Outram Park MRT Station

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EW16 NE3 TE17
Outram Park
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Outram Park
Rapid transit
Outram Park Station East West Line Platform.jpg
East West Line platforms of Outram Park MRT station.
Location 10 Outram Road
300 Eu Tong Sen Street
Singapore 169037/059816
Coordinates 116'49?N 10350'22?E
Operated by SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) (East West Line)
SBS Transit (ComfortDelGro) (North East Line)
Line(s)
East West Line
North East Line
Thomson-East Coast Line
Platforms Island
Tracks 4
Connections Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type Underground
Platform levels 3
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code EW16 NE3 TE17
History
Opened 12 December 1987 (East West Line)
20 June 2003 (North East Line)
2021 (Thomson-East Coast Line)
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following statio
n
Tanjong Pagar
towards Pasir Ris
East West Line
Tiong Bahru
towards Joo Koon
HarbourFront
Terminus
North East Line
Chinatown
towards Punggol
Havelock
towards Woodlands North
Thomson-East Coast Line
Future service
Maxwell
towards Gardens by the Bay
Location
Outram Park MRT Station (EW16/NE3/TE17) is an interchange station of the Mass Ra
pid Transit East West Line and North East Line, located at the boundary between
the planning areas of Bukit Merah and Outram, Singapore.[1]
When the Thomson-East Coast Line opens in 2021, Outram Park will become a triple
-line interchange station, just like Dhoby Ghaut.[2]
Contents [hide]
1 Location
2 History
2.1 Train disruptions
2.2 Bomb hoaxes
2.3 Police shooting incident
3 Station layout
4 Exits
4.1 East West Line
4.2 North East Line
5 Transport connections
5.1 Rail
6 Gallery
7 References
8 External links
Location[edit]
Despite its name, the station is not located entirely within Outram. Exits F and
G of the North East Line section of the station are located in the easternmost
portion of Bukit Merah, serving the precincts of Everton Park and Singapore Gene
ral Hospital. The East West Line portion of the station however, is only accessi
ble from ground level within Outram itself, serving the southernmost portion of
Chinatown, Pearl's Hill and People's Park.[1]
Although the present Chinatown station is now situated within Chinatown, this st
ation was the closest MRT station within the vicinity of Chinatown before the No
rth East Line was built.
History[edit]
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 b
uilt where the prison once stood.
In the initial stages of planning for the North East Line in the late 1980s and
the early 1990s, this was initially planned to be the southern terminus of the l
ine. But in 1993, the LTA decided to extend the NEL to HarbourFront Station (the
n called World Trade Centre Station), after noting that many people liked to go
to the World Trade Centre (the present day HarbourFront Centre), but it was rede
veloped from 2000 to 2003, and Sentosa Island.
Train disruptions[edit]
On 15 March 2012, more than 117,000 commuters were affected during a peak hour t
rain breakdown between Dhoby Ghaut and HarbourFront, caused by faulty overhead p
ower cables at the tunnel of the Outram Park that had snapped. A second problem
was discovered relating to electricity insulation, delaying the service further.
Train services resumed at 4.35 pm after nearly 10 hours of disruption making it
the third breakdown in 4 months.[3][4][5] Subsequently, the Land Transport Auth
ority (LTA) intends to impose financial penalties amounting to S$400,000 on SBS
Transit for the train service disruption along the North East Line on 15 March 2
012.[6]
On 10 January 2013, train services in both directions on the North East Line was
disrupted due to a power fault. At about 9.50 a.m., SBS Transit said no train s
ervice is available between HarbourFront and Outram Park. Train services fully r
esumed at 4.35 p.m.[7][8][9]
Bomb hoaxes[edit]
A false bomb threat call was made on 17 August 2007 at 11.16 pm from a public ph
one located at the concourse of the MRT station and the police arrested two susp
ects 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.[10] Upon consultation, the y
ounger of the two was let off with a warning while the older of the two was char
ged in a Juvenile Court.
On 29 July 2008, a man made a phone call to the police about a false bomb threat
at 1.07 pm at the concourse area of the station. The man is believed to be in h
is 40s and is of fair complexion. He was wearing a blue and white polo T-shirt,
beige Bermudas and black slippers. He was seen leaving the MRT station with two
plastic bags one red and the other white.[11]
Police shooting incident[edit]
Platform of the North East Line Outram Park station.
