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'''Tampines''' is a planning area and residential town located in the East Region of Singapore. Measuring at approximately 20.89 km<sup>2</sup>, Tampines ranks the 9th, 3rd & 15th in terms of size, population & density respectively. It is the third largest town in Singapore by area and also is the third most populated new town, following [[Bedok]] and [[Jurong West]]. It is the regional centre for the East Region. The town is so named because in the 1900s a large forest of ironwood trees, or tempinis, were there.
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Tampines is located at the southern part of Singapore's east region and is made out of 1 subzone, Simei. The planning area is bordered by [[Bedok]] and [[Paya Lebar]] to the west, [[Pasir Ris]] to the north, [[Changi]] to the east and the Singapore Straits to the south.


{{Mergefrom|Tampines New Town|date=January 2009}}
==Notable Structures==
'''Tampines''' ({{pron-en|tæmpəˈniːs}}) (or [[Tampines New Town]]) is the largest residential area in the [[city-state]] of [[Singapore]] and is located in the [[East Region, Singapore|East Region]] of the main island. The town is so named because in the 1900s a large [[forest]] of [[Tampines tree]]s were there.
===Education===
{| style="width:100%;"
| style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;"|
*Angsana Primary School
*Changkat Changi Primary School
*Changkat Changi Secondary School
*Chongzheng Primary School
*Dunman Secondary School
*East Spring Primary School
*[[East Spring Secondary School]]
*East View Primary School
*Gongshang Primary School
*[[Institute of Technical Education|ITE College East]]
*Junyuan Primary School
*Junyuan Secondary School
*Middleton International School (Tampines Campus)
*Ngee Ann Secondary School
*[[Pasir Ris Secondary School]]
*Poi Ching School
*Singapore University of Technology and Design
*Springfield Secondary School
*St. Hilda's Primary School
*St. Hilda's Secondary School
*Tampines North Primary School
*Tampines Primary School
*[[Tampines Secondary School]]
*[[Temasek Polytechnic]]
*United World College of South East Asia (Tampines Campus)
*Yumin Primary School
| style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;"|
'''''defunct'''''
*East View Secondary School ''(merged with East Spring Secondary School in 2019)''
*Tampines Junior College ''(merged with [[Meridian Junior College]] in 2019)''
|}


Like other districts in Singapore, it is a densely populated district with the population density higher than other housing districts. Tampines New Town is a regional centre that lies to the east of [[Central Area|Singapore's city centre]], much alike to the centrally located [[Orchard Road]] .
===Transportation===
*[[Tampines#Changi Business Park Terminal|Changi Business Park Bus Terminal]]
*[[Expo MRT Station]]
*[[Simei MRT Station]]
*[[Tampines#Tampines Interchange|Tampines Bus Interchange]]
*[[Tampines#Tampines Concourse Interchange|Tampines Concourse Bus Interchange]]
*[[Tampines East MRT Station]]
*[[Tampines MRT Station]]
*''[[Tampines North MRT Station]] (Opening in 2029)''
*[[Tampines West MRT Station]]
*[[Upper Changi MRT Station]]
*''[[Xilin MRT Station]] (Opening in 2024)''


==History==
===Government-related===
In the past, Tampines was covered by forests and sand quarries. [[Ironwood]] trees, or ''tempinis'', grew abundantly here and thus gave the area its name. The transformation of Tampines into a regional town began in the late 1970s, although it was not until the 1990s that the new town was fully established.
*[[Tampines#Bedok North Depot|Bedok North Bus Depot]]
*[[Changi Depot]]
*''[[East Coast Integrated Depot]] (Future)''
*Our Tampines Hub


