NS12
Canberra 坎贝拉 கென்பரா | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 11 Canberra Link Singapore 756972[1] | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 01°26′35″N 103°49′47″E / 1.44306°N 103.82972°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Land Transport Authority | ||||||||||
Operated by | SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | |||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (2 side platforms) | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Bus routes | 117, 117M, 169, 883, 883M | ||||||||||
Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes (~500 lots) | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Architect | RSP Architects Planners & Engineers | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 2 November 2019 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
June 2024 | 15,240 per day[2] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
|
Canberra MRT station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North–South line, located along Canberra Link at the junction with Canberra Way in Sembawang, Singapore. It is the second infill station on the MRT network (after Dover MRT station), and the first in Singapore with a platform linked directly to an overhead bridge at the same level. With several green features included in the station during construction, it was also the first MRT station to be awarded Platinum for the Building and Construction Authority's Green Mark for Transit Stations, as a result of the construction team's efforts to integrate landscaping and using eco-friendly materials in the construction of the station.[3]
The station was announced following a successful feasibility study conducted by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) after the idea of a new MRT station between the Sembawang and Yishun MRT stations was raised in the 2013 Land Transport Master Plan.[4] Construction started in April 2015, and it opened on 2 November 2019. The mall opposite the station, Canberra Plaza, opened on 18 December 2020.[5]