Serangoon MRT Station
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| Serangoon MRT Station 实龙岗地铁站 சிராங்கூன் Rapid transit |
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 The interior of NE12/CC13 Serangoon Station |
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| Address | 600 Upper Serangoon Road Singapore 534801 |
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| Lines | North East, Circle (U/C) | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | |||||||||||||||
| Structure | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Levels | 2 (1 U/C) | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 U/C) | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 June 2003 (North East Line) | |||||||||||||||
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| Code | NE12/CC13 | |||||||||||||||
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Serangoon MRT Station (NE12/CC13) is an underground station on the North East Line, Singapore. The station is located in the Serangoon Central area, at the intersection of Upper Serangoon Road and Serangoon Central. This station sees relatively heavy usage during peak periods, because a number of bus services which used to go to the city area now terminate at Serangoon bus interchange instead.
The Circle Line portion of the station is currently under construction, and it will open some time in mid-2009.[1] When the Circle Line station is completed, this would be the second station in the MRT system after Dhoby Ghaut to have a travelator, which will be 73 metres in length, about 20 metres longer than the one at Dhoby Ghaut. There are plans by Land Transport Authority to relocate the Serangoon bus interchange to the site above the Circle Line part of this station as part of an integrated development.[2]
The artwork in this station under the Art in Transit programme is Memories of Childhood by Eng Joo Heng.
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[edit] Exits
A - Block 413
B - Towards Serangoon Bus Interchange
C - Crestar Education Centre
D - Block 415
[edit] Transfers
[edit] Bus services
The following bus services are available at Serangoon Bus Interchange or the bus stops along Upper Serangoon Road and Serangoon Central:
[edit] 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.[3][4] By the first few months of 2007, train speeds started picking up once again after the excavation was near completion.
[edit] References
- ^ SPEECH BY MR RAYMOND LIM,MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT, AT THE VISIT TO KIM CHUAN DEPOT, 25 JANUARY 2008, 9.00 AM. Singapore Government Media Release (2008-01-25).
- ^ Public Tender 2007: Serangoon Central Site.
- ^ Safety News, Special Edition, July 2006.
- ^ "Serangoon MRT station sinks 1cm", The Straits Times, 2005 June 8.
