Phoebe MRT Station

Phoebe MRT Station is a future MRT station in the Thomson-East Coast Line at Ang Mo Kio planning area, Singapore. It will be located underneath Lentor Drive, next to Yio Chu Kang Road and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4.

History
The station was first announced on 29 August 2012.

The design and construction of Lentor station and its associated tunnels (Contract T209) has been awarded to China Railway No. 5 Engineering Group Co., Ltd (Singapore Branch) at a contract sum of S$247 million on 18 October 2013. China Railway No. 5 Engineering Group Co., Ltd was founded in 1950 and is one of the wholly-owned subsidiary company of China Railway Group Limited. The company has participated in the construction of national trunk railways, highways, urban rail and public works across China. China Railway No. 5 Engineering Group Co., Ltd’s recent projects include participation in the construction of Beijing Metro Line 10 and Changsha Metro Line 1.

On 1 March 2018, a 48-year-old construction worker fell from a raised working platform 2.5 metres above the ground, while working in a tunnel connecting to Lentor station. The accident happened at 3.35am, and the worker was employed to dismantle components of tunnel boring machines, following the completion of tunnelling works. He was pronounced dead by paramedics at 4.30am. The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said the chamber, which was being lowered using chain blocks, suddenly swung and hit the platform that one of the workers was standing on, causing him to fall from it.