Serangoon MRT Station
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Platform area, showing Platform Screen Doors in Serangoon MRT station.
Serangoon MRT Station (NE12/CC13) is an underground station on the North East Line, 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 Circle Line portion of the station is currently under construction, and it will open some time in mid-2009.[1] When the Circle Line station is completed, this would be the second station in the MRT system after Dhoby Ghaut to have a travelator. 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] The artwork in this station under the Art in Transit programme is Memories of Childhood by Eng Joo Heng.
Station sinking incidentIn 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.[3][4] By the first few months of 2007, train speeds started picking up once again after the excavation was near completion. ExitsA - Block 413 TransfersBus servicesThe following bus services are available at Serangoon Bus Interchange or the bus stops along Upper Serangoon Road and Serangoon Central: Image:Serangoon Mrt Locator.png
Serangoon MRT Station
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