What to Know About HarbourFront MRT Station

The HarbourFront MRT station is a Singapore MRT interchange station located underground. The station serves the HarbourFront region and Sentosa as the termini of the North-East Line (NEL) and the Circle Line (CCL). VivoCity and HarbourFront Centre are nearby retail and commercial developments, and the HarbourFront MRT station is close to the Singapore Cruise Centre and the HarbourFront Bus Interchange.

The World Trade Centre MRT station, one of the line’s 16 stops, was first designated as the NEL station in March 1996. Several road diversion and drainage culvert openings get required during its development. On June 20, 2003, the NEL station finished. Stages 4 and 5 of the line and the CCL platforms opened on October 8, 2011.

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The HarbourFront MRT Station in Singapore connects the North-East Line and the Circle Line via an underground interchange station.

Station Details

The NEL and CCL both terminate at HarbourFront station, which has the NE1/CC29 station code. Outram Park station is the station next door on the NEL. In a clockwise direction, Telok Blangah station is the next stop on the CCL. Keppel will be the next counterclockwise station when CCL6 gets completed. The station concourse, designed by Architects61, features an elliptical motif that resembles a ship hull and floor patterns and artwork that reflects the station’s location in the Singapore Strait.

It has five entrances and gets located beneath Telok Blangah Road. HarbourFront station is near HarbourFront Bus Interchange, Seah Im Food Centre, Singapore Cruise Centre, Mount Faber Park, and the cultural landmarks of Temenggong Mosque and St James Power Station. It is also the closest MRT station to the tourist island of Sentosa.

Platforms

The North-East Line (NEL) and the Circle Line (CCL) use two platforms in an island platform design at HarbourFront station, located in Basement 2. The air-conditioned station is separated from the tunnel environment by full-height Platform screen doors, which improve commuter safety and station comfort. All platforms are connected to the concourse and transfer linkway one story above via escalators, stairs, and lifts.

Expected train arrival times and messages get displayed on passenger information systems, which are plasma display panels positioned at each platform. The visually impaired can use tactile flooring to navigate from the platform to station exits and other train platforms on linked rail lines.

Only Platform A will get used to turnaround trains during off-peak hours on the NEL. During the busiest times, both platforms will get utilized. CCL passengers exit from Telok Blangah trains on Platform A. Trains will change tracks and return to Platform B to pick up new passengers for the next leg of their journey.

Concourse

Basement 1 is home to the North East and Circle Line ticket concourses. They include fare gates for automatic fare collection and access between paid and unpaid portions of the station and at least one bidirectional wide-swinging gate for passengers in wheelchairs, those carrying heavy objects, or those traveling with prams.

Commuters can buy single or multiple journey tickets from General Ticketing Machines, which also accept contactless card transactions. During operational hours, travelers can make travel queries at the station offices on each concourse.