Pioneer MRT Station (EW28) is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Jurong West, Singapore.
Located at Jurong West Street 63, between Jurong West Street 61 and Pioneer Road North, it serves people in the subzones of Jurong West Central, Yunnan and Kian Teck, as well as those in Nanyang Technological University. The name of the station is derived from Pioneer Road North, the street adjacent to the station that passes through all these areas.
The roof of the station resembles those of stations along the eastern section of the East West Line and is curved with glass openings to allow sunlight through, similar to that of Joo Koon. Blue is the selected colour scheme of this station. It is the only station along the East West Line with a privacy screen built along the tracks at the side of the station (eastbound platform) facing these apartment blocks so as to ensure the privacy of the residents, and it is also the second along the NSEWL, the other is Marsiling, they were now being extended islandwide. This station resembles Queenstown and Commonwealth, where it is built in between the road and beside it are only housing estates.
Video Pioneer MRT Station
History
Built alongside with Joo Koon, it was part of the Boon Lay Extension (BLE) project announced by the Land Transport Authority in December 2004 to help people working in the Jurong Industrial Area travel faster.
The station opened on 28 February 2009 and following the opening, SBS Transit introduced a new feeder bus service 241 to provide bridging services for the N9 residents and the Land Transport Authority carried out amendments and additions (A&A) works on Pioneer Road North, such as expanding the road and constructing an overhead pedestrian ramp bridge, as complements to the station to serve the residents of Nanyang and Pioneer.
As with most of the above-ground stations built in the past along the East West Line, it was initially built without platform screen doors that prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. Installation of the half-height screen doors eventually started on 21 June 2011. By 24 August 2011, all of the screen doors were installed and began operations.
The station was installed with Rite Hite Revolution High Volume, Low Speed (HVLS) fans, Commenced operations on 10 June 2012. It was the second station, after Tampines to have them installed.
Signalling system
When the Tuas West Extension opened on 18 June 2017, service on every other westbound train was extended to the new terminus at Tuas Link. Due to the section west of Joo Koon using a different signalling system than the remainder of the line, some trains continued to terminate at Joo Koon; these trains proceeded to a turn back siding to reverse direction before heading back to Pasir Ris. As the section of track between Pioneer and Joo Koon support 'mixed-mode' of both signalling systems, all trains in either direction dwelled at the station for a longer amount of time to change between the old and new signalling systems, because the turn back siding at Joo Koon, built as part of the TWE, only supported the new signalling system.
This procedure was removed on 20 November 2017 after a train collision at Joo Koon, at which point all services from Pasir Ris once again terminate at Joo Koon. It is expected to remain this way until the signalling system is fully upgraded by mid-2018.
Maps Pioneer MRT Station
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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