Marina South Pier MRT station

The North–South Line (NSL), Singapore's first MRT line, opened in stages from 1987 to 1989 and ended at Marina Bay station. In the 2008 Land Transport Master Plan, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced a extension of the NSL from Marina Bay, one of several upcoming projects meant to expand Singapore's rail network. The line would extend from Marina Bay station and provide connectivity to future developments in the area, as well as to the Marina South Cruise Centre. The station was provisionally named "Marina Pier". The contract for the design and construction of the additional station and tunnels was awarded to Samsung C&T Corporation for S$357.5 million (US$ million) in December 2009. Construction of the extension commenced in that month and was expected to be completed by 2014. During the construction, on 8 August 2012, a Bangladeshi worker died while dismantling a support structure that was part of an earth-retaining stabilizing structure. The worker was on one of the beams still attached to another beam being lifted by a crane. Both the man and the beam fell when it was dislodged. The beam crushed the worker. On 15 August 2014, Minister for Transport Lui Tuck Yew visited the station, where he announced the merger of the Thomson and East Region lines into the Thomson–East Coast Line. As announced on 17 November, the station opened on 23 November that year. An opening ceremony for the station was held the day before the official opening. ==Station details==

Marina South Pier station, the southern terminus of the NSL, has an official station code of NS28. The next station north is Marina Bay. Trains turnaround at this terminus by using crossovers located at both ends of the station. The station is located in Marina South The station has two exits, connecting to the Marina South Pier Ferry Terminal and the Marina Bay Cruise Centre, and will serve future developments in the upcoming Marina Bay Downtown area. The space, MirrorMoves, was established for its open layout and relatively low pedestrian traffic, enabling dance activities to proceed without disruption to passenger movement. When the SCYA were commissioned for the artwork in 2012, the LTA had launched a programme to recall a batch of Sony EZ-Link smartcards, which were being replaced by the CEPAS cards. The SCYA retrieved 50,000 cards from the storerooms in 20 different colours. The artwork was first sketched using the cards' colours; a reduced-size sample, using the cards, was then created via a mosaic composite builder. After the panel size was determined, the cards were arranged in 9 columns of 10 rows per panel. The 216 panels and materials were submitted to Top Pave Pte Ltd which produced the artwork. Another artwork, Singapore Tapestry by Delia Prvacki, was a gift from the LTA celebrating Singapore's 50th anniversary. The mural consists of oven-fired clay tiles created by 1,500 people, who were asked to "make clay representations of what they see as the Singapore story". Prvacki's "carpet-like" concept for the artwork was inspired by the "long, rectangular panoramic shape" of the station's interior. with the guidance of Prvacki and her protégés. to produce allegorical icons such as birds, trees, the Singapore Flag, and a future with driverless cars. The artwork is meant to "celebrate" the national "tapestry of life", which is multi-racial yet "united in aspiration". attended the artwork's unveiling ceremony on 23 October 2015. ==References==