Tampines MRT Station
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Tampines MRT Station 淡滨尼地铁站 தெம்பினிஸ் Stesen MRT Tampines |
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Platform of Tampines MRT station.
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| Location | 20 Tampines Central 1 Singapore 529538 |
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| Operated by | SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) (East West Line) SBS Transit DTL (Downtown Line) |
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| Platforms | Island | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated (East West Line) Underground (Downtown Line) |
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| Platform levels | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | EW2 DT32 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 16 December 1989 (East West Line) 2017 (Downtown Line) |
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| Previous names | Tampines North | |||||||||||||||
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Tampines MRT Station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station that is part of the East West Line in Singapore and serves the town of Tampines. Tampines station was one of the first few stations on the East West Line to be installed with barrier free facilities, excluding the tactile guide.
Tampines is one of the four MRT stations to appear in the original Singapore edition of the board game Monopoly.
The station will be an interchange station for the Downtown Line when it opens in 2017.
There will be no paid link between the East West Line and Downtown line stations, meaning commuters who want to change to the downtown line would be required to exit the East West Line Station by tapping out of the EWL station gantries. Thereafter, they would have to walk to the Downtown Line station, enter the DTL station by tapping in at the fare gantries again before getting to the platforms and vice versa.
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History
Train disruptions
On 21 January 2008, a maintenance works train which was carrying out works between Tampines and Simei (westbound) broke down, causing a disruption from 5.28 am to 12.45 pm on both the eastbound and westbound services from Pasir Ris and Tanah Merah, affecting 57,000 commuters.[1] SMRT was fined S$387,176 (approximately US$280,562) on 10 March 2008 after the LTA's investigations concluded that the disruption was due to SMRT's working party not complying with operating procedures. This was specifically on securing the parked portion of the maintenance train, which comprised a locomotive and a wagon. The fine was the largest ever for a rail related incident in Singapore. According to operating procedures, during maintenance works, the portion comprising a locomotive and a Rail Grinding Vehicle will proceed with its works, while the portion of the maintenance train is detached and parked at a distance from the working zone. However, investigations from LTA and SMRT showed that SMRT did not apply the locomotive's parking brake. There was also no wheel chock placed to prevent movement along the gradient of the track. If SMRT had followed operating procedures, a roll-back would have been prevented.[2]
On 20 March 2008, SMRT announced that it had decided to appeal to the LTA against the fine. In a letter, SMRT said it had provided free shuttle bus services to help affected commuters. SMRT also mobilised more than 300 staff for on-site recovery, crowd management, dissemination of information and preparation for resumption of service.[3]
On 3 April 2008, LTA turned down SMRT's appeal for a lower fine and ordered SMRT to pay the fine in full within two weeks.[4]
Station layout
| L2 | Platform A | East West Line towards EW1 Pasir Ris (→) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform B | East West Line towards EW29 Joo Koon via EW3 Simei (←) | |
| L1 | EWL Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control |
| Street Level | Eastlink Mall, Tampines Mall, Century Square, Tampines 1, Tampines Bus Interchange | |
| B1 | Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Transitlink Counter |
| B2 | Platform B | Downtown Line (future service) towards DT35 CG1 Expo via DT33 Tampines East (→) |
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| Platform A | Downtown Line (future service) towards DT1 BP6 Bukit Panjang via DT31 Tampines West (←) | |
Exits
There are several exits in Tampines MRT Station. However, this will be linked together when Downtown Line opens in 2017. There will be no paid link between the East West Line and Downtown line, meaning commuters would be required tap in and tap out when transferring lines.
East West Line:
- A: Eastlink Mall
- B: Tampines 1
- C: Tampines Mall, Century Square
Downtown Line:
- A: Eastlink Mall, Tampines Bus Interchange
- B: Tampines Concourse
- C: Tampines Bus Interchange, Tampines Central 1
Station modifications
Installation of platform screen doors at the station started on 17 April 2011 and began operations since 2 July 2011.[5]
High volume, low speed (HVLS) fans
To improve the ventilation at elevated MRT stations, Land Transport Authority (LTA) will be embarking on an island-wide project to fit all 36 elevated MRT stations with high volume, low speed (HVLS) fans to improve the air circulation at station platforms.[6] Tampines is the first station of the 36 elevated stations, installed with Rite Hite Revolution High Volume, Low Speed (HVLS) fans, which started operating since 28 May 2012.
Transport connections
Rail
| Destination | First Train | Last Train | ||||
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| Mon – Sat | Sunday & Public Holiday |
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| East West Line | ||||||
| to EW1 Pasir Ris | 5.21am | 5.47am | 12.37am | |||
| to EW29 Joo Koon | 5.31am | 5.57am | 11.26pm | |||
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| to DT1 Bukit Panjang | – | – | – | |||
| to DT35 Expo | – | – | – | |||
References
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