Farrer Park MRT Station

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Farrer Park MRT Station (NE8) is a station located along the North East Line on the Mass Rapid Transit. The station is between Little India and Boon Keng in Singapore, and managed by SBS Transit. Similar to other stations on the line, it is an underground station. With a total of 14 different exits, Farrer Park Station is the station with the most number of exits on the North East Line.

It is located at the northern end of Little India and Kitchener Road. It is near the first Turf Club and a tennis centre. The station is also situated close to the Jalan Besar Stadium and Swimming Complex. Because of its proximity to Mustafa Centre, it is also frequented by shoppers from the shopping mall.

In the past, the Farrer Park area used to be a prime spot for athletes and sportsmen. Besides having the Turf Club located nearby, the area also had a boxing ring, a mini golf course, and soccer fields in addition to what is there today. Thees activities are portrayed in the station's architecture. Paintings with figurative drawings and abstract expression don the station walls to reflect the area's sporting history, as part of the Art in Transit programme. It is titled Rhythmic Exuberance and is the creation of Poh Siew Wah.

Do note that NE8 Farrer Park station is not to be confused with CC20 Farrer Road station on the Circle Line.

[edit] Bus Services Nearby

The following bus services pass by the vicinity of the station:

Service	Between	And	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
21	Pasir Ris Bus Interchange	Saint Michael's Bus Terminal
23	Tampines Bus Interchange	Serangoon Road (loop)
64	Sims Place Bus Terminal	Mei Ling Street (loop)
65	Tampines Bus Interchange	HarbourFront Bus Interchange
65M	Tanjong Pagar Road	Tampines (loop)
66	Jurong East Bus Interchange	Bedok Bus Interchange
125	Saint Michael's Bus Terminal	Sims Drive (loop)
130	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange	Shenton Way Bus Terminal
139	Bukit Merah Bus Interchange	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
147	Hougang Central Bus Interchange	Clementi Bus Interchange
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
67	Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange	Tampines Bus Interchange
857	Yishun Bus Interchange	Suntec City (loop)
SMRT Buses NightRider Services
NR6	Marina Centre Bus Terminal	Anchorvale Drive (loop)

Preceding station	Mass Rapid Transit Lines			Following station
Little India		North East MRT Line		Boon Keng

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