Toa Payoh MRT station

Toa Payoh MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South line in Toa Payoh, Singapore. Located within the town centre of Toa Payoh near the junction of Lorong 1 Toa Payoh, Lorong 2 Toa Payoh and Lorong 6 Toa Payoh, this station is connected to Toa Payoh Bus Interchange and the HDB Hub.

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Toa Payoh
大巴窑
தோ பாயோ
Toa Payoh
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
Exit D of Toa Payoh MRT station.
Location510 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh
Singapore 319398
Coordinates1°19′57.73″N 103°50′52.11″E
Operated bySMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)
  North South Line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
ConnectionsToa Payoh Bus Interchange, Taxi
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
ParkingYes (HDB Hub)
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened7 November 1987 (1987-11-07)
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station
towards Jurong East
North South Line
Location
Toa Payoh
Toa Payoh station in Singapore

Opened on 7 November 1987 as the former southern terminus of the North South line, it is the oldest station on the Singapore MRT. It is one of two stations serving the Toa Payoh housing estate (the other being Braddell) and is a transport node for residents of Toa Payoh New Town.

The station was featured in the "Uniquely Singapore Edition" of the board game Monopoly.

History
Track layout
to Braddell
to Novena
Platform level of Toa Payoh station

Toa Payoh MRT station was awarded to Tobishima-Takenaka Joint Venture under Contract 104 on September 1983, together with Novena station and tunnels to Newton. Toa Payoh was the first MRT station in Singapore to be completed, topping out on 5 August 1985, and is the first underground station in the world to be fitted with platform screen doors. This station was among the first phase of MRT stations, from Toa Payoh to Yio Chu Kang, to be opened in Singapore on 7 November 1987. Today, the concourse area bears the inauguration plate of Singapore's MRT system.[1][2][3][4]

This station was one of four MRT stations which participated in Exercise Northstar V, a mock terrorist exercise held on 8 January 2006.[5]

References
  1. "All aboard for the Subway Age". The Straits Times. 8 November 1987. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  2. "NORTH-SOUTH LINE". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "Toa Payoh MRT station first to be topped out". Business Times. 6 August 1985. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
  4. "MRT system begins operations - Singapore History". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  5. "Twenty-two agencies in Exercise Northstar V ready for action". Channel NewsAsia. 3 January 2006. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2020.


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