Yishun MRT Station is a
Mass Rapid TransitThe Mass Rapid Transit or MRT is a rapid transit system that forms the backbone of the railway system in Singapore, spanning the entire city-state. The initial section of the MRT, between Yio Chu Kang Station and Toa Payoh Station, opened in 1987 establishing itself as the second-oldest metro...
station in
SingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, built above ground level. It is the northernmost of 2 stations serving
Yishun New TownYishun New Town is a housing estate in the north of Singapore. The Lower Seletar Reservoir is found there.Shopping centres in Yishun include Northpoint Shopping Centre, which is situated next to Yishun MRT Station and Yishun Bus Interchange....
and is part of the
North South LineThe North South Line was the 1st Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 44 km long with 25 stations, and is operated by SMRT Corporation...
. This used to be the terminus of the line until the
WoodlandsWoodlands, or the Woodlands New Town , is a suburban town in northern Singapore, part of the North West Community Development Council district...
extension was completed which connects the station to Choa Chu Kang. During peak periods on weekdays, and sometimes for special timetables, northbound trains will terminate at platform A of the station, to perform a turnaround at the middle track located between Sembawang and Yishun MRT Station, and then arrive at platform B to travel towards
Marina BayThe Marina Bay MRT Station ' is the southern terminal station of the North South Line in Singapore. This station is located on reclaimed land and there are no developments surrounding it, and hence contrary to what the name implies, there exists a slight distance between the station and the actual...
. Such turnaround train service provides a higher train frequency for passengers travelling towards Marina Bay from Yishun as the passenger loading along this stretch of line is higher than that of between
YishunYishun, or Nee Soon as it was initially named, is a suburban town in the northern part of Singapore, encompassing the Yishun Planning Area, in the North Region, which includes Yishun New Town and the Nee Soon private residential estate....
and
Jurong EastJurong East MRT Station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station that is part of the North South Line and the East West Line in Singapore, and serves as an interchange station between the two lines....
. Off-service trains terminating at this station perform the same manoeuvre to return to
Bishan DepotBishan Depot is a depot located on the Mass Rapid Transit in Bishan, Singapore.It comprises a storage yard with a capacity of 53 trains and has an area of 300,000 m². The depot also houses a central maintenance with train overhaul facilities for trains on the North South Line and East West Line...
.
Yishun MRT Station opened in December 1988, 2 years earlier than planned. Its former station code was N12. Before the underpass link to Northpoint was completed in 1993, there was a pedestrian crossing that linked the station and bus interchange.
Platform Screen Doors
As with most of the stations along the
North South LineThe North South Line was the 1st Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 44 km long with 25 stations, and is operated by SMRT Corporation...
, it was initially built without
Platform Screen DoorsPlatform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...
to prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. Yishun, along with Pasir Ris and Jurong East were the first stations to undergo testing as to whether the PSDs were possible for elevated stations. Eventually, installation of the half-height screen doors started on 26, August 2009 and operations commenced on 2, December 2009. It was the 2nd above-ground station to have Half-Height
Platform Screen DoorsPlatform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...
installed and in operational. The tests were successful and all elevated MRT stations will have them in a few years.
Bomb plot
In December 2001, the
Singapore embassies attack plotThe Singapore embassies attack plot was a plan in 2001 by Jemaah Islamiyah to bomb the diplomatic missions and attack personnel of the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Israel based in Singapore. There were also several other targets. The plot was uncovered in December 2001 and as...
was discovered, and had included plans to bomb Yishun MRT Station at several points, including the sewers near the station. This was brought up in a
debateDebate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
during a session of the
parliamentThe Parliament of the Republic of Singapore and the President jointly make up the legislature of Singapore. Parliament is unicameral and is made up of Members of Parliament who are elected, as well as Non-constituency Members of Parliament and Nominated Members of Parliament who are appointed...
, during which new security measures were proposed, especially on the MRT system itself.
Shops & facilities
- NTUC FairPrice
NTUC FairPrice Co-Operative is a supermarket chain based in Singapore and the largest in the country. The company is a co-operative of the National Trades Union Congress or NTUC. The group has 100 supermarkets across the island, with over 50 outlets of Cheers convenience stores island-wide...
