Mayflower MRT Station

Mayflower MRT Station (TE6) is an underground station located along the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) 2. It is built underneath Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4, near the junction with both Mayflower Avenue and Ang Mo Kio Street 11, bringing rail connectivity to schools, community amenities and residential developments in the area.

The station is in the vicinity of HDB flats and the private housing estates of Mayflower and Ellington; nearby schools include CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School, Mayflower Secondary School and Ang Mo Kio Primary School, and Kebun Bahru Community Centre is right next to the station.

The station was originally targeted for completion and opening in Year 2020. However, it was delayed till Q1 2021 and later further delayed to Q3 2021 in December 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The opening date was announced to be on 28 Aug 2021 in end-June 2021.

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First / Last Train Timings

Thomson-East Coast Line – (TE6) Mayflower
Destination	First Train		Last Train
	Weekdays & Sat	Sun & Public Holidays	Daily
TE1 Woodlands North	5:59am	6:19am	12:30am
TE29 Bayshore	5:44am	6:04am	11:45pm
TE27 Marine Terrace	–	–	11:51pm
TE22 Gardens by the Bay	–	–	11:57pm
TE17 Outram Park	–	–	12:03am
TE14 Orchard	–	–	12:15am
TE9 Caldecott	–	–	12:21am

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Station Layout

L2	Bicycle Park	Bicycle Park at Exit 2, Exit 2 to Blk 170
L1	Street	Bus stops, Taxi stand, Pick-up/drop-off point
B1	–	Escalators between Street Level (Exit 4) & Ticket Concourse Level
	Underpass	Underpass between Exits 1, 2 & 3 & Ticket Concourse
B2	Ticket Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Service Kiosks, Passenger Service Centre, Retail Shops
B3	Staff	Escalators between Ticket Concourse Level & Platform Level
B4	Platform A	Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE29 Bayshore
	Platform B	Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE1 Woodlands North

 

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Platform & Train Services

Platform A: Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE29 Bayshore via TE7 Bright Hill (→) Platform B: Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE1 Woodlands North via TE5 Lentor (←)

Mayflower station has two platforms in an island platform arrangement.

Civil Defence shelter

Mayflower station is one of six stations along the Thomson-East Coast Line (Thomson 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 Woodlands, Lentor, Bright Hill, Mount Pleasant and Gardens by the Bay stations.

Escalator Transfer Level (B3)

Basement 3 has escalators & stairs that connect the Ticket Concourse level (B2) with the Platform level (B4). The lift landing is for staff use only.

Underpass Level (B1)

The Underpass level (B1) connects Exits 1, 2 & 3 to the ticket concourse level (B2).

Bicycle Park (L2)

A bicycle park is situated on the second floor of the station, above Exit 2. It also connects to the 1st floor of Block 170.

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Art in Transit: Bird Sculptures by Song-Ming Ang

Song-Ming Ang’s artwork is a series of 22 bird sculptures inspired by the thriving songbird watching community in the neighbourhood. Able to accommodate hundreds of bird cages, the area is a hive of activity on Sunday mornings, especially during the bi-monthly songbird singing competition. Ang’s bird sculptures are scattered throughout the seven station entrances and train platform, as if the birds have found their way into the station by accident.

The seven species represented in Ang’s sculptures are the most common birds kept as pets in Singapore and Southeast Asia. They include the oriental white-eye, red-whiskered bulbul, and zebra dove (known colloquially as mata putih, jambul and merbok). Commuters may also recognise the melodious laughing thrush (huamei) and white-rumped shama, as well as the yellow canary and blue flycatcher.

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Station Amenities

• Public Toilets at station concourse (near Exit 7)
• Retail Shop provisions at ticket concourse level
• Bicycle Racks at station exits

Exits

Mayflower MRT station has seven exits leading to ground level. Additionally, the lift at Exit 2 connects to the 1st floor of Block 170 on higher ground.

Exit	Location	Nearby
1	Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4	CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School
2	Blk 170	Bethesda Hall (AMK)
3	Mayflower Avenue	Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West, Kebun Baru Community Club, Mayflower Market & Food Centre
4	Blk 107	—
5	Blk 111	Ang Mo Kio Primary School
6	Blk 256	Ang Mo Kio Methodist Church
7	Blk 112	Mayflower Secondary School

 

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Transport Connections

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

Bus

There are 4 bus stops in the vicinity of Mayflower station.

Bus Stop	Exit	Bus Routes
54191 – Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 (Mayflower Stn Exit 2)	2	71, 76, 268, 268C, 269, 269A, 652
54199 – Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 (Bef Mayflower Stn Exit 3)	3	71, 76, 268, 268A, 268B, 269, 652
54189 – Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 (Mayflower Stn Exit 5)	5	71, 76, 265, 268, 268A, 268B, 269, 652
54181 – Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 (Mayflower Stn Exit 6)	6	71, 76, 262, 265, 268, 268C, 269, 269A, 652

 

Road

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

Exit	Road	Provisions
1	Ang Mo Kio Ave 4	Taxi stand (F80), Pick-up/drop-off point
4	Ang Mo Kio Ave 4	Taxi stand (F79), Pick-up/drop-off point

MRT Bus Bridging Service

In the event of a MRT service disruption affecting Mayflower 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	54191 – Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 (Mayflower Stn Exit 2)	2
TE29 Bayshore	54199 – Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 (Bef Mayflower Stn Exit 3)	3

In addition, passengers can board free regular bus services when activated at Bus Stops 54191 & 54199.

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Construction Trivia

Thomson-East Coast Line Contract T210 for the Design And Construction Of Mayflower Station was awarded to Gammon Construction Limited Singapore Branch (GPL) at a contract sum of S$174.3 million in October 2013. The company was previously involved in the Boon Lay Extension Trackwork, upgrading of Woodsville Interchange and Downtown Line’s Chinatown station.

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Gallery

Additional photos at Page 2.

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External Links & References

• Second stage of Thomson-East Coast Line to open early 2021 after delays due to COVID-19: Ong Ye Kung – CNA
• Stage 2 of Thomson-East Coast MRT Line to open on Aug 28 – The Straits Times