Tampines MRT station

Not to be confused with Tampines West MRT station, Tampines East MRT station, or Tampines North MRT station.

Tampines MRT station (EW2/DT32) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the Downtown line and East West line in Tampines, Singapore. The station is close to Tampines Bus Interchange and the new Tampines Concourse Bus Interchange. It is also one of the few interchange stations where the MRT lines are not connected.

EW2  DT32  Tampines 淡滨尼 தெம்பினிஸ் Tampines
Rapid transit
The Downtown Line exit of Tampines near the East West Line of Tampines
General information
Location	20 Tampines Central 1 Singapore 529538 (EWL) 15 Tampines Central 1 Singapore 529544 (DTL)
Coordinates	1°21′9.10″N 103°56′43.16″E
Operated by	SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) (East West line) SBS Transit DTL (ComfortDelGro Corporation) (Downtown line)
Line(s)	East–West Line   Downtown Line
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	4
Connections	Tampines Bus Interchange, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Elevated (East West line) Underground (Downtown line)
Platform levels	2
Parking	Yes (Century Square, Tampines 1, Tampines Mall)
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	EW2  DT32
History
Opened	16 December 1989; 35 years ago (1989-12-16) (East West line) 21 October 2017; 7 years ago (2017-10-21) (Downtown line)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Tampines North
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Pasir Ris Terminus East West line Simei towards Tuas Link Tampines West towards Bukit Panjang Downtown line Tampines East towards Expo

In Tampines, the other two stations are Tampines West and Tampines East.

At Tampines MRT Station (DTL), the passenger service centre (control station) is only available at the exit to Tampines Bus Interchange. While preparing for the closure of the station at overnight, passengers are not allowed to use Tampines Concourse faregates, and the shutters at the Tampines Concourse will be closed first, following by shuttering the bus interchange entrance.

History

The station was opened on 16 December 1989. The Downtown Line Stage 3 station started construction in September 2011 and completed on 21 October 2017.

Incidents

On August 8, 2003, a train travelling towards Boon Lay lost traction current at 10.13 pm and could not move along the track between Pasir Ris and Tampines. An empty train was used to push the train towards Tampines and service resumed at 10.35 pm. The same issue occured 21 minutes later and it was only fixed shortly before the end of the train service.^[1]

On 7 May 2007, a man in his 50s hit his head against a train that was entering the station and got his foot was stuck in the platform gap. Train services towards Boon Lay were disrupted for about 8 minutes.^[2][3]

On 21 January 2008, a maintenance works train which was carrying out repairs between Tampines and Simei broke down. It caused a service disruption from the start of service until 12.45pm and affected 57,000 passengers. ^[4][5]

Exits

There are several exits in Tampines MRT Station. However, some will not be linked together when Downtown Line opens in 2017. Station name with respective exits signs have been put up for Tampines station for the Downtown Line in August 2017 therefore there are 7 exits for the entire station with letters ranging from A to G.

East West Line:

• A: Eastlink Mall , Tampines Bus Interchange, Transfer to Downtown Line
• B: Tampines 1
• C: Tampines Mall, Century Square

Downtown Line:

• D: Eastlink Mall, Tampines Bus Interchange, Transfer to East West Line Concourse
• E: Tampines Concourse Bus Interchange, Tampines Concourse
• F: Tampines Bus Interchange, Tampines Central 1, Our Tampines Hub
• G: Lift access for Exit F

Services and Connections

The East West Line provides connection from Tampines to Simei and Pasir Ris as feeder services besides a major throughfare to Tuas Link, Joo Koon, city, Expo and Changi Airport. The Downtown Line provides connection from Tampines to Tampines West and Tampines East stations as feeder services besides a major thoroughfare to the city and Bukit Panjang.

Tampines station is connected to Tampines Bus Interchange and there are a lot of bus services that provides connection to other parts of Singapore.

Former codes

Formerly the code was: E11

Related pages

• Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)