Serangoon MRT Station
NE12 CC13 Serangoon MRT Station 实龙岗地铁站 சிராங்கூன் Stesen MRT Serangoon | ||||||||||||||||
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 NEL platform of Serangoon MRT station. | ||||||||||||||||
| Location |
600 Upper Serangoon Road 21 Serangoon Central Singapore 534801 / 556082 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°21′00″N 103°52′23″E / 1.349944°N 103.873092°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by |
SBS Transit (ComfortDelGro) (North East Line) SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation (Circle Line) | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | Island | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | NE12 CC13 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened |
20 June 2003 (North East Line) 28 May 2009 (Circle Line) | |||||||||||||||
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Serangoon MRT Station (NE12/CC13) is an underground interchange station on the North East Line and the Circle Line in Singapore. The station is located in Serangoon, at the intersection of Upper Serangoon Road and Serangoon Central.
History
Before the station opened, the Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the second ever Shelter Open House on 15–16 February 2003, together with Chinatown, Farrer Park and Hougang stations.
The artwork in the North East Line side of the station under the Art in Transit programme is Memories of Childhood by Eng Joo Heng. The artwork featured in the Circle Line side is called View of Life by Sarkasi Said. The author used 18 original batik paintings on cloth which were photographed and printed onto a sheet of glass.
Circle Line
The Circle Line portion of the station opened on 28 May 2009.[1] This is the second station in the MRT system after Dhoby Ghaut to have a travelator within the paid-area of the station. An integrated development, consisting of the nex shopping mall and a Serangoon Bus Interchange, is built on the site directly above the Circle Line part of this station.[2][3]
Station sinking incident
In February 2005, excavation for the tunnels under the existing North East Line station for the Circle Line interchange station hit an unusually large body of groundwater. This caused settlement of the North East Line station as well as the Serangoon viaduct directly above the station, with the station sinking by 1 cm. As a result, trains bound for Punggol pulling off the station have to pass by the affected area at a lower speed.[4][5] By the first few months of 2007, train speeds started picking up once again after the excavation was near completion.
Station layout
| L1 | Street Level | nex, Serangoon Bus Interchange |
| B1 | Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Passenger Service Centre, Travellators between North East Line and Circle Line Linkways. |
| B2 | Platform A | North East Line towards NE1 CC29 HarbourFront via NE11 Woodleigh (→) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform B | North East Line towards NE17 PTC Punggol via NE13 Kovan (←) | |
| Platform A | Circle Line towards CC29 NE1 HarbourFront via CC14 Lorong Chuan (→) | |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform B | Circle Line towards CC1 NS24 NE6 Dhoby Ghaut via CC12 Bartley (←) | |
Exits
- A: Upper Serangoon Road (Southbound)
- B: Serangoon NEX
- C: Serangoon Central
- D: Serangoon Central, Upper Serangoon Road (Northbound)
- E, F, G and H: Serangoon NEX
Transport connections
Rail
| Destination | First Train | Last Train | |||||
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| Mon – Fri | Sat | Sunday & Public Holiday | Daily | ||||
| North East Line | |||||||
| to NE1 HarbourFront | 5.54am | 5.54am | 6.14am | 11.39pm | |||
| to NE17 Punggol | 6.20am | 6.21am | 6.41am | 12.16am | |||
| Circle Line | |||||||
| to CC1 Dhoby Ghaut | 5.44am | 5.44am | 6.11am | 11.40pm | |||
| to CC29 HarbourFront | 5.18am | 5.18am | 5.42am | 11.13pm | |||
| to CC26 Pasir Panjang | – | – | – | 11.43pm | |||
| to CC23 one-north | – | – | – | 11.59pm | |||
| to CC7 Mountbatten | – | – | – | 12.17am | |||
| to CC17 Caldecott | – | – | – | 12.27am | |||
| to CC12 Bartley | – | – | – | 12.40am | |||
Gallery
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Platform Area
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Circle Line exit before the opening of Stage 3
References
- ↑ "Speech by Mr Raymond Lim, Minister for Transport, at the visit to Kim Chuan Depot". Singapore Government Media Release. 2008-01-25.
- ↑ "Serangoon Central Tender Awarded To Gold Ridge Pte Ltd".
- ↑ "Upcoming Serangoon shopping mall gets 30% occupancy commitments". Channel NewsAsia. 2009-04-14.
- ↑ "Safety News, Special Edition, July 2006" (PDF).
- ↑ "Serangoon MRT station sinks 1cm". The Straits Times. 2005-06-08.
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