Line(s) East West Line Structure type Elevated Opened 5 November 1988 Tracks 2 | Platforms Island Platform levels 2 Level 2 Connections Bus, Taxicab | |
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Location 201 Boon Lay Way
Singapore 649845 Operated by SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) Address 201 Boon Lay Way, Singapore 649845 Similar Chinese Garden MRT Stati, Boon Lay MRT Station, Jurong Lake, Pioneer MRT Station, Jurong East MRT Station | ||
Lakeside MRT Station (EW26) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Jurong West, Singapore. Its station colour is red and green.
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The station derives its name from the most prominent geographical feature in the area, the Jurong Lake. The station serves residents living in Hong Kah, Taman Jurong and Boon Lay, as well as people working in Jurong Port and Pioneer Sector.
History
Lakeside MRT Station was originally named Corporation, it was renamed in 1986. The station was opened on 5 November 1988, it was a western terminal station for the East West Line, when westbound train terminates at Platform B before it turnaround utilised nearby crossover to Platform A headed back to the East, before Boon Lay was fully opened on 6 July 1990 and the MRT system that time was declared opened by the late President Wee Kim Wee.
As with most of the above-ground stations built in the past along the East West Line, it was built without platform screen doors to prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. After several successful tests at Jurong East, Yishun and Pasir Ris and eventually, installation of the half-height screen doors started on 9 June 2010 and operations commenced on 31 August 2010 along with Bukit Batok.
The station was installed with Rite Hite Revolution High Volume, Low Speed (HVLS) fans and commenced operations on 30 November 2012 with Bukit Batok.
Temporary interchange due to JEMP
The services along the East West Line from Clementi to Jurong East was unavailable from September 4 to 5, 2010, to facilitate the construction of the connector track as part of the Jurong East Modification Project, Joo Koon bound trains terminated at platform A and utilised the nearby crossover to continue to Joo Koon. Two slow shuttle trains also deployed between this station to Jurong East on both platform A and B, as this stretch have no crossover, as the train running towards Jurong East on Westbound track and train running towards Lakeside on the Eastbound track, these two trains ran slowly as it passed a wrong signal, reverse mode were used to run on a wrong direction on the wrong track.