Circle Line Linkage and Changes To The Station
Major alterations were performed on the original North South Line station to be linked to the Circle Line. A new air-conditioned southbound platform to serve the southbound trains (heading towards Marina Bay) was officially opened by the then Minister for Transport, Mr Raymond Lim on 27 July 2008, a few days before National Day. The original platform is now dedicated to only northbound train services (heading towards Jurong East). A wall now separate the southbound tracks and the northbound platform, and southbound train doors no longer open on the right towards the old platform. The northbound platform was also upgraded with air conditioning and full height platform screen doors where train doors open on the right, and was officially completed on 22 May 2009.It was formerly the only underground MRT station without the air-conditioning and Full-Height Platform Screen Doors between 1987 and 2008. Now, it has since got its platforms separated to make space for the linkage to Circle line.
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