| NE8 Farrer Park MRT Station 花拉公园地铁站 ஃபேரர் பார்க் Stesen MRT Farrer Park Rapid transit |
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Southwest-bound Platform of NE8 Farrer Park MRT station |
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| Address | 250 Race Course Road Singapore 218703 |
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| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||
| Levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 June 2003 | ||||||||||
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| Code | NE8 | ||||||||||
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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.
Farrer Park is an area with a rich sporting heritage and history, and also known for being the site of Singapore's earliest horse racing turf club from the street name 'Old Racecourse Road' draws its name from. Farrer Park's interior design captured the spirit of the locality's sporting heritage with the Horse Racing and Soccer series of artworks titled Rhythmic Exuberance, by Singapore artitst Poh Siew Wah. Another artwork by Poh, titled Aeroplane paid tribute to the first aeroplane landing in Singapore in 1911 at the Old Racecourse Road in Farrer Park.[1]
Before the station opened, the Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the second ever Shelter Open House on 15–16 February 2003, together with Chinatown, Serangoon, and Hougang stations.
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| Destination | First Train | Last Train | ||||
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| Mon - Sat | Sunday & Public Holiday |
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| to NE1 HarbourFront | 6.01am | 6.21am | 11.46pm | |||
| to NE17 Punggol | 6.13am | 6.33am | 12.08am | |||
| L1 | Street Level | City Square Mall (Singapore) |
| B1 | Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre |
| B2 | Platform A | North East Line towards NE1 CC29 HarbourFront (→) |
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| Platform B | North East Line towards NE17 Punggol (←) | |
The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Rangoon Road:
| Bus Stop Code: 50251 (After Race Course Road) | |||
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| Service | Destination | Note | |
| SBS Transit Trunk Service | |||
| 131 | Saint Michael's Bus Terminal | ||
On the evening of 25 December 2007, some technical difficulties were experienced along the North East Line caused delays for train services. A member of the public who was affected by the delay said she waited for at least 20 minutes for the train at the station.[2]