Marymount MRT Station

CC16 Marymount 玛丽蒙 | மேரிமவுண்ட்
Address	60 Marymount Road, Singapore 573993
Line Served	Circle Line
Operator	SMRT Trains
Structure	Underground
Platform	Island
Opened	28 May 2009

Marymount MRT Station (CC16) is an underground station along the Circle Line (CCL) Stage 3, located at the boundaries of the Marymount and Upper Thomson planning subzones. It is built underneath Marymount Road, near the junction of Marymount Lane and Bishan Street 21. The architectural design of Marymount station is similar to other CCL3 stations Bartley and Lorong Chuan.

The station is named after the road of the same name on the surface, Marymount Road, which in turn took its name from the Marymount Convent of the Little Sisters of the Poor. It serves nearby businesses, housing developments and Raffles Institution.

First / Last Train Timings

Station Layout

Platforms

Circle Line (B2):

Platform A: Circle Line towards CC29NE1 HarbourFront via CC17 Caldecott (→) Platform B: Circle Line towards CC1NS24NE6 Dhoby Ghaut via CC15NS17 Bishan (←) Circle Line towards CE2NS27 Marina Bay via CC15NS17 Bishan (Peak Hour Alternate Trains) (←)

Marymount station has two platforms in an island platform arrangement. Full-height Platform screen doors isolate the air-conditioned station from the tunnel environment, enhancing commuter safety and station comfort. A set of escalators, stairs and a lift connects the platform level to the concourse level one floor above. With the concourse wrapping around the platform, a large interior space is created around the middle of the platform, giving the impression of spaciousness.

Passenger Information Systems, which are plasma display screens located at each platform, display expected train arrival times and key messages. Tactile flooring helps to guide the visually-handicapped from the platform to the station exits.

Concourse

The station concourse at Basement 1 feature faregates for automatic fare collection and provides access between paid and unpaid areas of the station, with at least one bidirectional wide-swinging gate for the benefit of passengers-in-wheelchairs and those carrying bulky items or travelling with prams. An unpaid walkway runs through the concourse, allowing pedestrians to commute between station exits without having to enter the paid areas of the rail network. As such, faregates are located both at the escalator / staircase landing, and the lift landing.

General Ticketing Machines allow commuters to purchase tickets for single or multiple journeys, and along with Top-up Machines, offer contactless card transactions. The station office functions as a Passenger Service Centre, and is staffed during operating hours, where commuters may make travel inquiries.

Art in Transit: “Superstring” by Joshua Yang

The work consists of a series of single continuous line drawings where the line neither overlaps nor breaks. The drawing of the art wall, with the dimensions of gaps and positions of bolts. The artist aims to bring out the inconsistencies between the planned construction and the final wall which the viewer is facing. The drawing surrounding the ticket machines allows the viewer to see through the glass and the structures behind. In some ways it is a parody of the age-old technique of single point perspective drawing to create an imagined three-dimensional space; here the three-dimensional space is compressed with a single, continuous line so that the viewer becomes aware of the fourth dimension: Time.

Station Amenities

• Public Toilets at concourse level
• Bicycle Racks at station exits
• ATMs

Exits

Marymount MRT station has two exits at ground level (A and B), among which only Exit A offers barrier-free accessibility via a lift.

Exit	Location	Nearby
A	Marymount Road	Shunfu Gardens, Shunfu Market and Hawker Centre, Shunfu Ville, Thomson Garden Estate, Thomson Community Centre, Thomson Imperial Court, Thomson Road Post Office, Sin Ming Plaza
B	Bishan Street 21	Raffles Institution, Bishan Fire Station, St. Theresa’s Home, Rafflesia Condominium, Jalan Pemimpin

Transport Connections

Marymount station connects to several bus stops in the vicinity, as well as a taxi stand and passenger pick-up point.

Bus

There are four official bus stops linked to Marymount station.

Road

A pick-up/drop-off point is located next to Station Exit A:

Rail Bridging Services

In the event of a MRT service disruption affecting Marymount station, rail bridging services (also called MRT breakdown shuttle buses) may be activated to ply affected stretches of the Circle Line. In which case, the buses can be boarded from the following bus stops:

In addition, passengers can board free regular bus services at Bus Stops 3 & 4 when activated.

Passenger Usage Patterns

Serving schools and residential areas in the vicinity, Marymount station encounters low to moderate passenger demand across most of the day.

Construction

Circle Line Stage 3 (CCL3) Contract C853 for the construction of Marymount station, along with the tunnels between Lorong Chuan and Bishan stations and Bishan and Marymount stations, was awarded to Japanese company Taisei Corporation for S$167.7 million.

Future Developments

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Major Incidents

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Gallery

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External Links & References

• Circle Line Art In Transit – LTA