Kembangan MRT Station

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Kembangan MRT Station 景万岸地铁站 கெம்பாங்கான் Rapid transit
Platform level of Kembangan station
Station statistics
Address	55 Sims Avenue East Singapore 416551
Coordinates	1°11′30″N 103°32′41″E / 1.191554, 103.544623
Lines	East West
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure	Elevated
Levels	2
Platforms	Island
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	4 November 1989
Accessible
Code	EW6
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Bedok towards Pasir Ris East West Line Eunos towards Boon Lay
Location
Kembangan MRT Station

Kembangan MRT Station (EW6) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Singapore. The station is along Sims Avenue East, right above the Siglap Canal. It is near several private landed properties and condominiums.

[edit] Bus services

The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Sims Ave East:

Service	Between	And	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
2	New Bridge Road Bus Terminal	Changi Village Bus Terminal	Wheelchair Accessible Bus Service (WAB) Euro III
7	Bedok Bus Interchange	Clementi Bus Interchange	Wheelchair Accessible Bus Service (WAB) Euro III
24	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange	Changi Airport PTB 1, 2 & 3 Bus Terminal	Euro IV
25	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange	Bedok Bus Interchange	Euro III
26	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange	Bedok Bus Interchange
28	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange	Tampines Bus Interchange
30	Bedok Bus Interchange	Boon Lay Bus Interchange
33	Bedok Bus Interchange	Kent Ridge Bus Terminal
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
67	Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange	Tampines Bus Interchange
854	Yishun Bus Interchange	Bedok Bus Interchange

[edit] 1997 accident

On 16th march 1997, Monday at 8.15 am, a man in his late 60s had leapt down from the platform as the west-bound train was believed to have died instantly by the train travelling at 50 km per hour. The impact threw him against the side of the tracks, and he sustained serious head injuries, a fractured left arm and a severed right foot. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 10.55 am.

An SMRT spokesman said that the train was operated through an automated system, and all trains approaching the waiting area would have reduced their speed automatically. By 11 am, the entire area had been cordoned off. None of the 300 commuters on board the train was hurt as it made an emergency stop at 10.17 am. For two hours, all train services between Eunos and Tanah Merah MRT stations were discontinued to allow cleaners to clear the tracks. Commuters affected were being directed to a nearby bus stop.