- News Stand
- 2 DBS
DBS Bank Ltd is a bank incorporated in Singapore. It was previously known as The Development Bank of Singapore Limited, before the present name was adopted in July 2003 to reflect its changing role as a regional bank....
Automated teller machineAn automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public...
s
- 1 DBS Cash Deposit Machine
- 1 UOB Bank Automated Teller Machine
- 2 AXS Machines
- 1 Citibank ATM
- 8 General Ticketing Machines
- 1 Add Value Machine
- Ticketing Office
Station vicinity
- Golden Village
Golden Village is a cinema operator based in Singapore which is a joint venture by Golden Harvest of Hong Kong and Village Roadshow of Australia. It operates nine multiplexes and cineplexes in the country including a largest cineplex at VivoCity. It joined hands to open a cinema at Great World...
Yishun 10GV Yishun is Asia's first multiplex, opened on 28 May 1992. It is operated by Golden Village, one of Singapore's leading cinema operators. As the name suggests, it has ten halls...
- Northpoint Shopping Centre
Northpoint Shopping Centre is the first major suburban shopping mall in Singapore, and was opened in November/December 1992.Northpoint is conveniently located opposite the Yishun MRT Station and next to the Yishun bus interchange. It completed asset enhancement works in early 2010 to refresh the...
(can be accessible via an underpass in this station)
- Yishun Bus Interchange
Yishun Bus Interchange is located in northern Singapore, across Yishun Avenue 2 from Yishun MRT Station and it is operated by SMRT Corporation. This existing bus interchange will be demolished to make way for a new airconditioned bus interchange that is integrated with a new shopping mall and...
- Nee Soon East Community Club
- Chong Pang Community Club
- Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School
- Yishun Primary School
- Xishan Primary School
- Yishun Town Secondary School
Yishun Town Secondary School is an autonomous government secondary school in Yishun, Singapore. The students are referred to as YTzens.-School logo:...
- Chongfu School
- ITE College Central
ITE College Central is a vocational institute and a name of the former ITE East Network division of the Institute of Technical Education...
(Yishun)
- Yishun Community Library
Yishun Public Library, is a public library located in Yishun in the northern region of Singapore, initially opened in 1998.Formerly situated in the third level of the Sembawang Town Council building, it was closed on 23 October 2008 and reopened to the public on 14 November 2008, currently within...
- Yishun Junior College
Yishun Junior College is one of the 17 junior colleges in Singapore, offering two-year pre-university programmes for students who graduate from secondary schools after the General Certificate of Education 'Ordinary' Level Examination. The two-year programme prepares students for education in local...
Train service
| Destination | | First Train | | Last Train |
| |
Mon - Sat |
|
Sunday &
Public Holiday |
|
Daily |
| North South Line |
| to NS1 Jurong East |
5.26am |
|
5.49am |
|
12.17am |
| to NS27 Marina Bay |
5.26am |
|
5.53am |
|
11.22pm |
| to NS19 Toa Payoh |
- |
|
- |
|
11.58pm |
| to NS7 Kranji |
- |
|
- |
|
12.36am |
| to NS16 Ang Mo Kio |
- |
|
- |
|
12.46am |
Current Station Layout
| L2 |
Platform A |
towards
Yishun MRT Station (NS13) is a Mass Rapid TransitThe Mass Rapid Transit or MRT is a rapid transit system that forms the backbone of the railway system in Singapore, spanning the entire city-state. The initial section of the MRT, between Yio Chu Kang Station and Toa Payoh Station, opened in 1987 establishing itself as the second-oldest metro...
station in SingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, built above ground level. It is the northernmost of 2 stations serving Yishun New TownYishun New Town is a housing estate in the north of Singapore. The Lower Seletar Reservoir is found there.Shopping centres in Yishun include Northpoint Shopping Centre, which is situated next to Yishun MRT Station and Yishun Bus Interchange....
and is part of the North South LineThe North South Line was the 1st Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 44 km long with 25 stations, and is operated by SMRT Corporation...
