Aljunied MRT station
EW9
Aljunied 阿裕尼 அல்ஜூனிட் Aljunied | |||||||||||
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 Aerial view of Aljunied MRT station | |||||||||||
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| Location | 81 Lorong 25 Geylang Singapore 388310 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°18′59.19″N 103°52′58.73″E / 1.3164417°N 103.8829806°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | EW9 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 4 November 1989 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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Aljunied MRT station (EW9) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line in Geylang, Singapore. Named after Aljunied Road, this station primarily serves Aljunied, one of the subzones that make up Geylang planning area. The station was opened on 4 November 1989. It was formerly called E4, well before 2001.
History
[change | change source]On 26 June 2009, train services along the East West line were disrupted for almost 18 minutes at about 7.25 pm after a Chinese man in his 40s jumped onto the train tracks ran towards Paya Lebar. SMRT staff did not manage to find the man but he was arrested by the police after found his way down to the street. He had leg injuries and was later charged with attempted suicide.[1]
Aljunied was the temporary terminal for trains that travel to and from Joo Koon during the early closures, late openings and full closures from 5 January 2018 to 4 February that year.[2][3][4]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Man jumps onto MRT track; train service disrupted for 18 minutes". Channel NewsAsia. 2009-06-26. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
- ↑ "Sunday closures, shorter weekend service hours on another part of East-West line in January". Archived from the original on 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
- ↑ "Early closures, late starts at 10 stations of East West line next month".
- ↑ hermesauto (15 December 2017). "Shorter weekend hours on some East-West line stations next month for engineering work".
Other websites
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Media related to Aljunied MRT station at Wikimedia Commons
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