[5] It served those travelling to Singapore after arriving at Borneo Wharf, removing the need to ride a rickshaw to the main town.

[1] The station did not have a shelter, forcing passengers to stand under the sun or in the rain while waiting for a train to arrive.

[6] In 1909, the bridge near the station went under repairs, and a temporary wooden structure was erected to replace it.

[8] As it was decided that Tank Road station was unfit to be the terminus of the line, it was decided that the Bukit Timah-Tank Road section of the line would be abandoned, and the line would instead deviate in between Bukit Panjang and Bukit Timah, travelling down a different route which ran along the west of the main town, to a new terminal station at Tanjong Pagar.

[9] Pasir Panjang station, as well as rest of the Tank Road-Pasir Panjang line was negotiated off to the Singapore Harbour Board, as some of the board's land was going to be used for the new terminal station.