page_title: Bendemeer MRT station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Bendemeer MRT station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Concourse section of Bendemeer MRT.
context_page_description: Bendemeer MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Downtown Line in Kallang, Singapore.
  Situated under Kallang Bahru, this station serves the commercial developments around Lavender Street and the industrial estates along Kallang Avenue. The famous Jalan Besar Stadium, Lavender MRT station and Boon Keng MRT station are in close proximity.
context_section_description: The contract for the construction of this station was awarded to Penta-Ocean Construction Co., Ltd. for approximately S$215.24 million in August 2011.
  The twin 2.25 km tunnels between Jalan Besar, Bendemeer and Geylang Bahru stations were bored under old pre-war shophouses along Jalan Besar Road and required careful and stringent control of the tunnelling works beneath it. The tunnels were constructed using steel-fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) segments, the first in South East Asia, which enhances the long term durability of the tunnels.
  The station opened on 21 October 2017, as announced by the Land Transport Authority on 31 May 2017.
caption: Concourse level
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