Founders' Memorial MRT station


Founders' Memorial MRT station is a future underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Thomson–East Coast line in Marina East planning area, Singapore. Scheduled to begin construction in 2019 and opening in tandem with the Founders' Memorial in 2027, the station will be located within the Bay East Garden of the Gardens by the Bay, next to the Founders' Memorial. It will be the third infill station on the MRT network, after Dover and Canberra MRT stations, as well as the first infill station to be underground and have an island platform configuration.
Founders' Memorial station is one of the three MRT stations in Singapore to have an official Malay name. The other stations are Botanic Gardens MRT station and Gardens by the Bay MRT station.

History

Founders' Memorial station was originally known as "Marina East" or "Gardens Bay East" in the conceptual plans since 2008. It was originally a reserved station and the facility building. In January 2019, the station was announced as "Founders' Memorial" and will open in 2027, in tandem with the Founders' Memorial and Singapore's diamond jubilee also known as SG60, whereas the station code is provisional and are subject to changes.
The Contract T302 for the conversion of the existing TEL facility building at Bay East Garden into a station was awarded to China Railway First Group Co., Ltd at a sum of S$242.4 million in June 2016. Construction will start in 2019, with completion in 2027.