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Canberra MRT Station to be completed in 2019

SINGAPORE — Work on the new Canberra MRT Station along the North-South Line will commence in the middle of next year and is expected to be completed in 2019, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said yesterday.

SINGAPORE — Work on the new Canberra MRT Station along the North-South Line will commence in the middle of next year and is expected to be completed in 2019, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said yesterday.

The elevated station was announced last month by Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew after the authorities had studied for more than a year the possibility of adding another station between Sembawang and Yishun MRT stations.

It was proposed in anticipation of future developments in the area and will be the second MRT station in Singapore to be built on an existing rail line, after Dover station on the East-West Line, which opened in 2001.

Once completed, Canberra station will serve commuters living in nearby estates such as Sembawang Springs as well as a mix of new public and private residential developments in the neighbourhood, said the LTA. Residents in the area will no longer need to take a bus to Sembawang or Yishun MRT stations to travel to the city centre or Jurong East, thus enjoying more convenience and shorter travel times.

For greater ease of commuter movement and accessibility, the LTA said Canberra MRT Station had been designed with five entrances that would be linked to the new housing estates across Canberra Link.

An elevated bridge will also be built across Canberra Link, so commuters can bypass the station’s concourse level and gain direct access to the city-bound train platform, it added.

The station will have covered linkways to bus stops and bicycle parks too.

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