Redhill MRT station explained

Type:Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
Address:920 Tiong Bahru Road
Singapore 158792
Other:Bus, Taxi
Structure:Elevated
Platform:2 (1 island platform)
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Parking:Yes (external)
Bicycle:Yes
Passengers:16,140 per day[1]
Pass Year:June 2024
Electrified:Yes
Accessible:Yes
Operator:SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
Former:Alexandra
Map Type:Singapore Rail central area
Map Dot Label:Redhill
Map Alt:Singapore MRT/LRT system map
Map Size:300px
Map Label Position:left

Redhill MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line (EWL) located in Bukit Merah, Singapore.

The station is situated along Tiong Bahru Road, at the junction with Jalan Tiong. On the EWL, it's between the Tiong Bahru and Queenstown stations. The station opened on 12 March 1988, when the MRT line extended from Outram Park station to Clementi.

The Redhill station is the smallest Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore. It is also the only train station where the tracks on each side are not parallel. The station is trapezoidal in shape when viewed from above.[2]

History

The MRTC awarded Contract 202 for the construction of Redhill and Queenstown MRT stations to Sumitomo Construction on 7 February 1985 for $50 million, together with the viaduct from Tiong Bahru Road to Queensway, construction starts in March 1985 for the completion in December 1987[3]

Redhill station opened on 12 March 1988, which is part of the Phase 1B of the MRT line. It travels from Outram Park to Clementi.[4]

In view of accidents along the MRT line, platform screen doors were installed and started operations on 31 May 2011.[5]

Station Layout

This MRT station comprises of 2 elevated platforms in an Island Platform arrangement, where passengers heading towards the city, Raffles Place, City Hall, Changi Airport and Pasir Ris will board from Platform A and heading towards Jurong East, Joo Koon and Tuas Link will board from Platform B.

L2Platform A
Eastbound
Towards → Next Station:
Island platform | Platform Doors will open on the right |-| style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width="100" |Platform B
Westbound
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width="500" |Towards ← Next Station: |-| rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" |L1| style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" |Concourse| style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" |Faregates, Top Up Kiosks, Passenger Service Centre, Retail Shops|-| style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" |Street Level| style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" |Bus stops, Taxi stand, pick-up/drop-off point, Station exits|}

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Land Transport DataMall . mytransport.sg . . 14 August 2024 . 14 August 2024 . https://archive.ph/YCbCx . live.
  2. Web site: 10 MRT fun facts to know. The Influencer Media. 29 June 2015. 21 April 2023.
  3. http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singmonitor19850207-2.2.6.4?ST=1&AT=filter&K=mrt+construction&KA=mrt+construction&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1985&SortBy=Oldest&P=3&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=mrt,construction&oref=article MRTC awards contract for Redhill and Queenstown MRT stations
  4. Web site: Riding the MRT train to Clementi . 2017-10-17 . 2017-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171017151525/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/biztimes19880312-1.2.10?ST=1&AT=filter&K=MRT+to+Clementi&KA=MRT+to+Clementi&DF=&DT=&AO=false&NPT=&L=&CTA=&NID=&CT=&WC=&YR=1988&SortBy=Oldest&P=11&Display=0&filterS=0&QT=mrt,to,clementi&oref=article . live .
  5. Web site: Above-ground MRT stations to have platform screen doors by 2012 . Channel NewsAsia . January 26, 2008 . February 1, 2012 . Wong, Siew Ying . July 30, 2012 . https://archive.today/20120730183552/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/324989/1/.html . live .