Lavender MRT station explained

Type:Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
Address:50 Kallang Road
Singapore 208699
Other:Bus, Taxi
Structure:Underground
Platform:2 (1 island platform)
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes (ICA Building)
Bicycle:Yes
Passengers:16,402 per day[1]
Pass Year:June 2024
Electrified:Yes
Former:Kallang, Crawford
Accessible:Yes
Operator:SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
Map Type:Singapore Rail central area
Map Dot Label:Lavender
Map Alt:Singapore MRT/LRT system map
Map Size:300px

Lavender MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line in Kallang, Singapore. Located under Kallang Road, the station is close to the Immigration 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

Planned as part of Phase Two of the original MRT network,[2] the contract for the construction of Lavender station, as well as for Victoria station and the tunnels between Bras Basah Road and the Kallang River, was awarded to Nishimatsu/Lum Chang Joint Venture for S$227.1 million in October 1985.[3] 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,[4] and the station opened on 4 November 1989, along with the section of the East West line from City Hall to Tanah Merah.[5]

Station details

Lavender station is located under Kallang Road,[4] and is close to Golden Mile Complex, the ICA Building, and Jalan Besar Stadium.[6] Served by the East West Line, between Kallang and Bugis stations, the station has the station code EW11.[7] As one of the nine stations on the original MRT network built as emergency bomb shelters, the station was fitted out with steel blast doors and 2metre thick walls of reinforced concrete.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Land Transport DataMall . mytransport.sg . . 14 August 2024 . 14 August 2024 . https://archive.ph/YCbCx . live.
  2. News: Project to go on line in three stages . . Singapore . 8 July 1986 . 25 July 2021 . NewspaperSG . 8 .
  3. News: Nishimatsu/ Lum Chang wins $227m MRT contract . . Singapore . 12 October 1985 . 25 July 2021 . NewspaperSG . 12.
  4. News: Roads to be re-opened to traffic . Business Times . Singapore . 6 April 1989 . 25 July 2021 . NewspaperSG . 3 .
  5. News: 18 mins from City Hall to Tanah Merah by MRT from Nov 4 . The Straits Times . Singapore . 4 November 1989 . 25 July 2021 . NewspaperSG . 22 .
  6. Web site: Lavender . smrt.com.sg . SMRT . 25 July 2021 .
  7. Web site: MRT Network Map . journey.smrt.com.sg . SMRT . 25 July 2021 .
  8. News: Lim . Michael . 4 October 1987 . Three MRT bomb shelters ready . The Straits Times . Singapore . 25 July 2021 . NewspaperSG . 2 .