. This used to be the terminus of the line until the WoodlandsWoodlands, or the Woodlands New Town , is a suburban town in northern Singapore, part of the North West Community Development Council district...
extension was completed which connects the station to Choa Chu Kang. During peak periods on weekdays, and sometimes for special timetables, northbound trains will terminate at platform A of the station, to perform a turnaround at the middle track located between Sembawang and Yishun MRT Station, and then arrive at platform B to travel towards Marina BayThe Marina Bay MRT Station ' is the southern terminal station of the North South Line in Singapore. This station is located on reclaimed land and there are no developments surrounding it, and hence contrary to what the name implies, there exists a slight distance between the station and the actual...
. Such turnaround train service provides a higher train frequency for passengers travelling towards Marina Bay from Yishun as the passenger loading along this stretch of line is higher than that of between YishunYishun, or Nee Soon as it was initially named, is a suburban town in the northern part of Singapore, encompassing the Yishun Planning Area, in the North Region, which includes Yishun New Town and the Nee Soon private residential estate....
and Jurong EastJurong East MRT Station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station that is part of the North South Line and the East West Line in Singapore, and serves as an interchange station between the two lines....
. Off-service trains terminating at this station perform the same manoeuvre to return to Bishan DepotBishan Depot is a depot located on the Mass Rapid Transit in Bishan, Singapore.It comprises a storage yard with a capacity of 53 trains and has an area of 300,000 m². The depot also houses a central maintenance with train overhaul facilities for trains on the North South Line and East West Line...
.
Yishun MRT Station opened in December 1988, 2 years earlier than planned. Its former station code was N12. Before the underpass link to Northpoint was completed in 1993, there was a pedestrian crossing that linked the station and bus interchange.
Platform Screen Doors
As with most of the stations along the North South LineThe North South Line was the 1st Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 44 km long with 25 stations, and is operated by SMRT Corporation...
, it was initially built without Platform Screen DoorsPlatform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...
to prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. Yishun, along with Pasir Ris and Jurong East were the first stations to undergo testing as to whether the PSDs were possible for elevated stations. Eventually, installation of the half-height screen doors started on 26, August 2009 and operations commenced on 2, December 2009. It was the 2nd above-ground station to have Half-Height Platform Screen DoorsPlatform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...
installed and in operational. The tests were successful and all elevated MRT stations will have them in a few years.
Bomb plot
In December 2001, the Singapore embassies attack plotThe Singapore embassies attack plot was a plan in 2001 by Jemaah Islamiyah to bomb the diplomatic missions and attack personnel of the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Israel based in Singapore. There were also several other targets. The plot was uncovered in December 2001 and as...
was discovered, and had included plans to bomb Yishun MRT Station at several points, including the sewers near the station. This was brought up in a debateDebate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
during a session of the parliamentThe Parliament of the Republic of Singapore and the President jointly make up the legislature of Singapore. Parliament is unicameral and is made up of Members of Parliament who are elected, as well as Non-constituency Members of Parliament and Nominated Members of Parliament who are appointed...
, during which new security measures were proposed, especially on the MRT system itself.
Shops & facilities
- NTUC FairPrice
NTUC FairPrice Co-Operative is a supermarket chain based in Singapore and the largest in the country. The company is a co-operative of the National Trades Union Congress or NTUC. The group has 100 supermarkets across the island, with over 50 outlets of Cheers convenience stores island-wide...
- News Stand
- 2 DBS
DBS Bank Ltd is a bank incorporated in Singapore. It was previously known as The Development Bank of Singapore Limited, before the present name was adopted in July 2003 to reflect its changing role as a regional bank....
Automated teller machineAn automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public...
s
- 1 DBS Cash Deposit Machine
- 1 UOB Bank Automated Teller Machine
- 2 AXS Machines
- 1 Citibank ATM
- 8 General Ticketing Machines
- 1 Add Value Machine
- Ticketing Office
Station vicinity
- Golden Village
Golden Village is a cinema operator based in Singapore which is a joint venture by Golden Harvest of Hong Kong and Village Roadshow of Australia. It operates nine multiplexes and cineplexes in the country including a largest cineplex at VivoCity. It joined hands to open a cinema at Great World...
