TE29 Bayshore 碧湾 | பேஷோர் |
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Address | 31 Bayshore Road, Singapore 469958 |
Line Served | Thomson-East Coast Line |
Operator | SMRT Trains |
Structure | Underground |
Platform | Island |
Opening | 23 Jun 2024 |
Bayshore MRT Station (TE29) is an underground station located along the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) 4. It is built underneath Bayshore Road, bringing rail connectivity to schools and residential developments around the area.
The station is located in the vicinity of The Bayshore condominium, Costa Del Sol condominium, and many other private houses and condominiums around Bayshore and Upper East Coast.
The station was originally targeted for completion and opening in Year 2023. However, it was delayed till 2024 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
It will serve as the terminus of the Thomson-East Coast Line until Stage 5 of the line opens in Year 2026, when the line will be extended via Bedok South to Sungei Bedok.
First / Last Train Timings
Thomson-East Coast Line – (TE29) Bayshore |
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Destination | First Train | Last Train | |
Weekdays & Sat | Sun & Public Holidays | Daily | |
TE1 Woodlands North | — | — | — |
Station Layout
L1 | Street level | Bus stops, Taxi stand, pick-up/drop-off point |
B1 | Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing machines, Passenger Service Centre |
B2 | Platform A | Thomson-East Coast Line terminating trains, alighting only |
Platform B | Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE1 Woodlands North |
Platforms
Thomson-East Coast Line (B2):
Platform A: Thomson-East Coast Line terminating trains, alighting only Platform B: Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE1 Woodlands North via TE28 Siglap (←) |
Bayshore station has two platforms in an island platform arrangement.
As the terminus of the Thomson-East Coast Line (Stage 4), trains will terminate at Platform A before turning around to Platform B for passenger boarding.
Underground Bicycle Parking
An underground bicycle parking space will be provided as part of Bayshore MRT Station, located at Exit 1. Lifts directly connect the parking space with the street level.
Civil Defence shelter
Bayshore station is one of seven stations along the Thomson-East Coast Line (East Coast stretch) designated as Civil Defence (CD) shelters, which will be activated in times of national emergency. Apart from reinforced construction, the stations are designed and equipped with facilities to ensure the shelter environment is tolerable for all shelterees during shelter occupation. These facilities include protective blast doors, decontamination facilities, ventilation systems, power and water supply systems and a dry toilet system.
The other CD shelters are Tanjong Rhu, Marine Parade, Marine Terrace, Siglap, Bedok South, and Sungei Bedok stations.
Exits
Bayshore MRT station will likely have five exits leading to ground level. More details will be confirmed closer to the opening of the station.
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Construction Trivia
Contract T310 for the Construction of Construction of Bayshore Station and Tunnels for Thomson-East Coast Line was awarded to Woh Hup (Private) Ltd – Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co (Singapore) Pte Ltd Joint Venture (JV) at a contract sum of S$295.9 million in March 2016.
Both of the Joint Venture partners are established contractors in Singapore and have completed several infrastructure and building projects in Singapore and overseas. They were previously involved in the construction of CCL’s Bras Basah, Buona Vista, Dhoby Ghaut, Esplanade, Holland Village, Kent Ridge, Promenade and Serangoon stations.
The station now has cladding!
Some news! This station was the first of the TEL4 stations to get tiles and designs on the outer walls! It got those designs in Feb 2022.
I guess 2 of its exits will only open in tandem with the future developments around it