B2
EWL Platforms |
Platform A |
towards
Outram Park MRT Station (EW16/NE3) is an interchange stationAn interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system, and allows passengers to change from one route to another. Transfer may occur within the same mode, or between rail modes, or to buses...
of the North East LineThe North East MRT Line is the third Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore and the world's second longest fully underground, automated and driverless, rapid transit line after Singapore's Circle MRT Line. The line is 20 km long with 16 stations and operated by SBS Transit. Travelling from one end...
and the East West LineThe East West Line was the 2nd Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 49.2 km long with 35 stations , making it the longest MRT line in Singapore. It takes about 63 minutes to travel from one end to the other...
in SingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. It is located in the Central AreaIn Singapore, the Central Area or Central Business District contains the core financial and commercial districts, including eleven urban planning areas, namely Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina South, Museum, Newton, Orchard, Outram, River Valley, Rochor, Singapore River and Straits View as...
, Singapore's central business districtA central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
. Before Tiong Bahru MRT StationTiong Bahru MRT Station is located on the East West Line on the Singapore MRT. The station is directly connected to a shopping mall, Tiong Bahru Plaza and the station is at Tiong Bahru Road. As the name suggests, the station is located in the northern part of the Tiong Bahru estate. Before the...
was refurbished in 2006, it was the last MRT Station that had Chinese characters on its station livery on the East West LineThe East West Line was the 2nd Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 49.2 km long with 35 stations , making it the longest MRT line in Singapore. It takes about 63 minutes to travel from one end to the other...
(heading to Joo KoonJoo Koon MRT Station ' is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station along the East West Line in Jurong and also the western terminus for the line....
). It is operated by SMRT CorporationSMRT Corporation is a public transport operator incorporated on March 6, 2000, as a result of an industry overhaul to form multi-modal public-transport operators in Singapore. It is the second-largest public-transport company in Singapore after ComfortDelGro...
on the East West Line and SBS TransitSBS Transit Limited is a public transport operator in Singapore. Its major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services....
on the North East Line.
Location
One of the more prominent areas it serves (in addition to the district of OutramOutram may refer to:Places:*Outram, Nova Scotia, an unincorporated district in Canada*Outram, New Zealand, a small town in Otago*Outram, Singapore, a district in central Singapore*Outram Island, one of the Andaman IslandsPeople:...
) is ChinatownSingapore's Chinatown is an ethnic neighbourhood featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements and a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population. Chinatown is located within the larger district of Outram....
. Although the present Chinatown MRT Station is now closer to Chinatown, this station was the closest MRT station within the vicinity of Chinatown before the North East line was built. It is just beside Pearl's Hill Reservoir and Pearl Bank ApartmentsPearl Bank Apartments is a high-rise private residential building on Pearl's Hill in Outram, near the Chinatown of Singapore.As the tallest and densest residential building in Singapore when completed in 1976, Pearl Bank Apartments was one of Singapore's pioneers of high-rise, high-density living,...
. Its location in the Central Area puts the station in proximity to a number of public buildings. These include the Singapore General HospitalThe Singapore General Hospital is the largest and oldest hospital in Singapore, of which the foundation of its first building was laid in 1821....
as well as multitude of public health buildings under Singapore Health Services (SingHealth), including the Singapore National Eye CentreThe Singapore National Eye Centre commenced operations in 1990. It was founded to lead and organize specialised ophthalmological services with special emphasis on research and education. Since its inauguration, SNEC has averaged an annual workload of 14,000 major eye surgeries and 13,000 laser...
, the National Heart CentreThe National Heart Centre Singapore is a specialist medical centre in Singapore for cardiac problems as well as a regional referral centre for cardiovascular diseases. Established in 1994 as the Singapore Heart Centre and located at 17, Third Hospital Avenue in the Singapore General Hospital, it...
and the National Dental CentreThe National Dental Centre of Singapore is a modern facility in Singapore dedicated to delivering specialist oral healthcare services. Commencing operations on 1 March 1997, it offers the largest concentration of specialist expertise in a single facility...
. It also within walking distance to the Central Narcotics BureauThe Central Narcotics Bureau of Singapore was established in 1971 as the primary drug enforcement agency entrusted with the responsibilities of coordinating all matters pertaining to drug eradication...
and the Police Cantonment ComplexThe Police Cantonment Complex is a high-rise government complex located on 391 New Bridge Road, Singapore. It was officially opened in July 2001....
.
History
A plaque relating the history of the Outram Park prison can be found outside of the station. The prison no longer exists as residential blocks (HDB) have been built where the prison once stood.
