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Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tampines West MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Downtown line in Tampines, Singapore. It is located at Tampines Avenue 4, near the junction with Tampines Avenue 1.
Tampines West
DT31 淡滨尼西
தெம்பினிஸ் வெஸ்ட் | |||||||||||
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| Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | |||||||||||
Exit A of Tampines West station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 2 Tampines Avenue 4 Singapore 529683 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°20′44″N 103°56′18″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Land Transport Authority | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 21 October 2017 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Tampines Avenue 1[1][2] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| June 2024 | 7,831 per day[3] | ||||||||||
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The station is located near some schools such as Temasek Polytechnic, Junyuan Primary School and East View Primary School, as well as SAFRA Tampines, and to the housing estates of Tampines Palmspring and Tampines Polyview.
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Contract 926 for the design and construction of Tampines West MRT Station and associated tunnels was awarded to Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti - C.M.C di Ravenna at an estimated sum of S$226.92 million in July 2011. On 29 January 2012, the signage of Tampines Palmspring was demolished. Construction of the station started in February that year, with the noise barriers placed. Road realignment has begun that June and lasted till January 2016.[4][5]
The station opened on 21 October 2017, as announced by the Land Transport Authority on 31 May that year.[6]
As part of Operation Quicksand, a simulated terror attack on 27 January 2019 was carried out at this station.[7]
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