Tampines MRT Station

EW2  DT32  Tampines MRT Station 淡滨尼地铁站 தெம்பினிஸ் Stesen MRT Tampines Rapid transit
Tampines station platform level.
Station statistics
Address	20 Tampines Central 1 Singapore 529538
Coordinates	1°21′9.10″N 103°56′43.16″E
Lines	East West Line   Downtown Line (under construction)
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure	Elevated (East West Line) Underground (Downtown Line)
Levels	2
Platforms	Island
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	16 December 1989 (East West Line)
Accessible
Code	EW2/DT32
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Pasir Ris Terminus East West Line Simei towards Joo Koon Tampines West towards Bukit Panjang Downtown Line (under construction) Tampines East towards Expo
Location

Exterior of Tampines MRT Station.

Tampines MRT Station at night.

Tampines MRT Station (EW2/DT32) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station that is part of the East West MRT Line in Singapore and serves the town of Tampines. Tampines MRT Station was one of the first few stations on the East West Line to be installed with barrier free facilities, excluding the tactile guide. It is currently operated by SMRT Corporation on the East West Line and will be operated by SBS Transit on the Downtown Line.

Tampines MRT Station is one of the 4 MRT stations to appear in the original Singapore edition of Monopoly.

Future plans

The station will be an interchange station for the Downtown MRT Line, connecting passengers to Chinatown, Bencoolen, MacPherson, Bedok Reservoir and Expo. Currently, passengers will have to make a transfer at Tanah Merah MRT Station to access Expo MRT Station.

Also, when the Downtown MRT Line opens in 2017, this station will be the 4th station complex after Paya Lebar MRT Station, Buona Vista MRT Station and Expo MRT Station.

Station Layout

L2 Platforms	Platform A	East West Line towards  EW1  Pasir Ris (→)
	Island platform, Doors open on the right
	Platform B	East West Line towards  EW29  Joo Koon (←)
L1	EWL Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control
	Street Level	Tampines Xchange, Tampines Mall, Century Square, Tampines 1, Tampines Bus Interchange

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 2 2011.