Bedok Reservoir MRT station is an underground
Mass Rapid Transit station on the
Downtown Line in
Bedok
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,
Singapore
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, located at Bedok Reservoir Road, beside Bedok North Avenue 3. It serves residents living near
Bedok Reservoir
Bedok Reservoir ( ms, Empangan Bedok, , ta, பெடோக் நீர்த்தேக்கம்) is a reservoir in the eastern part of Singapore, to the north of Bedok. The reservoir has a surface area of 880,000 m², and a capacity of 12. ...
. The station also serves the students of
Bedok Green Secondary School, Yu Neng Primary School, Fengshan Primary School and
Red Swastika School
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.
History
Contract 927 for the design and construction of Bedok Reservoir MRT station and associated tunnels was awarded to Cooperativa Muratori & Cementisti - C.M.C di Ravenna at an estimated sum of S$196.46 million in July 2011. Construction started in August 2011, except for the part of Bedok Reservoir Road whereby it was used to do sewage diversion works. This had been used for walkway realignment, but the remainder of construction started in September that year.
The station opened on 21 October 2017, as announced by the
Land Transport Authority on 31 May that year.
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Railway stations in Singapore opened in 2017
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Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) stations
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