Paya Lebar MRT Station
| EW8 CC9 Paya Lebar MRT Station 巴耶利峇地铁站 பாய லேபார் Stesen MRT Paya Lebar Rapid transit |
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| Address | 30 Paya Lebar Road 15 Paya Lebar Road Singapore 409006/ 409049 |
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| Coordinates | 1°19′04″N 103°53′33″E / 1.317767°N 103.892381°E | |||||||||||||||
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| Connections | Bus, Taxi | |||||||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated (East West Line) Underground (Circle Line) |
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| Levels | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island (East West Line) Double Island(Circle Line) |
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| Tracks | 2 (East West Line) 3 (Circle Line) |
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| Opened | 4 November 1989 (East West Line) 17 April 2010 (Circle Line) |
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| Code | EW8 / CC9 | |||||||||||||||
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Paya Lebar MRT Station (EW8/CC9) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the East West Line and the Circle Line in Singapore. It is the first station complex in Singapore that serves both an above ground line (East West) and an underground line (Circle). The livery of the East West Line and the Circle Line portions are green and orange respectively. It is exclusively operated by SMRT Corporation.
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[edit] Location
Paya Lebar station is located near next to the Singapore Post centre. Due to its proximity to the centre, many of the employees there commute by train. It is just south of the urban planning area and the town it serves, Paya Lebar. The station also serves the Geylang Serai district, the popular Geylang Serai Hawker centre, and the Malay Village. Therefore, it usually gets crowded during the Hari Raya period, when Muslims and other visitors flock to the festival bazaar.
[edit] Platform Screen Doors
As with most of the above-ground stations along the East West Line, it was initially built without platform screen doors to prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. Installation of Half-Height Platform Screen Doors was started on 28 October 2010 and started operations on 11 Jan 2011 with Bedok.[1]
The Circle Line side of this station has been equipped with Full-Height Platform Screen Doors since the operations started on 17 April 2010.
[edit] History
Paya Lebar originally opened on 4 November 1989 on the East West Line. On 17 April 2010, the Circle Line platforms opened[2] and the travelling time was shortened to around 13 minutes when traveling from Bishan.
[edit] Station Layout
There are two links between the elevated East West Line station and the underground Circle Line station. The first link consists of a series of escalators to the Circle Line concourse from the western side of the East West platform. The second link, which have barrier-free will be made from the former Exit A which has been closed since late 2007 for reconstruction. Paya Lebar is also the only underground station in Singapore to have three rail tracks.
| L2 | Platform A | East West Line towards EW1 Pasir Ris (→) |
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| Platform B | East West Line towards EW29 Joo Koon (←) |
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| Transfer Area | Escalators and stairs to Circle Line Concourse | |
| L1 | EWL Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control |
| Transfer Linkway | Escalators and stair to East West Line Platforms and Circle Line Concourse | |
| B1 | CCL Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control |
| Transfer Linkway | Escalators and stairs to East West Line Platforms | |
| B2 | Platform A | Circle Line towards CC29 NE1 HarbourFront (→) |
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| Platform C/D | Circle Line No train service |
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| Platform B | Circle Line towards CC1 NS24 NE6 Dhoby Ghaut OR CE2 NS27 Marina Bay (←) |
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[edit] References
- ^ Wong, Siew Ying (26 January 2008). "Above-ground MRT stations to have platform screen doors by 2012". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/324989/1/.html. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "Transport minister announces next phase of Circle Line will open on 17 Apr". Channel NewsAsia. 26 January 2010. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1033048/1/.html.
