Pioneer MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line in

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, Singapore. Despite its name, Pioneer station is not physically located within the

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planning area. Rather, its name was derived from Pioneer Road North, a major road to the west of the station that travels in the north-south direction. Pioneer station is currently the nearest MRT station to the Nanyang Technological University until 2029 when Nanyang Gateway and Nanyang Crescent stations along the

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opens. It is one of two above-ground stations on the MRT network with a privacy screen built along the track of the eastbound platform to ensure the privacy of nearby residents; the other station being

Marsiling MRT station Marsiling MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South line in Woodlands, Singapore. Located along Woodlands Avenue 3 between the junctions of Woodlands Avenue 1, Woodlands Centre Road and Woodlands Stre ...

History

Built along with

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, it was part of the Boon Lay Extension (BLE) project announced by the Land Transport Authority in December 2004 to help people working in the Jurong Industrial Area travel faster. The station opened on 28 February 2009 and following the opening, SBS Transit introduced a new feeder bus service 241 to provide bridging services for the N9 residents and the Land Transport Authority carried out amendments and additions (A&A) works on Pioneer Road North, such as expanding the road and constructing an overhead pedestrian ramp bridge, as complements to the station to serve the residents of

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and

. As with most of the above-ground stations built in the past along the East West line, it was initially built without platform screen doors that prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. Installation of the half-height screen doors eventually started on 21 June 2011. By 24 August that year, all of the screen doors were installed and began operations. The station was installed with

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s, which commenced operations on 10 June 2012. It was the second station, after

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to have them installed.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pioneer MRT station 2009 establishments in Singapore Jurong West Railway stations opened in 2009 Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) stations