Yishun 10GV Yishun is Asia's first multiplex, opened on 28 May 1992. It is operated by Golden Village, one of Singapore's leading cinema operators. As the name suggests, it has ten halls...
- Northpoint Shopping Centre
Northpoint Shopping Centre is the first major suburban shopping mall in Singapore, and was opened in November/December 1992.Northpoint is conveniently located opposite the Yishun MRT Station and next to the Yishun bus interchange. It completed asset enhancement works in early 2010 to refresh the...
(can be accessible via an underpass in this station)
- Yishun Bus Interchange
Yishun Bus Interchange is located in northern Singapore, across Yishun Avenue 2 from Yishun MRT Station and it is operated by SMRT Corporation. This existing bus interchange will be demolished to make way for a new airconditioned bus interchange that is integrated with a new shopping mall and...
- Nee Soon East Community Club
- Chong Pang Community Club
- Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School
- Yishun Primary School
- Xishan Primary School
- Yishun Town Secondary School
Yishun Town Secondary School is an autonomous government secondary school in Yishun, Singapore. The students are referred to as YTzens.-School logo:...
- Chongfu School
- ITE College Central
ITE College Central is a vocational institute and a name of the former ITE East Network division of the Institute of Technical Education...
(Yishun)
- Yishun Community Library
Yishun Public Library, is a public library located in Yishun in the northern region of Singapore, initially opened in 1998.Formerly situated in the third level of the Sembawang Town Council building, it was closed on 23 October 2008 and reopened to the public on 14 November 2008, currently within...
- Yishun Junior College
Yishun Junior College is one of the 17 junior colleges in Singapore, offering two-year pre-university programmes for students who graduate from secondary schools after the General Certificate of Education 'Ordinary' Level Examination. The two-year programme prepares students for education in local...
Train service
| Destination | | First Train | | Last Train |
| |
Mon - Sat |
|
Sunday &
Public Holiday |
|
Daily |
| North South Line |
| to NS1 Jurong East |
5.26am |
|
5.49am |
|
12.17am |
| to NS27 Marina Bay |
5.26am |
|
5.53am |
|
11.22pm |
| to NS19 Toa Payoh |
- |
|
- |
|
11.58pm |
| to NS7 Kranji |
- |
|
- |
|
12.36am |
| to NS16 Ang Mo Kio |
- |
|
- |
|
12.46am |
Current Station Layout
| L2 |
Platform A |
{{SMRT lines|North South}} towards
Yishun MRT Station (NS13) is a Mass Rapid TransitThe Mass Rapid Transit or MRT is a rapid transit system that forms the backbone of the railway system in Singapore, spanning the entire city-state. The initial section of the MRT, between Yio Chu Kang Station and Toa Payoh Station, opened in 1987 establishing itself as the second-oldest metro...
station in SingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, built above ground level. It is the northernmost of 2 stations serving Yishun New TownYishun New Town is a housing estate in the north of Singapore. The Lower Seletar Reservoir is found there.Shopping centres in Yishun include Northpoint Shopping Centre, which is situated next to Yishun MRT Station and Yishun Bus Interchange....
and is part of the North South LineThe North South Line was the 1st Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 44 km long with 25 stations, and is operated by SMRT Corporation...
. This used to be the terminus of the line until the WoodlandsWoodlands, or the Woodlands New Town , is a suburban town in northern Singapore, part of the North West Community Development Council district...
extension was completed which connects the station to Choa Chu Kang. During peak periods on weekdays, and sometimes for special timetables, northbound trains will terminate at platform A of the station, to perform a turnaround at the middle track located between Sembawang and Yishun MRT Station, and then arrive at platform B to travel towards Marina BayThe Marina Bay MRT Station ' is the southern terminal station of the North South Line in Singapore. This station is located on reclaimed land and there are no developments surrounding it, and hence contrary to what the name implies, there exists a slight distance between the station and the actual...
