces at Gardens by the Bay and Haw Par Villa.

In December 2024, a resort hotel with rooms made from old public buses was launched. The Bus Collective, located next to Changi Village Hawker Centre, was created by travel agency WTS Travel, which partnered the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Singapore Land Authority.

Original parts of the bus...