:Eunos MRT station

Eunos station was first announced in May 1982 in the initial MRT plans.{{Cite news |date=23 May 1982 |title=Proposed MRT stations |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19820523-1.2.9 |access-date=23 September 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=1 |via=NewspaperSG}}{{cbignore }} It was announced in October 1983 that the station would be part of Phase II of the MRT system.{{Cite news |date=26 October 1983 |title=Phase 2 gets go-ahead to ensure continuity |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19831026-1.1.8 |access-date=14 September 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=8 |via=NewspaperSG}}{{cbignore }}

There were several joint ventures between companies that prequalified for Contract 303 by May 1985, which initially detailed the construction of Paya Lebar station as well as a viaduct from Paya Lebar to Eunos stations.{{Cite news |last=Yap |first=Boh Hoon |date=13 May 1985 |title=MRTC prequalifies 37 for 11 engineering contracts |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19850513-1.2.3?qt=%22eunos%20station%22&q=%22eunos%20station%22 |access-date=7 October 2024 |work=The Business Times |pages=1 |via=NewspaperSG |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007094235/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19850513-1.2.3?qt=%22eunos%20station%22&q=%22eunos%20station%22 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=14 May 1985 |title=List of pre-qualified contractors — MRT Phase IIA, IIB |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19850514-1.2.10.9?qt=%22eunos%20station%22&q=%22eunos%20station%22 |access-date=6 October 2024 |work=The Business Times |pages=3 |via=NewspaperSG }} Ultimately, the contract was awarded to a Japanese–Singaporean joint venture between Okumura Corporation and Oh Teck Thye for {{SGDConvert|60|m|year=1985}} in December 1985.{{Cite news |last=Lim |first=Soon Neo |date=17 December 1985 |title=Japanese-local venture wins $60m MRT deal |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19851217-1.2.13.12?qt=okumura,%20%22oh%20teck%22&q=%22okumura%22%22oh%20teck%22 |access-date=6 October 2024 |work=The Business Times |pages=3 |via=NewspaperSG }} Okumura had a 60% interest in the contract whilst Oh Teck Thye had 40%.{{Cite news |last=Lim |first=Soon Neo |date=5 February 1987 |title=Parting of the ways for two MRT venture partners |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19870205-1.2.8?qt=okumura,%20%22oh%20teck%22&q=%22okumura%22%22oh%20teck%22 |access-date=6 October 2024 |work=The Business Times |pages=1 }} By then, the contract expanded to include the construction of Eunos station as well as viaducts to Kembangan station. Work began in the same month. On 30 December 1986, the joint venture between the two companies was terminated, with Okumura Corporation undertaking all the responsibilities of Contract 303.{{Cite news |date=28 January 1987 |title=Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19870128-1.2.45.1?qt=okumura,%20%22oh%20teck%22&q=%22okumura%22%22oh%20teck%22 |access-date=6 October 2024 |work=The Business Times |pages=12 |type=Notice |via=NewspaperSG }} It was later found out that Oh Teck Thye owed {{SGDConvert|3|m|year=1987|showdate=}} to the United Overseas Bank (UOB) and was placed under receivership when it failed to repay its debts.{{Cite news |last=Raj |first=Conrad |date=13 February 1987 |title=Oh Teck Thye placed in the hands of receivers |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19870213-1.2.35.21?qt=okumura,%20%22oh%20teck%22&q=%22okumura%22%22oh%20teck%22 |access-date=6 October 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=24 |via=NewspaperSG }} Meanwhile, Okumura requested permission to take over Oh Teck Thye's part of the contract. The Business Times described it as "the first case of a joint-venture split in the MRT Project". By February 1986, 41% of the contract had been completed. That July, Swiss–Singaporean company VSL Systems Pte Ltd won the subcontract for the supply of post-tensioned cables and pre-cast beams for the station's viaducts.{{Cite news |date=8 July 1986 |title=VSL Systems clinches MRT supply deals |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19860708-1.2.11.5?qt=%22contract%20303%22&q=%22contract%20303%22 |access-date=5 October 2024 |work=The Business Times |pages=2 |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007092449/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19860708-1.2.11.5?qt=%22contract%20303%22&q=%22contract%20303%22 |url-status=live }} The station opened on 4 November 1989 as part of a stretch between Marina Bay and Tanah Merah stations.{{Cite news |date=4 November 1989 |title=East-enders get ticket to ride as MRT opens line |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19891104-1.2.33.1 |access-date=10 October 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=23 |via=NewspaperSG |archive-date=19 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919041254/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19891104-1.2.33.1 |url-status=live }}

