Kembangan MRT Station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Singapore. The station is along Sims Avenue East, right above the Siglap Canal. It is near several private landed properties and condominiums.
History[]
On 16 March 1997, Monday, at 8.15am, a man in his late 60s leaped down from the platform and is believed to have died instantly as a westbound train approached at 50km/h. The impact threw him against the side of the tracks, and he sustained serious head injuries, a fractured left arm and a severed right foot. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 10.55 am. An SMRT spokesman said that the train was operated through an automated system, and all trains approaching the waiting area would have reduced their speed automatically. By 11 am, the entire area had been cordoned off. None of the 300 commuters on board the train was hurt as it made an emergency stop at 10.17 am. For two hours, all train services between Eunos and Tanah Merah were discontinued to allow cleaners to clear the tracks. Commuters affected were being directed to a nearby bus stop.
On 8 October 2010, at 7pm, passengers on board the westbound train evacuated on Friday evening after smoke was detected in one of the carriages. An announcement was made at Kembangan to wait for the next train.
As with most of the above-ground stations built in the past along the East West Line, it was built without platform screen doors to prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. After several successful test at Jurong East, Yishun and Pasir Ris and eventually, installation of the half-height screen doors. Installation started in December 2010 and the platform screen doors started operations on 25 February 2011 with Kallang and also installed high-volume low speed fans (HVLS) fans on 14 July 2012 together with Paya Lebar.
Privacy screens were installed from Kembangan MRT Station to Lorong Mydin to minimise noise impact from residents, from September 2016.
Platforms[]
Escalators, lifts and stairs connect the Platform level to the Ticket Concourse level below.
Concourse[]
Kembangan MRT Station originally uses a mix of 1st and 2nd generation faregates. Their faregates were changed in October 2014 to TITAN faregates.
Passenger Usage Patterns[]
Platforms | Services |
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East West Line Platform 1 |
CGL – Changi Airport |
East West Line Platform 2 |
EWL – City Hall, Raffles Place & Dover NSL – Orchard & Somerset CCL – Stadium |
Station layout[]
L2 | Platform 1 | East West Line towards Pasir Ris via Bedok (→) |
Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Platform 2 | East West Line towards Tuas Plaza via Eunos (←) | |
L1 | EWL Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, |
Street Level | Kembangan Plaza |
Exits[]
- A: Sims Avenue East, Waringin Walk, Siglap Close/Opera Estate (by bus 42)
- B: Kampong Kembangan Estate (by bus 42)
Alternative Routes[]
Going to | Methods | ||||||
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Pasir Ris | Kembangan Stn (Sims Ave East) 28 Blk 141 (Tampines Ave 2) 17 Pasir Ris Int | ||||||
Tampines | Kembangan Stn (Sims Ave East) 28 / 67 Tampines Int | ||||||
Simei | Kembangan Stn (Sims Ave East) 2 / 24 Tanah Merah Stn Exit B (New Upp Changi Rd) 9 Simei Stn (Simei St 3) | ||||||
Tanah Merah | Kembangan Stn (Sims Ave East) 2 / 24 Tanah Merah Stn Exit B (New Upp Changi Rd) | ||||||
Bedok |
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Eunos | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 2 / 7 / 24 / 28 / 67 aft Lor 106 Changi (Changi Rd) | ||||||
Paya Lebar | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 24 / 28 Paya Lebar Stn Exit D (Paya Lebar Rd) | ||||||
Aljunied | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 2 / 67 aft Lor 28 Geylang (Geylang Rd) | ||||||
Kallang | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 2 / 7 / 67 opp Lor 1 Geylang Ter (Geylang Rd) | ||||||
Lavender | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 2 Lavender Stn Exit A (Kallang Rd) | ||||||
Bugis | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 2 Bugis Stn Exit B (Victoria St) | ||||||
City Hall | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 7 Capitol Bldg (Stamford Rd) | ||||||
Raffles Place |
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Tanjong Pagar |
