Mayflower MRT station

Mayflower MRT station is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson-East Coast Line in Ang Mo Kio planning area, Singapore, along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4.

Not to be confused with the Marymount MRT station, another station on the Circle MRT Line
 TE6 
Mayflower
美华
மேஃபிளவர்
Mayflower
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
Location91 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4
Singapore 569900
Coordinates1°22′21″N 103°50′14″E
Owned byLand Transport Authority
Operated bySMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)
  Thomson–East Coast Line
PlatformsIsland
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessYes
History
Opening2020 (2020)
Previous namesKebun Baru, Ang Mo Kio West[1][2]
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station
Thomson–East Coast Line
Future service
towards Caldecott
Location
Mayflower
Mayflower station in Singapore

It will be located around Kebun Baru Heights Estate, Kebun Baru Community Centre (CC) and near CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School.[3]

History

This station was first announced on 29 August 2012.[4]

On 15 August 2014, LTA announced that Mayflower station would be part of the proposed Thomson East-Coast line (TEL). The station will be constructed as part of Phase 2, consisting of 6 stations between Springleaf and Caldecott, and is expected to be completed in 2020.[5][6]

The Contract T210 for the design and construction of Mayflower Station was awarded to Gammon Construction Limited Singapore Branch (GPL) at a sum of S$174 million. Construction started on 6 September 2014, with completion in 2020.[7][8]

It will have the most number of exits along the Thomson-East Coast Line, with seven, making it the most accessible.[9]

References
  1. "LTA | News Room | News Releases | Public Poll for Thomson Line Station Names". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 2020-04-25. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  2. "LTA | News Room | News Releases | Thomson Line Station Names Finalised". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 2020-01-06. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  3. "TSL System Map & Station Footprints".
  4. "Speech by Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Transport, at the Inspection of Downtown Line 1 Station and Announcement of Thomson Line alignment, 29 August 2012, 10.00am at Telok Ayer Station". Ministry of Transport. 29 August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
  5. "Joint News Release by the Land Transport Authority & Singapore Land Authority - Thomson-East Coast Line: New MRT Links in the East | Press Room | Land Transport Authority". 2014-08-19. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  6. "LTA | Upcoming Projects | Rail Expansion | Thomson-East Coast Line". 2020-02-13. Archived from the original on 2020-02-13. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  7. "LTA Awards Four Contracts for Thomson Line". www.lta.gov.sg. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  8. Journal, Tunnelling (2013-10-18). "LTA awards four Thomson contracts". The Tunnelling Journal. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
  9. Lim, Adrian (5 November 2014). "Get in and out more easily at MRT stations on new line". MyPaper 我报. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.


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