Bright Hill MRT Station
TE7 Bright Hill 光明山 பிரைட் ஹில் Bright Hill | |||||||||||
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| Platforms | Island | ||||||||||
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | TE7 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 2020 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Sin Ming | ||||||||||
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Bright Hill MRT Station (TE7) is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson-East Coast Line in Bishan planning area, Singapore. Scheduled for completion in 2020, this station serves the residential estate of Sin Ming.
Description
Bright Hill MRT Station is a fully underground mass rapid transit station with four station access points.[1][2] The station serves the primarily industrial estate of Sin Ming and is located near landmarks such as Bishan Park Secondary School, Peirce Secondary School and Ai Tong School.[2] It is also located close to the Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, Singapore's largest Mahayana Buddhist temple and the place from which this station derived its name from.[3][4]
History
On 29 August 2012, it was announced that a Mass Rapid Transit station would be built in the primarily industrial estate of Sin Ming as part of the new Thomson MRT line.[1] This underground station was given the working name "Sin Ming".[1] The station was subsequently given its official name of "Bright Hill MRT Station" on 27 August 2014 after a public voting exercise to determine the names of Thomson Line stations.[5] This name is the English translation of the location name "Kong Meng San" (光明山), where the Monastery is located.[4]
The Land Transport Authority awarded the contract to design and build the Bright Hill MRT Station and its associated tunnels, worth SGD$454 million, to Penta-Ocean Construction on 21 February 2014.[6] The station is expected to be completed by 2020.[6]
Bright Hill MRT Station was incorporated into the Thomson-East Coast MRT Line when the Land Transport Authority announced that the Eastern Region MRT Line and Thomson MRT line would be operating as a single line.[7]
Station layout
| L1 | Street Level | |
| B1 | Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control |
| B2 | Platform A | Thomson-East Coast Line (future service) towards TE9 CC17 Caldecott via TE8 Upper Thomson (→) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform B | Thomson-East Coast Line (future service) towards TE1 Woodlands North via TE6 Mayflower (←) | |
References
- 1 2 3 "New Thomson MRT line to open in 2019". Asiaone. 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
- 1 2 "TEL Location Maps" (PDF). Land Transport Authority, Singapore. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
- ↑ "Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery". National Library Board, Singapore. 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
- 1 2 "Local Names for Local MRT Stations" (PDF). Institute of Policy Studies. 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ↑ "Thomson Line Station Names Finalised". Land Transport Authority. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
- 1 2 "LTA awards three Thomson MRT Line contracts worth $1.09 billion". The Straits Times. 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
- ↑ "New Thomson-East Coast Line to run through estates in the east including Marine Parade". The Straits Times. Asiaone. 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2015-08-08.