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Outram Park | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 2 opp Clarke Quay Stn (New Bridge Rd) Walk Clarke Quay North East Line Outram Park | ||||||
Tiong Bahru | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 2 New Bridge Ctr (New Bridge Rd) 33 opp Tiong Bahru Stn (Tiong Bahru Rd) | ||||||
Redhill | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 67 Sungei Rd Stn Exit A (Jln Besar) 64 opp Redhill Stn (Tiong Bahru Rd) | ||||||
Queenstown |
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Commonwealth | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 30 HarbourFront Stn/VivoCity (Telok Blangah Rd) 100 / 145 Commonwealth Stn Exit A/D (Commonwealth Ave) | ||||||
Buona Vista |
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Dover |
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Clementi |
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Jurong East | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 30 HarbourFront Stn/VivoCity (Telok Blangah Rd) 97 Jurong East Int | ||||||
Chinese Garden | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 24 / 28 Paya Lebar Stn Exit D (Paya Lebar Rd) Walk Paya Lebar Circle Line Bishan North South Line Jurong East Walk Blk 131 (Jurong Gateway Rd) 66 opp Blk 114 (Jurong Town Hall Rd) | ||||||
Lakeside | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 24 / 28 Paya Lebar Stn Exit D (Paya Lebar Rd) Walk Paya Lebar Circle Line Holland Village Walk Holland Village (Holland Rd) 165 Clementi Stn Exit A (Commonwealth Ave West) 154 Lakeside Stn (Boon Lay Way) | ||||||
Boon Lay | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 24 / 28 Paya Lebar Stn Exit D (Paya Lebar Rd) Walk Paya Lebar Circle Line Holland Village Walk Holland Village (Holland Rd) 165 Clementi Stn Exit A (Commonwealth Ave West) 154 Boon Lay Int | ||||||
Pioneer | Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) 24 / 28 Paya Lebar Stn Exit D (Paya Lebar Rd) Walk Paya Lebar Circle Line Holland Village Walk Holland Village (Holland Rd) 165 Clementi Stn Exit A (Commonwealth Ave West) 154 Boon Lay Int 251 Pioneer Junction (Pioneer Rd North) Walk Singapore Post (Pioneer Rd North) 258 Pioneer Stn Exit B (Jurong West St 63) | ||||||
Expo | Bedok Stn Exit B (New Upp Changi Rd) 24 opp Expo Halls 4/5/6 (Upp Changi Rd East) | ||||||
Changi Airport | Bedok Stn Exit B (New Upp Changi Rd) 24 Changi Airport PTB3 |
Transport connections[]
Rail[]
Destination | First Train | Last Train | ||||
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Mon – Sat | Sunday & Public Holiday |
Daily | ||||
East West Line | ||||||
to Pasir Ris | 6.15am | 6.43am | 12.26am | |||
to Tuas Plaza | 5.42am | 6.08am | 11.37pm |
Bus[]
Eastbound[]
Service | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
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2 | 5.53am | 5.53am | 6.20am | 12.44am | 12.43am | 12.39am |
7 | 6.35am | 6.35am | 6.49am | 12.31am | 12.33am | 12.32am |
24 | 5.51am | 5.51am | 5.48am | 11.37pm | 11.35pm | 11.35pm |
25 | 5.45am | 5.43am | 5.43am | 12.22am | 12.27am | 12.24am |
26 | 5.59am | 5.58am | 6.29am | 12.05am | 12.09am | 12.06am |
28 | 6.25am | 6.29am | 6.30am | 12.34am | 12.36am | 12.30am |
30 | 6.43am | 7.07am | 7.17am | 1.30am | 1.30am | 1.27am |
32 | 7.15am | 7.08am | 7.08am | 1.00am | 1.02am | 12.55am |
33 | 6.31am | 7.06am | 7.09am | 12.56am | 12.55am | 12.49am |
67 | 5.52am | 5.52am | 6.07am | 12.08am | 12.12am | 12.35am |
854 | 6.07am | 6.10am | 6.37am | 12.36am | 12.32am | 12.32am |
Westbound[]
Service | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
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2 | 6.03am | 6.02am | 6.17am | 12.21am | 12.23am | 12.06am |
7 | 5.40am | 5.38am | 5.37am | 11.40pm | 11.40pm | 11.40pm |
24 | 6.11am | 6.09am | 6.09am | 12.50am | 12.45am | 12.45am |
25 | 5.21am | 5.22am | 5.37am | 11.50pm | 11.53pm | 11.51pm |
26 | 6.12am | 6.11am | 6.11am | 11.41pm | 11.42pm | 11.41pm |
28 | 5.52am | 5.51am | 5.49am | 12.42am | 12.39am | 12.40am |
30 | 5.23am | 5.22am | 5.38am | 11.44pm | 11.43pm | 11.44pm |
32 | 5.36am | 5.36am | 5.36am | 11.37pm | 11.37pm | 11.37pm |
33 | 5.54am | 5.57am | 6.07am | 11.52pm | 11.52pm | 11.51pm |
67 | 5.51am | 5.55am | 5.55am | 11.55pm | 11.54pm | 11.55pm |
854 | 5.42am | 5.48am | 5.47am | 11.47pm | 11.46pm | 11.47pm |
References[]
External links[]
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