# Marine Terrace MRT station

Marine Terrace MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL). Located underneath Marine Parade Road, the station serves both public and private residences as well as many schools in the area.
First announced in August 2014, Marine Terrace station was constructed as part of Phase 4 of the TEL. It commenced operations on 23 June 2024 along with the other stations of TEL Phase 4. A designated Civil Defence shelter, the station is one of the first MRT stations to feature underground bicycle parking lots. An Art-in-Transit artwork, A seat at the end of the long, long, long table by Moses Tan, is displayed in the station.

## History

On 15 August 2014, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced that Marine Terrace station would be part of the proposed Thomson–East Coast line (TEL). The station was to be constructed as part of Phase 4 (TEL4), consisting of 8 stations between Founders' Memorial and Bayshore.
Contract T308 for the design and construction of Marine Terrace station and 1.78 kilometres (1.11 miles) of associated tunnels was awarded to Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. – Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. Joint Venture at S$361 million in January 2016. Construction was expected to start in the first quarter of 2016, with completion in 2023.
Initially expected to open in 2023, the restrictions on the construction of the station due to the COVID-19 pandemic led to delays, and the date was pushed to 2024. On 5 March 2024, the LTA announced that the station would open on 23 June that year, with an open house event being held on 21 June to allow commuters to familiarise themselves with the new station.

## Details

Marine Terrace station serves the TEL and is between Siglap and Marine Parade stations, with an official station code of TE27. As part of the TEL, the station is operated by SMRT Trains. The station operates between 5:41 am and 12:25 am daily. Train frequencies vary from 2.5 to 5.0 minutes. Located underneath Marine Parade Road, the station has six exits serving public and private residences in the Marine Terrace subzone as well as numerous schools in the area, such as Tao Nan School, CHIJ (Katong) Primary School, CHIJ Katong Convent, St. Patrick's School and Victoria Junior College.
The station has an island platform configuration. It also spans 440 metres (480 yd) and has an area of 17,303 square metres (4.276 acres) as well as a depth of 22 metres (72 ft). Designed by SAA Architects, each entrance of the station was designed to be public gathering spaces without being "too overwhelming in space". The station also has a motif of horizontality, reminiscent of HDB blocks. It is one of the first 3 stations on the MRT network to contain underground bicycle parking spaces, along with Marine Parade and Bayshore stations, with Marine Terrace containing 202 bike parking lots as well as bike lifts. There are also specially designed stairs to allow people to wheel bicycles up and down the slopes. As with the other TEL4 stations, hybrid cooling fans at the platforms complement the station's air-conditioning to improve air circulation while lowering energy consumption. It is also designated as a Civil Defence shelter.
A seat at the end of the long, long, long table by Moses Tan is displayed at this station as part of the Art-in-Transit programme, a showcase of public artworks on the MRT network. The mural explores family roots and history through a family tree with different types of chairs reimagined as constellations to represent different generations and cultures. Tan said that "[he] was interested in how different family members have different parts of the house that they enjoyed" and worked with four different families in the Marine Terrace area to create the artwork by using family portraits and pictures as reference images.