In the initial stages of planning for the North East Line in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, this was initially planned to be the southern terminus of the line. But in 1993, the LTA decided to extend the NEL to HarbourFront Station (then called World Trade Centre Station), after noting that many people liked to go to the World Trade Centre (the present day HarbourFront CentreHarbourfront Centre is a key cultural organization on Toronto, Ontario's waterfront, situated at 235 Queen's Quay West. Established as a crown corporation in 1972 by the federal government to create a waterfront park, it became a non-profit organization in 1991. Funding comes from corporate...
).
Train disruptions
On 24 July 2006 at 12.45pm, a southbound train heading towards HarbourFrontHarbourFront MRT Station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit interchange of the North East Line and the Circle Line in Singapore. It is located in the south of Singapore next to the HarbourFront Centre, previously known as the Singapore World Trade Centre. It serves as a terminal station of the...
was stalled 200 metres in the tunnel after it had left the station. There was no power for the train to move since a wire which provided traction power had come loose.
People inside the train were evacuated. Shuttle bus services were provided to commuters between Clarke QuayClarke Quay MRT Station ' is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the North East Line in Singapore. It is located next to Swissôtel Merchant Court at the junction of Eu Tong Sen Street, New Bridge Road and Merchant Road...
and HarbourFront. Meanwhile, Dhoby Ghaut temporarily become the southwestern terminusTerminal Station is a 1953 film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Production:...
. Services between Dhoby GhautDhoby Ghaut is a place in Singapore that often refers to the Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station, a major interchange station on the Mass Rapid Transit of Singapore. Dhoby Ghaut or Dhobi Ghat literally means washing place in Hindi, from dhobi "washerman" or one that does laundry and ghat, generically meaning...
and PunggolPunggol, or Ponggol, is a neighbourhood in northeastern Singapore. Presently, much of Punggol is undeveloped, although plans to turn the area into a residential new town under the "Punggol 21" initiative have begun to take place in the south-eastern parts of the area bordering neighbouring...
were not greatly affected, being delayed only by a few minutes. Fifty goodwill ambassadors were spread among the four affected station to guide commuters to bus stops for the free shuttle bus services instead of the closed down stations. During the evening peak hours, buses had to arrive every 2 – 3 minutes. This was one of the largest breakdowns in transit, after a train broke down previously in 1993 in Clementi MRT StationClementi MRT Station ' is an above-ground MRT station in the west of Singapore. It is part of the East West Line.One of the older MRT stations in Singapore, Clementi MRT station was opened in 1988. The station is painted light blue, and with recent renovations a lift has been added for the benefit...
. Train services were resumed the following morning.
The LTA said on 23 April 2007 that the wire, which supplied electricity to the trains, had come loose because the dewirement was due to the poor quality of a piece of equipment called a porcelain insulator. These findings have been verified by an independent assessor.
Since then, SBS Transit has tightened its maintenance regime of the insulators and will continue with its inspections of the insulators on a two-monthly basis. The French supplier has also checked and certified that all its existing insulators are free of defects. LTA said the disruption was a one-off situation and that no action will be taken against the operator.
On 13 February 2008 at about 6.34 pm, trains were briefly delayed from Outram Park to HarbourFront MRT Stations because of power trips. Trains were briefly delayed to check the rail line.
In a separate incident on 1 July 2009 at about 6.50 pm, eastbound trains between this station and City HallCity Hall MRT Station ' is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore, that is part of the North South Line and the East West Line in Singapore, and serves as an interchange station between the two lines....
were disrupted for 25 minutes when a train stalled due to a fault while at the station. The stations were told to alight and the following train was used to haul the stalled train back to the depot. 11000 people were affected by the disruption.
Bomb hoaxes
2007 bomb hoax: A false bomb threat call was made in 17 August 2007 at 11.16 pm from a public phone located at the concourse of the MRT Station and the police arrested two suspects on 24 August 2007 when a 13-year old boy was turned in by the police while his 15-year old friend was arrested not long after. Upon consultation, the younger of the two was let off with a warning while the older of the two was charged in a Juvenile Court.
2008 bomb hoax: On 29 July 2008, a man made a phone call to the police about a false bomb threat at 1.07 pm at the concourse area of the station. The man is believed to be in his 40s and is of fair complexion. He was wearing a blue and white polo T-shirt, beige Bermudas and black slippers. He was seen leaving the MRT station with two plastic bags - one red and the other white.
Police shooting incident
The North East Line sector of the station was the site of a rare police shooting incident, in which a 43-year-old Lim Bock Song, who had earlier fatally stabbed odd-job worker Tan Ah Chang at a coffeeshopA coffeehouse or coffee shop is an establishment which primarily serves prepared coffee or other hot beverages. It shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant, but it is different from a cafeteria. As the name suggests, coffeehouses focus on...
at Jalan Kukoh, was shot by a police officerA police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
after threatening the officer with the knife on 6 March 2008 at 3:35 pm. Four platform screen doors in the centre in the direction of HarbourFront were affected due to the police cordon which lasted two hours and passengers had to use other doors to board and alight. However, train services were unaffected.
