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'{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{short description|Future MRT station in Singapore}} {{distinguish|Orchard MRT station}} {{Infobox Station | background = | name = {{SMRT Infobox Colour | enname = Orchard Boulevard | zhname = 乌节林荫道 | taname = ஆர்ச்சர்ட் பொலிவார்ட் | msname = Orchard Boulevard | line = thomson-east coast | line2 = | line3 = | code = {{SMRT code|TE|13}} | terminicode = }} | type = [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit]] (MRT) station | image = TE13 Orchard Boulevard MRT construction (entrance along Orchard Blvd) 20211128 142356.jpg | image_caption = Entrance to the station along Orchard Boulevard under construction | address = 20 Orchard Boulevard<br>Singapore 248654 | coordinates = {{Coord|1.3024|103.8251|type:railwaystation_region:SG|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | line = {{rail color box|system=SMRT|line=Thomson-East Coast}} | other = | structure = Underground | platform = 2 ([[1 island platform]]) | depth = | levels = | tracks = | parking = | bicycle = | baggage_check = | passengers = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | pass_system = | opening = {{start date and age|df=yes|2022|11|13}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=11 Thomson-East Coast Line stations to open on Nov 13; free rides available on Nov 11|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/thomson-east-coast-line-open-november-mrt-free-rides-11-stations-2994101 |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=CNA |language=en}}</ref> | closed = | rebuilt = | electrified = | ADA = Yes | operator = [[SMRT Trains|SMRT Trains Ltd]] ([[SMRT Corporation]]) | owned = [[Land Transport Authority]] | zone = | former = | services = {{Adjacent stations |system=SMRT |line=Thomson-East Coast |left=Napier |right=Orchard |to-right=Gardens by the Bay |note-mid=Future service }} <!-- Update the to-right value to Bayshore (Stage 4) or Sungei Bedok (Stage 5) when the respective stages commence operations --> | mpassengers = | map_type = Singapore Rail central area | map_caption = Orchard Boulevard station in Singapore | map_dot_label = Orchard Boulevard | map_alt = Singapore MRT/LRT system map | map_size = 300px | map_label_position = left }} '''Orchard Boulevard MRT station''' is a future underground [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit]] station on the [[Thomson–East Coast MRT Line|Thomson–East Coast Line]] (TEL) situated at the boundary of [[River Valley, Singapore|River Valley]] and [[Orchard, Singapore|Orchard]] planning areas, [[Singapore]]. It will be located on the corner of Orchard Boulevard (hence the name) and Grange Road, near [[Camden Medical Centre]], [[Singapore Tourism Board]] headquarters in Singapore Tourism Court and JEN Singapore Tanglin by Shangri-La Hotel.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.374270265976549.81900.132581033478808&type=1 | title = TSL System Map & Station Footprints| website = [[Facebook]]}}</ref> Opening on 13 November 2022,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/thomson-east-coast-line-open-november-mrt-free-rides-11-stations-2994101 | title=11 Thomson-East Coast Line stations to open on Nov 13; free rides available on Nov 11 }}</ref> it will be located between the stations of [[Napier MRT station|Napier]] and [[Orchard MRT station|Orchard]]. Of the two exits this station will have, one will be built along Orchard Boulevard, with another on Grange Road next to the Tourism Court. ==History== This station was first announced on 29 August 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://app.mot.gov.sg/News_Centre/Latest_News/NewsID/1025BFFF26792831/Speech_by_Mr_Lui_Tuck_Yew_Minister_for_Transport_at_the_Inspection_of_Downtown_Line_1_Station_and_A.aspx |title=Speech by Mr Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Transport, at the Inspection of Downtown Line 1 Station and Announcement of Thomson Line alignment, 29 August 2012, 10.00am at Telok Ayer Station |publisher=Ministry of Transport |date=29 August 2012 |access-date=August 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908133557/http://app.mot.gov.sg/News_Centre/Latest_News/NewsID/1025BFFF26792831/Speech_by_Mr_Lui_Tuck_Yew_Minister_for_Transport_at_the_Inspection_of_Downtown_Line_1_Station_and_A.aspx |archive-date=8 September 2012 }}</ref> On 15 August 2014, LTA announced that Orchard Boulevard station would be part of the proposed [[Thomson-East Coast MRT Line|Thomson-East Coast Line]] (TEL). The station would be constructed as part of Phase 3, consisting of 13 stations between [[Mount Pleasant MRT station|Mount Pleasant]] and [[Gardens by the Bay MRT station|Gardens by the Bay]], and was expected to be completed in June 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://app.