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TE15
Great World
大世界
கிரேட் வோர்ல்ட்
Great World-TEL.png
*Graphic From SGTrains/Wikipedia/LTA
Statistics
Address 351 River Valley Road
Singapore 238384
Line(s) Thomson–East Coast Line
Structure Underground
Connections Bus Taxi
Abbreviation GRW

Great World (TE15) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Thomson–East Coast Line[1].

History[edit]

Date Event
13 November 2022 Station officially opened

Fibre broadband disruption[edit]

On 11 June 2015 at 10.40am, nearby residents were affected by an internet outage due to construction works inadvertently damaging a section of fibre optic cables while carrying out piling works at Kim Seng Road. The disruption lasted more than eight hours and affected all the major internet service providers. In a separate statement, the Land Transport Authority apologised for the disruption.[2]

Construction accident[edit]

On 19 December 2015 at about 5.30pm, a Bangladeshi construction worker was killed when the excavator's bucket dislodged and fell on him. The victim had been guiding an excavator prior to the accident. He was taken to Singapore General Hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival.[3]

Layout[edit]

L1 Street Level
B1 Underpass
B2 Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre
B3
APlatform TE29Bayshore Service Map
Platform A/B
BPlatform TE1Woodlands North Service Map

Exits[edit]

Exit Disabled-Access Location/Nearby
1 Handicapped/disabled access Kim Seng Road, Kim Seng Park, River Valley Primary School
2 Handicapped/disabled access Great World Shopping Mall
4 Handicapped/disabled access River Valley Road, River Valley Green
5 Handicapped/disabled access River Valley Road

Note: Exits 3 & 6 are under construction.

Transport Services[edit]

First/Last Train Timing[edit]

Destination First Train Last Train
Mon − Fri Sat Sun & P.H. Daily
icon Thomson–East Coast Line
TE1Woodlands North 06:10 06:10 06:30 00:10
TE9Caldecott 00:22
TE14Orchard 00:28
TE29Bayshore 05:57 05:57 06:17 00:05
TE27Marine Terrace 00:10
TE22Gardens by the Bay 00:16
TE17Outram Park 00:22

Bus[edit]

More travel information: Alternative Travel Method
Bus Stop Exit Bus Service
Opp Great World City icon13121
Zion Rd
2
The Trillium icon13139
Kim Seng Rd
1
Great World Stn Exit 5 icon13071
River Valley Rd
5
Great World Stn Exit 4 icon13079
River Valley Rd
4

References[edit]

  1. "Thomson-East Coast Line". Land Transport Authority.
  2. "Singtel, StarHub, M1 and MyRepublic customers affected by NetLink Trust's fibre infrastructure damage". Chitra Kumar (Straits Times, 11 June 2015). Archived on 4 January 2016.
  3. "Worker dies after excavator bucket falls on him". Straits Times (23 December 2015). Archived on 1 January 2016.
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