Lakeside MRT Station

EW26
Lakeside
湖畔
ஏரிக்கரை
Lakeside

Rapid transit

Platform of Lakeside MRT station.

Location

201 Boon Lay Way
Singapore 649845

Coordinates

1°20′40.52″N 103°43′16.10″E / 1.3445889°N 103.7211389°E

Operated by

SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)

Line(s)

East West Line

Platforms

Island

Tracks

Connections

Bus, Taxi

Construction

Structure type

Elevated

Platform levels

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Station code

EW26

History

Opened

5 November 1988

Previous names

Corporation

Services

Preceding station		Mass Rapid Transit		Following station
Chinese Garden towards Pasir Ris		East West Line		Boon Lay towards Tuas Link

Location

Lakeside MRT Station (EW26) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Boon Lay, Singapore. Its station colour is red and green.

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.^[1]

While the train services between Jurong East and Clementi was not available from 4 September to 5 September 2010 for track maintenance and construction of connector track as part of the Jurong East Modification Project, Joo Koon bound trains terminated at Platform A and utilized the nearby crossover to Joo Koon. The two shuttle trains are also deployed from Lakeside to Jurong East, but they are connected through Bukit Gombak Electrical Substation while the Ulu Pandan (the one after Toh Tuck Road and before Sungei Ulu Pandan) and Dover Electrical Substation was switched off. The original plans on 6 August 2010 was to disrupt the service from Clementi to Joo Koon but because the electricity can be taken from other electrical substation at Bukit Gombak, therefore there was a change of plans to have a train service from Jurong East to Joo Koon.^[2]

The station was installed with Rite Hite Revolution High Volume, Low Speed (HVLS) fans and commenced operations on 30 November 2012 with Bukit Batok.

Privacy screens were installed from Lakeside MRT Station to Corporation Road, excluding Lakeside crossover to minimise noise generated from their residents.

Exits

A: Boon Lay Way, Jurong Spring
B: Yuan Ching Secondary School
C: Boon Lay Way, Taman Jurong, Jurong Lake

Station layout

L2	Platform A	East West Line towards EW1 Pasir Ris via EW25 Chinese Garden → East West Line towards CG2 Changi Airport via EW25 Chinese Garden → (Transfer at EW4 CG Tanah Merah)
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform B	East West Line towards EW33 Tuas Link via EW27 Boon Lay ←
L1	EWL Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control
L1	Street Level, Shops