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Havelock MRT station

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Havelock MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson–East Coast Line (TEL) in Bukit Merah, Singapore. Located near the Bukit Ho Swee area, the station runs along Zion Road and serves nearby landmarks such as the Tan Boon Liat Building and Giok Hong Tian Temple.

Havelock
 TE16 
合乐[1]
ஹவ்லாக்[2]
Exit 1 of the station
General information
Location110 Zion Road
Singapore 168604
Coordinates1°17′16″N 103°50′01″E / 1.2878°N 103.8336°E / 1.2878; 103.8336
SystemMass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
Owned byLand Transport Authority
Operated bySMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
Line
  Thomson–East Coast Line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
Cycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
ArchitectSAA Architects[3]
History
Opened13 November 2022; 3 years ago (2022-11-13)
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station
Great World
towards Woodlands North
 Thomson–East Coast Line Outram Park
towards Bayshore
Location
Singapore MRT/LRT system map
Singapore MRT/LRT system map
Havelock
Havelock station in Singapore

First announced in August 2012 as part of the abolished Thomson Line (TSL), the station became part of TEL Stage 3 (TEL3) following the merger of the TSL and the Eastern Region Line in 2014. Construction began by 2015, with an expected completion date of 2021; due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the opening date was delayed to 2022. Havelock station opened on 13 November 2022. Havelock Traces, an artwork comprising fragments of former buildings along Havelock Road, is displayed at this station as part of the Art-in-Transit programme.

Details

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A station island platform
Station platform

Havelock station serves the TEL and is between the Great World and Outram Park stations, with the official station code of TE16.[4] As part of the TEL, it is operated by SMRT.[5] Train frequencies on the TEL range from 3 minutes to an average of 6 minutes.[6] The station is wheelchair-accessible and has bicycle facilities.[7][8]

External media
image icon Artist's impression of Havelock station
image icon Location map of Havelock station

Located around Zion Road, the station has five exits serving nearby landmarks such as the Tan Boon Liat Building, Concorde Shopping Centre, Giok Hong Tian Temple, Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, and Zion Sports Corner.[7][9] Havelock also serves the residential area of Bukit Ho Swee.[10]

Havelock Traces, created by an anonymous artist, is displayed at this station as part of the Art-in-Transit programme, a showcase of public artworks on the MRT network. The artwork, which showcases fragments of former buildings along Havelock Road, aims to "offer a glimpse into town planning in pre-independence Singapore and how it affected the way [Singaporeans] lived and worked".[11]

History

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The Thomson Line (TSL) was announced by then-transport minister Raymond Lim in January 2008 to reduce passenger congestion on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system.[12] The final alignment of the TSL was announced in August 2012 by the Land Transport Authority (LTA), which included Havelock station.[13][14][15] The contract for the construction of Havelock station, Contract T221, was awarded to Gammon Construction Limited in February 2014, at S$210 million (equivalent to S$229,000,000 in 2026).[16][17][18] The TSL was later merged with the Eastern Region Line to form the Thomson–East Coast Line (TEL) in August 2014.[19]

View of one of the station’s entrances under construction

Construction for Havelock and five other stations began in March 2015,[20][21] delayed from the first quarter of 2014,[16] with an expected completion date of 2021.[20][21] Havelock was constructed as part of TEL Stage 3 (TEL3), which consisted of 13 stations between Mount Pleasant and Gardens by the Bay.[22] In January 2022, a sheltered staircase was completed as part of Entrance Three following consultations to the residents and Josephine Teo.[23] The construction of the station also saw Singapore's first use of a rectangular tunnel boring machine (TBM), a TBM that digs rectangular tunnels. The machine was used for a 150 m (490 ft) underpass. According to the LTA, it was less disruptive and saved time and labour compared to the traditional cut-and-cover method.[24][25]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting the supply of material and manpower, then-transport minister Ong Ye Kung wrote to Member of Parliament Ang Wei Neng in May 2021 that the completion of TEL3, among two other stages, had been pushed to a range between 2022 and 2025.[26] Subsequent transport minister S. Iswaran later announced to Parliament that TEL3 would open in the second half of 2022.[27] As confirmed during a TEL3 visit by Iswaran in October 2022,[28][22][29] Havelock station began operations on 13 November 2022;[30] a preview of the station took place two days prior.[31]

References

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  1. ↑ "System Map" (PDF). LTA (in Chinese). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "System Map" (PDF). LTA (in Tamil). Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "11 Stations Along Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) Opened on 13 November 2022". SAA Architects. 18 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "System Map" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Getting Around – Public Transport – Rail Network". Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "LTA | MRT/LRT". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Havelock – Map". SMRT Journeys. 16 May 2026. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Havelock – Amenities". SMRT Journeys. 16 May 2026. Archived from the original on 7 December 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Havelock – Exits". SMRT Journeys. 16 May 2026. Archived from the original on 11 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  10. ↑ Yong, Clement (19 August 2022). "TEL3 on track to open this year: What to do near the 11 new MRT stations". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 16 May 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Art in Transit". LTA. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  12. ↑ Loh, Chee Kong (26 January 2008). "Answer to the MRT Squeeze". TODAY. p. 1. Archived from the original on 16 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ Sreedharan, Sumita (30 August 2012). "From Woodlands to Marina in 55 minutes". TODAY. p. 1. Archived from the original on 16 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  16. 1 2 "LTA awards three Thomson MRT Line contracts worth $1.09 billion". The Straits Times. 21 February 2014. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  17. ↑ "LTA Awards Three Contracts for Thomson Line's Sin Ming, Havelock and Marina Bay Stations". LTA. 21 February 2014. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  18. ↑ "LTA awards 3 contracts worth S$1.09b for work on Thomson Line". TODAY. 22 February 2014. p. 25. Archived from the original on 16 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  19. ↑ Xue, Jianyue (16 August 2014). "Single MRT line to link East Coast to Woodlands". TODAY. p. 1. Archived from the original on 16 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  20. 1 2 Song, Olivia (7 March 2015). "6 Thomson-East Coast Line stations to be completed by 2021". CNA. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  21. 1 2 Lim, Yi Han (7 March 2015). "Groundbreaking ceremony for six stations of Thomson-East Coast Line". The Straits Times. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  22. 1 2 "Factsheet: Thomson – East Coast Line Stage 3 to Open for Passenger Service from 13 November 2022". LTA. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  23. ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  24. ↑ Tan, Christopher (14 June 2016). "New tunnel-boring machine makes cutting corners perfectly sound". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  25. ↑ Tan, Christopher (15 June 2016). "Speedier, less disruptive road and rail works with new machine". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 16 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  26. ↑ "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.
  27. ↑ "11 more Thomson-East Coast stations to open in 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.
  28. ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  29. ↑ Yeoh, Grace (7 October 2022). "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 7 October 2022.
  30. ↑ 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.
  31. ↑ Chin, Hui Shan (12 November 2022). "Commuters hop onto MRT trains at 11 new TEL stations for free rides on Nov 11". The Straits Times. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
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