Outram Park MRT Station
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| Outram Park MRT Station 欧南园地铁站 ஊட்ரம் பார்க் Rapid transit |
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 East West Line platform of EW16/NE3 Outram Park MRT station |
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| Address | 10 Outram Road Singapore 169037 |
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| Lines | East West, North East | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | |||||||||||||||
| Structure | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Levels | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 12 December 1987 (East West Line) 20 June 2003 (North East Line) |
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| Code | EW16/NE3 | |||||||||||||||
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Outram Park MRT Station (EW16/NE3) is an interchange station of the North East Line and the East West Line in Singapore. It is located in the Central Area, Singapore's central business district.
On the North East Line, it is between the Chinatown and the HarbourFront MRT Stations. On the East West Line, it is located between the Tanjong Pagar and Tiong Bahru MRT stations. It is built directly underneath the convergence of three roads: Eu Tong Sen Street, Cantonment Road and Outram Road. The station has four basements and is not a cross platform so commuters have to transfer from one platform to another via an underpass, since the North East Line was not built until much later.
One of the more prominent areas it serves (in addition to the district of Outram) is Chinatown. Although the present Chinatown MRT Station is now closer to Chinatown, this station was the closest MRT station within the vicinity of Chinatown before the North East line was built. It is just beside Pearl's Hill Reservoir. Its location in the Central Area puts the station in proximity to a number of public buildings. These include the Singapore General Hospital as well as multitude of public health buildings under Singapore Health Services (SingHealth), including the Singapore National Eye Centre, the National Heart Centre and the National Dental Centre. It also within walking distance to the Central Narcotics Bureau and the Police Cantonment Complex.
This station features artwork from two different artists. The first, The Commuters by Teo Eng Seng, can be found at the linkway between the East West Line platform and the North East Line platforms. The second, Memories by Wang Lu Sheng, are placed at the entrances leading to the North East Line part of the station.
A plaque relating the history of the Outram Park prison can be found outside of the station. The prison no longer exists as residential blocks (HDB) have been built where the prison once stood.
In the initial stages of planning for the North East Line was in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, this was initially planned to be the southern terminus of the line. But in 1993, the LTA decided to extend the NEL to HarbourFront Station (then called World Trade Centre Station), after noting that many people liked to go to the World Trade Centre (the present day HarbourFront Centre). During lunchtime periods on weekdays, eastbound trains will terminate at this station and turnaround to travel towards Aljunied.
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[edit] Bus services
The following bus services will be available at New Bridge Road Bus Terminal and the following bus services pass by the bus stops along Outram Road:
| Service | Between | And | Notes |
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| SBS Transit Trunk Services | |||
| 33 | Bedok Bus Interchange | Kent Ridge Bus Terminal | |
| 63 | Eunos Bus Interchange | Rumah Tinggi (loop) | Euro IV  |
| 174 | Boon Lay Bus Interchange | New Bridge Road Bus Terminal | Wheelchair Accessible Bus Service (WAB) Euro III Euro IV |
| SBS Transit Fast Forward Services | |||
| 174e | Boon Lay Bus Interchange New Bridge Road Bus Terminal |
New Bridge Road Bus Terminal Boon Lay Bus Interchange |
AM Peak PM Peak Euro IV |
| SMRT Buses Trunk Services | |||
| 75 | Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange | Marina Centre Bus Terminal | |
| 851 | Yishun Bus Interchange | Bukit Merah Bus Interchange | |
| 970 | Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange | Shenton Way Bus Terminal | |
| SMRT Free Shuttle Services | |||
| SMRT Link 1 | Outram Park MRT Station | Chinatown | Operates on weekends and public holidays only |
The following bus services will be available at New Bridge Road Bus Terminal and the following bus services pass by the bus stops along Eu Tong Sen Street:
| Service | Between | And | Notes |
