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Platform level of Choa Chu Kang MRT Station.
The Choa Chu Kang MRT/LRT Station (NS4/BP1) is an interchange station that serves the area of Choa Chu Kang. It is part of the North South Line and the Bukit Panjang Light Rapid Transit in Singapore of the Mass Rapid Transit and the Light Rapid Transit respectively.
The station used to be the terminus of the branch line of the East West Line before February 1996. With the opening of the Woodlands extension, trains can run directly from the station beyond Yishun MRT Station, to Marina Bay MRT Station, and hence the branch line was incorporated into the North South Line from then on.
[edit] LRT accident
An LRT train with 20 passengers crashed into an empty one in Choa Chu Kang on Sunday 19 Nov 2000 after an operations officer failed to do a manual check of the lines before restarting the network system. The impact threw seated and standing passengers to the floor of the train, injuring three of them. The service was disrupted for seven hours but it was restored in stages and was fully functional again by 2.30pm the same day. Then Communications and Information Technology Minister Yeo Cheow Tong visited the site soon after being told of the accident. [1]
[edit] Bus services
Links within Choa Chu Kang and Yew Tee estates, and to other parts of Singapore are available at the nearby Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange. The following bus service pass by the vicinity of the station:
[edit] Shops & facilities nearby
[edit] References
- ^ "MRT Accidents", Singapore On The Web, 20 November 2000.
Choa Chu Kang MRT/LRT Station
