Tiong Bahru MRT station
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Tiong Bahru 中峇鲁 தியோங் பாரு | |||||||||||
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| Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | |||||||||||
 Platform level of Tiong Bahru station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 300 Tiong Bahru Road Singapore 168731 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°17′9.89″N 103°49′37.05″E / 1.2860806°N 103.8269583°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes (Tiong Bahru Plaza) | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 12 March 1988 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| June 2024 | 22,629 per day[1] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Tiong Bahru MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line in Bukit Merah, Singapore. This is the first and last underground station for eastbound and westbound trains respectively.
Directly connected to Tiong Bahru Plaza, this station serves the residential precincts of Tiong Bahru and Bukit Ho Swee.
History
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On 5 April 1985, construction of Tiong Bahru MRT station and tunnels from Outram Park to Redhill was awarded to Ong Chwee Kou-Boris SAE joint venture under Contract 201.[2]
Tiong Bahru station opened on 12 March 1988, which is part of the Phase 1B of the MRT line. It travels from Outram Park to Clementi.[3]
To commemorate Total Defence Day in 2000, the Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the first ever Shelter Open House at this station on 15 and 16 February, together with Somerset and Lavender.
Before the HarbourFront MRT station opened in 2003 on the North East line, it was the nearest MRT station to Sentosa. Shuttle bus services linking Sentosa to Tiong Bahru MRT operated for several years until it was eventually withdrawn in 2004.
The station's upgrading, which included a new lift for the disabled, was completed on 29 December 2005.
References
[edit]- ^ "Land Transport DataMall". mytransport.sg. Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Joint venture wins $36.3m MRT contract". Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "Riding the MRT train to Clementi". Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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