Lavender MRT station
EW11
Lavender 劳明达 லவண்டர் | |||||||||||
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| Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | |||||||||||
 Platform of Lavender MRT station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 50 Kallang Road Singapore 208699 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°18′25.80″N 103°51′46.83″E / 1.3071667°N 103.8630083°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 (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 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| June 2024 | 16,402 per day[1] | ||||||||||
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Lavender MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line in Kallang, Singapore. Located under Kallang Road, the station is close to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) Building 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
[edit]Lavender station was first included in the early plans of the MRT system as Crawford station in May 1982.[2] As early as February 1983, Lavender station was designated as a bomb shelter along with six other stations.[3][4] It was later announced to be part of Phase II of the MRT in October 1983.[5] In September 1984, the station's name was changed to Lavender station.[6]
Several joint ventures between companies were prequalified for Contract 301B by May 1985, which detailed the construction of the construction of Lavender station, as well as for Victoria station and the tunnels between Bras Basah Road and the Kallang River.[7][8] Ultimately, Contract 301B was awarded to Nishimatsu/Lum Chang Joint Venture for S$227.1 million in October 1985.[9] Construction for the station started around July 1986.[10]
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 The beginning of Lavender station's construction Source: The Straits Times |
When constructing it, precautions had to be made when digging the 885m tunnel from Victoria station (now Bugis station) to Lavender station. Even though there was not much difficulty when tunneling through Robinson Road, tunneling through Kallang Road and Victoria Street was challenging as it has old shophouses, which had weaker foundations compared to the buildings at Robinson Road and therefore had to be carefully monitored.[11] Also, the junction the stretch of Kallang Road between Lavender Street and Rochor Canal Road was closed to traffic.[12] The station opened on 4 November 1989, along with the section of the East West line from City Hall to Tanah Merah.[13]
Station details
[edit]Lavender station is located under Kallang Road,[12] and is close to Golden Mile Complex, the ICA Building, and Jalan Besar Stadium.[14] Served by the East West Line, between Kallang and Bugis stations, the station has the station code EW11.[15] 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.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Land Transport DataMall". mytransport.sg. Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Proposed MRT stations". The Straits Times. 23 May 1982. p. 1. Retrieved 23 September 2024 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "STATIONS WILL BE BUILT TO BEAT BOMBS".
- ^ "MRT stations to be air-raid shelters".
- ^ "Project to go on line in three stages". The Straits Times. Singapore. 8 July 1986. p. 8. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "Names for 42 MRT stations". Singapore Monitor. 20 September 1984 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "List of pre-qualified contractors — MRT Phase IIA, IIB". The Business Times (List). 14 May 1985. p. 3. Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ Yap, Boh Hoon (13 May 1985). "MRTC prequalifies 37 for 11 engineering contracts". The Business Times. p. 1. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "Nishimatsu/ Lum Chang wins $227m MRT contract". Business Times. Singapore. 12 October 1985. p. 12. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "Action Stations".
- ^ "Extra precautions for tunnelling at Victoria Street".
- ^ 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
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Media related to Lavender MRT Station at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
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