The North East Line sector of the station was the site of a rare police shooting
incident, in which a 43-year-old Lim Bock Song, who had earlier fatally stabbed
odd-job worker Tan Ah Chang at a coffeeshop at Jalan Kukoh, was shot by a polic
e officer after threatening the officer with the knife on 6 March 2008 at 3:35 p
m. Four platform screen doors in the centre in the direction of HarbourFront wer
e 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.[1
2]
A coroner's inquiry conducted for the shooting of Lim Bock Song ruled on 12 Janu
ary 2010 that the shooting was a case of justifiable homicide. The man was shot
after charging at police officer Azli Othman with a knife. District Judge Yeo ru
led the shooting was without any criminal intent.[13]
Station layout[edit]
Outram Park is built directly underneath the convergence of four roads, New Brid
ge Road, Eu Tong Sen Street, Cantonment Road and Outram Road, the latter two of
which lie directly on the Bukit Merah Outram boundary. The station has four baseme
nts and is not a cross platform interchange so commuters have to transfer from o
ne platform to another via an underpass, since the North East Line was not built
until much later.
This station features artwork from two different artists. The first, The Commute
rs by Teo Eng Seng, can be found at the linkway between the East West Line platf
orm and the North East Line platforms. The second, Memories by Wang Lu Sheng, ar
e placed at the entrances leading to the North East Line part of the station.
L1 Street Level Exit/ Entrance, Faregates, Ticketing Machines
New Bridge Road, Eu Tong Sen Street, Cantonment Road, Outram Road
New Bridge Road Bus Terminal
The Pinnacle@Duxton
Police Cantonment Complex (PCC)
Health Sciences Authority (HSA)
B1 EWL Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Transitl
ink Counter
TEL Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control
Transfer Linkway Unpaid Linkway to NEL Concourse
B2 Platform A East West Line MRT Singapore Destination 1.png towards
EW1 Pasir Ris via EW15 Tanjong Pagar ?
East West Line MRT Singapore Destination 3.png towards CG2 Changi Airport via
EW15 Tanjong Pagar ?(transfer at tanah merah)
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform B East West Line MRT Singapore Destination 2.png towards EW29 Jo
o Koon via EW17 Tiong Bahru ?
Platform A Thomson-East Coast Line MRT Singapore Destination 14.png (future
service) towards TE22 Gardens by the Bay via TE18 Maxwell ?
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform B Thomson-East Coast Line MRT Singapore Destination 13.png (future
service) towards TE1 Woodlands North via TE16 Havelock ?
B3 NEL Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre
Transfer Linkway EWL-NEL Paid linkway between East West Line and North Ea
st Line platforms
Transfer Linkway EWL-TEL Paid linkway between East West Line and Thomson-
East Coast Line platforms
Transfer Linkway NEL-TEL Paid linkway between North East Line and Thomson
-East Coast Line platforms
B4 Platform A North East Line MRT Singapore Destination 6.png towards
NE1 CC29 HarbourFront ?
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform B North East Line MRT Singapore Destination 7.png towards NE17 P
TC Punggol via NE4 DT19 Chinatown ?
Exits[edit]
Although there is an underground connection between the paid areas of the East W
est Line and the North East Line parts of the station, there is no connection be
tween their unpaid areas. Therefore, a passenger exiting from an East-West Line
train going to a North East Line exit should use the paid area connection to go
to the North East Line concourse and exit the fare gates there. Alternatively, t
he passenger can exit from the East West Line exit and walk to his desired desti
nation, crossing the traffic junction where necessary.
In the future, when the Thomson-East Coast Line is completed, an unpaid linkway
will link the concourse levels of all 3 lines that call at this station, allowin
g passenger to exit the fare system and be able to access all exits of the stati
on, regardless of its location.
East West Line[edit]
The East West Line had its main atria, Exit A is via the overhead bridge whereas
Exit B is the one that come out from the MRT station.
North East Line[edit]
E Pearl's Center
F Singapore General Hospital, Health Sciences Authority (HSA)
G Police Cantonment Complex (PCC) (Central Police Division Headquarters, Bukit M
erah East Neighbourhood Police Centre, Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Criminal
Investigation Department (CID), Commercial Affairs Department (CAD)), The Pinnac
le@Duxton
H Tai Sun Building
Transport connections[edit]
Rail[edit]
Destination First Train Last Train
Mon Fri Sat Sunday &
Public Holiday Daily
East West Line
to EW1 Pasir Ris 5.54am 5.54am 6.22am 11.44pm
to EW29 Joo Koon 6.04am 6.04am 6.30am 11.42pm
to EW4 Tanah Merah 12.04am
to EW24 Jurong East 12.04am
North East Line
to NE1 HarbourFront 6.12am 6.11am 6.32am 11.58pm
to NE17 Punggol 5.48am 6.03am 6.23am 11.58pm
Gallery[edit]
Entrance to Outram Park MRT Station at New Bridge Road.

Underpass link between the East-West and North-East line.

References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b "URA 2014 Master Plan". Urban Redevelopment Authority. Retriev
ed 24 November 2015.
Jump up ^ "Speech by Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Transport, at the Inspection
of Downtown Line 1 Station and Announcement of Thomson Line alignment, 29 August
2012, 10.00am at Telok Ayer Station". Ministry of Transport. 29 August 2012. Re
trieved August 29, 2012.
