Kembangan MRT Station

Infobox Station
name=Kembangan MRT Station
景万岸地铁站
கெம்பாங்கான்
type=Rapid transit


image_size=300
image_caption=Platform level of Kembangan station
address=55 Sims Avenue East
Singapore 416551
coordinates= coord|1.191554|103.544623
line=East West
other=Bus, Taxi
structure=Elevated
platform=Island
depth=
levels=2
tracks=2
parking=
bicycle=
baggage_check=
passengers=
pass_year=
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opened=4 November 1989
closed=
rebuilt=
electrified=
ADA=Yes
code=EW6
owned=
zone=
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services=s-rail|title=SMRT
mpassengers=
map_locator=MRT locator map|Kembangan|px=300

Kembangan MRT Station (EW6) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Singapore. The station is along Sims Avenue East, right above the Siglap Canal. It is near several private landed properties and condominiums.

Current Station Layout

1997 accident

On 16th march 1997, Monday at 8.15 am, a man in his late 60s had leapt down from the platform as the west-bound train was believed to have died instantly by the train travelling at 50 km per hour. The impact threw him against the side of the tracks, and he sustained serious head injuries, a fractured left arm and a severed right foot. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 10.55 am.

An SMRT spokesman said that the train was operated through an automated system, and all trains approaching the waiting area would have reduced their speed automatically. By 11 am, the entire area had been cordoned off. None of the 300 commuters on board the train was hurt as it made an emergency stop at 10.17 am. For two hours, all train services between Eunos and Tanah Merah MRT stations were discontinued to allow cleaners to clear the tracks. Commuters affected were being directed to a nearby bus stop.