Pioneer MRT Station
| EW28 Pioneer MRT Station 先驱地铁站 பயனியர் Stesen MRT Pioneer Rapid transit |
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 EW28 Pioneer Station Platform Level. |
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| Address | 31 Jurong West Street 63 Singapore 648310 |
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| Coordinates | 1°20′15.28″N 103°41′49.98″E / 1.3375778°N 103.6972167°E | ||||||||||
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| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 28 February 2009 | ||||||||||
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| Code | EW28 | ||||||||||
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Pioneer MRT Station (EW28) is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station along the East West Line in Jurong.
Located at Jurong West Street 63, between Jurong West Street 61 and Pioneer Road North, it serves residents living in Nanyang and Pioneer. In addition, it serves people working in the nearby Jurong industrial area, as well as students and staff in Nanyang Technological University. The name of the station is derived from Pioneer Road North, the street adjacent to the station that passes through all these areas.
The roof of the station resembles those of stations along the eastern section of the East West MRT Line and is curved with glass openings to allow sunlight through, similar to that of Joo Koon. Blue is the selected colour scheme of this station. It is the only station along the East West MRT Line with a privacy screen built along the tracks at the side of the station (eastbound platform) facing these apartment blocks so as to ensure the privacy of the residents, and it is also the second along the North-South East-West Lines, the other is Marsiling. This station resembles Queenstown and Commonwealth stations, where it is built in between the road and beside it are only housing estates.
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[edit] History
Built alongside with Joo Koon station, it was part of the Boon Lay MRT Extension(BLE) project announced by the Land Transport Authority in December 2004 to help people working in the Jurong Industrial Area travel faster.[1]
The station opened on 28 February 2009 and following the opening, SBS Transit introduced a new feeder bus service 241 to provide bridging services for the N9 residents[2] and the LTA carried out amendments and additions(A&A) works on Pioneer Road North, such as expanding the road and constructing an overhead pedestrian ramp bridge, as complements to the station to serve the residents of Nanyang and Pioneer.[3][4]
[edit] Platform Screen Doors
As with most of the above-ground stations built in the past along the East West Line, it was initially built without Platform Screen Doors that prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. Installations of the half-height screen doors was eventually started on 21 June 2011. On 24 August 2011, all of the screen doors have been installed and began operating.[5]
[edit] Nearby Facilities
- Jurong West Sports and Recreation Centre
- Nanyang Community Club
- City Harvest Church
- Nanyang Technological University
- Pioneer Mall
- Jurong West Primary School
- Frontier Primary School
[edit] Station Layout
| L3 Platforms |
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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| L2 | EWL Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Footbridge to cross Jurong West Street 63 |
| L1 | Street Level | Jurong West Street 63 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Expanding The Rail Network: LTA To Build Boon Lay MRT Extension". Land Transport Authority. 29 December 2004. http://app.lta.gov.sg/corp_press_content.asp?start=1138.
- ^ New and Amended Bus Routes for Jurong West Residents
- ^ Widening of Pioneer Road North between PIE and Jurong West Avenue 4
- ^ Award of Contract for the Widening of Pioneer Road North between Jurong West Avenue 4 and AYE
- ^ Wong, Siew Ying (January 26, 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 February 01, 2012.