. Such turnaround train service provides a higher train frequency for passengers travelling towards Marina Bay from Yishun as the passenger loading along this stretch of line is higher than that of between YishunYishun, or Nee Soon as it was initially named, is a suburban town in the northern part of Singapore, encompassing the Yishun Planning Area, in the North Region, which includes Yishun New Town and the Nee Soon private residential estate....
and Jurong EastJurong East MRT Station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station that is part of the North South Line and the East West Line in Singapore, and serves as an interchange station between the two lines....
. Off-service trains terminating at this station perform the same manoeuvre to return to Bishan DepotBishan Depot is a depot located on the Mass Rapid Transit in Bishan, Singapore.It comprises a storage yard with a capacity of 53 trains and has an area of 300,000 m². The depot also houses a central maintenance with train overhaul facilities for trains on the North South Line and East West Line...
.
Yishun MRT Station opened in December 1988, 2 years earlier than planned. Its former station code was N12. Before the underpass link to Northpoint was completed in 1993, there was a pedestrian crossing that linked the station and bus interchange.
Platform Screen Doors
As with most of the stations along the North South LineThe North South Line was the 1st Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. The line is currently 44 km long with 25 stations, and is operated by SMRT Corporation...
, it was initially built without Platform Screen DoorsPlatform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...
to prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. Yishun, along with Pasir Ris and Jurong East were the first stations to undergo testing as to whether the PSDs were possible for elevated stations. Eventually, installation of the half-height screen doors started on 26, August 2009 and operations commenced on 2, December 2009. It was the 2nd above-ground station to have Half-Height Platform Screen DoorsPlatform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...
installed and in operational. The tests were successful and all elevated MRT stations will have them in a few years.
Bomb plot
In December 2001, the Singapore embassies attack plotThe Singapore embassies attack plot was a plan in 2001 by Jemaah Islamiyah to bomb the diplomatic missions and attack personnel of the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Israel based in Singapore. There were also several other targets. The plot was uncovered in December 2001 and as...
was discovered, and had included plans to bomb Yishun MRT Station at several points, including the sewers near the station. This was brought up in a debateDebate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
during a session of the parliamentThe Parliament of the Republic of Singapore and the President jointly make up the legislature of Singapore. Parliament is unicameral and is made up of Members of Parliament who are elected, as well as Non-constituency Members of Parliament and Nominated Members of Parliament who are appointed...
, during which new security measures were proposed, especially on the MRT system itself.
Shops & facilities
- NTUC FairPrice
NTUC FairPrice Co-Operative is a supermarket chain based in Singapore and the largest in the country. The company is a co-operative of the National Trades Union Congress or NTUC. The group has 100 supermarkets across the island, with over 50 outlets of Cheers convenience stores island-wide...
- News Stand
- 2 DBS
DBS Bank Ltd is a bank incorporated in Singapore. It was previously known as The Development Bank of Singapore Limited, before the present name was adopted in July 2003 to reflect its changing role as a regional bank....
Automated teller machineAn automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public...
s
- 1 DBS Cash Deposit Machine
- 1 UOB Bank Automated Teller Machine
- 2 AXS Machines
- 1 Citibank ATM
- 8 General Ticketing Machines
- 1 Add Value Machine
- Ticketing Office
Station vicinity
- Golden Village
Golden Village is a cinema operator based in Singapore which is a joint venture by Golden Harvest of Hong Kong and Village Roadshow of Australia. It operates nine multiplexes and cineplexes in the country including a largest cineplex at VivoCity. It joined hands to open a cinema at Great World...
Yishun 10GV Yishun is Asia's first multiplex, opened on 28 May 1992. It is operated by Golden Village, one of Singapore's leading cinema operators. As the name suggests, it has ten halls...
- Northpoint Shopping Centre
Northpoint Shopping Centre is the first major suburban shopping mall in Singapore, and was opened in November/December 1992.Northpoint is conveniently located opposite the Yishun MRT Station and next to the Yishun bus interchange. It completed asset enhancement works in early 2010 to refresh the...
