Bedok MRT Station

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 EW5 
Bedok MRT Station
勿洛地铁站
பிடோ
Rapid transit
Bedok MRT.JPG
Platform of EW5 Bedok station.
Station statistics
Address 315 New Upper Changi Road
Singapore 467347
Coordinates 1°19′26.54″N 103°55′48.13″E / 1.3240389°N 103.9300361°E / 1.3240389; 103.9300361
Lines East West
Connections Bus, Taxi
Structure Elevated
Levels 2
Platforms Island
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 4 November 1989
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Code EW5
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station
towards Pasir Ris
East West Line
towards Joo Koon
Location
Bedok MRT Station
Bedok MRT Station at night.
Underpass entrance to Bedok Station.

Bedok MRT Station (EW5) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Singapore. It is located between Kembangan and Tanah Merah stations. This station is one of the most widely used stations in eastern Singapore, being crowded at most times of the day.

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[edit] Location

Bedok MRT Station is one of two stations on the eastern arm of the East West Line that lies directly in the middle of a road. It is in the center of New Upper Changi Road, separating the dual carriageway road in the middle. Underpasses connect the station to both sides of the road (as opposed to overhead bridges on the western part). The station is a short walk away from the Bedok Bus Interchange via a widely used covered linkway.

[edit] Exits

Exit A - Connects with Central stop A on New Upper Changi Road, Bedok Bus Interchange and is Wheelchair accessible(WA)
Exit B - Connects with Central stop B on New Upper Changi Road and is Non-Wheelchair accessible

[edit] Train service

Destination First Train Last Train
Mon - Sat Sunday &
Public Holiday
Daily
East West Line
to EW1 Pasir Ris 6.14am 6.42am 12.24am
to EW29 Joo Koon 5.38am 6.05am 11.33pm

[edit] Current station layout

P
Platforms
Platform A East West Line towards  EW1  Pasir Ris (→)
Island platform, Doors open on the right
Platform B East West Line towards  EW29  Joo Koon (←)
L1 EWL Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control
B1 Underpass to Bedok Bus Interchange

[edit] Bus services

Bus services located at bus stops along New Upper Changi Road:

Service Between And Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
2 New Bridge Road Bus Terminal Changi Village Bus Terminal Accessibility-directory.svg
9 Bedok Bus Interchange Changi Airport Cargo Complex (loop)
24 Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange Changi Airport PTB 1, 2 & 3 Bus Terminal
28 Toa Payoh Bus Interchange Tampines Bus Interchange
31 Tampines Bus Interchange Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
35 Bedok Bus Interchange Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal (loop)
SBS Transit Townlink Services
222 Bedok Bus Interchange Chai Chee Drive (Loop)
SBS Transit NiteOwl Services
4N Marina Centre Bus Terminal Pasir Ris Drive 1
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
67 Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange Tampines Bus Interchange
SMRT Buses Shuttle Services
IKEA Bedok Bedok MRT Station IKEA, Courts and Giant Hypermarket

[edit] Shops & facilities nearby

  • There is no shopping center nearby; however, as Bedok Town Center is next door to the station, there are a large number of shophouses and other facilities in the vicinity.
  • Bedok Community Library
  • Bedok Polyclinic

[edit] 2000 accident

On 30 September 2000, a 70 year-old man was killed along the elevated tracks when he was hit by an MRT train near the Bedok station toward Kembangan MRT Station. Police were notified at 9:47 p.m., and the man was pronounced dead around 10:30 p.m. by Singapore Civil Defence Force officers. It took six police and SCDF officers to pull the body out from under the train. According to passengers interviewed, announcements over the public-address system said there was a technical problem with the tracks.

Train services between Eunos and Bedok stations, both east- and west-bound, were disrupted for about 1 1/2 hours, up to 11:20 p.m. Hundreds of passengers were told to get off the trains and use the bus services which were added to ferry passengers between the Eunos and Tanah Merah stations.