Farrer Park MRT Station
| NE8 Farrer Park MRT Station 花拉公园地铁站 ஃபேரர் பார்க் Stesen MRT Farrer Park Rapid transit |
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 Southwest-bound Platform of NE8 Farrer Park MRT station |
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| Address | 250 Race Course Road Singapore 218703 |
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| Coordinates | 1°18′44″N 103°51′15″E / 1.312314°N 103.854028°E | ||||||||||
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| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||
| Levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 June 2003 | ||||||||||
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| Code | NE8 | ||||||||||
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Farrer Park MRT Station (NE8) is a station located along the North East Line on the Mass Rapid Transit. The station is between Little India and Boon Keng in Singapore, and managed by SBS Transit. It is located at the northern end of Little India and Kitchener Road.
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[edit] History
Before the station opened, the Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the second ever Shelter Open House on 15–16 February 2003, together with Chinatown, Serangoon, and Hougang stations.
[edit] Art in Transit
Farrer Park is an area with a rich sporting heritage and history, and also known for being the site of Singapore's earliest horse racing turf club from the street name 'Old Racecourse Road' draws its name from. Farrer Park's interior design captured the spirit of the locality's sporting heritage with the Horse Racing and Soccer series of artworks titled Rhythmic Exuberance, by Singapore artitst Poh Siew Wah. Another artwork by Poh, titled Aeroplane paid tribute to the first aeroplane landing in Singapore in 1911 at the Old Racecourse Road in Farrer Park.[1][2]
[edit] Station layout
| L1 | Street Level | City Square Mall (Singapore) |
| B1 | Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre |
| B2 | Platform A | North East Line towards NE1 CC29 HarbourFront (→) |
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| Platform B | North East Line towards NE17 Punggol (←) |
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[edit] References
- ^ Art Invitational. Art Outreach Singapore. 2005. p. 15. http://www.artoutreachprogram.org/images/pdfs/AI%2005%20Art%20Auction.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-29
- ^ Quek, Bruce (August 10 ,2009). "Art in Transit". National Library Board Singapore. http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1582_2009-10-07.html. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
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