Tampines West MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Downtown line in Tampines, Singapore. It is located at Tampines Avenue 4, near the junction with Tampines Avenue 1.
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Tampines West 淡滨尼西 தெம்பினிஸ் வெஸ்ட் | |||||||||||
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| Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | |||||||||||
 Exit A of Tampines West station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 2 Tampines Avenue 4 Singapore 529683 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°20′44″N 103°56′18″E / 1.345595°N 103.938258°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Land Transport Authority | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 21 October 2017 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Tampines Avenue 1[1][2] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| June 2024 | 7,831 per day[3] | ||||||||||
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The station is located near some schools such as Temasek Polytechnic, Junyuan Primary School and East View Primary School, as well as SAFRA Tampines, and to the housing estates of Tampines Palmspring and Tampines Polyview.
History
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Contract 926 for the design and construction of Tampines West MRT Station and associated tunnels was awarded to Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti - C.M.C di Ravenna at an estimated sum of S$226.92 million in July 2011. On 29 January 2012, the signage of Tampines Palmspring was demolished. Construction of the station started in February that year, with the noise barriers placed. Road realignment has begun that June and lasted till January 2016.[4][5]
The station opened on 21 October 2017, as announced by the Land Transport Authority on 31 May that year.[6]
As part of Operation Quicksand, a simulated terror attack on 27 January 2019 was carried out at this station.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Downtown Line 3 Station Names Shortlisted for Public Polling". www.lta.gov.sg. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016.
- ^ "Downtown Line 3 Station Names Finalised". www.lta.gov.sg. 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013.
- ^ "Land Transport DataMall". Datamall. Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "LTA Awards Contracts for Tampines West and Bedok Reservoir Stations". Mynewsdesk. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
- ^ "LTA Awards Contracts for Tampines West and Bedok Reservoir Stations". www.lta.gov.sg. 4 July 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016.
- ^ "LTA | News Room | News Releases | Factsheet: Downtown Line 3 to Open on 21 October 2017". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 22 April 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
- ^ hermesauto (2019-01-27). "'Bomb' goes off in simulated terror attack at Tampines West station". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
External links
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