Commonwealth MRT Station

EW20  Commonwealth MRT Station 联邦地铁站 காமன்வெல்த் Stesen MRT Commonwealth Rapid transit
Commonwealth Station Platform
Station statistics
Address	375 Commonwealth Avenue Singapore 149735
Coordinates	1°18′9.21″N 103°47′53.61″E
Lines	East West Line
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure	Elevated
Levels	2
Platforms	Island
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	12 March 1988
Accessible
Code	EW20
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Queenstown towards Pasir Ris East West Line Buona Vista towards Joo Koon
Location
Commonwealth MRT Station

Exterior view of Commonwealth Station

Commonwealth MRT Station (EW20) is located on the East West Line of the Mass Rapid Transit system in Singapore.

History

When the MRT network commenced operations in 1987, Commonwealth MRT Station as with all above-ground stations had no physical barriers between the platforms and tracks. Following numerous incidents of commuters falling on the tracks and unauthorized intrusions, the Land Transport Authority made the decision in 2008 to install half height platform screen doors for all above-ground stations in phases. The screen doors were installed on January 2011 and started operations on Apr 28 2011 with Queenstown.

Station layout

L3 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 (←)
L2	EWL Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Footbridge to cross Commonwealth Avenue
L1	Street Level	Commonwealth Avenue

New entrances

Together with Queenstown and Clementi stations, this station will see the construction of an additional pedestrian link bridge linking the station to two new exits, one on each side of the road. The exits will be equipped with fare gates and ticketing machines. Construction will start mid-2012 and expected to end by mid-2015.