Outram Park MRT Station
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EW16 NE3 TE17
Outram Park 欧南园 ஊட்ரம் பார்க் Outram Park |
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East West Line platforms of Outram Park MRT station.
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| Location | 10 Outram Road 300 Eu Tong Sen Street Singapore 169037/059816 |
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| Coordinates | 1°16′49″N 103°50′22″E / 1.280225°N 103.839486°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) (East West Line) SBS Transit (ComfortDelGro) (North East Line) |
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| Platforms | Island | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | EW16 NE3 TE17 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 12 December 1987 (East West Line) 20 June 2003 (North East Line) 2021 (Thomson-East Coast Line) |
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| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Outram Park MRT Station (EW16/NE3/TE17) is an interchange station of the Mass Rapid Transit East West Line and North East Line, located at the boundary between the planning areas of Bukit Merah and Outram, Singapore.
When the Thomson-East Coast Line opens in 2021, Outram Park will become a triple-line interchange station, just like Dhoby Ghaut.
Despite its name, the station is not located entirely within Outram. Exits F and G of the North East Line section of the station are located in the easternmost portion of Bukit Merah, serving the precincts of Everton Park and Singapore General Hospital. The East West Line portion of the station however, is only accessible from ground level within Outram itself, serving the southernmost portion of Chinatown, Pearl's Hill and People's Park.
Although the present Chinatown station is now situated within Chinatown, this station was the closest MRT station within the vicinity of Chinatown before the North East Line was built.
A plaque relating the history of the Outram Park prison can be found outside of the station. The prison no longer exists as residential blocks (HDB) have been built where the prison once stood.
In the initial stages of planning for the North East Line in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, this was initially planned to be the southern terminus of the line. But in 1993, the LTA decided to extend the NEL to HarbourFront Station (then called World Trade Centre Station), after noting that many people liked to go to the World Trade Centre (the present day HarbourFront Centre), but it was redeveloped from 2000 to 2003, and Sentosa Island.
On 15 March 2012, more than 117,000 commuters were affected during a peak hour train breakdown between Dhoby Ghaut and HarbourFront, caused by faulty overhead power cables at the tunnel of the Outram Park that had snapped. A second problem was discovered relating to electricity insulation, delaying the service further. Train services resumed at 4.35 pm after nearly 10 hours of disruption making it the third breakdown in 4 months. Subsequently, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) intends to impose financial penalties amounting to S$400,000 on SBS Transit for the train service disruption along the North East Line on 15 March 2012.
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