Geylang Bahru MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown line in Kallang, Singapore.
DT24 Geylang Bahru 芽笼峇鲁 கேலாங் பாரு | |||||||||||
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| Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | |||||||||||
 Exit A of Geylang Bahru station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 541 Kallang Bahru Singapore 339355 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°19′17″N 103°52′17″E / 1.321382°N 103.871414°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 21 October 2017 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Kallang Bahru, Kolam Ayer[1][2] | ||||||||||
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_map.svg)  Geylang Bahru Geylang Bahru station in Singapore | |||||||||||
The station is located under Kallang Bahru, at the junction with Geylang Bahru, hence its name. Nearby developments are largely residential. The Kallang Basin Swimming Complex and Kallang MRT station are located near to this station.
History
The station was first announced as Kallang Bahru station on 20 August 2010 when the 16 stations of the 21-kilometre (13 mi) Downtown line Stage 3 (DTL3) from the River Valley (now Fort Canning) to Expo stations were unveiled. The line was expected to be completed in 2017.[3][4][5] Contract 932A for the construction of Kallang Bahru station was awarded to China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited at a sum of S$123 million (US$97.79 million) in June 2011. Construction of the station and the tunnels commenced in July that year and was targeted to be completed in 2017.[6]
The station opened on 21 October 2017, as announced by the Land Transport Authority on 31 May that year.[7]
Station details
Design and artwork
The station's internal area features a design resembling a leaf. Artworks portraying objects from day-to-day activities are also placed all over the station, and are part of an installation called Constructed Memories, by Marianne Yang.[8]
Facilities in the vicinity
The station is located near to Kallang Basin Swimming Complex, Kallang Basin Industrial Estate, Kallang station and Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal.
References
External links
Media related to Geylang Bahru MRT Station at Wikimedia Commons
