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Great World MRT station

Coordinates: 1°17′42″N 103°50′01″E / 1.2950°N 103.8337°E / 1.2950; 103.8337
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This article is about the future metro station of the Singapore MRT. For the metro station of the Shanghai Metro, see Dashijie station.
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Great World
大世界
கிரேட் வோர்ல்ட்
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
Ticket concourse and linkways level's interior of Great World MRT station
General information
Location351 River Valley Road
Singapore 238384
Coordinates1°17′42″N 103°50′01″E / 1.2950°N 103.8337°E / 1.2950; 103.8337
Owned byLand Transport Authority
Operated bySMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)
  Thomson–East Coast Line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
ParkingYes (Great World)
AccessibleYes
History
Opened13 November 2022; 23 months ago (2022-11-13)[1]
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesKim Seng, River Valley
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station
Orchard
towards Woodlands North
 Thomson–East Coast Line Havelock
towards Gardens by the Bay
Location
Singapore MRT/LRT system map
Singapore MRT/LRT system map
Great World
Great World station in Singapore

Great World MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson-East Coast Line at the boundary of River Valley and Singapore River planning areas, Singapore.

The station is named after the nearby Great World shopping mall, which is in turn named after the Great World Amusement Park which formerly occupied its place.[2]

History

The station was first announced on 29 August 2012 as part of the Thomson line (TSL).[3][4] The contract for the design and construction of the station and associated tunnels was awarded to Tiong Seng Contractors and Dongah Geological Engineering (Singapore branch) as a joint venture at a sum of S$316 million in May 2014.[5] Three names were proposed for this station; 'Great World', 'Kim Seng' and 'River Valley'. On 27 June 2014, Great World was confirmed as the name of the station.[6]

On 15 August 2014, the Thomson and Eastern Region lines were merged to form the Thomson-East Coast line, with Great World station now part of Phase 3 consisting of 13 stations between Mount Pleasant and Gardens by the Bay stations.[7][8]

On 11 June 2015 at 10.40am, residents of Bukit Merah, Outram, Tanjong Pagar and Tiong Bahru were affected by an Internet outage due to construction works inadvertently damaging a section of fibre optic cables while carrying out piling works at Kim Seng Road. The disruption lasted more than eight hours and affected all the major Internet service providers in Singapore. In a separate statement, the Land Transport Authority apologised for the disruption.[9]

On 19 December 2015 at about 5.30 pm, a Bangladeshi construction worker was killed when the excavator's bucket dislodged and fell on him. The victim had been guiding an excavator prior to the accident. He was taken to Singapore General Hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival.[10]

Great World MRT station exit 4 under construction in November 2020

With restrictions imposed on construction due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the TEL3 completion date was pushed by one year to 2022.[11] On 9 March 2022, Transport Minister S Iswaran announced in Parliament that TEL 3 would open in the second half of that year.[12]

As announced during a visit by Transport Minister S. Iswaran on 7 October 2022, the TEL station would open on 13 November 2022.[13][14][15] The station will open with only two entrances, 1 and 4; the rest of the entrances were delayed due to additional cut-and-cover works. This was necessitated by the discovery of undeground steel beams and plates absent from historical records or ground surveys. Entrance 2 and 6, connecting to Great World City, will open only at the end of 2022, while entrance 5 will open in 1Q 2023, and entrance 3 by the end of 2023 or in early 2024.[16]

References

  1. ^ "11 Thomson-East Coast Line stations to open on Nov 13; free rides available on Nov 11". CNA. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ "TSL System Map & Station Footprints". Land Transport Authority. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. ^ Sim, Royston (29 August 2012). "New Thomson MRT line to open from 2019, and have 22 stations". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Thomson Line to open from 2019 with 22 stations". Channel NewsAsia (CNA). 30 August 2012. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. ^ "LTA | News Room | News Releases | LTA Awards Four Contracts for Thomson Line's Orchard Boulevard, Great World, Outram Park and Shenton Way Stations". 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Thomson Line Station Names Finalised". www.lta.gov.sg. 27 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Joint News Release by the Land Transport Authority & Singapore Land Authority - Thomson-East Coast Line: New MRT Links in the East | Press Room | Land Transport Authority". 19 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  8. ^ "LTA | Upcoming Projects | Rail Expansion | Thomson-East Coast Line". 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  9. ^ Kumar, Chitra (11 June 2015). "Singtel, StarHub, M1 and MyRepublic customers affected by NetLink Trust's fibre infrastructure damage". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Worker dies after excavator bucket falls on him". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  11. ^ "Written Reply by Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung to Parliamentary Question on Updates on Thomson East Coast Line, Jurong Region Line and Cross Island Line". mot.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  12. ^ "11 more Thomson-East Coast stations to open in second half of 2022; more 'inclusive' changes for vulnerable commuters". CNA. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  13. ^ Yong, Clement (7 October 2022). "11 new TEL stations, from Stevens to Gardens by the Bay, to open on Nov 13; free rides on Nov 11". The Straits Times. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Factsheet: Thomson – East Coast Line Stage 3 to Open for Passenger Service from 13 November 2022". LTA. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  15. ^ Yeoh, Grace (7 October 2022). "11 Thomson-East Coast Line stations to open on Nov 13; free rides available on Nov 11". CNA. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  16. ^ Yong, Clement (25 October 2022). "From tunnelling 1.8m under a live MRT line to diverting a canal: LTA sets out TEL3 engineering challenges | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 30 October 2022.


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