SINGAPORE - The new Marina South Pier MRT Station will open for operations tomorrow (Nov 23), The Straits Times reported.
Speaking at the station's opening ceremony today, Transport Minister Mr Lui Tuck Yew said that the newest station on the North-South Line (NSL) would serve passengers going to the Marina South Pier and the Marina Bay Cruise Centre, as well as families going to Marina South on weekends to enjoy the Singapore skyline.
"Come 2021, the vicinity around Marina South Pier Station will be complemented by three stations on the Thomson-East Coast Line: Gardens by the Bay, Marina South and an interchange station at Marina Bay," he said.
Mr Lui also said that construction works on the Downtown Lines 2 and 3 are progressing well, and that tenders for remaining stretches of the Thomson-East Coast Line are expected to be called next year.
"We are steadily expanding our rail network to put eight in 10 households within a 10-minute walk to a station," he said.
It was previously reported that train services to the station will run at eight to 12-minute intervals during peak hours on weekday mornings, which means one in every four southbound trains will proceed to Marina South Pier station. The other three trains will turn around at Marina Bay station so that commuters on more crowded stretches of the North-South Line can enjoy shorter train headways.
At other times, including weekends and public holidays, trains to Marina South Pier station will run at 15-minute intervals.