Serangoon MRT station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids  NE12  CC13  Serangoon 实龙岗 சிராங்கூன் Serangoon
Rapid transit
CCL Platform of Serangoon MRT Station
Location	600 Upper Serangoon Road Singapore 534801 (NEL) 21 Serangoon Central Singapore 556082 (CCL)
Coordinates	1°21′00″N 103°52′23″E / 1.349944°N 103.873092°E / 1.349944; 103.873092
Operated by	SBS Transit (ComfortDelGro Corporation) (North East Line) SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation (Circle Line)
Line(s)	North East Line   Circle Line
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	4
Connections	Serangoon Bus Interchange, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Parking	Yes (nex)
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	NE12  CC13
History
Opened	20 June 2003; 21 years ago (2003-06-20) (North East Line) 28 May 2009; 15 years ago (2009-05-28) (Circle Line)
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Woodleigh towards HarbourFront North East Line Kovan towards Punggol Bartley towards Dhoby Ghaut Circle Line Lorong Chuan towards HarbourFront
Location

Serangoon MRT station (NE12/CC13) 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.

History

Exit C of Serangoon station.

Construction for this station, Woodleigh station and its connecting tunnels began in July 1997. Wayss & Freytag – Econ Piling – Chew Eu Hock Construction Joint-Venture was responsible to build these infrastructures 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.

Circle Line

The Circle Line portion of the station opened on 28 May 2009. nex shopping mall and the Serangoon Bus Interchange is built directly above the Circle Line part of this station.

Station sinking incident

Trains travelling to Punggol had to travel at a lower speed as the existing North East line station platform sank a distance of 1 centimetre (0.39 in). This was due to the excavation of the Circle Line interchange station meeting a large amount of groundwater. By the first few months of 2007, train speeds gradually went back to normal after the excavation was near completion.

Art in Transit

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.

Related pages

• Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)

Images for kids

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  NEL platforms

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  Construction site of the CCL station in April 2006

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  Exit C of the station encased in a cubic structure

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  Two prints are displayed on the pillars along the two sides of the platforms

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  Matrix art seats at the CCL platforms