After the station's opening, its stairs had several design problems. In February 1996, a flight of stairs from the station's terrace to the ground underwent repairs after it had sunk into the ground. The difference between the concrete of the terrace and the soft soil of the ground resulted in a {{Convert|40|cm|in|adj=on}} drop, which posed a risk for elderly riders and young children.{{Cite news |last=Khor |first=Su Min |date=10 February 1996 |title=Eunos MRT station steps under repair |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper19960210-1.2.14?qt=%22jalan%20eunos%22,%20station,%20mrt&q=%22jalan%20Eunos%22%22station%22%22mrt%22 |access-date=6 October 2024 |work=The New Paper |pages=8 |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007101213/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper19960210-1.2.14?qt=%22jalan%20eunos%22,%20station,%20mrt&q=%22jalan%20Eunos%22%22station%22%22mrt%22 |url-status=live }} A similar issue arose in August 2006 along with another stair-related issue. According to a letter published in TODAY by a commuter, the "granite-clad steps of grandiose design" at the station's south front exit "[led] to nowhere". The other flight of stairs was a set of steps connected to a ramp near Eunos Food Centre in the east side of the station, which was criticised for appearing to be wheelchair accessible when it was not.{{Cite news |last=Lim |first=Soon Heng |date=29 August 2006 |title=Building designs that make no sense |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/today20060829-1.1.21 |access-date=6 October 2024 |work=TODAY |pages=21 |type=Letter |via=NewspaperSG }} SMRT Trains clarified that the first set of stairs was meant to connect a carpark to the station, whilst the ramp was originally not meant for wheelchair users. It added that works were underway to fix the first set of stairs, which was uneven due to sinking into the ground, and to remove the ramp's stairs to make it wheelchair-accessible.{{Cite news |last=Low |first=Dawn |date=14 September 2024 |title=Granite steps at Eunos station cordoned off for safety reasons |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/today20060914-1.1.34 |access-date=6 October 2024 |work=TODAY |pages=34 |type=Response to letter |via=NewspaperSG |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007102613/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/today20060914-1.1.34 |url-status=live }}

On 6 December 2000 at 8:15 am,{{Cite news |date=5 December 2000 |title=Man jumps onto MRT track |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper20001205-1.2.3.1?qt=eunos,%20mrt,%20station&q=%22eunos%22%22mrt%22%22station%22 |url-access=limited |access-date=11 October 2024 |work=The New Paper |pages=2 }} a man fell on the eastbound track just as a train was entering the station. The driver did activate the train's emergency brakes but could not avoid hitting the man. This resulted in the man, who was still breathing, to become trapped between two cabins. He was rescued by the Singapore Civil Defence Force, who transported him to Changi General Hospital where he died an hour later.{{Cite news |date=6 December 2000 |title=Death on MRT track at Eunos |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/today20001206-1.2.4.5?qt=%22eunos%20station%22&q=%22eunos%20station%22 |access-date=6 October 2024 |work=TODAY |pages=3 |archive-date=7 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007095313/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/today20001206-1.2.4.5?qt=%22eunos%20station%22&q=%22eunos%20station%22 |url-status=live }}

