Mount Pleasant MRT Station

TE10
Mount Pleasant
快乐山 | மவுண்ட் பிளசண்ட்
Mount Pleasant MRT Station – Exit 2
Address 14 Denham Road, Singapore 299781
Line Served   Thomson-East Coast Line
Operator SMRT Trains
Structure Underground
Platform Island
Opening

Mount Pleasant MRT Station (TE10) is an underground station located along the Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) 3. It is built underneath the Old Police Academy which was cleared to make way for the station, bringing rail connectivity to future residential developments in the area.

While there are no surface developments, the Mount Pleasant area is expected to fill up with housing developments in the future.

Thomson-East Coast Line 3 was targeted for completion and opening in Year 2021. However, it was delayed till 2022 as mentioned in the SMRT Operations Review 2020. The station remains closed as of the opening of TEL 3 on 13 Nov 2022.

In November 2021, a joint news release on a New Public Housing Estate at Site of Former Police Academy in the Mount Pleasant Area by HDB, URA & SLA stated that the Mount Pleasant Thomson-East Coast Line station will open in tandem with the completion of public housing developments in the area. Six BTO housing projects will be built in the area, with the first one to be launched in 2025.


First / Last Train Timings

Thomson-East Coast Line – (TE10) Mount Pleasant
Destination First Train Last Train
Weekdays & Sat Sun & Public Holidays Daily
TE1 Woodlands North
TE9 Caldecott
TE29 Bayshore
TE27 Marine Terrace
TE22 Gardens by the Bay
TE14 Orchard
TE17 Outram Park

Platform & Train Services
MRT_rail (2)
Platform A: Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE29 Bayshore via TE11DT10 Stevens (→)
[Closed Station – trains do not open their doors at this station]
Platform B: Thomson-East Coast Line towards TE1 Woodlands North via TE9CC17 Caldecott (←)
MRT_rail (2)

Mount Pleasant station has two platforms in an island platform arrangement.

Civil Defence shelter

Mount Pleasant 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, Mayflower, Bright Hill and Gardens by the Bay stations.


Exits

Mount Pleasant MRT station has two exits leading to ground level.

Exit Location Nearby
1 Denham Road
2 Denham Road

Construction Trivia

Contract T215 for the Construction of Mount Pleasant Station and Tunnels for Thomson Line was awarded to RSEA Engineering Corporation Privatised 2009 – Eng Lee Engineering Pte Ltd – Wai Fong Construction Pte Ltd Joint Venture (JV) at a contract sum of S$207.3 million in April 2014. This is the JV’s first MRT contract in Singapore.


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2 thoughts on “Mount Pleasant MRT Station

  • 15 December 2022 at 1:38 PM
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    mount pleasant Mrt and marina south MRT maybe take a littlr br or even………………………..

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