Mount Pleasant MRT station

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 TE10 
Mount Pleasant
快乐山
மவுண்ட் பிளசண்ட்
Future Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
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TE10 Mount Pleasant MRT station, Exit 1
General information
Location10 Mount Pleasant Road
Coordinates 1°19′43″N103°50′08″E / 1.3287°N 103.8356°E / 1.3287; 103.8356
Owned by Land Transport Authority
Operated by SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)
  Thomson–East Coast Line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
History
OpeningTBA
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesWhitley, Onraet [1]
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station
Caldecott
towards Woodlands North
Thomson–East Coast Line
Future service
 Stevens
towards Gardens by the Bay
Location
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Red Dot.svg
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant station in Singapore

Mount Pleasant MRT station is a non-operational underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson-East Coast Line in Novena, Singapore. Located within the former grounds of Old Police Academy, the station is planned to serve future housing developments in the area. First announced in August 2012 as part of the Thomson line (TSL), the station was constructed as part of TEL Phase 3 (TEL3) with the merger of the TSL and the Eastern Region line (ERL).

Contents

Initially slated to open along with the rest of the TEL3 stations, it was announced in November 2021 that the station would only open when its surrounding areas are further developed, even though it has been structurally completed. Since operations for TEL3 began on 13 November 2022, trains would skip this station and continue its journey towards Stevens or Caldecott.

History

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Construction works as of December 2017

Mount Pleasant station was first announced as part of the 22-station Thomson line on 29 August 2012. [2] [3] In April 2014, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded the contract for the design and construction of the station and associated tunnels to a joint venture among RSEA Engineering Corporation, Eng Lee Engineering Pte Ltd and Wai Fong Construction Pte Ltd (Wai Fong) Joint Venture at S$207 million (US$163.4 million). The station's construction was scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2014, with an expected completion date of 2021. [4]

On 15 August 2014, the LTA further announced that the TSL would merge with the Eastern Region line to form the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL). Mount Pleasant station, part of the proposed line, would be constructed as part of TEL3, consisting of 13 stations between this station and Gardens by the Bay. [5] [6] A groundbreaking ceremony was held on 24 January 2015 to mark the official beginning of the station's construction. The station's construction required minimal disruption to the surrounding developments, though some of the Old Police Academy's buildings had to be demolished during the project. [7]

With restrictions imposed on construction due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the TEL3 completion date was pushed to 2022. [8] On 23 November 2021, it was announced that the station's opening would be in tandem with the completion of the new Mount Pleasant housing estate. [9] [10] [11]

Station details

Location

Mount Pleasant station is located at the new Mount Pleasant housing estate, [9] [10] situated between Caldecott and Stevens MRT stations. The station is located near the Old Police Academy where the estate is located at. [11]

Services

Served by the Thomson-East Coast Line as part of TEL3, the station is operated by SMRT Trains. Its official station code is “TE 10”. [6] Trains from Stevens or Caldecott pass by the station in intervals of 5 to 6 minutes. The station is currently mothballed and will open in tandem with the future Mount Pleasant district. [11]

The station is a designated Civil Defence Shelter. [12]

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  6. 1 2 "Thomson–East Coast Line". LTA. 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
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