Following an increase in track intrusions and commuters slipping when rushing for the train, the Land Transport Authority and SMRT decided to install platform screen doors.{{cite web |author=Wong, Siew Ying |date=26 January 2008 |title=Above-ground MRT stations to have platform screen doors by 2012 |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/324989/1/.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730183552/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/324989/1/.html |archive-date=30 July 2012 |access-date=1 February 2012 |publisher=Channel NewsAsia }} After several successful tests at Jurong East, Yishun and Pasir Ris, they were eventually installed at Eunos station and commenced operations by March 2012.{{Cite news |date=23 March 2017 |orig-date=14 March 2012 |title=LTA completes installing elevated MRT station screen doors early |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/lta-completes-installing-elevated-mrt-station-screen-doors-early-1890761 |access-date=28 September 2024 |work=CNA |publication-date= |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716172025/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/lta-completes-installing-elevated-mrt-station-screen-doors-early-1890761 |url-status=live }} The station was retrofitted with high-volume low-speed fans by the first quarter of 2013.{{cite news |date=13 October 2011 |title=Enhancing Connectivity and Comfort for Commuters |url=http://app.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=764a0kf76om2osu186igm3tbeku96px4ysg006n6qv5hoiq8ep |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121225102501/http://app.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=764a0kf76om2osu186igm3tbeku96px4ysg006n6qv5hoiq8ep |archive-date=25 December 2012 |access-date=6 July 2012 |publisher=Land Transport Authority }} Noise barriers were installed on the viaducts from Eunos Road 2 to Eunos Road 5 by CCK Thomas Pte Ltd{{Cite web |title=Phase 1 of Railway Noise Barrier Installation Plans - Annex A |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/news/press/2015/20150115_RailNseBarrier-AnnexA.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205121339/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/news/press/2015/20150115_RailNseBarrier-AnnexA.pdf |archive-date=5 December 2020 |access-date=7 October 2024 |website=LTA |type=File }} as part of a {{SGDConvert|17|m|year=2015}} contract awarded in January 2015 to reduce sounds generated by trains.{{Cite web |date=15 January 2015 |title=Railway Noise Barrier Installation on Track |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2015/1/2/railway-noise-barrier-installation-on-track.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021081738/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2015/1/2/railway-noise-barrier-installation-on-track.html |archive-date=21 October 2020 |access-date=7 October 2024 |website=LTA |type=Press release }} The installation was completed in 2018.{{Cite web |date=18 October 2019 |title=Contract for Phase 3 of Railway Noise Barrier Programme Awarded |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2019/10/1/contract_for_phase3_railway_noise_barrier.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921091953/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2019/10/1/contract_for_phase3_railway_noise_barrier.html |archive-date=21 September 2024 |access-date=7 October 2024 |website=LTA |type=Press release }} In the same year, Eunos was one of ten stations that was affected by early closures, late openings and full closures{{Efn|The station was temporarily closed on 21 and 28 January}} of the eastern portion of the East–West Line (EWL), from 5 January to 4 February as a part of works for rail maintenance and checks for a new signalling system.{{cite web |title=Sunday closures, shorter weekend service hours on another part of East-West line in January |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/sunday-closures-shorter-weekend-service-hours-on-another-part-of-9502414 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219012931/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/sunday-closures-shorter-weekend-service-hours-on-another-part-of-9502414 |archive-date=19 December 2017 |access-date=16 December 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Abdullah |first1=Zhaki |date=15 December 2017 |title=Shorter weekend hours on some East-West line stations next month for engineering work |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/shorter-weekend-hours-on-some-east-west-line-stations-next-month-for-engineering |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216201459/http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/shorter-weekend-hours-on-some-east-west-line-stations-next-month-for-engineering |archive-date=16 December 2017 |access-date=16 December 2017 |newspaper=The Straits Times}}

File:EW6 Kembangan MRT Station Platform 202411.jpgEunos station is on the EWL with the station code EW7, situated between Kembangan and Paya Lebar stations.{{Cite web |title=System Map |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network/pdf/SM_TEL4_Eng.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625100255/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network/pdf/SM_TEL4_Eng.pdf |archive-date=25 June 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024 |website= |publisher=Land Transport Authority }} When it opened, it had the station code of E6.{{Cite news |date=25 October 1985 |title=Going to N1, B3, W11, El2, anyone? |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19851025-1.2.46.34 |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=21 |via=NewspaperSG |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828075052/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19851025-1.2.46.34 |url-status=live }} The station received its current station code in August 2001 as part of a system-wide campaign to cater to the expanding MRT system.{{Cite news |last=Salim |first=Shazalina |date=3 August 2001 |title=Red, green and grey |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/today20010803-1.2.16.1 |access-date=15 December 2024 |work=Today |pages=9 |via=NewspaperSG |archive-date=30 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030025643/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/today20010803-1.2.16.1 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=New Signage System For MRT And LRT Network |url=http://app.internet.gov.sg/scripts/lta/3_press_content.asp?start=294 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030801124949/http://app.internet.gov.sg/scripts/lta/3_press_content.asp?start=294 |archive-date=1 August 2003 |access-date=15 December 2024 |website=LTA }} As part of the EWL, it is operated by SMRT Trains.{{Cite web |title=Getting Around – Public Transport – Rail Network |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101093543/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network.html |archive-date=1 November 2019 |access-date=27 April 2021 |publisher=Land Transport Authority }} The station's name comes its location in the Eunos subzone of Geylang, which is in turn named after Malay community leader Mohamed Eunos bin Abdullah.{{Cite web |last=Anuar |first=Mazelan |date=1 July 2015 |title=Mohamed Eunos Abdullah: The Father of Malay Journalism |url=https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/vol-11/issue-2/jul-sep-2015/mohamed-eunos/ |access-date=22 January 2025 |website=Biblioasia |publisher=National Library Board (NLB) |edition=2 |archive-date=23 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123012422/https://biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/vol-11/issue-2/jul-sep-2015/mohamed-eunos/ |url-status=live }}

