Lavender MRT station

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Lavender
 EW11 


劳明达
லவண்டர்
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
EW11 Lavender MRT Station Platform 202412.jpg
Platform of Lavender MRT station
General information
Location50 Kallang Road
Singapore 208699
Coordinates 1°18′25.80″N103°51′46.83″E / 1.3071667°N 103.8630083°E / 1.3071667; 103.8630083
Operated by SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)
  East–West Line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus, Taxi
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
ParkingYes (ICA Building)
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
Opened4 November 1989;35 years ago (1989-11-04)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesKallang, Crawford
Passengers
June 202416,402 per day [1]
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station
Kallang
towards Pasir Ris
East–West Line Bugis
towards Tuas Link
Location
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Red Dot.svg
Lavender
Lavender station in Singapore

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.

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History

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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Searchtool.svg 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

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] When it opened, it had the station code of E2 [16] before being changed to its current station code in August 2001 as a part of a system-wide campaign to cater to the expanding MRT System. [17] [18] 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. [19]

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