Pasir Ris MRT station


Pasir Ris MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West line in Pasir Ris, Singapore.
Situated along Pasir Ris Central adjacent to Pasir Ris Bus Interchange, it is the eastern terminus of the East West line and currently the only MRT station within Pasir Ris.
By 2029, this station will be an interchange with the Cross Island line. By 2031, this station will be also be the terminus for the future extension to Punggol MRT station on the Cross Island line.

History

Pasir Ris MRT station was one of the many elevated stations built in the past with no platform screen doors to prevent commuters from falling off the platform and onto the train tracks. Hence, on 13 August 2009, Pasir Ris MRT station became the first elevated MRT station in Singapore to begin installing half height platform screen doors. On 1 November that year, the platform screen doors were fully completed and began operations.
High-volume low-speed fans were installed above the station's island platform and these began operations on 9 July 2012 together with Simei.
The Land Transport Authority announced on 29 June 2018 that the East West line overrun viaducts will be extended by 150 metres. A new crossover, in conjunction with the implementation of CBTC will allow trains to turnaround quicker. The station's operations will be unaffected by the works as the enhancement works will be done away from the station itself.
The contract 1503 for the partial removal of existing overrun tracks, and construction of new overrun and crossover tracks was awarded to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Branch Office Singapore / Gates PCM Construction Ltd at a sum of S$56.7 million on March 2019. Construction to commence in 2019, with completion in 2023.

Cross Island Line Interchange

On 25 January 2019, LTA announced that Pasir Ris station would be part of the proposed Cross Island line. The station will be constructed as part of Phase 1, consisting of 12 stations between Aviation Park and Bright Hill, and is expected to be completed in 2029.

Cross Island line (Punggol extension)

On 10 March 2020, LTA announced that Pasir Ris station serve as the eastern terminus for the proposed Cross Island line Punggol extension. The station will be constructed as part of the 7.3km, Punggol extension, consisting of four stations between Pasir Ris and Punggol, and is expected to be completed in 2031. Construction is expected to start in 2022.

Incidents

On 22 March 2016, two SMRT maintenance trainees were killed, having been run over by a terminating C151 train reportedly travelling at about 60 km/h at around 11:10 am. They were part of a group of 15 personnel tasked to investigate a possible signalling system fault near the tracks of Pasir Ris station. The incident took place 150m away from the station. This led to a 2.5-hour train service disruption between 11:10 am to 1:56 pm from Pasir Ris and Tanah Merah, and had affected at least 10,000 commuters.