Tanjong Rhu MRT Station

Tanjong Rhu MRT Station (TE23) is an underground station located along the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) 4. It is built just off Tanjong Rhu Road, at the junction with Tanjong Rhu Place, bringing rail connectivity to the Tanjong Rhu estate and Singapore Indoor Stadium.

The station is in the vicinity of Water Place, Sanctuary Green, Parkshore, Pebble Bay, Casuarina Cove, Camelot By-The-Water and Tanjong Ria Condominium. It also serves the Singapore Indoor Stadium and Sports Hub located across the Geylang River via the Tanjong Rhu Suspension Bridge.

The station was originally targeted for completion and opening in Year 2023. However, it was delayed till 2024 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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First / Last Train Timings

Thomson-East Coast Line – (TE23) Tanjong Rhu
Destination	First Train		Last Train
	Weekdays & Sat	Sun & Public Holidays	Daily
TE1 Woodlands North	6:04am	6:24am	11:55pm
TE9 Caldecott	—	—	12:07am
TE14 Orchard	—	—	12:13am
TE22 Gardens by the Bay	—	—	12:19am
TE29 Bayshore	6:00am	6:20am	12:21am
TE27 Marine Terrace	—	—	12:26am

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Station Layout

L1	Street level	Bus stops, Taxi stand, pick-up/drop-off point
B1	Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Service Kiosks, Passenger Service Centre, Retail Shops
B2	Platform A	Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE29 Bayshore
	Platform B	Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE1 Woodlands North

Platforms

Thomson-East Coast Line (B2):

Platform A: Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE29 Bayshore via TE24 Katong Park (→)

Platform B: Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE1 Woodlands North via TE22A Founders’ Memorial & TE22 Gardens by the Bay (←)

Tanjong Rhu station has two platforms in a side platform arrangement, with both platforms utilized for trains travelling in either direction.

Heading West from Tanjong Rhu station towards Gardens by the Bay station, trains pass through TE22A Founders’ Memorial station which is scheduled for opening in tandem with Founders’ Memorial itself.

Civil Defence shelter

Tanjong Rhu 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 Marine Parade, Marine Terrace, Siglap, Bedok South, Bayshore and Sungei Bedok stations.

Art in Transit: “telinga ekologi kita” by Bani Haykal

These sculptures are imaginings of sound mirrors or acoustic mirrors, that were once a form of proto-radar developed in the early 20^th century, used to listen to the skies as a form of surveillance during World War I. Numerous designs and methods of operation were born across the world.

In the 1930s, it was claimed that there were plans to construct and install 5 to 8 sound mirrors around Singapore by the British. However, these plans never came to fruition, as the biophonic activity – sounds emanating from wildlife in natural settings – proved too loud and disruptive for the effectiveness of these surveillance mechanisms. The construction plan thus became an unheard colonial history.

The artwork envisions the area of Tanjong Rhu as one of the places where these sound mirrors could have been installed.

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Station Amenities

• Public Toilets at station concourse, near Exit 2 (B1)
• Retail Shop provisions
• Bicycle Racks at station exits

Exits

Tanjong Rhu MRT station has two exits leading to street level.

Exit	Location	Nearby
1	Tanjong Rhu Road	—
2	Tanjong Rhu Place / Singapore Sports Hub	Tanjong Rhu Footbridge & Lookout Tower, Tanjong Rhu Promenade

Transport Connections

Tanjong Rhu station connects to several bus stops in the vicinity, as well as taxi stands and passenger pick-up points.

Bus

There are 2 bus stops in the vicinity of Tanjong Rhu station.

Bus Stop	Exit	Bus Routes
90041 – Tanjong Rhu Rd (Tanjong Rhu Stn Exit 2)	2	11, 158, 158A
90049 – Tanjong Rhu Rd (Tanjong Rhu Stn Exit 1)	1	11, 158, 158A

Road

Taxi stands and pick-up/drop-off points are located near station exits.

Exit	Road	Provisions
1	Tanjong Rhu Road	Taxi stand (C32), Pick-up/drop-off point
2	Tanjong Rhu Place	Taxi stand (C31), Pick-up/drop-off point

MRT Bus Bridging Service

In the event of a MRT service disruption affecting Tanjong Rhu station, MRT Bridging Buses may be activated to ply affected stretches of the Thomson-East Coast Line. In which case, the buses can be boarded from the following bus stops:

Towards	Bus stop	Exit
Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL Bridging Bus)
TE1 Woodlands North	90049 – Tanjong Rhu Rd (Tanjong Rhu Stn Exit 1)	1
TE29 Bayshore	90041 – Tanjong Rhu Rd (Tanjong Rhu Stn Exit 2)	2

In addition, passengers can board free regular bus services when activated at Bus Stops 90041 & 90049.

Construction Trivia

Contract T303 for the Construction of Tanjong Rhu Station and Tunnels for Thomson-East Coast Line was awarded to Bachy Soletanche Singapore Pte Ltd – Wai Fong Construction Pte Ltd Joint Venture (JV) at a contract sum of S$293.9 million in January 2016.

Bachy Soletanche from France were previously involved in the construction of Downtown Line 1 (DTL1)’s Bugis and Telok Ayer stations, and TEL’s Orchard and Gardens By The Bay stations. Wai Fong Construction from Singapore were previously involved in the construction of TEL’s Mount Pleasant Station.

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Gallery

Pre-Opening

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External Links & References

• 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 – Ministry of Transport
• Thomson – East Coast Line 4 to Welcome Commuters from 23 June 2024 – Land Transport Authority