Bendemeer MRT station

Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore

DT23
Bendemeer
明地迷亚
பெண்டிமியர்

Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station

Exit A of Bendemeer station

General informationLocation11 Kallang Bahru
Singapore 339356Coordinates

Preceding station	Mass Rapid Transit			Following station
Jalan Besar towards Bukit Panjang		Downtown Line		Geylang Bahru towards Expo

Location
Bendemeer Bendemeer station in Singapore

Bendemeer MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown line in Kallang, Singapore.

Despite its name, the station is not located under Bendemeer Road, but under Kallang Bahru. This station serves the commercial developments around Lavender Street and the industrial estates along Kallang Avenue. The famous Jalan Besar Stadium, Lavender MRT station and Boon Keng MRT station are in close proximity.

History

The station was first announced as Jalan Besar station on 20 August 2010 when the 16 stations of the 21-kilometre (13 mi) Downtown line Stage 3 (DTL3) from the River Valley (now Fort Canning) to Expo stations were unveiled. The line was expected to be completed in 2017.^[3]^[4]^[5] Contract 933 for the construction of Bendeemer station and associated tunnels was awarded to Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd. at a contract sum of S$215.24 million (US$171.13 million) million in August 2011. Construction was scheduled to start in September that year and targeted to be completed by 2017.^[6]

The twin 2.25 km tunnels between Jalan Besar, Bendemeer and Geylang Bahru stations were bored under old pre-war shophouses along Jalan Besar Road and required careful and stringent control of the tunnelling works beneath it. The tunnels were constructed using steel-fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) segments, the first in South East Asia, which enhances the long term durability of the tunnels.^[7]

The station opened on 21 October 2017, as announced by the Land Transport Authority on 31 May that year.^[7]

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Concourse level
Platform level

References

^ "Downtown Line 3 Station Names Shortlisted for Public Polling". www.lta.gov.sg. 1 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016.
^ "Downtown Line 3 Station Names Finalised". www.lta.gov.sg. 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013.
^ "Downtown Line 3 Station Locations Unveiled Faster Access for Residents in the East to the City and Marina Bay Area". www.lta.gov.sg. 20 August 2010. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016.
^ "Alignment of DTL3" (PDF). www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
^ "DTL Station Locations" (PDF). www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
^ "LTA Awards Contract For Upper Changi And Bendemeer Stations". www.lta.gov.sg. Land Transport Authority. 29 August 2011. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Factsheet: Downtown Line 3 to Open on 21 October 2017 | Press Room | Land Transport Authority". www.lta.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-03.