Lakeside MRT station

Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore

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Lakeside
湖畔
ஏரிக்கரை

Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station

Exterior of Lakeside MRT station, which is adjacent to Jurong Lake in the background.

General informationLocation201 Boon Lay Way
Singapore 649845Coordinates

Preceding station	Mass Rapid Transit			Following station
Chinese Garden towards Pasir Ris		East–West Line		Boon Lay towards Tuas Link

Location
Lakeside Lakeside station in Singapore

Lakeside MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East–West line in Jurong West, Singapore. This station is built on the northwestern bank of the Jurong Lake, hence its name.

Lakeside station provides MRT access to residents living in Taman Jurong and Hong Kah. It is currently one of the three stations that serve Jurong West New Town; the other two being Boon Lay MRT station and Pioneer MRT station.

History

The station was opened on 5 November 1988 and served as the western terminal station for the East West line^[4] until Boon Lay station opened on 6 July 1990. When westbound train terminates at Platform B before it turnaround utilised nearby crossover to Platform A headed back to the East, before Boon Lay was fully opened on 6 July 1990.

Design

The station was designed with a curved Chinese roof, similar to those at the nearby Chinese Garden.^[5]

As with most of the above-ground stations built in the past along the East–West line, it was built without platform screen doors. After several successful tests at Jurong East, Yishun and Pasir Ris and eventually, installation of the half-height screen doors started on 9 June 2010 and operations commenced on 31 August that year along with Bukit Batok.^[6]

High-volume low-speed fans were installed and commenced operation on 30 November 2012.^[7] Privacy screens were installed from Lakeside MRT station to Corporation Road, excluding Lakeside crossover to minimise noise generated from their residents.^[8]

References

^ "Names for 42 MRT stations". Singapore Monitor. 20 September 1984.
^ "New names for eight stations". Singapore Monitor. 30 November 1982.
^ "Six stations are renamed and others moved". The Straits Times. 21 September 1984. p. 10. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
^ "Three more stations for MRT system". The Business Times. 5 November 1988. Retrieved 16 June 2018 – via NewspaperSG.
^ Dhaliwal, Rav (16 September 1985). "Ethnic touch for MRT stations". The Straits Times. Singapore. Retrieved 16 June 2018 – via NewspaperSG.
^ Wong, Siew Ying (January 26, 2008). "Above-ground MRT stations to have platform screen doors by 2012". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
^ "Enhancing Connectivity and Comfort for Commuters". Land Transport Authority. 13 October 2011. Archived from the original on 25 December 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
^ Railway Noise Barriers on Track