Serangoon MRT station

Serangoon MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North East line and Circle line in Serangoon, Singapore. Located at the intersection of Upper Serangoon Road and Serangoon Central, this station is directly linked to Nex and Serangoon Bus Interchange.

Not to be confused with Serangoon North MRT station.
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Serangoon
实龙岗
சிராங்கூன்
Serangoon
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
Exit F of the station, with the bus interchange next to it as part of the Integrated Transport Hub (ITH).
Location600 Upper Serangoon Road
Singapore 534801 (NEL)
21 Serangoon Central
Singapore 556082 (CCL)
Coordinates1°21′00″N 103°52′23″E
Operated bySBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) (North East line)
SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) (Circle line)
Line(s)
  North East Line
  Circle Line
Platforms4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks4
ConnectionsSerangoon Bus Interchange, Taxi
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels2
ParkingYes (nex)
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened20 June 2003 (2003-06-20) (North East line)
28 May 2009 (2009-05-28) (Circle line)
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station
towards HarbourFront
North East Line
towards Punggol
towards Dhoby Ghaut
Circle Line
towards HarbourFront
Location
Serangoon
Serangoon station in Singapore

History
Exit E of Serangoon station.

Construction of the station began in July 1997, for Contract 704 for the design and construction of Woodleigh and Serangoon stations and associated tunnels was awarded to Wayss & Freytag – Econ Piling – Chew Eu Hock Construction Joint-Venture on 23 June that year for S$316.7 million.

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 the 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 had 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.

References
  1. "Speech by Mr Raymond Lim, Minister for Transport, at the visit to Kim Chuan Depot". Singapore Government Media Release. 2008-01-25.
  2. "Serangoon Central Tender Awarded To Gold Ridge Pte Ltd". Archived from the original on 2013-04-19.
  3. "Upcoming Serangoon shopping mall gets 30% occupancy commitments". Channel NewsAsia. 2009-04-14. Archived from the original on 2010-01-31. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  4. "Safety News, Special Edition, July 2006" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  5. "Serangoon MRT station sinks 1cm". The Straits Times. 2005-06-08.
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