Geylang Bahru MRT Station

Geylang Bahru MRT Station (DT24) is an underground station along the Downtown Line (DTL) Stage 3. It is built underneath the road of Kallang Bahru, at the junction with Geylang Bahru, and serves the nearby HDB Geylang Bahru estate, the Geylang Bahru industrial estate, and the Kallang Basin industrial estate.

The station takes its name from the nearby Geylang Bahru road and the Geylang Bahru planning subzone which it is located in. It also serves as a Civil Defence shelter.

The station is built in close proximity to Kallang Basin Swimming Complex, Geylang Bahru Industrial Estate and housing board flats around Geylang Bahru, along with the nearby Kallang Way and Kolam Ayer Industrial Estates, which are connected via an overhead bridge across the PIE.

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First / Last Train Timings

Downtown Line – (DT24) Geylang Bahru
Destination	First Train		Last Train
	Weekdays & Sat	Sun & Public Holidays	Daily
DT1 Bukit Panjang	6:00am	6:18am	12:04am
DT35 Expo	5:59am	6:19am	12:18am

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Station Layout

L1	Street level	Bus stops, Taxi stand, Pick-up/drop-off point
B1	Linkway	Underpass, Retail Shops
B2	Concourse	Faregates, Top Up Kiosks, Passenger Service Centre
B3	Platform A	Downtown Line towards DT1–BP6 Bukit Panjang
	Platform B	Downtown Line towards DT35CG1 Expo

Platforms

Downtown Line (B3):

Platform A: Downtown Line towards DT1–BP6 Bukit Panjang via DT23 Bendemeer (→) Platform B: Downtown Line towards DT35CG1 Expo via DT25 Mattar (←)

Geylang Bahru station has two platforms in an island platform arrangement, with both platforms utilized for trains travelling in either direction.

Concourse

The station concourse is located at Basement 2.

Civil Defence shelter

Geylang Bahru station is one of eight stations along the Downtown Line 3 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.

Art in Transit: “Constructed Memories” by Marienne Yang

As a tribute to the generation of unsung individuals who contributed to Singapore’s growth in the 1970s and 80s, ‘Constructed Memories‘, is based on the light industrial terraced workshops constructed in the 1970s for various trades such as woodworking, motor workshops, engineering & metal works and funeral parlours. Due to future redevelopment plans, they will eventually be relocated to stack-up industrial complexes.

Spread over 14 locations, the artwork invites you to spot the snippets of everyday life at the terraced workshops – see if you can find all of them!

Station Amenities

• Public Toilets at DTL concourse
• Retail Shop at Linkway
• ATM
• Bicycle Racks at station exit

Exits

Geylang Bahru MRT station has two exits at ground level, both of which provide barrier-free accessibility.

Exit	Location	Nearby
A	Kallang Bahru / Geylang Bahru	Automobile Association of Singapore (AAS), Baptist Golden Age Home, GB Point, Geylang Bahru Market & Hawker Ctr, Jalan Besar Town Council, Kallang Bahru Swimming Complex, Kolam Ayer CC, Kolam Ayer NPP, MOM Services Centre, Singapore College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, S’pore Life Saving Society
B	Kallang Bahru / Geylang Bahru Terrace	Ace SHRM College, Geylang Bahru Ind Estate, Geylang West CC, Kallang Distripark

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Transport Connections

Geylang Bahru station connects to four bus stops in the vicinity, as well as taxi stands and passenger pick-up points.

Bus

There are four official bus stops linked to Geylang Bahru station. Other bus stops are listed here to better represent the area around Geylang Bahru station.

No.	Bus stop	Exit	Bus Routes
B/s 1	60221 – Geylang Bahru (Blk 73/Geylang Bahru Stn)	A	26, 61, 107, 107M, 140, 853, 853M
B/s 2	60229 – Geylang Bahru (Blk 68)	A	26, 61, 107, 107M, 140, 853, 853M
B/s 3	80291 – Geylang Bahru (Blk 82)	B	140, 175
B/s 4	80299 – Geylang Bahru (Opp Blk 82)	B	140, 175
–	60031 – Kallang Bahru (Bef Geylang Bahru Stn)	A	26, 61, 107, 107M, 175, 853, 853M
–	60039 – Kallang Bahru (Opp Blk 66)	B	26, 61, 107, 107M, 175, 853, 853M
–	60069 – Jln Kolam Ayer (Kallang Basin Swim Cplx)	A	23, 966
–	60061 – Jln Kolam Ayer (Aft Infineon)	A	23, 966, 966A

Road

Taxi stands and pick-up/drop-off points are located next to the following station exits:

Exit	Road	Provisions
A	Geylang Bahru	Taxi stand (F76)
A	Kallang Bahru	Pick-up/drop-off point
B	Geylang Bahru	Pick-up/drop-off point

MRT Bus Bridging Service

In the event of a MRT service disruption affecting Geylang Bahru station, MRT Bridging Buses may be activated to ply affected stretches of the Downtown Line. In which case, the buses can be boarded from the following bus stops:

Towards	Bus stop	Exit
Downtown Line (DTL Bridging Bus)
DT1–BP6 Bukit Panjang	B/s 2: 60229 – Geylang Bahru (Blk 68)	A
DT35CG1 Expo	B/s 1: 60221 – Geylang Bahru (Blk 73/Geylang Bahru Stn)	A

In addition, passengers can board free regular bus services at Bus Stops 1 & 2 when activated.

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Passenger Usage Patterns

As a Central region station serving the industrial areas and residential estates, Geylang Bahru station encounters moderate demand levels across the day.

Construction

Downtown Line Stage 3 (DTL3) Contract 932A for the construction and completion of Geylang Bahru Station was awarded to China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited for approximately S$123 million in June 2011. Along with Contract 929 for Kaki Bukit station, they would be the first MRT contracts in Singapore for the Chinese company.

The working name for Geylang Bahru station was Kallang Bahru station. During the construction of Geylang Bahru station, Kallang Bahru road was curved southwards to avoid the construction site.

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External Links & References

• Downtown Line – Land Transport Authority
• Downtown Line – SBS Transit