Clarke Quay

date_opened:=20 June 2003

Clarke Quay is an underground station on the North East Line. It's not directly near Clarke Quay but near Clarke Quay Central.

History
The former Ellenborough Market was acquired in 1995 for the construction of Clarke Quay MRT station, including some HDB flats at Clarke Quay. Residents were told to move out by December 1996. These include Block 1 Tew Chew Street. North East line Contract 708 was awarded to Nishimatsu Construction – Lum Chang Building Contractors – Bachy Soletanche Singapore Joint-Venture (JV) on 23 June 1997 for $171.2 million. Clarke Quay opened in 20 June 2003, and the construction of Clarke Quay Central, a shopping mall, also begun for completion in October 2006.