Expo MRT Station

## About

Expo is a MRT Station located in Tampines planning area. It has seven exits.

> Expo station has two elevated East-West Line platforms in an island platform arrangement. Half-height Platform screen doors are installed at the platform edge for the safety of commuters, and retrofitted High volume, low speed (HVLS) fans keep passengers cool. Passenger Information Systems, which are plasma display screens located at each platform, display expected train arrival times and key messages. Tactile flooring helps to guide the visually-handicapped from the platform to station exits. Escalators, lifts and stairs connect the Platform level to the Ticket Concourse level below.
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> Designed by British architectural firm Foster and Partners, the station has a large, blade-like roof over the platform supported by columns outside of the tracks, allowing for a spacious interior that is easily navigated. Internally, the polished metal roof surface reflects daylight down through the building, minimising the need for artificial lighting, while externally, the cladding deflects the suns rays, thus helping to create a microclimate on the platforms that is refreshingly up to four degrees cooler than the outside temperature.
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> **East West Line** train services operate as shuttle service between Tanah Merah and Changi Airport, necessitating a cross-platform transfer at Tanah Merah station for passengers heading towards other destinations. Train frequencies are 7 – 9 mins during peak hours, and 12 mins during off-peak hours.
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> The station is also unique in having faregates at platform level, serving a single lift that leads to unpaid areas of the ticket concourse.
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> An additional lift was built in 2017 from the Platform level to the Concourse level within the paid area to facilitate transfer to and from the Downtown Line.
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> — Expo MRT Station at Land Transport Guru
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> Expo station has two platforms in an island platform arrangement. Full-height Platform screen doors isolate the air-conditioned station from the tunnel environment, enhancing commuter safety and station comfort. Platform D is used only for the alighting of passengers from trains arriving from Upper Changi. Trains will switch tracks further up the line and return to Platform C to pick up a fresh load of passengers for its next journey towards Bukit Panjang.
> Passenger Information Systems, which are plasma display screens located at each platform, display expected train arrival times and key messages. Tactile flooring helps to guide the visually-handicapped from the platform to the station exits
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> — Expo MRT Station at Land Transport Guru
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## Lines

### Changi Airport Branch Line

It is an island platform in Changi Airport Branch Line. The station code number is 'CG1'.

### Downtown Line

It is an island platform in Downtown Line. The station code number is 'DT35'.

## Platforms

Changi Airport Branch Line

* A:For Changi Airport
* B:For Tanah Merah

Downtown Line

* C:For Bukit Panjang
* D:Alighting only

## Exits

* A:To Expo Drive, Upper Changi Road, Singapore Expo (Halls 1 – 6 and 7 – 9), The Max Pavilion, Max Atria
* B:To Changi Buisness Park, Changi South Avenue 1, Changi City, Changi City Point, Capri by Fraser Changi City, Park Avenue Changi, UE Bizhub East, The Signature, Standard Chartered @ Changi, The IBM Place, Plaza 8 @ CBP, DBS Asia Hub, Yas Global Logistics, Thyssen Haniel Logistics Centre, U-Freight Logistics Centre, Xinlin Districentre
* C:To Expo Halls 7 – 9, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), The Max Pavilion
* D:To Capri by Fraser: Changi City, Changi City Point, DBS Asia Hub, Eightrium@CBP, One@Changi City, IBP Place, Plaza8 @ CBP, Park Avenue Changi, The Signature, UE Bizhub East
* E:To Capri by Fraser: Changi City, Changi City Point, Citi, DBS Asia Hub, DBS Schenker Logistics Centre, One@Changi City, Thyssen Haniel Logistics Centre, U-Freight Logistics Centre, Yusen Logistics
* F:To Changi City Point
* G:To UE Bizhub East

## Nearby Bus Stops/Interchanges

* 96021 – Upp Changi Rd East (Opp Expo Halls 1/2/3)
* 96029 – Upp Changi Rd East (Expo Halls 1/2/3)
* 96229 – Xilin Ave (Singapore Expo)
* 96221 – Xilin Ave (Opp Singapore Expo)
* 96301 – Changi South Ave 1 (Expo Stn Exit B)
* 96309 – Changi South Ave 1 (Expo Stn Exit E)
* 96031 – Upp Changi Rd East (Opp Expo Halls 4/5/6)
* 96039 – Upp Changi Rd East (Expo Halls 4/5/6)
* 96311 – Changi South Ave 1 (Opp Yusen Logistics)
* 96319 – Changi South Ave 1 (Yusen Logistics)
* 96381 – Changi South Ave 2 (Changi City Pt)
* 96389 – Changi South Ave 2 (Opp Changi City Pt)

## History

* 10 January 2001:Station opened
* 21 October 2017:Opening of Downtown Line

## Coming soon

* 2040:Replacing with Thomson-East Coast Line **TE34**

## Art In Transit

### Downtown Line

A Banquet by Yeo Chee Kiong:Singapore Expo brings together the traders from all over the world to showcase their products and to demonstrate their innovative ideas.

‘*A Banquet*‘ illustrates ‘Free-Trade Spirit’ with two free-floating ‘Speech balloons’ between two chairs of negotiation. Through the mirror-finished stainless-steel, the ‘speech balloon’ and ‘deceptive isometric chair model’ becomes two sets of magnificent ‘kaleidoscopes’. They cast and reflect the ever-changing and moving visual pattern or passing-by commuters between each protruding hemisphere and the recess in tetragon piece.

In essence, ‘*A Banquet*‘ attempts to articulate the importance of organic communication in an era of technological advancement and digital media.

Art In Transit