Maxwell MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson–East Coast line located at the boundary of Downtown Core and Outram, Singapore. It is located beside Kreta Ayer Heights and the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, and is in walking distance to the Sri Mariamman Temple.[2]

TE18  Maxwell 麦士威 மெச்ஸ்வெல் Maxwell
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
Exit 1 of the station nearing completion, with the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in the background.
General information
Location	321 South Bridge Road Singapore 058841
Coordinates	1°16′49″N 103°50′38″E
Owned by	Land Transport Authority
Operated by	SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)	Thomson–East Coast Line
Platforms	2 (2 stacked platforms)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	31m
Platform levels	4
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	13 November 2022; 5 days ago (2022-11-13)[1]
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station Outram Park towards Woodlands North Thomson–East Coast Line Shenton Way towards Gardens by the Bay
Location
Maxwell Maxwell station in Singapore

History

Maxwell station was first announced as part of the 22-station Thomson line on 29 August 2012.[3][4]

On 15 August 2014, the LTA further announced that the TSL would merge with the Eastern Region line to form the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL). Maxwell station, part of the proposed line, would be constructed as part of TEL3, consisting of 13 stations between Mount Pleasant and Gardens by the Bay.[5][6] With restrictions imposed on construction due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the TEL3 completion date was pushed back by a year to 2022.[7]

Contract T223 for the design and construction of Maxwell Station was awarded to Hock Lian Seng Infrastructure Pte Ltd at a sum of S$222 million in April 2014. Construction began in 2014.[8] On 9 March 2022, Transport Minister S Iswaran announced in Parliament that TEL3 would open in the second half of that year.[9]

This station has stacked platforms, and the station layout similar to Stevens MRT station of the Downtown line. There are three options for the station - 'Maxwell', 'Neil Road' and 'Ann Siang Hill', in the end Maxwell was selected. During construction of the initial MRT system, the name 'Maxwell' referred to what was now Tanjong Pagar MRT station.

There were three COVID-19 confirmed cases detected at the Maxwell MRT station construction site on 2 April 2020. A stop work order was issued as a result from 31 March 2020.[10]

As announced during a visit by Transport Minister S. Iswaran at the Outram Park and Maxwell stations on 7 October 2022, the TEL station began operations on 13 November 2022.[11][12][13]

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