A coroner's inquiry conducted for the shooting of Lim Bock Song ruled on 12 January 2010 that the shooting was a case of justifiable homicide. The man was shot after charging at police officer Azli Othman with a knife. District Judge Yeo ruled the shooting was without any criminal intent.
Future development
The station is expected to be an interchange with the future 23-station Thomson MRT LineThe Thomson Line will be the sixth Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore and is currently under planning and evaluation. It will be a fully automatic and driverless system, similar to its three predecessors, and will be completely underground. Announcement of station locations is expected in...
, becoming one of four stations to be an interchange to three lines apart from Woodlands MRT StationWoodlands MRT Station ' is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit train station on the North South Line in Singapore. It is integrated together with the Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange located beneath the station and also Causeway Point Shopping Centre, which serves as a major shopping centre for...
and Marina Bay MRT StationThe Marina Bay MRT Station ' is the southern terminal station of the North South Line in Singapore. This station is located on reclaimed land and there are no developments surrounding it, and hence contrary to what the name implies, there exists a slight distance between the station and the actual...
.
Current station layout
Outram Park station is built directly underneath the convergence of three roads: Eu Tong Sen StreetEu Tong Sen Street is a one-way road located in the central part of Singapore in the planning areas of Outram, Singapore River and Bukit Merah...
, Cantonment Road and Outram Road. The station has four basements and is not a cross platform interchange so commuters have to transfer from one platform to another via an underpass, since the North East Line was not built until much later.
This station features artwork from two different artists. The first, The Commuters by Teo Eng Seng, can be found at the linkway between the East West Line platform and the North East Line platforms. The second, Memories by Wang Lu Sheng, are placed at the entrances leading to the North East Line part of the station.
| L1 |
Street Level |
Exit/ Entrance, Faregates, Ticketing Machines
New Bridge RoadNew Bridge Road is a one-way road located within the Central Area in Singapore.New Bridge Road starts at the Coleman Bridge to the south of the Singapore River and extends into Chinatown within the Outram Planning Area, before joining with Eu Tong Sen Street and Kampong Bahru Road within the Bukit...
, Eu Tong Sen StreetEu Tong Sen Street is a one-way road located in the central part of Singapore in the planning areas of Outram, Singapore River and Bukit Merah...
, Cantonment Road, Outram Road
New Bridge Road Bus TerminalNew Bridge Road Bus Terminal is a bus station in Eu Tong Sen Street, near Chinatown and Singapore General Hospital in Singapore. It is near Outram Park MRT Station. This bus terminal has an alighting berth after the entrance of the bus park. No boarding facilities are available at the terminal,...
The Pinnacle@Duxton
Police Cantonment ComplexThe Police Cantonment Complex is a high-rise government complex located on 391 New Bridge Road, Singapore. It was officially opened in July 2001....
(PCC)
Central Police DivisionThe Central Police Division is the oldest police division of the Singapore Police Force. It was formerly located at Beach Road Police Station...
Headquarters
Bukit Merah East Neighbourhood Police Centre
Central Narcotics BureauThe Central Narcotics Bureau of Singapore was established in 1971 as the primary drug enforcement agency entrusted with the responsibilities of coordinating all matters pertaining to drug eradication...
(CNB)
Criminal Investigation DepartmentThe Crime Investigation Department is the branch of all Territorial police forces within the British Police and many other Commonwealth police forces, to which plain clothes detectives belong. It is thus distinct from the Uniformed Branch and the Special Branch.The Metropolitan Police Service CID,...
(CID)
Commercial Affairs DepartmentThe Commercial Affairs Department is a staff department of the Singapore Police Force and is previously known as the Commercial Crime Department....
(CAD) |
| B1 |
EWL Concourse |
Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Transitlink Counter |
B2
EWL Platforms |
Platform A |
{{SMRT lines|East West}} towards
Outram Park MRT Station (EW16/NE3) is an interchange stationAn interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system, and allows passengers to change from one route to another. Transfer may occur within the same mode, or between rail modes, or to buses...
of the North East LineThe North East MRT Line is the third Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore and the world's second longest fully underground, automated and driverless, rapid transit line after Singapore's Circle MRT Line. The line is 20 km long with 16 stations and operated by SBS Transit. Travelling from one end...
and the East West LineThe East West Line was the 2nd Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 49.2 km long with 35 stations , making it the longest MRT line in Singapore. It takes about 63 minutes to travel from one end to the other...
in SingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. It is located in the Central AreaIn Singapore, the Central Area or Central Business District contains the core financial and commercial districts, including eleven urban planning areas, namely Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina South, Museum, Newton, Orchard, Outram, River Valley, Rochor, Singapore River and Straits View as...
