Farrer Park MRT station

Not to be confused with Farrer Road MRT Station.

NE8  Farrer Park 花拉公园 ஃபேரர் பார்க் Farrer Park
Rapid transit
Platform of Farrer Park MRT station.
General information
Location	250 Race Course Road Singapore 218703
Coordinates	1°18′44″N 103°51′15″E
Operated by	SBS Transit (ComfortDelGro)
Line(s)	North East Line
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
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Template:SMRT stations toward Template:SMRT stations Template:SMRT lines Template:SMRT stations toward Template:SMRT stations

Interior of Farrer Park Station

Exterior view of Farrer Park Station

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.

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.

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".

On 17 June 2015, train services between Farrer Park and Hougang stations were delayed due to a track fault.

Exits

A	City Square Mall
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
	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	5.58am		6.13am		6.33am		12.08am

See also

• City Square Mall (Singapore)

External links

• Official website