Eunos MRT Station 4.71

Eunos MRT Station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Geylang, Singapore. It is located next to the Eunos Bus Interchange.DesignThe station has a different style of architecture from other stations on the eastern part of the East West Line, having been designed with a traditional Malay roof structure (Atap Minangkabau) and with a shape similar to the stations in the western part of the East-West Line (Chinese Garden to Boon Lay stations), and the northern part of the North South Line (Bukit Batok to Khatib stations) except for Woodlands, using modern materials such as steel beams, similar to that of the Eunos Bus Interchange. This is to provide a sense of identity to the area, as Eunos bus interchange lies close to Geylang Serai and the Malay Village. The station was named in honour of an early Malay pioneer Muhammad Eunos bin Abdullah, whom secured 700-hectares of land for Malay settlements in the area called Jalan Eunos Malay Settlement (Kampung Melayu), an area spanning from Kallang, Kampong Wak Tanjong to Kembangan and from Kaki Bukit to East Coast (sea). The station colour is blue.HistoryAs with most of the above-ground stations along the East West Line, it was built without platform screen doors. The installation of half-height platform screen doors started on 5 October 2010 and operations started on 16 December 2010. This station is installed with MJ Air Tech High Volume, Low Speed (HVLS) Pro-Jet fans and started operations on 11 September 2012 together with Queenstown.