Lavender MRT station
EW11
Lavender 劳明达 லவண்டர் | |||||||||||
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1 island platform) | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes (ICA Building) | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 4 November 1989 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Kallang, Crawford | ||||||||||
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| Location | |||||||||||
_map.svg)  Lavender Lavender station in Singapore | |||||||||||
Lavender MRT station is an underground
East West line in Kallang, Singapore. Located under Kallang Road, the station is close to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority
(ICA) Building, the former Golden Mile Complex and Jalan Besar Stadium. Planned and built as part of Phase Two of the initial system. The contract for the station's construction was awarded in October 1985, and it was opened in November 1989.
History
Planned as part of Phase Two of the original MRT network,
Station details
Lavender station is located under Kallang Road,[3] and is close to Golden Mile Complex, the ICA Building, and Jalan Besar Stadium.[5] Served by the East West Line, between Kallang and Bugis stations, the station has the station code EW11.[6] As one of the nine stations on the original MRT network built as emergency bomb shelters, the station was fitted out with steel blast doors and 2 metres (6.6 ft) thick walls of reinforced concrete.[7]
References
- ^ "Project to go on line in three stages". The Straits Times. Singapore. 8 July 1986. p. 8. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
- Business Times. Singapore. 12 October 1985. p. 12. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ a b "Roads to be re-opened to traffic". Business Times. Singapore. 6 April 1989. p. 3. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "18 mins from City Hall to Tanah Merah by MRT from Nov 4". The Straits Times. Singapore. 4 November 1989. p. 22. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "Lavender". smrt.com.sg. SMRT. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "MRT Network Map". journey.smrt.com.sg. SMRT. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ Lim, Michael (4 October 1987). "Three MRT bomb shelters ready". The Straits Times. Singapore. p. 2. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
External links
Media related to Lavender MRT Station at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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