Farrer Park MRT station
NE8 Farrer Park 花拉公园 ஃபேரர் பார்க் Farrer Park | |||||||||||
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 Platform of Farrer Park MRT station. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 250 Race Course Road Singapore 218703 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°18′44″N 103°51′15″E / 1.312314°N 103.854028°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SBS Transit (ComfortDelGro) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | |||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | NE8 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 June 2003 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Farrer Park MRT Station (NE8) is a station along the North East Line of the Mass Rapid Transit at the boundary of Kallang and Rochor planning areas, Singapore. It is located at the northern end of the ethnic neighbourhood of Little India.
History
Before the station opened, the Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the second ever Shelter Open House on 15–16 February 2003, together with Chinatown, Serangoon, and Hougang stations.
Art in Transit
Farrer Park is an area with a rich sporting heritage and history, and also known for being the site of Singapore's earliest horse racing turf club from the street name 'Old Racecourse Road' draws its name from. Farrer Park's interior design captured the spirit of the locality's sporting heritage with the Horse Racing and Soccer series of artworks titled Rhythmic Exuberance, by Singapore artist Poh Siew Wah. Another artwork by Poh, titled Aeroplane paid tribute to the first aeroplane landing in Singapore in 1911 at the Old Racecourse Road in Farrer Park.[1][2]
Incidents
The service has suffered three instances of delays. On the evening of 25 December 2007, some technical difficulties were experienced along the North East Line caused delays for train services. A member of the public who was affected by the delay said she waited for at least 20 minutes for the train at the station.[3]
Trains along the North East Line were delayed from about 3.15 pm to 3.36 pm on 6 April 2012 due to a signalling fault, affecting services between Chinatown and HarbourFront stations. One train had to be turned round to the northbound direction at Farrer Park MRT Station to "regulate service".[4]
On 17 June 2015, train services between Farrer Park and Hougang stations were delayed due to a track fault.
Exits
| A | City Square Mall |
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| B | Race Course Road Tessensohn Road |
| C | Race Course Road Birch Road |
| D | Gloucester Road |
| E | Northumberland Road |
| F | Roberts Lane |
| G | Serangoon Road Perumal Road |
| H | City Green City Square Mall [Basement 2] |
| I | City Green City Square Mall [Escalators] |
Station layout
| L1 | Street Level | City Square Mall |
| B1 | Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre |
| B2 | Platform A | Template:SMRT lines towards NE1 CC29 HarbourFront via NE7 DT12 Little India (→) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform B | Template:SMRT lines towards NE17 PTC Punggol via NE9 Boon Keng (←) | |
Transport connections
Rail
| Destination | First Train | Last Train | |||||
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| Mon – Fri | Sat | Sunday & Public Holiday |
Daily | ||||
| colspan="8" style="background-color:#Template:SMRT color;color:white; height:25px" | North East Line | |||||||
| to NE1 HarbourFront | 6.02am | 6.01am | 6.22am | 11.47pm | |||
| to NE17 Punggol | 6.11am | 6.13am | 6.33am | 12.08am | |||
See also
References
- ^ "Art Invitational" (PDF). Art Outreach Singapore. 2005: 15. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Quek, Bruce (August 10, 2009). "Art in Transit". National Library Board Singapore. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ^ "NEL train services delayed due to technical difficulties: SBS Transit". Channel News Asia. 2007-12-25.
- ^ "20-min delay on North-East Line". The Straits Times. 7 April 2012.
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