Simei MRT Station

Simei MRT Station is an above ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West Line in Singapore. On the East West Line, this station is between Tampines and Tanah Merah stations. This station is physically located between Simei Street 1 and Simei Street 3, at the center of the neighbourhood of Simei, which in the eastern Singapore, and just south of the new town of Tampines. Simei was the easternmost MRT station on the MRT system from 16 December 1989 to 10 January 2001, before the opening of Expo.

The station is wheelchair friendly, with elevators and wheelchair ramps. The MRT station has been upgraded in October 2004.

History[]

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. All of the screen doors have since been installed and went into operation on 3 July 2011.^[1]

SMRT said there was a 30-minute train service delay between Pasir Ris and Tanah Merah on April 13, 2012 due to a fault on a westbound train between Tampines and Simei. The train travelling behind the stalled train was used to assist it. Passengers on board the stalled train alighted at Simei at 7.36 pm, while passengers on the assisting train alighted at 7.43 pm.^[2]

The station was installed with Rite Hite Revolution High Volume, Low Speed (HVLS) fans, which have been in operation since 9 July 2012 together with Pasir Ris. From 1 September 2017, cash top ups are no longer accepted at Passenger Service Centres.

Platforms[]

Simei has two elevated platforms in an island platform arrangement. Half-height platform screen doors has been installed for the safety of the commuters from March to June 2011, and retrofitted HVLS fans to keep them cool. It is also turned on for 24 hours as though they have a sleeping accommodation here.

Passenger Information Systems, which are plasma display screens located at each platform, display expected train arrival times and key messages, and has RATIS 2.0. Escalators, lifts and stairs connect the Platform level to the Ticket Concourse level below.

In addition, Simei MRT Station also had been upgraded with new queue lines.

Concourse[]

The station has a ticket concourse that has faregates changed to TITAN Faregates since March 2014 after the older 1st generation faregates were spoilt since November 2010 almost everytime. In addition, Simei has the automatic wider faregates.

This MRT station has priority queues under SMRT which has been there since September 2014. Additional basic features such as SMRT SNAP-REP and iView screens from SMRT are also being introduced. Security guards are visible at the MRT station concourse, and the person that you met the most is similar to David Chai.

General Ticketing Machines allows commuters to top-up cards, together with the Passenger Service Centre, where commuters may make ticket inquiries or perform card payment.

Toilets are located in the Level 1, together with NTUC Foodfare retail shop, and 7-Eleven retail shop.

Bicycle racks are visible outside the Simei MRT Station. Similarly, Transcom officers are seen patrolling in the Simei area.

Station layout[]

L3	Platform 1	East West Line towards Pasir Ris via Tampines (→)
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	East West Line towards Tuas Plaza via Tanah Merah (←)
L2	EWL Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control
L1	Street Level	Shops, NTUC Foodfare, East Point Mall

Exits[]

There is only one exit to Simei Street 3. You can only go by either lift or escalator, and is walkable access to Eastpoint Mall.

A: Eastpoint Mall, Changi General Hospital, ITE College East, Block 123 Tampines Street 11, Novotel Simei, Modena, Double Bay Residences

MRT Disruption[]

In the event of MRT breakdown involving Simei MRT Station, rail replacement services are activated to ply affected stretches of the East West Line. The signboards for the rail replacement services and bus services to their MRT stations can be visible outside the station entrance.

