Jurong East MRT Station
Jurong East MRT Station (NS1/EW24) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station that is part of the North South Line (Branch Line before 1996) and the East West Line in Singapore, and serves as an interchange station between the two lines.
It is located at the eastern end of Jurong, linking residential precincts Yuhua and Teban Gardens, as well as the International Business Park and Toh Tuck to the rest of the island through rail. Passenger volume is expected to rise when the sites in the neighbouring Jurong Lake District project are developed.
On the North South Line, it is the first station for south-bound trains and the last station for north-bound trains. On the East West Line, it is between the Chinese Garden and the Clementi MRT stations. During the morning and evening peak periods, trains arrive directly from Ulu Pandan Depot to start service on the North South Line. This station was also the first station to make announcements about train services when the Branch Line opened. The tracks between this station and Clementi is the longest between any two stations on the East West Line, taking four minutes to travel.
The station appeared as one of the four MRT stations in the original Singapore edition of the board game Monopoly.
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