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Great World MRT station

Coordinates: 01°17′42″N 103°50′00″E / 1.29500°N 103.83333°E / 1.29500; 103.83333
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This article is about the metro station on the Singapore MRT. For the metro station of the Shanghai Metro, see Dashijie station.

 TE15 
Great World
大世界
கிரேட் வோர்ல்ட்
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
A cubic-shaped entrance facing a pedestrian square
Exit 1 of Great World MRT station
General information
Location351 River Valley Road
Singapore 238384
Coordinates01°17′42″N 103°50′00″E / 1.29500°N 103.83333°E / 1.29500; 103.83333
Owned byLand Transport Authority
Operated bySMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)
  Thomson–East Coast Line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
ParkingYes (Great World)
AccessibleYes
History
Opened13 November 2022; 23 months ago (2022-11-13)[1]
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesKim Seng, River Valley[2][3]
Passengers
June 20246,810 per day[4]
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station
Orchard
towards Woodlands North
 Thomson–East Coast Line Havelock
towards Bayshore
Location
Singapore MRT/LRT system map
Singapore MRT/LRT system map
Great World
Great World station in Singapore

Great World MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL). Located in River Valley, Singapore, the station is near the Great World shopping mall and surrounding residential developments. The station is operated by SMRT Trains.

First announced in August 2012 as part of the Thomson line (TSL), the station was constructed as part of TEL Phase 3 (TEL 3) with the merger of the TSL and the Eastern Region line. The station opened on 13 November 2022 with only two out of five entrances completed due to construction difficulties at the site. Great World station features an Art-in-Transit artwork Great World, Great Times by Deanna Ng.

History

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Construction progress of the station
Overview of the construction site with a crane and other construction vehicles
Station site in April 2017
Another view of the construction site with the concrete structure of a station entrance completed
Great World MRT station Exit 4 under construction in November 2020

The station was first announced on 29 August 2012 as part of the Thomson line (TSL).[5][6] The contract for the design and construction of the station and associated tunnels was awarded to a joint venture between Tiong Seng Contractors and Dongah Geological Engineering (Singapore branch) for S$316 million (US$235.8 million) in May 2014. Construction started in 2014, with an expected completion date in 2021.[7]

On 15 August 2014, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced that TSL would merge with the Eastern Region line to form the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL).[8][9] Great World station was constructed as part of Phase 3, consisting of 13 stations between the Mount Pleasant and Gardens by the Bay stations.[10][11]

On the morning of 11 June 2015, residents of Bukit Merah, Outram, Tanjong Pagar and Tiong Bahru were affected by an Internet outage. A section of fibre optic cables was damaged during the station's construction.[12] The disruption lasted more than eight hours and affected all the major Internet service providers in Singapore.[12] The LTA issued an apology for the disruption.[13] On 19 December 2015, a Bangladeshi construction worker guiding an excavator was killed when the excavator's bucket dislodged and fell on him. He was taken to Singapore General Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.[14]

With restrictions imposed on construction due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the TEL3 completion date was pushed by a year to 2022.[15] On 9 March 2022, Transport Minister S. Iswaran announced in Parliament that TEL3 would open in the second half of that year.[16] As confirmed during a visit by Iswaran at the Outram Park and Maxwell stations on 7 October 2022,[17][18][19] the station began operations on 13 November.[20]

Due to the presence of multiple steel beams and plates underground initially absent from historical records, contractors have to use the cut-and-cover method alongside micro tunnel boring to construct the Kim Seng underpass. The additional cut-and-cover works, including diverting traffic, delayed the opening of the other station entrances. The other entrances were expected to be completed by 2023, but are still not completed as of September 2024.[21]

Description

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Island platform with escalators leading upwards to the station exit
Platform level of Great World station

Great World station serves the TEL and is between the Orchard and Havelock stations. The official station code is TE15.[22][23] Being part of the TEL, the station is operated by SMRT Trains.[24] Train frequencies on the TEL range from 3 to 6 minutes.[25] The station is 176.77 metres (580.0 ft) long with a depth of 21 metres (69 ft).[26]

