Tampines West MRT Station

Tampines West MRT Station (DT31) is an underground station along the Downtown Line (DTL) Stage 3. It is built underneath Tampines Avenue 4, near the junction with Tampines Avenue 1, and in close proximity to nearby schools and residential areas.

The station takes its name from the residential town of Tampines. It serves schools such as Temasek Polytechnic and Junyuan Primary School, as well as SAFRA Tampines, and the housing estates of Tampines Palmspring and Tampines Polyview.

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First / Last Train Timings

Downtown Line – (DT31) Tampines West
Destination	First Train		Last Train
	Weekdays & Sat	Sun & Public Holidays	Daily
DT1 Bukit Panjang	5:45am	6:03am	11:49pm
DT35 Expo	6:13am	6:33am	12:34am

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Station Layout

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

Platforms (B3):

Platform A: Downtown Line towards DT1–BP6 Bukit Panjang via DT30 Bedok Reservoir (→) Platform B: Downtown Line towards DT35CG1 Expo via DT32–EW2 Tampines (←)

Tampines West 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 1.

Civil Defence shelter

Tampines West 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: “Welcome to Jingapore! Tampines West” by Jing Quek

Raise your hands to the sky and salute the Singapore idols of Tampines West!

‘Welcome to Jingapore‘ combines the daily landmarks and the colourful Singaporeans that define Tampines West in a playful, rough-edged collage bursting with joy and colour!

Inspired by billboard advertisements, ‘Welcome to Jingapore‘ transforms everyday Tampines West residents into larger-than-life supermodels and serves as a time capsule for these residents to look back upon years from now.

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Station Amenities

• Public Toilets at concourse
• ATMs
• Bicycle Racks at station exit

Exits

Tampines West MRT station has two exits at ground level, all of which provide barrier-free accessibility.

Exit	Location	Nearby
A	Tampines Avenue 4	Saint Hilda’s Primary School, Saint Hilda’s Secondary School, S’pore SOKA Association HQ, Tampines Park Connector, Tampines West Community Club, Temasek Polytechnic
B	Tampines Avenue 1	Chapel of Christ the Redeemer, Jamiyah Home for the Aged (Darul Takrim), Junyuan Primary School, Pathlight School (Tampines), SAFRA Tampines, Tampines NPC, Tampines Park Connector, Tampines SOKA Centre

Future underpass to Tampines Street 94

As specified in HDB tender documents, an underpass will be built to connect Tampines West MRT with a future Mixed-Use Development (Commercial & Residential) at Tampines Street 94. This development will serve as a Neighbourhood Centre for the Tampines South Neighbourhood.

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Transport Connections

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

Bus

There are four bus stops in the vicinity of Tampines West station.

Bus Stop	Exit	Bus Routes
Blk 801 (76289) Tampines Ave 4	A	46, 65, 129, 299, LCS1
Tampines West Stn Exit B (75051) Tampines Ave 1	B	5, 8, 15, 18, 21, 23, 28, 59, 67, 118, 118A, 168, 454, 513, 518, LCS1
Junyuan Pr Sch (76281) Tampines Ave 4	B	46, 65, 129, 299, LCS1
Bef Tampines West Stn (75059) Tampines Ave 1	B	5, 8, 15, 15A, 18, 21, 23, 28, 59, 67, 118, 118B, 168, 513, 518

Road

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

Exit	Road	Provisions
A	Tampines Avenue 4	Taxi stand (I45), Pick-up/drop-off point
B	Tampines Avenue 1	Taxi stand (I46), Pick-up/drop-off point

MRT Bus Bridging Service

In the event of a MRT service disruption affecting Tampines West 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	Junyuan Pr Sch (76281) Tampines Ave 4	B
DT35CG1 Expo	Blk 801 (76289) Tampines Ave 4	A

In addition, passengers can board free regular bus services at Bus Stops 76281 & 76289 when activated.

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Passenger Usage Patterns

Located in close proximity to schools and residential areas, Tampines West station encounters moderate demand levels across the day.

Construction

Downtown Line Stage 3 (DTL3) Contract 926 for the construction and completion of Tampines West station and its associated tunnels was awarded to Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti – C.M.C di Ravenna for approximately S$226.92 million in July 2011. Along with Contract 927 for Bedok Reservoir station, these two contracts were the first MRT contracts in Singapore undertaken by the Italian company, with prior experience in construction of railway projects in Italy.

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Gallery

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External Links & References

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