Bendemeer MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the

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in Kallang, Singapore. Despite its name, the station is not located under Bendemeer Road, but under

Kallang Bahru Kallang Bahru is a subzone within the planning area of Kallang, Singapore, as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). This subzone is bounded by Bendemeer Road and Sungei Whampoa in the north; the Kallang River in the east; Kallang R ...

. This station serves the commercial developments around Lavender Street and the industrial estates along Kallang Avenue. The famous

Jalan Besar Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium, officially the Jalan Besar ActiveSG Stadium, is a association football, football stadium located in Kallang, Singapore. The stadium is part of the Jalan Besar Sports and Recreation Centre, a community sports facility that i ...

, Lavender MRT station and

Boon Keng MRT station Boon Keng MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North East line in Kallang, Singapore. Boon Keng Station also serves the nearby schools such as Northlight Hong wen And Towner Road primary schools Located under ...

are in close proximity.

History

The station was first announced as Jalan Besar station on 20 August 2010 when the 16 stations of the Downtown Line Stage 3 (DTL3) from the River Valley (now Fort Canning) to

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stations were unveiled. The line was expected to be completed in 2017. Contract 933 for the construction of Bendeemer station and associated tunnels was awarded to Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd. at a contract sum of million in August 2011. Construction was scheduled to start in September that year and targeted to be completed by 2017. The twin 2.25 km tunnels between

Jalan Besar Jalan Besar (; literally "Large Road" in Malay, but taken to mean "Main Road") is a one-way road in Singapore, connecting Lavender Street in Kallang and Rochor Canal Road in Rochor Rochor is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area locate ...

, Bendemeer and

Geylang Bahru Geylang Bahru is a subzone within the planning area of Kallang, Singapore, as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). It is bounded by the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) in the east; the Pelton Canal in the south; the Kallang River in t ...

stations were bored under old pre-war shophouses along Jalan Besar Road and required careful and stringent control of the tunnelling works beneath it. The tunnels were constructed using steel-fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) segments, the first in South East Asia, which enhances the long term durability of the tunnels. The station opened on 21 October 2017, as announced by the

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on 31 May 2017.

References

External links

* 2017 establishments in Singapore Kallang Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) stations Railway stations opened in 2017 {{Singapore-MRT-stub ms:Stesen MRT Jalan Besar