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Lakeside station is on the EWL with the station code EW26, between Chinese Garden and Boon Lay 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 W11{{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}} before being changed to its current station code in August 2001 as a 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}}{{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 a part of the EWL, the station 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}} Operated by SMRT Trains, the station alongside Boon Lay Way{{Cite web |title=Lakeside–Map |url=https://journey.smrt.com.sg/journey/station_info/lakeside/map/ |access-date=September 21, 2024 |website=SMRT}} and has three exits primarily serving the Hong Kah and Taman Jurong residential precincts. It also serves amenities such as Yuan Ching Secondary school, HDB Jurong West Branch, and Hong Kah South Neighborhood Police Post (NPP).

A feature of the station, the curved roof is based on traditional Chinese architecture. The roof was a part of SMRT's idea to give the stations an "ethnic touch".{{Cite news |last=Dhaliwal |first=Rav |date=September 16, 1985 |title=Ethnic touch for MRT stations |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19850916-1.2.23.23?qt=%22chinese%20garden%22&q=%22chinese%20garden%22 |access-date=September 15, 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=24}} Specifically, the designer of the station Scott Danielson of Parson Brinckerhoff said that "the more [he traveled], the more disturbed [he became by] architects failing to reflect their own culture" and therefore incorporated a Chinese roof design due to the station's proximity to the Chinese Garden.{{cite news |author= |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 |access-date=20 October 2017 |work=The Straits Times |via=NewspaperSG}} The design is noted to be similar to the nearby Chinese Garden station, whose roof is held by "chili-green and hongbao-red" decorative beams.{{Cite news |last=Tang |first=K. F. |date=October 31, 1988 |title=10,000 take in Jurong stations |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19881031-1.2.26.20?qt=%22chinese+garden%22 |access-date=September 15, 2024 |work=The Straits Times |pages=18}} Additionally, there is also a mural created by local artist Anthony Chong as a part of SMRT's heritage-themed Comic Connect.{{Cite web |title=Commuters & Communities |url=https://www.smrt.com.sg/public-transport/commuters-communities/connecting-communities/arts/}} The mural displays the history of different landmarks such as Jurong Lake, Old Jurong Fire Station, and the former Taman Jurong Camp (where Singapore's first batch of national servicemen were enlisted).{{Cite web |title=Lakeside MRT station |url=https://www.smrt.com.sg/getmedia/83fca80e-bc00-49e8-bf39-68d8e5f7f267/SMRT-Comic-Connect_Lakeside-Artwork.pdf}}{{Clear}}

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External links

{{Official website|http://www.smrt.com.sg/Trains/NetworkMap/Lakeside.aspx}}