Toa Payoh MRT Station 大巴窑地铁站 தோ பயோ Rapid transit
North-bound platform of NS19 Toa Payoh MRT station
Station statistics
Address	510 Toa Payoh Lorong 6 Singapore 319398
Coordinates	1°19′57.73″N 103°50′52.11″E / 1.3327028°N 103.8478083°E / 1.3327028; 103.8478083
Lines	North South
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	Island
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	7 November 1987
Accessible
Code	NS19
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Braddell towards Jurong East North South Line Novena towards Marina Bay
Location
Toa Payoh MRT Station

A closed-circuit camera monitors activities at Toa Payoh MRT Station.

Platform level of Toa Payoh Station

Opening of MRT Passenger Service at Toa Payoh MRT Station.

Toa Payoh MRT Station (NS19) is an underground station of the Mass Rapid Transit's North South Line in Singapore. It serves the Toa Payoh area. The station plays a role in the Uniquely Singapore Edition of Monopoly.

[edit] History

Toa Payoh MRT Station was the first MRT station in Singapore to be completed, topping out in 1985, this makes it the first station with platform screen doors in the world. This station was among the first phase of MRT stations to be opened in Singapore in 1987. The first phase included the stations from Toa Payoh to Yio Chu Kang. Today, the concourse area bears the inauguration plate of Singapore's MRT system.

This station was one of 4 stations which participated in Exercise Northstar V, a mock terrorist exercise held on Jan 8 2006.

[edit] Repairs & redecoration works

Falling tiles are a problem in Toa Payoh and Novena stations. Therefore the trademark bright yellow tiles of the station walls were replaced with a layer of plastic and paint of the same colour. The station had been refurbished.

[edit] Train services

When services are about to cease for the day, southbound trains travelling from Jurong East will terminate at platform B of the station for withdrawal.

[edit] Shops & facilities nearby

• HDB Hub
• Toa Payoh Bus Interchange
• Toa Payoh Town Centre
• Toa Payoh Town Park
• CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)
• CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh)

[edit] Train Service

[edit] Current Station Layout

[edit] Bus services

Links within Toa Payoh and to other parts of Singapore are available at the airconditioned Toa Payoh Bus Interchange above the station. The following bus services serve the bus stops along Toa Payoh Lorong 2:

Service	Between	And	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
56	Bishan Bus Interchange	Marina Centre Bus Terminal
105	Serangoon Bus Interchange	Jurong East Bus Interchange
153	Hougang Central Bus Interchange	Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
SBS Transit Feeder Services
232	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange	Toa Payoh Lorong 7 (Loop)
SMRT Buses NightRider Services
NR1	HarbourFront Bus Interchange	Yishun Ring Road (Loop)

[edit] Incidents

On December 18, 2008 at about 1.25 pm, passengers onboard a southbound train were off-loaded after smoke was detected from one of the air-conditioning units in one of the train carriages. The train was removed from service after the passengers disembarked, causing a delay of 7 minutes. SMRT says that a leak in air-con refrigerant gas appeared as "smoke" and is non-toxic. ^[1]

[edit] References

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