Lavender MRT station
EW11
Lavender Lao minh đạt லவண்டர் | |||||||||||
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| Mass Rapid Transit(MRT) station | |||||||||||
 Platform of Lavender MRT station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 50 Kallang Road Singapore 208699 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°18′25.80″N103°51′46.83″E/ 1.3071667°N 103.8630083°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SMRT Trains Ltd(SMRT Corporation) | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes (ICA Building) | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 4 November 1989 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Kallang, Crawford | ||||||||||
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Lavender MRT stationis an undergroundMass Rapid Transit(MRT) station on theEast West lineinKallang,Singapore.Located underKallang Road,the station is close to theImmigration and Checkpoints Authority(ICA) Building, the former Golden Mile Complex and Jalan Besar Stadium. Planned and built as part of Phase Two of the initial system. The contract for the station's construction was awarded in October 1985, and it was opened in November 1989.
History
[edit]Planned as part of Phase Two of the original MRT network,[1]the contract for the construction of Lavender station, as well as for Victoria station and the tunnels betweenBras Basah Roadand theKallang River,was awarded to Nishimatsu/Lum Chang Joint Venture for S$227.1 million in October 1985.[2]During the station's construction, between 1986 and 1989, the stretch of Kallang Road between Lavender Street and Rochor Canal Road was closed to traffic,[3]and the station opened on 4 November 1989, along with the section of theEast West linefromCity HalltoTanah Merah.[4]
Station details
[edit]Lavender station is located under Kallang Road,[3]and is close toGolden Mile Complex,the ICA Building, and Jalan Besar Stadium.[5]Served by the East West Line, betweenKallangand Bugis stations, the station has the station code EW11.[6]As one of the nine stations on the original MRT network built as emergencybomb shelters,the station was fitted out with steel blast doors and 2 metres (6.6 ft) thick walls ofreinforced concrete.[7]
References
[edit]- ^"Project to go on line in three stages".The Straits Times.Singapore. 8 July 1986. p. 8.Retrieved25 July2021– via NewspaperSG.
- ^"Nishimatsu/ Lum Chang wins $227m MRT contract".Business Times.Singapore. 12 October 1985. p. 12.Retrieved25 July2021– via NewspaperSG.
- ^ab"Roads to be re-opened to traffic".Business Times.Singapore. 6 April 1989. p. 3.Retrieved25 July2021– via NewspaperSG.
- ^"18 mins from City Hall to Tanah Merah by MRT from Nov 4".The Straits Times.Singapore. 4 November 1989. p. 22.Retrieved25 July2021– via NewspaperSG.
- ^"Lavender".smrt.com.sg.SMRT.Retrieved25 July2021.
- ^"MRT Network Map".journey.smrt.com.sg.SMRT.Retrieved25 July2021.
- ^Lim, Michael (4 October 1987)."Three MRT bomb shelters ready".The Straits Times.Singapore. p. 2.Retrieved25 July2021– via NewspaperSG.
External links
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Media related toLavender MRT Stationat Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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