Jurong East MRT Station

NS1  EW24  Jurong East MRT Station 裕廊东地铁站 ஜூரோங் கிழக்கு Stesen MRT Jurong East Rapid transit
Jurong East Station with Platform Screen Doors installed and JEMP was in progress
Station statistics
Address	10 Jurong East Street 12 Singapore 609690
Coordinates	1°20′00″N 103°44′32″E
Lines	North South Line   East West Line
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure	Elevated
Levels	3
Platforms	Triple Island
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	5 November 1988 (platforms C, D, E & F) 27 May 2011 (platforms A & B)
Accessible
Code	NS1 / EW24
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Terminus North South Line Bukit Batok towards Marina Bay Clementi towards Pasir Ris East West Line Chinese Garden towards Joo Koon
Location

Exterior view of Jurong East Station, showing a Siemens C651 Train pulling in.

Jurong East MRT Station (NS1/EW24) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station that is part of the North South Line (Branch Line before 1996) and the East West Line in Singapore, and serves as an interchange station between the two lines.

It is located at the eastern end of Jurong, linking residential precincts Yuhua and Teban Gardens, as well as the International Business Park and Toh Tuck to the rest of the island through rail. Passenger volume is expected to rise when the sites in the neighbouring Jurong Lake District project are developed.

On the North South Line, it is the first station for south-bound trains and the last station for north-bound trains. On the East West Line, it is between the Chinese Garden and the Clementi MRT stations. During the morning and evening peak periods, trains arrive directly from Ulu Pandan Depot to start service on the North South Line. This station was also the first station to make announcements about train services when the Branch Line opened. The tracks between this station and Clementi MRT Station is the longest between any 2 stations on the East West MRT Line, taking 4 minutes to travel.

The station appeared as one of the four MRT stations in the original Singapore Edition of Monopoly.

Jurong East Modification Project

The Jurong East Modification Project (JEMP) was a key infrastructural upgrading project involving the construction of two new platforms and a new track at Jurong East MRT Station, thereby allowing trains on the North South Line to enter and depart the station at the same time. Previously, trains had to take turns to arrive and depart from the station using a shared middle track. The new platforms and track allow for shorter train intervals, reducing waiting times and reducing the crowding in trains. It was built in conjunction with the purchase of 22 C151A trains, which together, would increase the carrying capacity of the North South and East West lines.

Originally projected to be opened in 2012, on 12 February 2009, the then transport minister Raymond Lim announced that the date was pushed forward by a year, to 2011. Construction started in 2009 and was completed and handed to the operator at around the first quarter of 2011, with the new platforms and track being tested since then, before the announcement on 16 May 2011 about its operation date on 27 May 2011.

In addition, the original platforms; A (East-bound), B (West-bound), C and D (South-bound), were renamed to C, F, D and E respectively, with the new platforms being named A and B.

The new platforms and track began operations on 27 May 2011. During the initial operation period, the new platforms and track were only operated on weekdays except public holidays, during the morning peak hour period, from 7 am to 9 am, as there were only five new C151A trains ready for revenue service. These five trains began revenue service on the opening date of the JEMP. When the next batch of trains became ready for revenue service, the new platforms and track began operating during the evening peak hour period from 5 pm to 8 pm on weekdays from 27 December 2011 while the morning peak hour period was extended to end 1 hour later at 10 am.

With the new platforms and track, Jurong East MRT Station became the only MRT station in Singapore to have six platforms on the same level, and the only elevated MRT station to have four tracks.

Platform screen doors

Similar to other above-grounds stations along the East West Line and North South Line, it was originally built without any platform screen doors. The station was retrofitted with half-height platform screen doors in 2009 and commenced operations on 18 December 2009. It was the third above-ground station to have half-height platform screen doors installed and in operation. Platform screen doors were also installed for the new platforms from the JEMP and went into operation on 27 May 2011.

Noise Barriers

Low noise barriers were installed during the Jurong East Modification Project to reduce the amount of noise generated for the residents.

Nearby landmarks

• CPF Building
• IMM Building
• International Business Park
• Jurong Entertainment Centre (currently closed and to be replaced by JCube)
• Jurong Regional Library
• NTUC FairPrice supermarket / Cheers
• Science Centre / Snow City
• The Enterprise
• The JTC Summit (JTC Corporation headquarters)

Incidents

Bomb hoax

On 4 February 2005, a 29-year old man, Mak Hoy Meng went up to an SMRT employee at this station and gave him two handwritten notes that declared there was a bomb at one of the stations.

The restaurant supervisor told Yeow Meng Chai that he saw a man drop the notes and even described the fellow in detail, down to the brand of the bag he was carrying. But under questioning by the police, he admitted he had written them himself and there were no bombs. His story came apart when his description differed in later versions. By then, police officers had searched extensively for the man. However, trains were not stopped.

On 10 March 2005, he pleaded guilty under the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Regulations to trying to hoax Yeow about a bomb on 4 February 2005 at 8 pm, and was jailed for 2½ years.

He admitted that at the time he tried to fool Yeow, he was disgruntled with the police and society in general, because he had been charged with theft and was out on bail. The theft charge - stealing $50 from a restaurant was considered during sentencing.

Escalator Incident

A man was injured when he fell through a gap between the escalator and staircase at the station on the morning of 6 July 2007. The police said he fell onto the concourse of the first floor of the station at about 10am. The man, who is in his early 50s, suffered head injuries and was warded at the National University Hospital (NUH).

Murder

A 62-year-old woman was found injured at Jurong East MRT station at about 2.35pm on 24 November 2011. The woman was taken to the National University Hospital where she subsequently died from her injuries. Police subsequently arrested a 55-year-old man for the alleged murder the following day.

2012 train disruption

SMRT said a track signalling fault at Jurong East station was identified at about 9.15am on 3 January 2012. As such, a speed restriction was imposed on the west-bound train service between Clementi and Jurong East for staff to access the tracks.

Travelling time between the two stations took about seven minutes instead of the usual four thus affected the westbound service going to Clementi. Hence, the travelling time between Dover and Jurong East took about 14 minutes instead of the usual six to seven minutes. The fault was rectified in about half an hour.

Station Layout

L3 Platforms	Platform A	North South Line towards  NS27  CE2  Marina Bay via  NS9  Woodlands (←)
	Island Platform
	Platform B/C	East West Line towards  EW1  Pasir Ris (→)
	Island platform
	Platform D/E	North South Line towards  NS27  CE2  Marina Bay via  NS9  Woodlands (←)
	Island platform
	Platform F	East West Line towards  EW29  Joo Koon (←)
L2	Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Transitlink Counter
L1	Street Level	Jurong East Bus Interchange, Jurong East Xchange (future)

External links

• Jurong East Station Modification Project