New [[construction]] methods expedited the development of the town's [[infrastructure]]. Using [[prefabricated]] parts, a block of high-rise [[apartment|flats]] could be built in a month. More attractive designs, colours and finishings were also incorporated into Tampines, compared to earlier [[public housing]] which consisted of uniform slabs of [[concrete]] laid out row after row with more thought given to function than form. The [[Housing and Development Board]] (HDB) managed the construction of the town until 1991, when it handed the reins over to the [[Tampines Town Council]]. The Town Council is run by [[grassroot]] leaders and the residents themselves.
===Shopping Centres/Malls===
*Century Square
*Eastpoint Mall
*Tampines 1
*Tampines Mall
*Tampines Retail Park (Courts, Giant and IKEA)


The [[Building and Social Housing Foundation]] (BSHF) of the [[United Nations]] awarded the [[World Habitat Awards|World Habitat Award]] to Tampines, which was selected as a representative of Singapore's [[new towns]], on 5 October 1992. The award was given in recognition of an outstanding contribution towards human [[colonization|settlement]] and development.
===Parks===
*Festival Park
*Sunplaza Park
*Tampines Central Park
*Tampines Eco Green
*Tampines Green
*Tampines Leisure Park
*Tampines North Park
*Tampines Park
*Tampines Tree Garden


==Amenities==
===Health===
[[Image:Tampines Vista, Tampines Street 84, Feb 06.JPG|thumb|Apartment blocks in Tampines New Town]]
*Changi General Hospital
[[Image:NTUC Income Building, Tampines, Singapore.JPG|thumb|The NTUC Income building, one of several office buildings in Tampines Central]]
*Saint Andrew's Community Hospital


Tampines New Town is home to over 200,000 people living in 52,000 HDB flats spread out over 4.24 square kilometres. It is divided into 5 districts:
==Bus Interchanges/Terminals==
*Tampines North
===Bedok North Depot===
*Tampines East
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
*Tampines West
|-
*Tampines Changkat
!Service
*Tampines Central
!Boarding Point
!Destination
!Notes
|-
!class=SBST|48
|'''Blk 3014<br>(Bedok North Avenue 4)'''
|Buona Vista
|{{N/A}}
|}


All the districts have a Community Centre.
===Changi Business Park Terminal===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Destination
!Notes
|-
!class=SBST|47
|↺ Amber Road
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|-
!class=GAS|118
|Punggol
|}


===Tampines Regional Centre===
===Tampines Interchange===
The [[urban planning]] policy of Singapore is to create partially self-sufficient towns, in terms of [[commerce|commercial]] needs, in order to relieve strain on traffic drawn into the city centre. Thus, an array of facilities are provided primarily for residents in the new towns. Tampines is one of Singapore's three regional centres (along with [[Woodlands, Singapore|Woodlands]] and [[Jurong East]]), under the plan of the [[Urban Redevelopment Authority]]. As a result, the Tampines Regional Centre not only serve the Tampines residents but also the entire [[East Region]].
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Destination
!Notes
|-
!class=GAS|3
|Punggol
|rowspan="16" {{N/A}}
|-
!class=SBST|4
|↺ Changi North Way
|-
!class=SBST|8
|Toa Payoh
|-
!class=SBST|10
|Kent Ridge
|-
!class=SBST|19
|↺ Changi Airfreight Terminal
|-
!class=SBST|20
|↺ Changi Business Park
|-
!class=SBST|22
|Ang Mo Kio
|-
!class=SBST|23
|↺ Rochor Canal Road
|-
!class=SBST|28
|Toa Payoh
|-
!class=SBST|29
|↺ Changi Village
|-
!class=SBST|31
|Toa Payoh
|-
!class=SBST|37
|↺ Changi North Crescent
|-
!class=SBST|38
|Bedok
|-
!class=SBST|46
|Upper East Coast
|-
!class=SBST|65
|HarbourFront
|-
!class=SMRT|67
|Choa Chu Kang
|-
!class=GAS|68
|Pasir Ris
|Looping point
|-
!class=SBST|69
|↺ Bedok
|rowspan="4" {{N/A}}
|-
!class=SBST|72
|Yio Chu Kang
|-
!class=SBST|81
|↺ Serangoon Central
|-
!class=SBST|127
|↺ Tampines Industrial Avenue 5
|-
!rowspan="2" class=SBST|291
|↺ Tampines Street 81
|West Loop
|-
|↺ Tampines Street 33
|East Loop
|-
!class=SBST|292
|↺ Tampines Street 22
|{{N/A}}
|-
!rowspan="2" class=SBST|293
|↺ Tampines Street 71
|West Loop
|-
|↺ Tampines Avenue 7
|East Loop
|-
!class=SMRT|969
|Woodlands
|{{N/A}}
|}


