Kembangan MRT station

Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore

EW6
Kembangan
景万岸
கெம்பாங்கான்

Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station

Platform level of Kembangan MRT station.

General informationLocation55 Sims Avenue East
Singapore 416551Coordinates

Preceding station	Mass Rapid Transit			Following station
Bedok towards Pasir Ris		East–West Line		Eunos towards Tuas Link

Location
Kembangan Kembangan Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore

Kembangan MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West Line in Bedok, Singapore. Built at the junction of Sims Ave East and Jalan Kembangan, part of the station stands directly above the Siglap Canal. The name Kembangan means “expansion” in Malay.

History

Exterior view of the station from a distance.

As with most of the above-ground stations built in the past along the East West Line, they were built without platform screen doors. After several successful tests at Jurong East, Yishun and Pasir Ris and eventually, installation of the half-height screen doors to prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. Installation started in December 2010 and the platform screen doors started operations on 25 February 2011 with Kallang.^[1]

This station is also installed with high-volume low-speed fans, which started operating on 14 July 2012, together with Paya Lebar station.

Privacy screens were installed from Kembangan MRT station to Lorong Mydin to minimise noise impact from residents, from September 2016.

References

^ Wong, Siew Ying (January 26, 2008). "Above-ground MRT stations to have platform screen doors by 2012". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2012.