*** Welcome to piglix ***

Lavender MRT Station

 EW11 
Lavender
劳明达
லவண்டர்
Lavender
Rapid transit
LavenderMRTStation-platform-20050621.jpg
Platform of Lavender MRT station
Location 50 Kallang Road
Singapore 208699
Coordinates 1°18′25.80″N 103°51′46.83″E / 1.3071667°N 103.8630083°E / 1.3071667; 103.8630083
Operated by SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)
Platforms Island
Tracks 2
Connections Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type Underground
Platform levels 2
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code  EW11 
Fare zone 1
History
Opened 4 November 1989; 28 years ago (1989-11-04)
Previous names Crawford
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station
towards Pasir Ris
East West Line
towards Tuas Link
Location

Lavender MRT station (EW11) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West Line in Kallang, Singapore. Located under the junction of Kallang Road and Kallang Walk, Lavender station is adjacent to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) Building.

Lavender station is the last underground MRT station on the East West Line for trains travelling eastwards. It is within walking distance to Bendemeer MRT station on the Downtown Line.

Although it was built together with the original two-line MRT network, Lavender station only became operational on 4 November 1989, almost exactly two years after the first MRT trains started running in Singapore as the original network was opened in phases. Lavender station was opened along with the section of the East West Line from City Hall to Tanah Merah.

Similar to other older stations, Lavender has been renovated to make it accessible to the physically and visually challenged. Apart from this and some other minor works, the station has remained virtually unchanged since it was built in the late 1980s.

To commemorate Total Defence Day in 2000, the Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the first ever Shelter Open House at this station on February 15 and February 16, together with Tiong Bahru and Somerset stations.

Cash top-ups are no longer accepted at passenger service centres from 1 September 2017, at Lavender MRT station.



...
Wikipedia

...