, Singapore's central business districtA central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
. Before Tiong Bahru MRT StationTiong Bahru MRT Station is located on the East West Line on the Singapore MRT. The station is directly connected to a shopping mall, Tiong Bahru Plaza and the station is at Tiong Bahru Road. As the name suggests, the station is located in the northern part of the Tiong Bahru estate. Before the...
was refurbished in 2006, it was the last MRT Station that had Chinese characters on its station livery on the East West LineThe East West Line was the 2nd Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 49.2 km long with 35 stations , making it the longest MRT line in Singapore. It takes about 63 minutes to travel from one end to the other...
(heading to Joo KoonJoo Koon MRT Station ' is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station along the East West Line in Jurong and also the western terminus for the line....
). It is operated by SMRT CorporationSMRT Corporation is a public transport operator incorporated on March 6, 2000, as a result of an industry overhaul to form multi-modal public-transport operators in Singapore. It is the second-largest public-transport company in Singapore after ComfortDelGro...
on the East West Line and SBS TransitSBS Transit Limited is a public transport operator in Singapore. Its major competitor in Singapore's duopoly transport system is SMRT Corporation, which also operates bus, rail, taxi and other transport services....
on the North East Line.
Location
One of the more prominent areas it serves (in addition to the district of OutramOutram may refer to:Places:*Outram, Nova Scotia, an unincorporated district in Canada*Outram, New Zealand, a small town in Otago*Outram, Singapore, a district in central Singapore*Outram Island, one of the Andaman IslandsPeople:...
) is ChinatownSingapore's Chinatown is an ethnic neighbourhood featuring distinctly Chinese cultural elements and a historically concentrated ethnic Chinese population. Chinatown is located within the larger district of Outram....
. Although the present Chinatown MRT Station is now closer to Chinatown, this station was the closest MRT station within the vicinity of Chinatown before the North East line was built. It is just beside Pearl's Hill Reservoir and Pearl Bank ApartmentsPearl Bank Apartments is a high-rise private residential building on Pearl's Hill in Outram, near the Chinatown of Singapore.As the tallest and densest residential building in Singapore when completed in 1976, Pearl Bank Apartments was one of Singapore's pioneers of high-rise, high-density living,...
. Its location in the Central Area puts the station in proximity to a number of public buildings. These include the Singapore General HospitalThe Singapore General Hospital is the largest and oldest hospital in Singapore, of which the foundation of its first building was laid in 1821....
as well as multitude of public health buildings under Singapore Health Services (SingHealth), including the Singapore National Eye CentreThe Singapore National Eye Centre commenced operations in 1990. It was founded to lead and organize specialised ophthalmological services with special emphasis on research and education. Since its inauguration, SNEC has averaged an annual workload of 14,000 major eye surgeries and 13,000 laser...
, the National Heart CentreThe National Heart Centre Singapore is a specialist medical centre in Singapore for cardiac problems as well as a regional referral centre for cardiovascular diseases. Established in 1994 as the Singapore Heart Centre and located at 17, Third Hospital Avenue in the Singapore General Hospital, it...
and the National Dental CentreThe National Dental Centre of Singapore is a modern facility in Singapore dedicated to delivering specialist oral healthcare services. Commencing operations on 1 March 1997, it offers the largest concentration of specialist expertise in a single facility...
. It also within walking distance to the Central Narcotics BureauThe Central Narcotics Bureau of Singapore was established in 1971 as the primary drug enforcement agency entrusted with the responsibilities of coordinating all matters pertaining to drug eradication...
and the Police Cantonment ComplexThe Police Cantonment Complex is a high-rise government complex located on 391 New Bridge Road, Singapore. It was officially opened in July 2001....
.
History
A plaque relating the history of the Outram Park prison can be found outside of the station. The prison no longer exists as residential blocks (HDB) have been built where the prison once stood.
In the initial stages of planning for the North East Line in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, this was initially planned to be the southern terminus of the line. But in 1993, the LTA decided to extend the NEL to HarbourFront Station (then called World Trade Centre Station), after noting that many people liked to go to the World Trade Centre (the present day HarbourFront CentreHarbourfront Centre is a key cultural organization on Toronto, Ontario's waterfront, situated at 235 Queen's Quay West. Established as a crown corporation in 1972 by the federal government to create a waterfront park, it became a non-profit organization in 1991. Funding comes from corporate...
).
