Great World MRT station

Great World MRT station is an upcoming underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson-East Coast Line at the boundary of River Valley and Singapore River planning areas, Singapore.

Not to be confused with Beauty World MRT station.
 TE15 
Great World
大世界
கிரேட் வோர்ல்ட்
Great World
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
Construction site of the station in 2020
Location351 River Valley Road
Singapore 238384
Coordinates1°17′42″N 103°50′01″E
Owned byLand Transport Authority
Operated bySMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)
  Thomson–East Coast Line
PlatformsIsland
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
ParkingYes (Great World City)
Disabled accessYes
History
Opening2022 (2022)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesKim Seng, River Valley
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station
Thomson–East Coast Line
Future service
Location
Great World
Great World station in Singapore

The station is named after the Great World shopping mall, which is located near this station.[1]

History

This station was first announced on 29 August 2012 as part of the Thomson line by the Land Transport Authority.[2]

On 15 August 2014, the Thomson and Eastern Region lines were merged to form the Thomson-East Coast line, with Great World station now part of Phase 3 consisting of 13 stations between Mount Pleasant and Gardens by the Bay stations.[3][4] The contract for the design and construction of the station and associated tunnels was awarded to Tiong Seng Contractors and Dongah Geological Engineering (Singapore branch) as a joint venture at a sum of S$316 million in May 2014. Construction is expected to be completed in 2021.[5]

Three names were proposed for this station; 'Great World', 'Kim Seng' and 'River Valley'. On 27 June 2014, Great World was confirmed as the name of the station.[6]

Construction accident

On 19 December 2015 at about 5.30 pm, a Bangladeshi construction worker was killed when the excavator's bucket dislodged and fell on him. The victim had been guiding an excavator prior to the accident. He was taken to Singapore General Hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival.[7]

Fibre broadband disruption

On 11 June 2015 at 10.40am, residents of Bukit Merah, Outram, Tanjong Pagar and Tiong Bahru were affected by an Internet outage due to construction works inadvertently damaging a section of fibre optic cables while carrying out piling works at Kim Seng Road. The disruption lasted more than eight hours and affected all the major Internet service providers in Singapore. In a separate statement, the Land Transport Authority apologised for the disruption.[8]

References
  1. "TSL System Map & Station Footprints". Land Transport Authority. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  2. "Speech by Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Transport, at the Inspection of Downtown Line 1 Station and Announcement of Thomson Line alignment, 29 August 2012, 10.00am at Telok Ayer Station". Ministry of Transport. 29 August 2012. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. "Joint News Release by the Land Transport Authority & Singapore Land Authority - Thomson-East Coast Line: New MRT Links in the East | Press Room | Land Transport Authority". 19 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  4. "LTA | Upcoming Projects | Rail Expansion | Thomson-East Coast Line". 13 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  5. "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.
  6. "Thomson Line Station Names Finalised". www.lta.gov.sg. 27 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  7. "Worker dies after excavator bucket falls on him". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  8. 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.


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