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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. 
[[File:Welcome_Home_Tampines.jpg|thumb|right|400px|A welcome sign in [[Tampines]] (Tampines Avenue 7)]]
==Notable Structures==
===Education===
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!style="color:black;background-color:#f5f5dc"|Primary Schools
!style="color:white;background-color:#f4a460"|Secondary Schools
!style="color:white;background-color:#A52A2A"|Tertiary & Other Institutions
|-
!
*Angsana Primary School
*Changkat Primary School
*Chongzheng Primary School
*East Spring Primary School
*Gongshang Primary School
*Junyuan Primary School
*St. Hilda's Primary School
*Tampines North Primary School
*Tampines Primary School
*Yumin Primary School
!
*Changkat Changi Secondary School 
*Dunman Secondary School
*[[East Spring Secondary School]]
*Junyuan Secondary School
*Ngee Ann Secondary School
*[[Pasir Ris Secondary School]]
*Springfield Secondary School
*St. Hilda's Secondary School
*[[Tampines Secondary School]]
!

*[[Institute of Technical Education|ITE College East]]
*Middleton International School (Tampines Campus)
*Singapore University of Technology and Design
*[[Temasek Polytechnic]]
*United World College of South East Asia (Tampines Campus)
|}


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!style="color:white;background-color:#000000"|''Defunct Schools''
!style="color:black;background-color:#FFFFFF"|Notes
|-
!East View Primary School 
|Merged with Junyuan Primary School in 2019
|-
!East View Secondary School
|Merged with East Spring Secondary School in 2019
|-
!Qiaonan Primary School
|Merged with Griffiths Primary School in 2014 and became Angsana Primary School
|-
!Tampines Junior College
|Merged with [[Tampines Meridian Junior College|Meridian Junior College]] in 2019
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===Transportation===
*[[Tampines#Changi Business Park Terminal|Changi Business Park Bus Terminal]]
*{{Stn|Expo| MRT station}}
*{{Stn|Simei| MRT station}}
*[[Tampines#Tampines Interchange|Tampines Bus Interchange]]
*[[Tampines#Tampines Concourse Interchange|Tampines Concourse Bus Interchange]]
*{{Stn|Tampines| MRT station}}
*{{Stn|Tampines East| MRT station}}
*''{{Stn|Tampines North| MRT station}} (Opening in 2030)''
*{{Stn|Tampines West| MRT station}}
*{{Stn|Upper Changi| MRT station}}
*''{{Stn|Xilin| MRT station}} (Opening in 2026)''

===Roads===
For list of roads visit, [[List of Roads in Tampines]]
===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
*Changi City Point
*Eastpoint Mall
*Tampines 1
*Tampines Mall
*Tampines Mart
*Tampines Retail Park (Courts, Giant and IKEA)

===Parks===
*Festival Park
*Sunplaza Park
*Tampines Central Park
*Tampines Eco Green
*Tampines Green
*Tampines Green Forest Park
*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|18
|{{BS84599}}
|Tampines North
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|- 
!class=SBST|48
|{{BS84431}}
|Buona Vista
|}

===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="14" {{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|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|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 32
|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=SBST|296
|↺ Tampines North Drive 2
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|- 
!class=TTS|969
|Woodlands
|}

===Tampines Concourse Interchange===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Destination
!Notes
|- 
!class=SBST|39
|Yishun
|{{N/A}}
|}

===Tampines North Interchange===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Service
!Destination
!Notes
|- 
!class=SBST|18
|Bedok North Depot
|rowspan="4" {{N/A}}
|- 
!class=SBST|129
|Saint Michael's
|-
!class=SBST|298
|↺ Tampines Avenue 5
|-
!class=SBST|298X
|↺ Tampines Street 86
|}

==Politics==
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|-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"|South East CDC
|-
!Mohd Fahmi Aliman
|Mayor of South East CDC
|-
! style="color:white;background-color:#93B3D4" colspan="2"|Aljunied GRC
|-
!Gerald Giam
|Member of Parliament for Bedok Reservoir-Punggol
|-
! 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
|-
!{{N/A|Vacant<sup>1</sup>}}
|Member of Parliament for Tampines East
|-
!Desmond Choo
|Member of Parliament for Tampines Changkat
|-
!Koh Poh Koon
|Member of Parliament for Tampines Central
|-
!Masagos Zulkifli
|Member of Parliament for Tampines West
|}
*<sup>1</sup>: Cheng Li Hui has resigned her position as Member of Parliament on 17 July 2023.

==Links==
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