Train disruptions
On 24 July 2006 at 12.45pm, a southbound train heading towards HarbourFrontHarbourFront MRT Station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit interchange of the North East Line and the Circle Line in Singapore. It is located in the south of Singapore next to the HarbourFront Centre, previously known as the Singapore World Trade Centre. It serves as a terminal station of the...
was stalled 200 metres in the tunnel after it had left the station. There was no power for the train to move since a wire which provided traction power had come loose.
People inside the train were evacuated. Shuttle bus services were provided to commuters between Clarke QuayClarke Quay MRT Station ' is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the North East Line in Singapore. It is located next to Swissôtel Merchant Court at the junction of Eu Tong Sen Street, New Bridge Road and Merchant Road...
and HarbourFront. Meanwhile, Dhoby Ghaut temporarily become the southwestern terminusTerminal Station is a 1953 film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Production:...
. Services between Dhoby GhautDhoby Ghaut is a place in Singapore that often refers to the Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station, a major interchange station on the Mass Rapid Transit of Singapore. Dhoby Ghaut or Dhobi Ghat literally means washing place in Hindi, from dhobi "washerman" or one that does laundry and ghat, generically meaning...
and PunggolPunggol, or Ponggol, is a neighbourhood in northeastern Singapore. Presently, much of Punggol is undeveloped, although plans to turn the area into a residential new town under the "Punggol 21" initiative have begun to take place in the south-eastern parts of the area bordering neighbouring...
were not greatly affected, being delayed only by a few minutes. Fifty goodwill ambassadors were spread among the four affected station to guide commuters to bus stops for the free shuttle bus services instead of the closed down stations. During the evening peak hours, buses had to arrive every 2 – 3 minutes. This was one of the largest breakdowns in transit, after a train broke down previously in 1993 in Clementi MRT StationClementi MRT Station ' is an above-ground MRT station in the west of Singapore. It is part of the East West Line.One of the older MRT stations in Singapore, Clementi MRT station was opened in 1988. The station is painted light blue, and with recent renovations a lift has been added for the benefit...
. Train services were resumed the following morning.
The LTA said on 23 April 2007 that the wire, which supplied electricity to the trains, had come loose because the dewirement was due to the poor quality of a piece of equipment called a porcelain insulator. These findings have been verified by an independent assessor.
Since then, SBS Transit has tightened its maintenance regime of the insulators and will continue with its inspections of the insulators on a two-monthly basis. The French supplier has also checked and certified that all its existing insulators are free of defects. LTA said the disruption was a one-off situation and that no action will be taken against the operator.
On 13 February 2008 at about 6.34 pm, trains were briefly delayed from Outram Park to HarbourFront MRT Stations because of power trips. Trains were briefly delayed to check the rail line.
In a separate incident on 1 July 2009 at about 6.50 pm, eastbound trains between this station and City HallCity Hall MRT Station ' is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore, that is part of the North South Line and the East West Line in Singapore, and serves as an interchange station between the two lines....
were disrupted for 25 minutes when a train stalled due to a fault while at the station. The stations were told to alight and the following train was used to haul the stalled train back to the depot. 11000 people were affected by the disruption.
Bomb hoaxes
2007 bomb hoax: A false bomb threat call was made in 17 August 2007 at 11.16 pm from a public phone located at the concourse of the MRT Station and the police arrested two suspects on 24 August 2007 when a 13-year old boy was turned in by the police while his 15-year old friend was arrested not long after. Upon consultation, the younger of the two was let off with a warning while the older of the two was charged in a Juvenile Court.
2008 bomb hoax: On 29 July 2008, a man made a phone call to the police about a false bomb threat at 1.07 pm at the concourse area of the station. The man is believed to be in his 40s and is of fair complexion. He was wearing a blue and white polo T-shirt, beige Bermudas and black slippers. He was seen leaving the MRT station with two plastic bags - one red and the other white.
Police shooting incident
The North East Line sector of the station was the site of a rare police shooting incident, in which a 43-year-old Lim Bock Song, who had earlier fatally stabbed odd-job worker Tan Ah Chang at a coffeeshopA coffeehouse or coffee shop is an establishment which primarily serves prepared coffee or other hot beverages. It shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant, but it is different from a cafeteria. As the name suggests, coffeehouses focus on...
at Jalan Kukoh, was shot by a police officerA police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
after threatening the officer with the knife on 6 March 2008 at 3:35 pm. Four platform screen doors in the centre in the direction of HarbourFront were affected due to the police cordon which lasted two hours and passengers had to use other doors to board and alight. However, train services were unaffected.
A coroner's inquiry conducted for the shooting of Lim Bock Song ruled on 12 January 2010 that the shooting was a case of justifiable homicide. The man was shot after charging at police officer Azli Othman with a knife. District Judge Yeo ruled the shooting was without any criminal intent.
