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Redhill MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line (EWL) located in
Bukit Merah Bukit Merah, also known as Redhill, is a planning area and new town situated in the southernmost part of the Central Region of Singapore. the planning area borders Tanglin to the north, Queenstown to the west and the Downtown Core, Outram an ...
, Singapore. The station is situated along Tiong Bahru Road, at the junction with Jalan Tiong. On the EWL, it's between the
Tiong Bahru Tiong Bahru is a housing estate located within the Bukit Merah Planning Area, in the Central Region of Singapore. Tiong Bahru was constructed in the 1920s by the Singapore Improvement Trust, the predecessor to the Housing Development Board and ...
and Queenstown stations. The station opened on 12 March 1988, when the MRT line extended from
Outram Park Outram is a planning area located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore. The area is bordered by these planning areas: Singapore River to the north, the Downtown Core to the east and south, and Bukit Merah to the west. ...
station to
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.


History

The MRTC awarded Contract 202 for the construction of Redhill and Queenstown MRT stations on 7 February 1985 for $50 million, together with the viaduct from Tiong Bahru Road to Queensway, construction starts in March 1985 for the completion in December 1987. Redhill station opened on 12 March 1988, which is part of the Phase 1B of the MRT line. It travels from Outram Park to Clementi. In view of accidents along the MRT line,
platform screen doors Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail syste ...
were installed and started operations on 31 May 2011.


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* * 1988 establishments in Singapore Bukit Merah Railway stations opened in 1988 Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) stations {{Singapore-MRT-stub