Yio Chu Kang MRT Station
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| Yio Chu Kang MRT Station 杨厝港地铁站 இயோ சூ காங் Rapid transit |
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 Platform level of NS15 Yio Chu Kang station |
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| Address | 3000 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 Singapore 569813 |
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| Lines | North South | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 7 November 1987 | ||||||||||
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| Code | NS15 | ||||||||||
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Yio Chu Kang MRT Station (NS15) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the North South Line in Singapore.
The station's architecture design theme is similar to Ang Mo Kio station, with brown granite walls and floors, except for the middle platform in Ang Mo Kio station, which this station does not have. This station serves students of neighbouring educational institutions, residents as well as workers at neighbouring industrial estates.
Yio Chu Kang used to be the terminus of the North South Line when it first opened in 7 November 1987. Trains terminated at Platform A before reversing and crossing over to the adjacent track.
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[edit] Station vicinity
- Nanyang Polytechnic
- Presbyterian High School
- Anderson Primary School
- Yio Chu Kang Grassroots Club
- Yio Chu Kang Swimming Complex
- Ang Mo Kio Police Division and Neighbourhood Police Centre
- Ang Mo Kio Fire Station
- Nuovo Executive Condominium
- Castle Green Condominium
- Anderson Junior College
- Mayflower Primary School
- Yio Chu Kang Secondary School
[edit] Bus services
Bus services are available at the Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal located beside the station or at the bus stops along Ang Mo Kio Ave 6:
| Service | Between | And | Notes |
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| SBS Transit Trunk Services | |||
| 45 | Upper East Coast Bus Terminal | Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot | |
| 70 | Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal | Shenton Way Bus Terminal | Operates on Weekdays and Saturdays only |
| 70M | Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal | Marina Centre (Loop) | Operates on Sundays and Public Holidays only |
| 76 | Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal | Marine Parade (Loop) | Wheelchair Accessible Bus Service (WAB) Euro III  |
| 86 | Sengkang Bus Interchange | Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange | |
| 162 | Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal | Shenton Way Bus Terminal | Operates on Weekdays and Saturdays only |
| 162M | Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal | Marina Centre (Loop) | Operates on Sundays and Public Holidays only |
| SBS Transit Stadium Direct Services | |||
| SS3 | Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal | Stadium Walk | |
| SMRT Buses Premium Services | |||
| 592 | Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal | Lentor Estate (Loop) | Lentor Premium Service. Operates on subsidiary BusPlus |
| 593 | Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal | Springside & Springleaf Estate (Loop) | Springleaf Premium Service. Operates on subsidiary BusPlus |
| SMRT Buses Feeder Services | |||
| 825 | Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal | Lentor Avenue (Loop) | Operates on subsidiary BusPlus |
| SMRT Buses Trunk Services | |||
| 851 | Yishun Bus Interchange | Bukit Merah Bus Interchange | |
| 852 | Yishun Bus Interchange | Bukit Batok Bus Interchange | |
| 853 | Yishun Bus Interchange | Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal | |
| 853C | Yishun Bus Interchange | Upper East Coast Bus Terminal | |
| SMRT Night Rider Services | |||
| NR1 | HarbourFront Bus Interchange | Yishun Ring Road (Loop) | |
The following bus services are available at Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal and some bus services pass by the bus stops along Ang Mo Kio Ave 9:
| Service | Between | And | Notes |
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| SBS Transit Trunk Services | |||
| 45 | Upper East Coast Bus Terminal | Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot | |
| 70 | Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal | Shenton Way Bus Terminal | Operates on Weekdays and Saturdays only |
| 70M | Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal | Marina Centre (Loop) | Operates on Sundays and Public Holidays only |
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| 265 | Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot | Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 (Loop) | Euro IV |
| 268 | Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot | Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 2 (Loop) | Euro IV |
[edit] Lentor MRT Station
In the early 1990s, Disney offered to build a theme park in the Lentor area, beside the Lower Seletar Reservoir. The station was to be between Khatib MRT Station and Yio Chu Kang MRT Station. SMRT was willing to build a station for the proposed theme park. Talks between the Singapore government and the corporation fell through and the idea was shelved.
[edit] Track incursion
On 3 March 2003, a 23-year old drove his Mercedes onto an MRT track off Lentor Avenue, in the sector between Yio Chu Kang and Khatib MRT Stations, the first of its kind in the 15 years of MRT operations in Singapore. The freak accident occurred when the car, which was travelling at a speed of 87 kilometres an hour along Lentor Avenue (the maximum speed limit was 70 kilometres an hour there), mounted an 18 cm kerb, crossed 6 metres of grass verge (inclusive of a 1.5 metres wide pavement), jumped over a 1.5 metres drain, went through a fence 2 metres away from the track, and went uphill onto a steep stone embankment before landing on the MRT track.
Witnesses tried to remove the car from the tracks to prevent a possible collision, however an oncoming train from Yio Chu Kang stopped their efforts. One of the witnesses signaled the train driver to stop. Although the train driver was not able to stop in time, he was able to slow the train down enough to prevent derailment. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Car accident on the MRT track", RIMAS, March 2003.