Future development
The station is expected to be an interchange with the future 23-station Thomson MRT LineThe Thomson Line will be the sixth Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore and is currently under planning and evaluation. It will be a fully automatic and driverless system, similar to its three predecessors, and will be completely underground. Announcement of station locations is expected in...
, becoming one of four stations to be an interchange to three lines apart from Woodlands MRT StationWoodlands MRT Station ' is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit train station on the North South Line in Singapore. It is integrated together with the Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange located beneath the station and also Causeway Point Shopping Centre, which serves as a major shopping centre for...
and Marina Bay MRT StationThe Marina Bay MRT Station ' is the southern terminal station of the North South Line in Singapore. This station is located on reclaimed land and there are no developments surrounding it, and hence contrary to what the name implies, there exists a slight distance between the station and the actual...
.
Current station layout
Outram Park station is built directly underneath the convergence of three roads: Eu Tong Sen StreetEu Tong Sen Street is a one-way road located in the central part of Singapore in the planning areas of Outram, Singapore River and Bukit Merah...
, Cantonment Road and Outram Road. The station has four basements and is not a cross platform interchange so commuters have to transfer from one platform to another via an underpass, since the North East Line was not built until much later.
This station features artwork from two different artists. The first, The Commuters by Teo Eng Seng, can be found at the linkway between the East West Line platform and the North East Line platforms. The second, Memories by Wang Lu Sheng, are placed at the entrances leading to the North East Line part of the station.
| L1 |
Street Level |
Exit/ Entrance, Faregates, Ticketing Machines
New Bridge RoadNew Bridge Road is a one-way road located within the Central Area in Singapore.New Bridge Road starts at the Coleman Bridge to the south of the Singapore River and extends into Chinatown within the Outram Planning Area, before joining with Eu Tong Sen Street and Kampong Bahru Road within the Bukit...
, Eu Tong Sen StreetEu Tong Sen Street is a one-way road located in the central part of Singapore in the planning areas of Outram, Singapore River and Bukit Merah...
, Cantonment Road, Outram Road
New Bridge Road Bus TerminalNew Bridge Road Bus Terminal is a bus station in Eu Tong Sen Street, near Chinatown and Singapore General Hospital in Singapore. It is near Outram Park MRT Station. This bus terminal has an alighting berth after the entrance of the bus park. No boarding facilities are available at the terminal,...
The Pinnacle@Duxton
Police Cantonment ComplexThe Police Cantonment Complex is a high-rise government complex located on 391 New Bridge Road, Singapore. It was officially opened in July 2001....
(PCC)
Central Police DivisionThe Central Police Division is the oldest police division of the Singapore Police Force. It was formerly located at Beach Road Police Station...
Headquarters
Bukit Merah East Neighbourhood Police Centre
Central Narcotics BureauThe Central Narcotics Bureau of Singapore was established in 1971 as the primary drug enforcement agency entrusted with the responsibilities of coordinating all matters pertaining to drug eradication...
(CNB)
Criminal Investigation DepartmentThe Crime Investigation Department is the branch of all Territorial police forces within the British Police and many other Commonwealth police forces, to which plain clothes detectives belong. It is thus distinct from the Uniformed Branch and the Special Branch.The Metropolitan Police Service CID,...
(CID)
Commercial Affairs DepartmentThe Commercial Affairs Department is a staff department of the Singapore Police Force and is previously known as the Commercial Crime Department....
(CAD) |
| B1 |
EWL Concourse |
Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Transitlink Counter |
B2
EWL Platforms |
Platform A |
{{SMRT lines|East West}} towards {{SMRT codePasir Ris MRT Station ' is the terminal and above ground station of the East West MRT Line in Singapore. The station is located at the central part of Pasir Ris New Town.-Platform Screen Doors:...
(→) |
| Island platform An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
, Doors will open on the right |
| Platform B |
{{SMRT lines|East West}} towards {{SMRT codeJoo Koon MRT Station ' is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station along the East West Line in Jurong and also the western terminus for the line....
(←) |
| Transfer Linkway |
Underpass to North East Line concourse |
| B3 |
NEL Concourse |
Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre |
| Transfer Linkway |
Underpass to East West Line East West Line may refer to several rapid transit lines:* East West MRT Line, Singapore* East-west Line , proposed in Hong Kong* Blue Line , formerly the East-West Line, in Georgia, United States...
platforms |
B4
NEL Platforms |
Platform A |
{{SMRT lines|North East}} towards {{SMRT codeHarbourFront MRT Station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit interchange of the North East Line and the Circle Line in Singapore. It is located in the south of Singapore next to the HarbourFront Centre, previously known as the Singapore World Trade Centre. It serves as a terminal station of the...
