Commonwealth MRT station
EW20
Commonwealth
联邦
காமன்வெல்த்
EW20
Preceding station | Mass Rapid Transit | Following station | ||
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Queenstown towards Pasir Ris | East–West Line | Buona Vista towards Tuas Link |
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![]() ![]() Commonwealth Commonwealth station in Singapore |
Commonwealth MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the East West line in Queenstown, Singapore, located at Commonwealth Avenue near the junction of Commonwealth Drive. The station serves the residential neighbourhoods of Commonwealth and Tanglin Halt. The station is also in the vicinity of institutions such as New Town Primary School, CHIJ Kellock, Faith Methodist Church, and Queensway Secondary School. The residential estates and station bearing the same name were named after Commonwealth Avenue built around 1963, which in turn was named after the British Commonwealth of Nations.
On 5 January 1985, Lim Kah Ngam and Aoki had won Contract 203 for the construction of Commonwealth and Buona Vista stations together with the viaduct from Queensway to Clementi Road.[2] The station opened on 12 March 1988, as part of the extension of the MRT system from Outram Park to Clementi.[3]
Commonwealth had however retrofitted with platform screen doors from January 2011 and started operations on 28 April that year together with Queenstown,[4] and the fans began operating on 25 June 2012 together with Buona Vista station.
A new overhead bridge and two new exits were constructed starting mid-2012 and opened on 23 August 2015, the same day as Queenstown MRT station.[5][6]
This MRT station consists of two elevated platforms in an Island Platform arrangement, where passengers heading towards the city, Raffles Place, City Hall, Changi Airport and Pasir Ris will board from Platform A and heading towards Jurong East, Joo Koon and Tuas Link will board from Platform B.
L2 | Platform A Eastbound | Towards → EW1 Pasir Ris Next Station: EW19 Queenstown |
Island platform | Platform Doors will open on the right ![]() | ||
Platform B Westbound | Towards ← EW33 Tuas Link Next Station: EW21 CC22 Buona Vista Change at the next station for Circle Line | |
L1 | Concourse | Faregates, Top Up Kiosks, Passenger Service Centre, Retail Shops |
Street Level | Bus stops, Taxi stand, pick-up/drop-off point, Station exits |
Changi Airport Line |
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