===Commercial services===
===Tampines Concourse Interchange===
Retail [[shopping]] in the Tampines Regional Centre is done at three main [[shopping mall]]s: [[Tampines Mall]], [[Century Square]] and [[Tampines 1]]. Commercial tenants of the shopping centres include [[restaurant]]s, [[supermarket]]s, [[department store]]s, [[movie theater|cinemas]], [[bookstore]]s and [[jewelry]] shops.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
|-
On November 30, 2006, [[IKEA]] opened its second outlet in Singapore at Tampines, together with adjacent [[Courts (Singapore company)|Courts]] and [[Giant Hypermarket|Giant]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/242723/1/.html|title=Festival light up in Tampines to help shops cope with competition|accessdate=2006-12-07|publisher=[[Channel NewsAsia]]}}</ref>
!Service
 
!Destination
===Community services===
!Notes
The [[Tampines Regional Library]] is located near the Tampines town centre, and organises events for children and adults to promote reading and learning.
|-
 
!class=SBST|18
==Transportation==
|↺ Bedok
A network of [[expressway]]s, the [[Pan-Island Expressway]] and [[Tampines Expressway]], and arterial roads allows easy movement within the town and link it to other parts of the island. Public transportation is served by the [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit]] at [[Tampines MRT Station]] and a [[Tampines Bus Interchange]].
|rowspan="4" {{N/A}}
 
|-  
Intra-town feeder/townlink bus services bring residents from the Town Centre (where the MRT station and bus interchange is located) to their doorsteps.
!class=SBST|39
 
|Yishun
==Education==
|-
The 14 primary schools, 10 secondary schools and three tertiary institutions (one Junior College, one Polytechnic and one Institute of Technical Education) provide education for Tampines residents, as well as those living in the region.
!class=SBST|129
 
|Saint Michael's
===Primary schools===
|-
* Changkat Primary School (Located in Simei)
!class=SBST|298
* [[Chongzheng Primary School]]
|↺ Tampines Street 86
* [[East Spring Primary School]]
|}
* [[East View Primary School]]
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* [[Gongshang Primary School]]
==Politics==
* Griffiths Primary School
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* [[Junyuan Primary School]]
|-style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1"
* Poi Ching School
!Incumbent
* [[Qiaonan Primary School]]
!Role
* [[Saint Hilda's Primary School]]
|}
* Tampines Primary School
-->
* Tampines North Primary School
==Links==
* Yumin Primary School
{{Planning Area}}
 
===Secondary schools===
* Changkat Changi Secondary School
* [[Dunman Secondary School]]
* East Spring Secondary School
* [[East View Secondary School]]
* [[Junyuan Secondary School]]
* [[Ngee Ann Secondary School]]
* [[Pasir Ris Secondary School]]
* [[Springfield Secondary School]]
* [[St. Hilda's Secondary School]] (''parts of it are still undergoing [[Programme for Rebuilding and Improving Existing Schools|PRIME]]'')
* [[Tampines Secondary School]]
 
===Tertiary institutions===
* [[Tampines Junior College]]
* [[ITE College Central|ITE College Central (Tampines Campus)]]
* [[Temasek Polytechnic]]
 
==Sports==
[[Tampines Stadium]], which is the home to Tampines Rovers FC.
 
