Katong Park MRT Station

Katong Park MRT Station (TE24) is an underground station located along the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) 4. It is built underneath Meyer Road, at the junction with Fort Road and Tanjong Rhu Road, bringing rail connectivity to condominiums and landed houses around Meyer Road.

The station is in the vicinity of Katong Park (hence its name), Dunman High School, Singapore Swimming Club, and many more condominiums.

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 – (TE24) Katong Park
Destination	First Train		Last Train
	Weekdays & Sat	Sun & Public Holidays	Daily
TE1 Woodlands North	6:02am	6:22am	11:52pm
TE9 Caldecott	—	—	12:04am
TE14 Orchard	—	—	12:10am
TE22 Gardens by the Bay	—	—	12:16am
TE29 Bayshore	6:03am	6:23am	12:23am
TE27 Marine Terrace	—	—	12:28am

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Station Layout

L1	Street level	Bus stops, Taxi stand, pick-up/drop-off point
M	Underpass	Underpass between Concourse & Exit 2
B1	Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Service Kiosks, Passenger Service Centre
	Platform A	Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE29 Bayshore
B2	Platform B	Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE1 Woodlands North

Platforms

Thomson-East Coast Line (B1):

Platform A: Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE29 Bayshore via TE25 Tanjong Katong (→)

Thomson-East Coast Line (B2):

Platform B: Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE1 Woodlands North via TE23 Tanjong Rhu (←)

Katong Park station has two platforms in a stacked side platform arrangement, with both platforms utilized for trains travelling in either direction. Owing to land constraints arising from building the station next to existing developments, the stacked platform design was adopted.

The Concourse is on the same level as the upper platform for train service towards Bayshore.

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Art in Transit: “Time After Time” by Sit Weng San & Tania De Rozario

Katong Park has served as a site for a myriad of historical moments – from a military fort to a swimmers’ paradise, stories of survival, and near-escape. The artwork taps into these rich histories to create images that explore themes of memory, archaeology, time, and body. By projecting archival images onto the body of the park, and creating new images in the process, these photographic works showcase how the past meets the present, and how the border between the two dissolves.

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Station Amenities

• Public Toilets at station concourse (B1)
• Retail Shop provisions
• Bicycle Racks at station exits

Exits

Katong Park MRT station has two exits leading to street level.

Exit	Location	Nearby
1	Meyer Road	Fort Road, Katong Park, Mountbatten Road
2	Fort Road / Tanjong Rhu Road	Dunman High School, Katong Community Centre, Singapore Swimming Club

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Transport Connections

Katong Park 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 Katong Park station.

Bus Stop	Exit	Bus Routes
91081 – Fort Rd (Aft Katong Pk Stn Exit 2)	2	30, 30e, 158, 158A
91089 – Fort Rd (Opp Katong Pk Stn)	2	30, 30e, 158, 158A, 401

Road

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

Exit	Road	Provisions
1	Meyer Road	Taxi stand (C33), Pick-up/drop-off point
2	Tanjong Rhu Road	Pick-up/drop-off point

MRT Bus Bridging Service

In the event of a MRT service disruption affecting Katong Park 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	91081 – Fort Rd (Aft Katong Pk Stn Exit 2)	2
TE29 Bayshore	91089 – Fort Rd (Opp Katong Pk Stn)	2

In addition, passengers can board free regular bus services when activated at Bus Stops 91081 & 91089.

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Construction Trivia

Contract T305 for the Construction of Katong Park Station and Tunnels for Thomson-East Coast Line was awarded to Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co. (Singapore) Pte Ltd at a contract sum of S293.5 million in January 2016.

Shanghai Tunnel Engineering from China were previously involved in the construction of DTL1’s Promenade station and DTL2’s Newton station, Tuas West Extension, DTL3’s tunnelling portion between Tampines East Station and Upper Changi Station, as well as TEL’s Shenton Way station and tunnelling portion between Woodlands Station and Woodlands Avenue 12.

Because of the narrow site constraints—a two-lane road measuring 6m wide flanked by high-rises and at least one pre-war house—Katong Park was designed in stacked station configuration where one platform built on top of the other, as opposed to being parallel to each other. While stacked stations are uncommon but not unique to Katong Park, it was the first time that tunnel-boring machines were used to construct them. As such, the lower station (and tunnels) was built first, followed by the upper station and tunnels, hence requiring additional time. After tunnelling is done, the station sites are then excavated.

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Gallery

Pre-opening

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External Links & References

• Factsheet: Thomson-East Coast Line Katong Park Station: Mining Tunnels Through the Station – LTA
• 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