Haw Par Villa MRT station
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Haw Par Villa MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle line (CCL) in Queenstown, Singapore. Located underneath West Coast Highway and Pasir Panjang Road, the station serves the nearby Haw Par Villa, alongside the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre.
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Haw Par Villa 虎豹别墅 ஹா பர் வில்லா | |||||||||||
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Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 270 Pasir Panjang Road Singapore 117396[1] | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 01°16′58″N 103°46′54″E | ||||||||||
Operated by | SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Underground (CCL) | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 8 October 2011; 12 years ago (2011-10-08) | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Previous names | West Coast[2][3] | ||||||||||
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Initially planned to be a shell station tentatively named West Coast, in 2008, the station was announced to be opened along with Stages 4 and 5 of the CCL stations. The station opened in 2011. A west coast extension of the Jurong Region line (JRL) from Pandan Reservoir to this station is being planned. The station features an Art-in-Transit artwork Eroclamation by Tan Wee Lit.