Simei MRT Station
| EW3 Simei MRT Station 四美地铁站 ஸீமெய் Stesen MRT Simei Rapid transit |
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 The platform of EW3 Simei Station in the afternoon. |
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| Address | 30 Simei Street 3 Singapore 529888 |
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| Coordinates | 1°20′36.40″N 103°57′11.42″E / 1.343444°N 103.9531722°E | ||||||||||
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| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Levels | 3 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 December 1989 | ||||||||||
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| Code | EW3 | ||||||||||
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The Simei MRT Station (EW3), is an above ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West Line in Singapore. On the East West Line, this station is between Tampines and Tanah Merah stations. This station is physically located between Simei Street 1 and Simei Street 3, at the center of the neighbourhood of Simei, which in the eastern Singapore, and just south of the new town of Tampines. Simei MRT station was the easternmost MRT station on the MRT system from 16 December 1989 to 10 January 2001, before the opening of Expo MRT Station.
The station is handicap friendly, with elevators and wheelchair ramps till the ticket concourse and platform. There is also a flight of six steps to the base level with escalators to the ticket concourse and platform level. An area of radius 400m around the station has also been made wheelchair accessible, as part of a pilot project to make Singapore's public transport system more disabled-friendly.
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[edit] Train service
| Destination | First Train | Last Train | ||||
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| Mon - Sat | Sunday & Public Holiday |
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| to EW1 Pasir Ris | 5.18am | 5.45am | 12.30am | |||
| to EW29 Joo Koon | 5.33am | 5.59am | 11.28pm | |||
[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 |
| L1 | Street Level | Shops, NTUC Foodfare, East Point Mall |
[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 to prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. After several successful test at Jurong East, Yishun and Pasir Ris and eventually, installation of the half-height screen doors. All of the screen doors have since been installed and went into operation on July 3 2011.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