Taxi stands[]

Exit	Road	Provisions
A	Simei Street 6 (outside Eastpoint Shopping Mall)	Taxi stand
A	Simei Street 3 (outside Simei Stn)	Pick-up/drop-off point

Transport connections[]

Rail[]

Destination	First Train		Last Train
	Mon – Sat	Sunday & Public Holiday	Daily
East West Line
to Pasir Ris	5.19am	5.45am	12.34am
to Tuas Plaza	5.33am	5.59am	11.28pm

Bus[]

Eastbound[]

Service	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
5	6.38am	6.35am	6.27am	12.28am	12.32am	12.26am
9	5.50am	5.48am	5.48am	12.18am	12.17am	12.16am
20	6.21am	6.21am	6.20am	11.49pm	11.53pm	11.52pm
38	5.33am	5.30am	5.29am	12.54am	12.55am	12.53am

Westbound[]

Service	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
5	5.54am	5.54am	5.53am	11.54pm	11.53pm	11.53pm
9	6.31am	6.27am	6.38am	1.05am	1.04am	1.06am
20	6.05am	6.04am	6.04am	12.24am	12.31am	12.30am
38	5.31am	5.30am	5.30am	12.59am	12.58am	12.57am

Alternative Routes[]

Going to

Methods

Pasir Ris

Simei Stn (Simei St 3) Template:BS
5

Pasir Ris Int Template:BS

Tampines

opp Simei Stn (Simei St 3) Template:BS
20

Tampines Int Template:BS

Tanah Merah

opp Simei Stn (Simei St 3) Template:BS
9

Tanah Merah Stn Exit A (New Upp Changi Rd) Template:BS

Bedok

opp Simei Stn (Simei St 3) Template:BS
9

Bedok Int Template:BS

Kembangan

opp Simei Stn (Simei St 3) Template:BS
9

Bedok Stn Exit A (New Upp Changi Rd) Template:BS
2
/ 24
/ 25
/ 28
/ 67

Masjid Kassim (Changi Rd) Template:BS

Eunos

opp Simei Stn (Simei St 3) Template:BS
9 Bedok Stn Exit A (New Upp Changi Rd) Template:BS 25 Eunos Stn (Jln Eunos) Template:BS	5 opp Blk 322 (Jln Eunos) Template:BS 15 / 21 / 25 / 60 / 63 / 94 / 854 opp Eunos Stn (Jln Eunos) Template:BS

Paya Lebar

opp Simei Stn (Simei St 3) Template:BS
9 Bedok Stn Exit A (New Upp Changi Rd) Template:BS 24 / 28 Paya Lebar Stn Exit D (Paya Lebar Rd) Template:BS	5 SAFRA Tampines (Tampines Ave 1) Template:BS Huang Wen Downtown Line MacPherson Circle Line Paya Lebar

Aljunied

opp Simei Stn (Simei St 3) Template:BS
9 Bedok Stn Exit A (New Upp Changi Rd) Template:BS 28 / 67 aft Lor 28 Geylang (Geylang Rd) Template:BS 137 opp Aljunied Stn (Aljunied Rd) Template:BS	5 SAFRA Tampines (Tampines Ave 1) Template:BS Huang Wen Downtown Line Mattar opp Mattar Stn Exit B (Mattar Rd) Template:BS 63

Kallang

opp Simei Stn (Simei St 3) Template:BS
9

Bedok Stn Exit A (New Upp Changi Rd) Template:BS
28
/ 67

aft Lor 28 Geylang (Geylang Rd) Template:BS
21

Kallang Stn (Lor 1 Geylang) Template:BS

Lavender

opp Simei Stn (Simei St 3) Template:BS 5 SAFRA Tampines (Tampines Ave 1) Template:BS
23 MOM Svcs Ctr (Bendemeer Rd) Template:BS	Huang Wen Downtown Line Bendemeer Bendemeer Stn Exit A (Kallang Bahru) Template:BS
107 / 107M Lavender Stn Exit A/ICA (Kallang Rd) Template:BS

Bugis

opp Simei Stn (Simei St 3) Template:BS 5 SAFRA Tampines (Tampines Ave 1) Template:BS
23 bef Lavender St (Bendemeer Rd) Template:BS 133 Bugis Stn Exit B (Victoria St) Template:BS	Huang Wen Downtown Line Bendemeer Bendemeer Stn Exit A (Kallang Bahru) Template:BS 61 Parkview Sq (North Bridge Rd) Template:BS

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