The station runs alongside Sims Avenue and is next to Eunos Crescent and Jalan Eunos as well as above a carpark.{{cite news |author= |date=20 June 1986 |title=Ethnic touch for Eunos MRT station |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19860620-1.2.36.36 |access-date=23 June 2017 |work=The Straits Times |via=NewspaperSG }} It has three exits primarily serving the Eunos area and Eunos Bus Interchange. Other landmarks include the Masjid Darul Aman, Eunos Crescent Market and Food Centre, Mangala Vihara Buddhist Temple, and the Kampong Ubi Police Post.{{Cite web |date=7 October 2024 |title=Eunos - Exits |url=https://journey.smrt.com.sg/journey/station_info/eunos/exits/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007024502/https://journey.smrt.com.sg/journey/station_info/eunos/exits/ |archive-date=7 October 2024 |access-date=7 October 2024 |website=SMRT }}

Like many stations on the initial MRT network, Eunos has an island platform and is elevated.{{cite news |last1=Dhaliwal |first1=Rav |date=28 April 1987 |title=Getting to know the network and how it will work |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19870428-1.2.33.5 |access-date=19 December 2020 |website=The Straits Times |publisher=Singapore Press Holdings |page=19 |via=NewspaperSG}}{{cbignore }} The station also has a traditional Malay Minangkabau-style roof, which was part of SMRT's idea to give the Phase II stations "an ethnic touch". Specifically, designer of the station Scott Danielson of Parsons Brinckerhoff said that "the more [he travelled], the more disturbed [he became by] architects failing to reflect their own culture". The Minangkabau roof was initially meant for Khatib station, and then Sembawang station, before going to Eunos station due to its location in a Malay neighbourhood.{{cite news |date=13 April 1987 |title=MRT station roofs to show Singapore's cultural mix |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19870413-1.2.25.11?ST=1&AT=advanced&K=Khatib+mrt+station&KA=Khatib+mrt+station&DF=01%2F10%2F1970&DT=02%2F10%2F1990&NPT=&L=English&CTA=Article&QT=khatib,mrt,station&oref=article |access-date=7 October 2024 |work=The Straits Times |publisher=The Straits Times |page=13 |via=NewspaperSG |archive-date=25 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825180147/http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19870413-1.2.25.11?ST=1&AT=advanced&K=Khatib%20mrt%20station&KA=Khatib%20mrt%20station&DF=01%2F10%2F1970&DT=02%2F10%2F1990&NPT=&L=English&CTA=Article&QT=khatib%2Cmrt%2Cstation&oref=article |url-status=live }}

As a part of SMRT's heritage-themed Comic Connect public art display, there are two murals created by local artist Erica Wee.{{Cite web |title=Commuters & Communities - Comic Connect |url=https://www.smrt.com.sg/public-transport/commuters-communities/connecting-communities/arts/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006001052/https://www.smrt.com.sg/public-transport/commuters-communities/connecting-communities/arts/ |archive-date=6 October 2024 |access-date=6 October 2024 |website=SMRT }} The first mural depicts the history of Katong and Joo Chiat, as well as businessman Chew Joo Chiat (the namesake of Joo Chiat), Zubir Said (the composer of Singapore's national anthem "Majulah Singapura"), and Old Palace Theatre. The second mural depicts the history of Eunos, including Mohamed Eunos bin Abdullah, the Telok Kurau English school, and Geylang Serai Village.{{Cite web |title=Early Days of Joo Chiat and Katong |url=https://www.smrt.com.sg/getmedia/61ad3365-6251-4f7c-ba55-dc2578529efb/18-eunos.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240930171504/https://www.smrt.com.sg/getmedia/61ad3365-6251-4f7c-ba55-dc2578529efb/18-eunos.pdf |archive-date=30 September 2024 |access-date=6 October 2024 |website=SMRT |type=File }} According to 8World News, the mural took eight months to complete, including the design concept. Wee, who had returned to Singapore after 15 years of working in Kuala Lumpur, commented that the murals were "the best homecoming gift" as it contains elements when she was growing up.{{Cite web |date=30 September 2023 |title=友诺士地铁站壁画 刻画早期马来社群生活 |trans-title=Mural at Eunos MRT station depicts the life of early Malay community |url=https://www.8world.com/singapore/comic-connect-yunos-2253791 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250131112559/https://www.8world.com/singapore/comic-connect-yunos-2253791 |archive-date=31 January 2025 |access-date=31 January 2025 |website=8World News |language=zh}}{{clear|left}}

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