Maxwell MRT station
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Maxwell 麦士威 மெச்ஸ்வெல் | |||||||||||
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| Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | |||||||||||
 Construction site of the station at the junction with Maxwell Road, with the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in the background. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 50 Neil Road Singapore 088906 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°16′49″N 103°50′38″E / 1.2803°N 103.8440°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Land Transport Authority | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | Stacked side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Depth | 31m | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 4 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opening | 2022 | ||||||||||
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Maxwell MRT station is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson-East Coast Line located at the boundary of Downtown Core and Outram, Singapore. It is located beside Kreta Ayer Heights and the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, and is in walking distance to the Sri Mariamman Temple.[1]
History
This station was first announced on 29 August 2012.[2]
On 15 August 2014, LTA announced that Maxwell station would be part of the proposed Thomson East-Coast line (TEL). The station will be constructed as part of Phase 3, consisting of 13 stations between Mount Pleasant and Gardens by the Bay, and is expected to be completed in 2021.[3][4]
Contract T223 for the design and construction of Maxwell Station was awarded to Hock Lian Seng Infrastructure Pte Ltd at a sum of S$222 million on April 2014. Construction began in 2014, with completion in 2021.[5]
This station will have stack platforms, and the station layout similar to Stevens MRT station of the Downtown Line. There are three options for the station - 'Maxwell', 'Neil Road' and 'Ann Siang Hill', in the end Maxwell was selected. During construction of the initial MRT system, the name 'Maxwell' referred to what was now Tanjong Pagar MRT station.
There are 3 COVID-19 confirmed cases at the Maxwell MRT station construction site confirmed on 2 April 2020. A stop work order was issued as a result from 31 March 2020.[6]
References
- ^ "TSL System Map & Station Footprints".
- ^ "Speech by Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Transport, at the Inspection of Downtown Line 1 Station and Announcement of Thomson Line alignment, 29 August 2012, 10.00am at Telok Ayer Station". Ministry of Transport. 29 August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ^ "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". 2014-08-19. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
- ^ "LTA | Upcoming Projects | Rail Expansion | Thomson-East Coast Line". 2020-02-13. Archived from the original on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
- ^ "LTA Awards Four Contracts for Thomson Line". www.lta.gov.sg. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
- ^ Lai, Linette (2 April 2020). "49 new coronavirus cases in S'pore; 3 new clusters at Mustafa Centre, Maxwell station worksite and Keppel Shipyard". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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