==References==
*National Heritage Board (2002), ''Singapore's 100 Historic Places'', Archipelago Press, ISBN 981-4068-23-3
{{reflist}}
 
==External links==
*[http://www.tampinesmall.com.sg/ Tampines Mall]
*[http://www.centurysquare.com.sg/ Century Square]
*[http://www.tampines1.com.sg/ Tampines 1]
*[http://www.tampines.org.sg/ Tampines Web Town]
 
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Revision as of 02:18, 10 July 2020

Tampines is a planning area and residential town located in the East Region of Singapore. Measuring at approximately 20.89 km2, Tampines ranks the 9th, 3rd & 15th in terms of size, population & density respectively. It is the third largest town in Singapore by area and also is the third most populated new town, following Bedok and Jurong West. It is the regional centre for the East Region. The town is so named because in the 1900s a large forest of ironwood trees, or tempinis, were there.

Tampines is located at the southern part of Singapore's east region and is made out of 1 subzone, Simei. The planning area is bordered by Bedok and Paya Lebar to the west, Pasir Ris to the north, Changi to the east and the Singapore Straits to the south.

Notable Structures

Education

  • Angsana Primary School
  • Changkat Changi Primary School
  • Changkat Changi Secondary School
  • Chongzheng Primary School
  • Dunman Secondary School
  • East Spring Primary School
  • East Spring Secondary School
  • East View Primary School
  • Gongshang Primary School
  • ITE College East
  • Junyuan Primary School
  • Junyuan Secondary School
  • Middleton International School (Tampines Campus)
  • Ngee Ann Secondary School
  • Pasir Ris Secondary School
  • Poi Ching School
  • Singapore University of Technology and Design
  • Springfield Secondary School
  • St. Hilda's Primary School
  • St. Hilda's Secondary School
  • Tampines North Primary School
  • Tampines Primary School
  • Tampines Secondary School
  • Temasek Polytechnic
  • United World College of South East Asia (Tampines Campus)
  • Yumin Primary School

defunct

  • East View Secondary School (merged with East Spring Secondary School in 2019)
  • Tampines Junior College (merged with Meridian Junior College in 2019)

Transportation

Government-related

Shopping Centres/Malls

  • Century Square
  • Eastpoint Mall
  • Tampines 1
  • Tampines Mall
  • Tampines Retail Park (Courts, Giant and IKEA)

Parks

  • Festival Park
  • Sunplaza Park
  • Tampines Central Park
  • Tampines Eco Green
  • Tampines Green
  • Tampines Leisure Park
  • Tampines North Park
  • Tampines Park
  • Tampines Tree Garden

Health

  • Changi General Hospital
  • Saint Andrew's Community Hospital

Bus Interchanges/Terminals

Bedok North Depot

Service Boarding Point Destination Notes
48 Blk 3014
(Bedok North Avenue 4) 		Buona Vista N/A

Changi Business Park Terminal

Service Destination Notes
47 ↺ Amber Road N/A
118 Punggol

Tampines Interchange

Service Destination Notes
3 Punggol N/A
4 ↺ Changi North Way
8 Toa Payoh
10 Kent Ridge
19 ↺ Changi Airfreight Terminal
20 ↺ Changi Business Park
22 Ang Mo Kio
23 ↺ Rochor Canal Road
28 Toa Payoh
29 ↺ Changi Village
31 Toa Payoh
37 ↺ Changi North Crescent
38 Bedok
46 Upper East Coast
65 HarbourFront
67 Choa Chu Kang
68 Pasir Ris Looping point
69 ↺ Bedok N/A
72 Yio Chu Kang
81 ↺ Serangoon Central
127 ↺ Tampines Industrial Avenue 5
291 ↺ Tampines Street 81 West Loop
↺ Tampines Street 33 East Loop
292 ↺ Tampines Street 22 N/A
293 ↺ Tampines Street 71 West Loop
↺ Tampines Avenue 7 East Loop
969 Woodlands N/A

Tampines Concourse Interchange

Service Destination Notes
18 ↺ Bedok N/A
39 Yishun
129 Saint Michael's
298 ↺ Tampines Street 86

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