- Serangoon MRT Station
Infobox Station
name=Serangoon MRT Station
实龙岗地铁站
சிராங்கூன்
type=Rapid transit
image_size=300
image_caption=The interior of NE12/CC13 Serangoon Station
address=600 Upper Serangoon Road
Singapore 534801
coordinates= coord|1.349944|103.873092
line=North East, Circle "(U/C)"
other=Bus, Taxi
structure=Underground
platform=Island
depth=
levels=2 (1 U/C)
tracks=4 (2 U/C)
parking=
bicycle=
baggage_check=
passengers=
pass_year=
pass_percent=
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opened=20 June 2003 (North East Line)
closed=
rebuilt=
electrified=
ADA=Yes
code=NE12/CC13
owned=
zone=
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services=s-rail|title=SMRT
mpassengers=
map_locator=MRT locator map|Serangoon|px=300Serangoon 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 ofUpper Serangoon Road andSerangoon 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 atSerangoon bus interchange instead.The Circle Line portion of the station is currently under construction, and it will open some time in mid-2009. [cite web | url=https://app-pac.mica.gov.sg/data/vddp/embargo/6260896.htm | title=SPEECH BY MR RAYMOND LIM,MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT, AT THE VISIT TO KIM CHUAN DEPOT, 25 JANUARY 2008, 9.00 AM | publisher=Singapore Government Media Release | date=
2008-01-25 ] When the Circle Line station is completed, this would be the second station in the MRT system after Dhoby Ghaut to have atravelator , which will be 73 metres in length, about 20 metres longer than the one at Dhoby Ghaut. There are plans byLand Transport Authority to relocate theSerangoon bus interchange to the site above the Circle Line part of this station as part of an integrated development. [cite web | title = Public Tender 2007: Serangoon Central Site | url = http://www.lta.gov.sg/land_sales/main.htm]The artwork in this station under the Art in Transit programme is "Memories of Childhood" by Eng Joo Heng.
Current Station Layout
Exits
A - Block 413
B - TowardsSerangoon Bus Interchange
C - Crestar Education Centre
D - Block 415Transfers
Bus services
The following bus services are available at
Serangoon Bus Interchange or the bus stops alongUpper Serangoon Road andSerangoon Central :Incidents
Train disruption
250 train passengers were trapped in trains on
8 February 2004 from 11.22 am to 11.41 am when power was disrupted at Serangoon station, causing all stations from Serangoon to Punggol to be closed during the disruption.tation 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 Serangoonviaduct 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. [cite web | title = Safety News, Special Edition, July 2006 | url = http://www.lta.gov.sg/projects/doc/LTA_Special_Edition_LR.pdf] [cite news | title = Serangoon MRT station sinks 1cm | publisher = The Straits Times | date = 2005 June 8] By the first few months of 2007, train speeds started picking up once again after the excavation was near completion.References
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