Prince Edward Road MRT station

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 CC32 
Prince Edward Road
爱德华太子路
பிரின்ஸ் எட்வர்ட் ரோடு
Future Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
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Construction site of the station and associated tunnels
General information
Location80 Shenton Way
Singapore 079122 [1]
Coordinates 1°16′24″N103°50′50″E / 1.273254°N 103.847298°E / 1.273254; 103.847298
Operated by SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)
  Circle Line
Platforms4 (2 island platforms, 2 unused)
Tracks4
Connections Shenton Way Bus Terminal, Taxi
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes
History
Opening2026;3 years' time (2026)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesPrince Edward, Palmer Road, Parsi Road [2]
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station
Cantonment
Clockwise / outer
 Circle Line
Future service
 Marina Bay
Anticlockwise / inner
Location
SGMRT-LRT (zoom) map.svg
Red Dot.svg
Prince Edward Road
Prince Edward Road station in Singapore

Prince Edward Road MRT station is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle line in Downtown Core, Singapore. This station is part of Stage 6 of the Circle line which will "close the circle" between the HarbourFront and Marina Bay stations. It is built along Shenton Way, near the junctions of Keppel Road and Palmer Road.

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First announced in 2015, the station originally had the working name Prince Edward. Construction of the station began in 2017. In 2018, the station was named Prince Edward Road during a naming vote by the Land Transport Authority (LTA). The station was to be opened in 2025 along with the other CCL6 stations, but was delayed to 2026 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore. [3]

History

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Entrance to the station's construction site

The station was first announced on 29 October 2015 as part of the Stage 6 of the Circle line. [4] Contract 885 for the construction of Prince Edward station and associated tunnels was awarded to China Railway Tunnel Group Co., Ltd (Singapore Branch) at a sum of S$ 310.8 million ( US$ 225.07 million) in October 2017. Construction began at the end of 2017, with expected completion in 2026. [5] [6]

Three station names – 'Prince Edward Road', 'Palmer Road' and 'Parsi Road' – were shortlisted by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for public voting. The station name was then finalised as Prince Edward Road. [2] [7] [8]

To facilitate the station's construction, the Shenton Way Bus Terminal was relocated on 25 June 2017. [9] [10] On 8 March 2020, the concrete casting for the station's underground roof slab was completed. The Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Sun Wu has also completed half of the tunnelling works towards the adjacent Cantonment station. [11] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tunnelling work was briefly suspended to prevent any spread of the virus. [12] In September, the Sun Wu TBM managed to tunnel underneath the old Tanjong Pagar Railway station building. The tunnelling towards the station required close monitoring with devices installed to ensure no damage made to the sculptures and interior of the station. [13]

Station details

Prince Edward Road station will serve the CCL between the Keppel and Marina Bay stations. The official station code is CC32. [14] Prince Edward Road station will be located near Bestway Building and the heritage buildings of Hock Teck See Temple and Masjid Haji Muhammad Salleh. [9] [15] [16]

Designed by RDC Architects, the station will have two entrances. [17] Prince Edward station station will have three underground levels with two island platforms. [11] The concourse will have a motif resembling a ship hull. [17] At 297 metres (974 ft) long, with a depth of 48 metres (157 ft) and a width of 30 metres (98 ft), [18] the station is the longest among the CCL6 stations. [17]

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References

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