(→) |
| Island platform An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
, Doors will open on the right |
| Platform B |
{{SMRT lines|North East}} towards {{SMRT codePunggol MRT/LRT Station ' is a MRT and LRT interchange station of the North East Line and the Punggol LRT Line in Singapore.The artwork in this station is Water, Landscape and Future by Goh Beng Kwan.-History:...
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Exits
Although there is an underground connection between the paid areas of the East-West Line and the North-East Line parts of the station, there is no connection between their unpaid areas. Therefore, a passenger exiting from an East-West Line train going to a North-East Line exit should use the paid area connection to go to the North-East Line concourse and exit the fare gates there. Alternatively, the passenger can exit from the East-West Line exit and walk to his desired destination, crossing the traffic junction where necessary.
- East-West Line:
- A and C - Singapore General Hospital, Health Science Authority (HSA) (across Outram Road)
- B and D - Pearl's Center
- North-East Line
- E - Pearl's Center
- F - Singapore General Hospital, Health Science Authority (HSA)
- G - Police Cantonment Complex (PCC) (Central Police Division Headquarters, Bukit Merah East Neighbourhood Police Centre, Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Commercial Affairs Department (CAD)), The Pinnacle@Duxton
- H - Tai Sun Building
Services
Like most MRT stations, Outram Park acts as an interchange between MRT rail and bus services.
Rail service
On the North East Line, Outram Park is between the ChinatownChinatown MRT Station ' is a Mass Rapid Transit station on the North East Line and upcoming Downtown Line in Singapore. On the North East Line, it lies between the Outram Park and Clarke Quay MRT stations and between Telok Ayer and River Valley on the Downtown Line. It is directly below and serves...
and the HarbourFrontHarbourFront MRT Station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit interchange of the North East Line and the Circle Line in Singapore. It is located in the south of Singapore next to the HarbourFront Centre, previously known as the Singapore World Trade Centre. It serves as a terminal station of the...
stations. On the East West Line, it is located between the Tanjong PagarTanjong Pagar MRT Station ' is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Singapore. The station caters to people, especially businessmen, working in the Shenton Way and Robinson Road area, and residents...
and Tiong BahruTiong Bahru MRT Station is located on the East West Line on the Singapore MRT. The station is directly connected to a shopping mall, Tiong Bahru Plaza and the station is at Tiong Bahru Road. As the name suggests, the station is located in the northern part of the Tiong Bahru estate. Before the...
stations. On lunch time hours from 12pm to 2pm on weekdays except public holidays, there would be special lunch time services that start from this station and end at Aljunied MRT StationAljunied MRT Station ' is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Singapore. It serves the urban neighbourhood of Aljunied. Its livery is blue....
. This service started on May 20, 2008.
| Destination | | First Train | | Last Train |
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Mon - Sat |
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Sunday &
Public Holiday |
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Daily |
| East West Line |
| to EW1 Pasir Ris |
5.53am |
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6.21am |
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12.03am |
| to EW29 Joo Koon |
5.59am |
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6.26am |
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11.58pm |
| North East Line |
| to NE1 HarbourFront |
6.11am |
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6.31am |
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11.56pm |
| to NE17 Punggol |
6.03am |
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6.23am |
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11.58pm |
Bus services
The following bus services will be available at New Bridge Road Bus TerminalNew Bridge Road Bus Terminal is a bus station in Eu Tong Sen Street, near Chinatown and Singapore General Hospital in Singapore. It is near Outram Park MRT Station. This bus terminal has an alighting berth after the entrance of the bus park. No boarding facilities are available at the terminal,...
and the following bus services pass by the bus stops along Outram Road:
| Bus Stop Code: 06011 (Opposite Outram Park Station) |
| Service | Desination | Note |
| SBS Transit Trunk Services |
| 33 |
Kent Ridge Bus TerminalKent Ridge Bus Terminal is a bus station located at Kent Ridge, in the west of Singapore. Despite the name, it is not near the Kent Ridge MRT Station...
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| 63 |
Jalan Rumah Tinggi (loop) |
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| 174 |
Boon Lay Bus InterchangeThe Boon Lay Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange located in Pioneer, in the western part of Singapore. It is situated within the Jurong Point Shopping Mall and is integrated with the nearby Boon Lay MRT Station...
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| SBS Transit Fast Forward Service |
| 174e |
Boon Lay Bus InterchangeThe Boon Lay Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange located in Pioneer, in the western part of Singapore. It is situated within the Jurong Point Shopping Mall and is integrated with the nearby Boon Lay MRT Station...
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| SMRT Buses Trunk Services |
| 75 |
Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange The Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange serving Bukit Panjang New Town, Singapore. It is opposite Bukit Panjang Plaza. The nearest station is the Bukit Panjang LRT Station....
