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After Singapore's independence in 1965, the government adopted new road-naming policies as part of its nation-building effort. [11] A Street Naming Advisory Committee was appointed in February 1967 by the Minister of Finance, [12] and priority was given to local names and Malay names, while names of prominent figures and British places and people were discouraged. [11]
Entrance to the construction site in September 2013 Platform level of the station at 43 metres (141 ft) below ground. On 20 August 2010, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced that Bencoolen station would be part of the 21-kilometre (13-mile) Downtown Line Stage 3 (DTL 3), consisting of 16 stations between River Valley (now Fort Canning) and Expo.
The station was announced following a successful feasibility study conducted by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) after the idea of a new MRT station between the Sembawang and Yishun MRT stations was raised in the 2013 Land Transport Master Plan. [4] Construction started in April 2015, and it opened on 2 November 2019.
The station has five entrances, serving Soo Chow Estate and various landmarks along Upper Thomson Road, including Thomson Plaza, Church of the Holy Spirit and the LTA office at Sin Ming. [26] [27] The station has a length of 228 metres (748 ft) and a depth of 20 metres (66 ft). [11]
The 1996 Rail Financing Framework was a scheme that set out the financing framework of the rail transport system. In the white paper, it was phrased that the financing framework of the rail transport system would eventually be run on the basis of partnership, which the government and its regulatory authority would provide the assets and infrastructure (which remain fully owned by the ...
On 15 August 2014, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced that TSL would merge with the Eastern Region line to form the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL). [8] [9] Great World station was constructed as part of Phase 3, consisting of 13 stations between the Mount Pleasant and Gardens by the Bay stations. [10] [11]
Maju station was first announced on 20 September 2022 by Transport Minister S Iswaran. The station will be constructed as part of Phase 2 of the Cross Island line (CRL), a 15-kilometre (9.3 mi) segment spanning six stations from Turf City station to Jurong Lake District station.
Upper Changi MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Downtown Line in Tampines planning area, Singapore, located under Upper Changi Road East.. The station serves residential estates in the vicinity and the campus of the Singapore University of Technology and Design, which is linked via an underground linkway.