Serangoon MRT Station 实龙岗地铁站 சிராங்கூன் Rapid transit
Serangoon MRT Station's exit for the Circle Line.
Station statistics
Address	600 Upper Serangoon Road Singapore 534801
Coordinates	1°21′00″N 103°52′23″E / 1.349944°N 103.873092°E / 1.349944; 103.873092
Lines	North East, Circle
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure	Underground
Levels	4
Platforms	Island
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	20 June 2003 (North East Line) 28 May 2009 (Circle Line)
Accessible
Code	NE12/CC13
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Woodleigh towards HarbourFront North East Line Kovan towards Punggol Bartley Terminus Circle Line Stage 3 Lorong Chuan towards Marymount
Location
Serangoon MRT Station

Platform area, showing Platform Screen Doors in Serangoon MRT station (Northeast line).

Serangoon MRT Station (NE12/CC13) is an underground interchange station on the North East Line and the Circle Line in 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 station operated by SBS Transit on the North East Line and SMRT Corporation on the Circle Line.

The Circle Line portion of the station opened on May 28, 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, which is 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]

Before the station opened, the Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the second ever Shelter Open House on Feb 15 and Feb 16 2003, together with Chinatown, Farrer Park and Hougang stations.

The artwork in the Northeast 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.

On 16 April 2009, the Public Transport Council (PTC) announced that the Circle Line Stage 3 will operate 2 days ahead of schedule, on 28 May 2009.^[3]

[edit] Train service

[edit] Current station layout

[edit] Exits

North East Line section
A - Block 413
B - Towards Serangoon Bus Interchange
C - Crestar Education Centre
D - Block 415

Circle Line section
E - Serangoon Central
F - Serangoon Ave 2

[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:

Service	Transfer location	Between	And	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
22	Serangoon Central Stops 4/5	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange	Tampines Bus Interchange
43	Serangoon Central Stops 4/5	Punggol Bus Interchange	Upper East Coast Bus Terminal
45	Upper Serangoon Road Stops 1/3	Upper East Coast Bus Terminal	Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot
53	Serangoon Central Stops 4/5	Bishan Bus Interchange	Changi Airport PTB 1, 2 & 3 Bus Terminal
58	Upper Serangoon Road Stops 1/3	Bishan Bus Interchange	Pasir Ris Bus Interchange
70	Serangoon Central Stops 4/5	Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal	Shenton Way Bus Terminal
70M	Serangoon Central Stops 4/5	Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal	Marina Centre (Loop)	70A : Terminates At Temasek Ave (Opp The Ritz Carlton)
81	Serangoon Central Stops 4/5	Tampines Bus Interchange	Serangoon Bus Interchange
82	Serangoon Central Stops 4/5	Serangoon Bus Interchange	Punggol Road End (Loop)
100	Upper Serangoon Road Stops 1/3	Serangoon Bus Interchange	Ghim Moh Bus Terminal
101	Serangoon Central Stops 4/5	Serangoon Bus Interchange	Buangkok Link (Loop)
103	Serangoon Central Stops 4/5	Serangoon Bus Interchange	Seletar East Camp (Loop)
103M	Serangoon Central Stops 4/5	Serangoon Bus Interchange	Seletar West Camp (Loop)
105	Serangoon Bus Interchange	Serangoon Bus Interchange	Jurong East Bus Interchange
107	Upper Serangoon Road Stops 1/3	Hougang Central Bus Interchange	Shenton Way Bus Terminal
107M	Upper Serangoon Road Stops 1/3	Hougang Central Bus Interchange	Marina Centre (Loop)
109	Serangoon Bus Interchange	Serangoon Bus Interchange	Changi Village Bus Terminal
147	Upper Serangoon Road Stops 1/3	Hougang Central Bus Interchange	Clementi Bus Interchange
153	Upper Serangoon Road Stops 1/3	Hougang Central Bus Interchange	Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
158	Serangoon Central Stops 4/5	Serangoon Bus Interchange	Tanjong Rhu (Loop)
SBS Transit Feeder Services
315	Serangoon Bus Interchange	Serangoon Bus Interchange	Serangoon North Ave 4 (Loop)
317	Serangoon Central Stops 4/5	Serangoon Bus Interchange	Berwick Drive (Loop)
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
853	Upper Serangoon Road Stops 1/3	Yishun Bus Interchange	Geylang Lorong 1 Bus Terminal	Weekdays & Saturdays Only
853C	Upper Serangoon Road Stops 1/3	Yishun Bus Interchange	Upper East Coast Bus Terminal	Sundays and Public Holidays only.
SMRT Buses NightRider Services
NR6	Upper Serangoon Road Stops 1/3	HarbourFront Bus Interchange	Anchorvale Drive (Loop)

[edit] Incidents

[edit] 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.

[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.^[4][5] By the first few months of 2007, train speeds started picking up once again after the excavation was near completion.

[edit] References