(can be accessible via an underpass in this station)
- Yishun Bus Interchange
Yishun Bus Interchange is located in northern Singapore, across Yishun Avenue 2 from Yishun MRT Station and it is operated by SMRT Corporation. This existing bus interchange will be demolished to make way for a new airconditioned bus interchange that is integrated with a new shopping mall and...
- Nee Soon East Community Club
- Chong Pang Community Club
- Ahmad Ibrahim Primary School
- Yishun Primary School
- Xishan Primary School
- Yishun Town Secondary School
Yishun Town Secondary School is an autonomous government secondary school in Yishun, Singapore. The students are referred to as YTzens.-School logo:...
- Chongfu School
- ITE College Central
ITE College Central is a vocational institute and a name of the former ITE East Network division of the Institute of Technical Education...
(Yishun)
- Yishun Community Library
Yishun Public Library, is a public library located in Yishun in the northern region of Singapore, initially opened in 1998.Formerly situated in the third level of the Sembawang Town Council building, it was closed on 23 October 2008 and reopened to the public on 14 November 2008, currently within...
- Yishun Junior College
Yishun Junior College is one of the 17 junior colleges in Singapore, offering two-year pre-university programmes for students who graduate from secondary schools after the General Certificate of Education 'Ordinary' Level Examination. The two-year programme prepares students for education in local...
Train service
| Destination | | First Train | | Last Train |
| |
Mon - Sat |
|
Sunday &
Public Holiday |
|
Daily |
| North South Line |
| to NS1 Jurong East |
5.26am |
|
5.49am |
|
12.17am |
| to NS27 Marina Bay |
5.26am |
|
5.53am |
|
11.22pm |
| to NS19 Toa Payoh |
- |
|
- |
|
11.58pm |
| to NS7 Kranji |
- |
|
- |
|
12.36am |
| to NS16 Ang Mo Kio |
- |
|
- |
|
12.46am |
Current Station Layout
| L2 |
Platform A |
{{SMRT lines|North South}} towards {{SMRT code Jurong East MRT Station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station that is part of the North South Line and the East West Line in Singapore, and serves as an interchange station between the two lines....
via {{SMRT codeWoodlands MRT Station ' is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit train station on the North South Line in Singapore. It is integrated together with the Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange located beneath the station and also Causeway Point Shopping Centre, which serves as a major shopping centre for...
(→) |
| Island platform An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...
, Doors open on the right |
| Platform B |
{{SMRT lines|North South}} towards {{SMRT code The Marina Bay MRT Station ' is the southern terminal station of the North South Line in Singapore. This station is located on reclaimed land and there are no developments surrounding it, and hence contrary to what the name implies, there exists a slight distance between the station and the actual...
(←) |
| L1 |
NSL Concourse |
Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control |
| B1 |
Underpass to |
Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Bus Interchange is located in northern Singapore, across Yishun Avenue 2 from Yishun MRT Station and it is operated by SMRT Corporation. This existing bus interchange will be demolished to make way for a new airconditioned bus interchange that is integrated with a new shopping mall and...
, Northpoint Shopping CentreNorthpoint Shopping Centre is the first major suburban shopping mall in Singapore, and was opened in November/December 1992.Northpoint is conveniently located opposite the Yishun MRT Station and next to the Yishun bus interchange. It completed asset enhancement works in early 2010 to refresh the...
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Bus services
Links within Yishun New Town and to other parts of Singapore are available at the nearby Yishun Bus InterchangeYishun Bus Interchange is located in northern Singapore, across Yishun Avenue 2 from Yishun MRT Station and it is operated by SMRT Corporation. This existing bus interchange will be demolished to make way for a new airconditioned bus interchange that is integrated with a new shopping mall and...
. The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Yishun Ave 2:
| Bus Stop Code: 59079 (Yishun Station) |
| Service | Destination | Note |
| SMRT Buses Trunk Services |
| 169 |
Woodlands Regional Bus InterchangeWoodlands Regional Bus Interchange was completed and opened along with the Woodlands extension of the North South MRT Line in 1996. It is the first underground bus interchange, and one of the biggest in Singapore...
