Farrer Park MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station along the North East line, located on the boundary of Kallang and Rochor planning areas, Singapore. It is one of the two stations that serve the ethnic district of Little India. The station sits underneath the Connexion building, an integrated hospital (Farrer Park Hospital) and hotel complex (One Farrer Hotel).
NE8
Farrer Park 花拉公园 ஃபேரர் பார்க் | |||||||||||
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| Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | |||||||||||
 Exit B of Farrer Park MRT station. | |||||||||||
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| Location | 250 Race Course Road Singapore 218703 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°18′44″N 103°51′15″E / 1.312314°N 103.854028°E | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes (City Square Mall) | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 June 2003 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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| June 2024 | 27,768 per day[1] | ||||||||||
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Farrer Park was named after John Farrer, who was President of the Municipal Commissioners from 1919 to 1931.
History
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To accommodate the construction of the station, the formerly straight Race Course Road was broken up to its current two-part alignment, with both ends linked by junctions with Rangoon Road. Owen Road was also broken into two, as evident from its current alignment between Serangoon Road and Pek Kio estate. 55 lots required for the construction of the Farrer Park MRT station and the realignment of Race Course Road need to be surrendered by March 1997. However, as for the 51 lots required for the widening of Tessensohn Road and comprehensive redevelopment, the date of possession can be deferred to December 1997.
Construction was awarded on 15 June 1997 under the NEL Contract 706.
Before the station opened, the Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the second ever Shelter Open House on 15–16 February 2003, together with Chinatown, Serangoon, and Hougang stations.
Station details
editLocated between Rangoon Road and Gloucester Road, Farrer Park station is close to Farrer Park Hospital, City Square Mall and Mustafa Centre. The station is served by the North East Line, between Little India and Boon Keng stations, and has the station code "NE8".[2]
Art in Transit
editFarrer Park is an area with a rich sporting heritage and history, and also known for being the site of Singapore's earliest horse racing turf club from the street name 'Old Racecourse Road' draws its name from. Farrer Park's interior design captured the spirit of the locality's sporting heritage with the Horse Racing and Soccer series of artworks titled Rhythmic Exuberance, by Singapore artist Poh Siew Wah. Another artwork by Poh, titled Aeroplane paid tribute to the first aeroplane landing in Singapore in 1911 at the Old Racecourse Road in Farrer Park.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Land Transport DataMall". mytransport.sg. Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Station Information". SBS Transit. Singapore. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Art Invitational" (PDF). Art Outreach Singapore. 2005. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
- ^ Bruce Quek, Jamie Han (10 August 2009). "Art in Transit". National Library Board Singapore. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
External links
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Media related to Farrer Park MRT Station at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
