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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.

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
*[[East View Secondary School]] ''(merging with East Spring Secondary School in 2019)''
*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
*Saint Hilda's Primary School
*Saint Hilda's Secondary School
*Springfield Secondary School
*Singapore University of Technology and Design
*[[Tampines Junior College]] ''(merging with [[Meridian Junior College]] in 2019)''
*Tampines North Primary School
*Tampines Primary School
*[[Tampines Secondary School]]
*[[Temasek Polytechnic]]
*United World College of South East Asia (Tampines Campus)
*Yumin Primary School

===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 West MRT Station]]
*[[Upper Changi MRT Station]]
*''[[Xilin MRT Station]] (Opening in 2024)''

===Government-related===
*[[Tampines#Bedok North Depot|Bedok North Bus Depot]]
*[[Changi Depot]]
*''[[East Coast Integrated Depot]] (Future)''
*Our Tampines Hub

===Shopping Centres/Malls===
*Century Square
*Eastpoint Mall
*Tampines 1
*Tampines Mall
*Tampines Retail Park (Courts, Giant and IKEA)

===Parks===
*Festival 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===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Boarding Point
!Destination
!Notes
|- 
!class=SBST|48
|'''Blk 3014<br>(Bedok North Avenue 4)'''
|Buona Vista
|{{N/A}}
|}

===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 Interchange===
{|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}}
|}

===Tampines Concourse Interchange===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Destination
!Notes
|- 
!class=SBST|18
|↺ Bedok
|rowspan="4" {{N/A}}
|- 
!class=SBST|39
|Yishun
|- 
!class=SBST|129
|Saint Michael's
|- 
!class=SBST|298
|↺ Tampines Street 86
|}

==Politics==
{| class="toccolours"; "wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="3" style="border-collapse:collapse; text-align:center"
|-style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1"
!Incumbent
!Role
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|North East CDC
|-
!Desmond Choo
|Mayor of North East CDC
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|North West CDC
|-
!Maliki Osman
|Mayor of North West CDC
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|Aljunied GRC
|-
!Low Thia Khiang
|Member of Parliament for Bedok Reservoir-Punggol
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC
|-
!Teo Chee Hean
|Member of Parliament for Pasir Ris West
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|East Coast GRC
|-
!Jessica Tan
|Member of Parliament for Changi-Simei
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#0052A1" colspan="2"|Tampines GRC
|-
!Baey Yam Keng
|Member of Parliament for Tampines North
|-
!Cheng Li Hui
|Member of Parliament for Tampines East
|-
!Desmond Choo
|Member of Parliament for Tampines Changkat
|-
!Heng Swee Keat
|Member of Parliament for Tampines Central
|-
!Masagos Zulkifli
|Member of Parliament for Tampines West
|}

==Links==
{{Planning Area}}

*[http://www.ahtc.sg Aljunied-Hougang Town Council]
*[http://www.ectc.org.sg East Coast-Fengshan Town Council]
*[https://www.tampines.org.sg Tampines Town Council]
*[https://www.prpg-tc.org.sg Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council]