Pasir Ris MRT station
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Location | 10 Pasir Ris Central Singapore 519634 | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 1°22′20.68″N 103°56′57.73″E / 1.3724111°N 103.9493694°E | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) (East West Line) | |||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Connections | Pasir Ris Bus Interchange, Taxi | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated (EWL) Underground (CRL) | |||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 3 (2 U/C) | |||||||||||||||
Parking | Yes (White Sands Shopping Centre) | |||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes[1][2] | |||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Station code | EW1 CR5 | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 16 December 1989 2029 (Cross Island Line) | (East West Line)|||||||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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Pasir Ris MRT station (EW1/CR5) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line in Pasir Ris, Singapore.[3][4] The station serves as a terminus for the East West MRT Line. It was the first station to be fitted with platform screen doors.
History
This station opened on 16 December 1989, and it was one of the last to open along the East West MRT line. On 1 November 2009, platform screen doors were installed along with Jurong East as part of a trial programme.
Incidents
The Pasir Ris rail accident was a train accident that occurred on 22 March 2016, at the track switch on the East West MRT Line. A C151 train ran into two SMRT Trains trainee track workers at around 60 km/h, which resulted in their deaths. The two deceased workers were working on a track signalling issue at that time as part of a team of 15 track personnel. This incident was "the worst train accident" in Singapore MRT's history.[5][6]
SMRT Trains and one SMRT management staff were charged for violating the Workplace Safety and Health Act that led to this accident, and were fined $400,000 and $55,000 respectively.[5] The SMRT engineer who led the track team at the scene of the accident was dismissed from SMRT Trains and charged with negligence causing death under the Penal Code.[7]
Related pages
References
- ↑ "SMRT > Trains > NetworkMap > PasirRis". smrt.com.sg. SMRT Corporation Ltd. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
Pasir Ris – Station Amenities
- ↑ "SMRT Journeys". journey.smrt.com.sg. SMRT Corporation Ltd. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
Amenities
- ↑ "SMRT > Trains > NetworkMap > PasirRis". smrt.com.sg. SMRT Corporation Ltd. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
Pasir Ris
- ↑ "SMRT Journeys". journey.smrt.com.sg. SMRT Corporation Ltd. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
Pasir Ris
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Vanessa, Paige (29 September 2017). "SMRT Trains director fined S$55,000 for fatal Pasir Ris track accident". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ↑ Paige, Vanessa (28 February 2017). "SMRT fined S$400,000 for safety lapses leading to fatal accident near Pasir Ris station". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ↑ Ng, Kelly (2 December 2016). "SMRT charged over fatal accident". Today (newspaper). Retrieved 17 November 2017.
Other websites
Media related to Pasir Ris MRT Station at Wikimedia Commons