Jump up ^ "NEL's Dhoby Ghaut Habourfront service resumes".
Jump up ^ "Full train service on NEL resumed at 4:35 pm: SBS Transit". Yahoo! Si
ngapore. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
Jump up ^ "Joint News Release by Land Transport Authority and SBS Transit North
East Line Train Service Resumes Full Operation Following Morning Disruption". La
nd Transport Authority. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
Jump up ^ "SBS Transit fined S$400,000 for March train disruption". Channel News
Asia. 2012-09-04.
Jump up ^ "NEL service disrupted due to power fault". Channel NewsAsia. January
10, 2013.
Jump up ^ "NEL services to fully resume at 4:30pm". Channel NewsAsia. January 10
, 2013.
Jump up ^ "NEL services fully resumed at 4:35pm: SBS Transit". Channel NewsAsia.
January 10, 2013.
Jump up ^ Singapore Police Force, 22 August 2007, Appeal for Information, viewed
on 23 August 2007.
Jump up ^ Channel News Asia, Channel NewsAsia, 30 July 2008, Police seek info on
man who made bomb hoax call from Outram MRT, viewed on 30 July 2008.
Jump up ^ Valerie Tan, Channel NewsAsia, 6 March 2008, 43-year-old man shot by p
olice at Outram Park MRT, viewed on 6 March 2008
Jump up ^ Liang Kaixin, Channel NewsAsia, 12 January 2010, "Justifiable Homicide
" ruling for policeman who shot knife-wielding man
External links[edit]
SBS Transit's Outram Park MRT station official website
SMRT's Outram Park MRT station official website
Outram Park to Changi Airport MRT station route
[hide] v t e
MRT stations in Singapore
North South
Jurong East Bukit Batok Bukit Gombak Choa Chu Kang Yew Tee Kranji Marsiling Wood
lands Admiralty Sembawang Canberra Yishun Khatib Yio Chu Kang Ang Mo Kio Bishan
Braddell Toa Payoh Novena Newton Orchard Somerset Dhoby Ghaut City Hall Raffles
Place Marina Bay Marina South Pier
East West
Pasir Ris Tampines Simei Tanah Merah Bedok Kembangan Eunos Paya Lebar Aljunied K
allang Lavender Bugis City Hall Raffles Place Tanjong Pagar Outram Park Tiong Ba
hru Redhill Queenstown Commonwealth Buona Vista Dover Clementi Jurong East Chine
se Garden Lakeside Boon Lay Pioneer Joo Koon Gul Circle Tuas Crescent Tuas West
Road Tuas Link
Changi Airport Branch Line
Tanah Merah Expo Changi Airport
North East
HarbourFront Outram Park Chinatown Clarke Quay Dhoby Ghaut Little India Farrer P
ark Boon Keng Potong Pasir Woodleigh Serangoon Kovan Hougang Buangkok Sengkang P
unggol
Circle
Dhoby Ghaut Bras Basah Esplanade Promenade Nicoll Highway Stadium Mountbatten Da
kota Paya Lebar MacPherson Tai Seng Bartley Serangoon Lorong Chuan Bishan Marymo
unt Caldecott Bukit Brown Botanic Gardens Farrer Road Holland Village Buona Vist
a one-north Kent Ridge Haw Par Villa Pasir Panjang Labrador Park Telok Blangah H
arbourFront
Circle Line Extension
Promenade Bayfront Marina Bay
Stage 6 - 2025
Keppel Cantonment Prince Edward
Downtown
Bukit Panjang Cashew Hillview Beauty World King Albert Park Sixth Avenue Tan Kah
Kee Botanic Gardens Stevens Newton Little India Rochor Bugis Promenade Bayfront
Downtown Telok Ayer Chinatown
Stage 3 - 2017
Fort Canning Bencoolen Jalan Besar Bendemeer Geylang Bahru Mattar MacPherson Ubi
Kaki Bukit Bedok North Bedok Reservoir Tampines West Tampines Tampines East Upp
er Changi Expo
DTLe - 2024
Xilin Sungei Bedok
Thomson-
East Coast
Stage 1 - 2019
Woodlands North Woodlands Woodlands South
Stage 2 - 2020
Springleaf Lentor Mayflower Bright Hill Upper Thomson Caldecott
Stage 3 - 2021
Mount Pleasant Stevens Napier Orchard Boulevard Orchard Great World Havelock Out
ram Park Maxwell Shenton Way Marina Bay Marina South Gardens by the Bay
Stage 4 - 2023
Tanjong Rhu Katong Park Tanjong Katong Marine Parade Marine Terrace Siglap Baysh
ore
Stage 5 - 2024
Bedok South Sungei Bedok
Jurong Region and Cross Island Lines are under planning stages.
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