Redhill MRT Station

 EW18 
Redhill MRT Station
红山地铁站
ரெட்ஹில்
Stesen MRT Bukit Merah
Rapid transit

Redhill MRT station from above.
Location 920 Tiong Bahru Road
Singapore 158792
Coordinates 1°17′23.04″N 103°49′0.30″E / 1.2897333°N 103.8167500°E / 1.2897333; 103.8167500
Operated by SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)
Platforms Island
Tracks 2
Connections Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Platform levels 2
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code  EW18 
History
Opened 12 March 1988
Previous names Alexandra
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station
towards Pasir Ris
East West Line
towards Joo Koon
Location

Redhill MRT Station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Singapore. This is the last above-ground station until Kallang. Eastward of the station towards Tiong Bahru Estate, the tracks lose elevation until they level out when sufficiently underground. This is because of the space limitations as there is no such elevation of tracks in the Central Business District. Its station colour is reddish-pink.

Redhill used to be named Alexandra and it was renamed to Redhill prevent confusion with the railway station that is opened in 1984.

Redhill is the only MRT station in which the two platforms are not parallel to each other.

Platform screen doors

In view of accidents along the MRT line, platform screen doors were installed and started operations on 31 May 2011.[1]

High volume, low speed (HVLS) fans

Operating since 15 August 2012 after installation of MJ Air Tech High Volume, Low Speed (HVLS) Pro-Jet fans completed.

Station layout

L2 Platform A East West Line towards  EW1  Pasir Ris via  EW17  Tiong Bahru (→)
Island platform, doors open on the right
Platform B East West Line towards  EW29  Joo Koon via  EW19  Queenstown (←)
L1 EWL Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Citibank, Redhill Xchange

Exits

Transport connections

Rail

Destination First Train Last Train
Mon – Sat Sunday &
Public Holiday
Daily
East West Line
to EW1 Pasir Ris 5.49am 6.17am 11.59pm
to EW29 Joo Koon 6.09am 6.35am 12.08am

Gallery

Redhill MRT station at night.

References

  1. Wong, Siew Ying (January 26, 2008). "Above-ground MRT stations to have platform screen doors by 2012". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved February 1, 2012.

External links


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