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| 858 |
Woodlands Regional Bus InterchangeWoodlands Regional Bus Interchange was completed and opened along with the Woodlands extension of the North South MRT Line in 1996. It is the first underground bus interchange, and one of the biggest in Singapore...
|
 |
| 965 |
Woodlands Regional Bus InterchangeWoodlands Regional Bus Interchange was completed and opened along with the Woodlands extension of the North South MRT Line in 1996. It is the first underground bus interchange, and one of the biggest in Singapore...
|
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| 969 |
Woodlands Regional Bus InterchangeWoodlands Regional Bus Interchange was completed and opened along with the Woodlands extension of the North South MRT Line in 1996. It is the first underground bus interchange, and one of the biggest in Singapore...
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| Bus Stop Code: 59072 (Northpoint Shopping Centre) |
| Service | Destination | Note |
| SMRT Buses Trunk Service |
| 171 |
Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Bus Interchange is located in northern Singapore, across Yishun Avenue 2 from Yishun MRT Station and it is operated by SMRT Corporation. This existing bus interchange will be demolished to make way for a new airconditioned bus interchange that is integrated with a new shopping mall and...
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|
| SMRT Buses Feeder Service |
| 800 |
Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Bus Interchange is located in northern Singapore, across Yishun Avenue 2 from Yishun MRT Station and it is operated by SMRT Corporation. This existing bus interchange will be demolished to make way for a new airconditioned bus interchange that is integrated with a new shopping mall and...
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Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Bus Interchange is located in northern Singapore, across Yishun Avenue 2 from Yishun MRT Station and it is operated by SMRT Corporation. This existing bus interchange will be demolished to make way for a new airconditioned bus interchange that is integrated with a new shopping mall and...
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Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Bus Interchange is located in northern Singapore, across Yishun Avenue 2 from Yishun MRT Station and it is operated by SMRT Corporation. This existing bus interchange will be demolished to make way for a new airconditioned bus interchange that is integrated with a new shopping mall and...
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2006 accident
On the early morning of Dec 5 2006, a foreign worker in his early twenties, was hit by a southbound train at the station and caused trains from SembawangSembawang MRT Station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore, and the northernmost MRT Station of the North South Line and part of the Woodlands Extension. It is sited in Sembawang, a residential area which is just over 6 years old and still undergoing development. The first level...
to Yio Chu KangYio Chu Kang MRT Station ' is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the North South Line in Singapore.The station's architecture design theme is similar to Ang Mo Kio station, with brown granite walls and floors, except for the middle platform in Ang Mo Kio station, which this station does...
stations to be disrupted for more than an hour. He was later pronounced dead. In February 2007 a leaked CCTVClosed-circuit television is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors....
footage of the incident along with another at Admiralty MRT StationAdmiralty MRT Station ' is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the North South MRT Line in Singapore, located in Admiralty, Woodlands. The station is highly utilised, as there are no bus services for residents to travel to the city...
began circulating on the Internet, with the man in question crawling from under the platform and onto the track as the train approaches, leading to suggestions that it was a case of suicideSuicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
.http://tomorrow.sg/archives/2007/02/24/video_of_yishun_mrt_suicide_inci.html
2008 accident
At 11.45 am on Oct 11 2008, a man was found on the tracks of the station and was sent to hospital. Train service was disrupted in between Sembawang and Yio Chu Kang stations, affecting 2900 people. Regular service was resumed at 12.16 pm.
Train disruption
On April 16, 2003, power supply to trackside equipment between Yio Chu Kang and Sembawang stations was disrupted at 8.02 am due to a lightningLightning is an atmospheric electrostatic discharge accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms...
strike which affected eight point machines along the track. After the SMRT staff manually secured the points and fixed the positions, northbound train services were restored at 8.30 am while southbound services were restored at 8.48 am.
Bomb hoax
On January 19, 2008 at about 1530 hours (SST), a call was made from a public telephone at the MRT Station alleging that there was a bomb at the station. Police arrested a 31-year old Chinese man believed to be linked to the crime on February 23, 2008 at 1600 hours. The man was charged on Feb 25 2008 for transmitting a false message that makes reference to a bomb.
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