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| 851 |
Bukit Merah Bus InterchangeThe Bukit Merah Bus Interchange serves the and the interchange is located at Jalan Bukit Merah.-Routes:Bus Routes in Singapore-Berths:...
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| 970 |
Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange The Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange serving Bukit Panjang New Town, Singapore. It is opposite Bukit Panjang Plaza. The nearest station is the Bukit Panjang LRT Station....
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| Bus Stop Code: 06029 (Outram Park Station) |
| Service | Destination | Note |
| SBS Transit Trunk Services |
| 33 |
Bedok Bus Interchange Bedok Bus Interchange is a bus station serving Bedok New Town in Singapore. The bus interchange was completed in the 1980s, and is centrally located, just north of the Bedok MRT Station. The interchange, with the allocated block number of 207A, is located near a food center and a community...
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| 63 |
Eunos Bus Interchange Eunos Bus Interchange is a small bus interchange located in Eunos, Singapore. It is located and built just outside the Eunos MRT Station. It is surrounded by Eunos Rd 2, Eunos Ave 1 and Sims Avenue...
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| 174 |
New Bridge Road Bus TerminalNew Bridge Road Bus Terminal is a bus station in Eu Tong Sen Street, near Chinatown and Singapore General Hospital in Singapore. It is near Outram Park MRT Station. This bus terminal has an alighting berth after the entrance of the bus park. No boarding facilities are available at the terminal,...
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| SBS Transit Fast Forward Service |
| 174e |
New Bridge Road Bus TerminalNew Bridge Road Bus Terminal is a bus station in Eu Tong Sen Street, near Chinatown and Singapore General Hospital in Singapore. It is near Outram Park MRT Station. This bus terminal has an alighting berth after the entrance of the bus park. No boarding facilities are available at the terminal,...
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| SMRT Buses Trunk Services |
| 75 |
Marina Centre Bus TerminalMarina Centre Bus Terminal is a bus station located along Raffles Boulevard in Marina Centre, Singapore. It is very near to Promenade MRT Station. The bus terminal does not allow boarding or alighting, and passengers have to alight before the bus terminates at the terminal...
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| 851 |
Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Bus Interchange is located in northern Singapore, across Yishun Avenue 2 from Yishun MRT Station and it is operated by SMRT Corporation. This existing bus interchange will be demolished to make way for a new airconditioned bus interchange that is integrated with a new shopping mall and...
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| 970 |
Shenton Way Bus TerminalShenton Way Bus Terminal is a bus station located in southern Singapore. It was opened on 20 June 1987. It is very near to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Commuters have to disembark/board buses at two bus stops along Palmer Road due to restriction of alighting and aboarding of buses within the...
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The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Eu Tong Sen Street:
| Bus Stop Code: 10018 (Before Outram Road) |
| Service | Destination | Note |
| SBS Transit Trunk Services |
| 124 |
Saint Michael's Bus TerminalSaint Michael's Bus Terminal Saint Michael's Bus Terminal Saint Michael's Bus Terminal (Chinese:圣迈克巴士终站）is a bus station located in Saint Michael's Estate in central Singapore. This terminal used to house 2 bus services from Singapore Shuttle Bus (Pte) Ltd, which have since been withdrawn in 2003....
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| 143 |
Toa Payoh Bus InterchangeToa Payoh Bus Interchange is located in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is the first air-conditioned bus interchange in the country, which was completed in 2002 and officially opened by then Transport Minister, Yeo Cheow Tong, on 19 May 2002. The bus interchange has only services of SBS Transit and is...
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| 147 |
Hougang Central Bus InterchangeThe Hougang Central Bus Interchange is a bus interchange serving the town of Hougang. It is located directly above the Hougang MRT Station and is operated by SBS Transit.-Redevelopment:...
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| 166 |
Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 Bus Interchange is located in Ang Mo Kio Town Centre, Singapore. The interchange is presently within AMK Hub, a newly-built shopping centre which is in turn linked to the Ang Mo Kio MRT Station via a pedestrian underpass below Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8.The interchange is the third to be...
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| 197 |
Bedok Bus Interchange Bedok Bus Interchange is a bus station serving Bedok New Town in Singapore. The bus interchange was completed in the 1980s, and is centrally located, just north of the Bedok MRT Station. The interchange, with the allocated block number of 207A, is located near a food center and a community...
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| SMRT Buses Trunk Services |
| 61 |
Eunos Bus Interchange Eunos Bus Interchange is a small bus interchange located in Eunos, Singapore. It is located and built just outside the Eunos MRT Station. It is surrounded by Eunos Rd 2, Eunos Ave 1 and Sims Avenue...
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| 961 |
Geylang Lorong 1 Bus Terminal |
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| 961* |
Geylang Lorong 1 Bus Terminal |
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