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=3cc2e460-06ea-4245-a37f-df11b602ec7d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084445/http://app.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=3cc2e460-06ea-4245-a37f-df11b602ec7d|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-08-19|title=Joint News Release by the Land Transport Authority & Singapore Land Authority - Thomson-East Coast Line: New MRT Links in the East {{!}} Press Room {{!}} Land Transport Authority|date=2014-08-19|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/upcoming_projects/rail_expansion/thomson_east_coast_line.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213075700/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/upcoming_projects/rail_expansion/thomson_east_coast_line.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-02-13|title=LTA {{!}} Upcoming Projects {{!}} Rail Expansion {{!}} Thomson-East Coast Line|date=2020-02-13|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref> Contract T218 for the design and construction of Orchard Boulevard Station was awarded to KTC Civil Engineering & Construction Pte Ltd at a sum of S$143 million in May 2014. Construction started in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2014/5/2/lta-awards-four-contracts-for-thomson-lines-orchard-boulevard-great-world-outram-park-and-shenton-way-stations.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213072258/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2014/5/2/lta-awards-four-contracts-for-thomson-lines-orchard-boulevard-great-world-outram-park-and-shenton-way-stations.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-02-13|title=LTA {{!}} News Room {{!}} News Releases {{!}} LTA Awards Four Contracts for Thomson Line's Orchard Boulevard, Great World, Outram Park and Shenton Way Stations|date=2020-02-13|access-date=2020-02-13}}</ref> On 9 March 2022, Transport Minister S Iswaran announced in Parliament that TEL 3 would open in the second half of that year.<ref name="CNA 2022">{{cite web | title=11 more Thomson-East Coast stations to open in second half of 2022; more 'inclusive' changes for vulnerable commuters | website=CNA | date=9 March 2022 | url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/thomson-east-coast-line-stations-maxwell-great-world-shenton-way-2550266 | access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref> As announced during a visit by Transport Minister S. Iswaran at the {{MRT station|Outram Park}} and {{MRT station|Maxwell}} stations on 7 October 2022, the TEL station will begin operations on 13 November.<ref name="Auto 2022">{{cite web | last=Yong | first=Clement | title=11 new TEL stations, from Stevens to Gardens by the Bay, to open on Nov 13; free rides on Nov 11 | website=The Straits Times | date=7 October 2022 | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/11-tel3-stations-from-stevens-to-gardens-by-the-bay-to-open-on-nov-13-free-rides-on-nov-11 | access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="LTA">{{cite web | title=Factsheet: Thomson – East Coast Line Stage 3 to Open for Passenger Service from 13 November 2022 | website=LTA | url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/newsroom/2022/10/news-releases/thomson---east-coast-line-stage-3-to-open-for-passenger-service-.html | access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="CNA Grace 2022">{{cite web | last1=Yeoh | first1=Grace| title=11 Thomson-East Coast Line stations to open on Nov 13; free rides available on Nov 11 | website=CNA | date=7 October 2022 | url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/thomson-east-coast-line-open-november-mrt-free-rides-11-stations-2994101 | access-date=7 October 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{commonscat-inline|Orchard Boulevard MRT Station}} {{Singapore MRT stations|thomson=yes}} [[Category:Proposed railway stations in Singapore]] [[Category:Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) stations]] [[Category:Railway stations scheduled to open in 2022]] {{Singapore-MRT-stub}}'