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| 124 | Saint Michael's Bus Terminal | Telok Blangah Rise (loop) | |
| 143 | Jurong East Bus Interchange | Toa Payoh Bus Interchange | Wheelchair Accessible Bus Service (WAB) Euro III |
| 147 | Clementi Bus Interchange | Hougang Central Bus Interchange | Wheelchair Accessible Bus Service (WAB) Euro III |
| 166 | Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange | Clementi Bus Interchange | |
| SMRT Buses Trunk Services | |||
| 61 | Bukit Batok Bus Interchange | Eunos Bus Interchange | |
| 961 | Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange | Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal | Operates on Weekdays and Saturdays only |
| 961C | Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange | Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal | Operates on Sundays and Public Holidays only |
The following bus services will be available at New Bridge Road Bus Terminal and the following bus services pass by the bus stops along New Bridge Road:
[edit] Incidents
[edit] Train disruptions
On 24 July 2006 at 12.45pm, a southbound train heading towards HarbourFront was stalled 200 metres in the tunnel after it had left the station. There was no power for the train to move since a wire which provided traction power had come loose. People inside the train were evacuated. Shuttle bus services were provided to commuters between Clarke Quay and HarbourFront. Meanwhile, Dhoby Ghaut temporarily become the southwestern terminus. Services between Dhoby Ghaut and Punggol were not greatly affected, being delayed only by a few minutes. Fifty goodwill ambassadors were spread among the four affected station to guide commuters to bus stops for the free shuttle bus services instead of the closed down stations. During the evening peak hours, buses had to arrive every 2 - 3 minutes. This was one of the largest breakdowns in transit, after a train broke down previously in 1993 in Clementi MRT Station. [1][2] Train services were resumed the following morning. [3]
The LTA said on 23 April 2007 that the wire, which supplied electricity to the trains, had come loose because the dewirement was due to the poor quality of a piece of equipment called a porcelain insulator. These findings have been verified by an independent assessor.
Since then, SBS Transit has tightened its maintenance regime of the insulators and will continue with its inspections of the insulators on a two-monthly basis. The French supplier has also checked and certified that all its existing insulators are free of defects. LTA said the disruption was a one-off situation and that no action will be taken against the operator.
On 13 February 2008 at about 6.34 pm, trains were briefly delayed from Outram Park to HarbourFront MRT Stations because of power trips. Trains were briefly delayed to check the rail line. [4]
[edit] Bomb hoax
A false bomb threat call was made in 17 August 2007 at 11.16 pm from a public phone located at the concourse of the MRT Station and the police arrested two suspects on 24 August 2007 when a 13-year old boy was turned in by the police while his 15-year old friend was arrested not long after. [5] Upon consultation, the younger of the two was let off with a warning while the older of the two was charged in a Juvenile Court.
[edit] Police shooting incident
The North East Line sector of the station was the site of a rare police shooting incident, in which a 43-year-old man, who had earlier fatally stabbed an odd-job worker at a coffeeshop at Jalan Kukoh, was shot by a police officer after treatening the officer with the knife on 6 March 2008 at 3:35 pm. Four platform screen doors in the centre in the direction of HarbourFront were affected due to the police cordon which lasted two hours and passengers had to use other doors to board and alight. However, train services were unaffected. [6]
[edit] Image Gallery
 Entrance to Outram Park MRT Station at New Bridge Road. |
 Underpass link between the East-West and North-East line. |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia, 25 July 2006, Power failure knocks out part of NEL train services, viewed on 5 August 2006.
- ^ Joanne Leow, Channel NewsAsia, 24 July 2006, NEL train services from Dhoby Ghaut to HarbourFront halted, viewed on 5 August 2006
- ^ Rita Zahara/Asha Popatlal, Channel NewsAsia, 24 July 2006, NEL train services to be fully operational from Tuesday morning, viewed on 5 August 2006.
- ^ Wong Mun Wai, Channel NewsAsia, 13 February 2008, Power trips delay trains on 2 sections of North East Line, viewed on 14 February 2008.
- ^ Singapore Police Force, 22 August 2007, Appeal for Information, viewed on 23 August 2007.
- ^ Valerie Tan, Channel NewsAsia, 6 March 2008, 43-year-old man shot by police at Outram Park MRT, viewed on 6 March 2008
