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, 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.
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 | ||||||||||
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| 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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_map.svg)  Lavender Lavender station in Singapore | |||||||||||
History
Planned as part of Phase Two of the original MRT network,[1] the contract for the construction of Lavender station, as well as for Victoria station and the tunnels between Bras Basah Road and the Kallang River, was awarded to Nishimatsu/Lum Chang Joint Venture for S$227.1 million in October 1985.[2] During the station's construction, between 1986 and 1989, the stretch of Kallang Road between Lavender Street and Rochor Canal Road was closed to traffic,[3] and the station opened on 4 November 1989, along with the section of the East West line from City Hall to Tanah Merah.[4]
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
External links
Media related to Lavender MRT Station at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
