Toa Payoh MRT station
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NS19
Toa Payoh 大巴窑 தோ பாயோ | |||||||||||
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Rapid transit | |||||||||||
![]() Northbound platform of Toa Payoh MRT station. | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 510 Toa Payoh Lorong 6 Singapore 319398 | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 1°19′57.73″N 103°50′52.11″E / 1.3327028°N 103.8478083°E | ||||||||||
Operated by | SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | |||||||||||
Platforms | Island | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Toa Payoh Bus Interchange, Taxi | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | NS19 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 7 November 1987 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Toa Payoh MRT station (NS19) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South Line in Toa Payoh, Singapore. Located within the town centre of Toa Payoh, this station is connected to Toa Payoh Bus Interchange and the HDB Hub.
Opened in November 1987 as the southern terminus of the North South Line, it is the oldest station on the Singapore MRT
The station was featured in the "Uniquely Singapore Edition" of the board game Monopoly.
History
Toa Payoh MRT station was awarded to Tobishima-Takenaka Joint Venture under Contract 104 on September 1983, together with Novena station and tunnels to Newton.
Toa Payoh was the first MRT station in Singapore to be completed, topping out on 5 August 1985.[1]
The station was the first underground station in the world to be fitted with platform screen doors. This station was among the first phase of MRT stations, from Toa Payoh to Yio Chu Kang, to be opened in Singapore in 1987. Today, the concourse area bears the inauguration plate of Singapore's MRT system.[2]
This station was one of four MRT stations which participated in Exercise Northstar V, a mock terrorist exercise held on 8 January 2006, and refurbished by June 2006.
References
- ^ "Toa Payoh MRT station first to be topped out". Business Times. 6 August 1985. Retrieved 15 June 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "All aboard for the Subway Age". The Straits Times. 8 November 1987.
External links
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