The station is near the eponymous Great World City,[27] connected via three entrances.[28] Situated along River Valley Green, the station serves various residential developments including Grand Copthorne Waterfront, Riva Lodge and The Trillum.[29] It also serves River Valley Primary School and Church of St. Bernadette.[30]

Great World, Great Times by Deanna Ng is displayed at this station as part of the Art-in-Transit programme, a showcase of public artworks on the MRT network.[31] The collage of advertisements, which includes old movie posters, reflects an era of the 70s when the Great World Amusement Park was still operating. Many of the advertisements were recreated using modern-day participants such as a choral troupe for cabaret girls,[32] while the movie poster was reproduced with permission from The Shaw Organisation.[31] Also included is Ng's parents' wedding photo taken near Great World Amusement Park, which inspired the artwork.[31][32]

References

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  1. ^ "11 Thomson-East Coast Line stations to open on Nov 13; free rides available on Nov 11". CNA. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Public Poll for Thomson Line Station Names". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 25 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Thomson Line Station Names Finalised". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Land Transport DataMall". Datamall. Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  5. ^ Sim, Royston (29 August 2012). "New Thomson MRT line to open from 2019, and have 22 stations". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Thomson Line to open from 2019 with 22 stations". Channel NewsAsia. Mediacorp. 30 August 2012. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  7. ^ "LTA | News Room | News Releases | LTA Awards Four Contracts for Thomson Line's Orchard Boulevard, Great World, Outram Park and Shenton Way Stations". 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  8. ^ Goy, Priscilla (15 August 2014). "Thomson-East Coast Line to run through estates in the east including Marine Parade". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  9. ^ "New Thomson-East Coast Line to fully open in 2024". Today. Mediacorp. 15 August 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Joint News Release by the Land Transport Authority & Singapore Land Authority – Thomson–East Coast Line: New MRT Links in the East". Land Transport Authority. 19 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014.
  11. ^ "Thomson–East Coast Line". Land Transport Authority. 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Fibre Network Restored". netlinktrust.com. 12 June 2015. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  13. ^ Kumar, Chitra (11 June 2015). "Singtel, StarHub, M1 and MyRepublic customers affected by NetLink Trust's fibre infrastructure damage". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Worker dies after excavator bucket falls on him". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Written Reply by Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung to Parliamentary Question on Updates on Thomson East Coast Line, Jurong Region Line and Cross Island Line". mot.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  16. ^ "11 more Thomson-East Coast stations to open in the second half of 2022; more 'inclusive' changes for vulnerable commuters". CNA. 9 March 2022. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  17. ^ Yong, Clement (7 October 2022). "11 new TEL stations, from Stevens to Gardens by the Bay, to open on Nov 13; free rides on Nov 11". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  18. ^ "Factsheet: Thomson – East Coast Line Stage 3 to Open for Passenger Service from 13 November 2022". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  19. ^ Yeoh, Grace (7 October 2022). "11 Thomson-East Coast Line stations to open on Nov 13; free rides available on Nov 11". Channel NewsAsia. Mediacorp. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  20. ^ Lim, Jessie (13 November 2022). "Stations buzzing on first day of operations for third stage of Thomson-East Coast Line". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  21. ^ Yong, Clement (25 October 2022). "From tunnelling 1.8m under a live MRT line to diverting a canal: LTA sets out TEL3 engineering challenges | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  22. ^ "MRT System Map" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  23. ^ "System Map". TransitLink. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  24. ^ "Getting Around – Public Transport – Rail Network". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  25. ^ "LTA | MRT/LRT". www.lta.gov.sg. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  26. ^ Great World Station (Infographic poster at TSL Project Information Centre). Singapore: Land Transport Authority. 2021.
  27. ^ "Factsheet: Thomson – East Coast Line Stage 3 to Open for Passenger Service from 13 November 2022". Land Transport Authority. 7 October 2022. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  28. ^ "Great World City to undergo major facelift". The Straits Times. 11 April 2018. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  29. ^ "Great World – Map". SMRT Journeys. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  30. ^ "Great World – Exits". SMRT Journeys. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  31. ^ a b c "Art in Transit". LTA. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  32. ^ a b Yong, Clement (29 October 2022). "Charcoal drawings, quirky book titles: 7 art works in Thomson-East Coast Line stations you should not miss". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
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