Lavender MRT station

Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore

EW11
Lavender
劳明达
லவண்டர்

Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station

Platform of Lavender MRT station

General informationLocation50 Kallang Road
Singapore 208699Coordinates

Preceding station	Mass Rapid Transit			Following station
Kallang towards Pasir Ris		East–West Line		Bugis towards Tuas Link

Location
Lavender Lavender station in Singapore

Lavender MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line in Kallang, Singapore. Located under Kallang Road, the station is close to the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) Building, the former Golden Mile Complex and Jalan Besar Stadium. Planned and built as part of Phase Two of the initial system. The contract for the station's construction was awarded in October 1985, and it was opened in November 1989.

History

Planned as part of Phase Two of the original MRT network,^[1] the contract for the construction of Lavender station, as well as for Victoria station and the tunnels between Bras Basah Road and the Kallang River, was awarded to Nishimatsu/Lum Chang Joint Venture for S$227.1 million in October 1985.^[2] During the station's construction, between 1986 and 1989, the stretch of Kallang Road between Lavender Street and Rochor Canal Road was closed to traffic,^[3] and the station opened on 4 November 1989, along with the section of the East West line from City Hall to Tanah Merah.^[4]

Station details

Lavender station is located under Kallang Road,^[3] and is close to Golden Mile Complex, the ICA Building, and Jalan Besar Stadium.^[5] Served by the East West Line, between Kallang and Bugis stations, the station has the station code EW11.^[6] As one of the nine stations on the original MRT network built as emergency bomb shelters, the station was fitted out with steel blast doors and 2 metres (6.6 ft) thick walls of reinforced concrete.^[7]

References

^ "Project to go on line in three stages". The Straits Times. Singapore. 8 July 1986. p. 8. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
^ "Nishimatsu/ Lum Chang wins $227m MRT contract". Business Times. Singapore. 12 October 1985. p. 12. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
^ ^a ^b "Roads to be re-opened to traffic". Business Times. Singapore. 6 April 1989. p. 3. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
^ "18 mins from City Hall to Tanah Merah by MRT from Nov 4". The Straits Times. Singapore. 4 November 1989. p. 22. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via NewspaperSG.
^ "Lavender". smrt.com.sg. SMRT. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^ "MRT Network Map". journey.smrt.com.sg. SMRT. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^ Lim, Michael (4 October 1987). "Three MRT bomb shelters ready". The Straits Times. Singapore. p. 2. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via NewspaperSG.