EW26  Lakeside 湖畔 ஏரிக்கரை
Rapid transit
Platform of Lakeside MRT station.
General information
Location	201 Boon Lay Way Singapore 649845
Coordinates	1°20′40.52″N 103°43′16.10″E / 1.3445889°N 103.7211389°E / 1.3445889; 103.7211389
Operated by	SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)	East–West Line
Platforms	Island
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	EW26
History
Opened	5 November 1988; 35 years ago (1988-11-05)
Previous names	Corporation
Services
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Lakeside MRT Station (EW26) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the East West Line in Jurong West, Singapore. Its station colour is red and green.

The station derives its name from the most prominent geographical feature in the area, the Jurong Lake. The station serves residents living in Hong Kah, Taman Jurong and Boon Lay, as well as people working in Jurong Port and Pioneer Sector.

History

Lakeside MRT Station was originally named Corporation, it was renamed in 1986. The station was opened on 5 November 1988, it was a western terminal station for the East West Line, when westbound train terminates at Platform B before it turnaround utilised nearby crossover to Platform A headed back to the East, before Boon Lay was fully opened on 6 July 1990 and the MRT system that time was declared opened by the late President Wee Kim Wee.

As with most of the above-ground stations built in the past along the East West Line, it was built without platform screen doors to prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. After several successful tests at Jurong East, Yishun and Pasir Ris and eventually, installation of the half-height screen doors started on 9 June 2010 and operations commenced on 31 August 2010 along with Bukit Batok.^[1]

While the train services between Jurong East and Clementi was not available from 4 September to 5 September 2010 for track maintenance and construction of connector track as part of the Jurong East Modification Project, Joo Koon bound trains terminated at Platform A and utilized the nearby crossover to Joo Koon. The two shuttle trains are also deployed from Lakeside to Jurong East, but they are connected through Bukit Gombak Electrical Substation while the Ulu Pandan (the one after Toh Tuck Road and before Sungei Ulu Pandan) and Dover Electrical Substation was switched off. The original plans on 6 August 2010 was to disrupt the service from Clementi to Joo Koon but because the electricity can be taken from other electrical substation at Bukit Gombak, therefore there was a change of plans to have a train service from Jurong East to Joo Koon.^[2]

The station was installed with Rite Hite Revolution High Volume, Low Speed (HVLS) fans and commenced operations on 30 November 2012 with Bukit Batok. ^[3]

Privacy screens were installed from Lakeside MRT Station to Corporation Road, excluding Lakeside crossover to minimise noise generated from their residents.^[4] Cash top-ups are no longer accepted at Passenger Service Centres from 1 September 2017, at Lakeside MRT Station.^[5]