Hougang MRT Station
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| Hougang MRT Station 后港地铁站 ஹவ்காங் Rapid transit |
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 An Alstom Metropolis Train at the platform in NE14 Hougang MRT Station |
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| Address | 80 Hougang Central Singapore 538758 |
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| Lines | North East | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||
| Levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 June 2003 | ||||||||||
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| Code | NE14 | ||||||||||
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Hougang MRT Station (NE14) is an underground station on the North East MRT Line, Singapore. It is located in the central part of Hougang New Town which is connected to the bus interchange and surrounding HDB flats and shopping centres.
This station has distinctive artwork titled Hands Up for Hougang by Seck Yok Ying, featuring handprints of 3000 people, from babies to grandmothers, foreign workers to community leaders.
[edit] Bus Services Nearby
The following bus services is available at Hougang Central Bus Interchange and some bus services passes by the bus stops along Hougang Central:
| Service | Between | And | Notes |
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| SBS Transit Trunk Services | |||
| 72 | Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal | Tampines Bus Interchange | Wheelchair Accessible Bus Service (WAB) Euro III  |
| 80 | Sengkang Bus Interchange | HarbourFront Bus Interchange | Wheelchair Accessible Bus service (WAB) Euro III |
| 87 | Sengkang Bus Interchange | Bedok Bus Interchange | |
| 101 | Serangoon Bus Interchange | Buangkok Link (loop) | |
| SBS Transit NiteOwl Services | |||
| 6N | Marina Centre Bus Terminal | Punggol Central | |
The following bus services passes by the bus stops along Hougang Ave 10:
| Service | Between | And | Notes |
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| 27 | Hougang Central Bus Interchange | Changi Airport PTB 1, 2 & 3 Bus Terminal | |
| 62 | Punggol Bus Interchange | Geylang Lor 1 (Loop) | Euro IV |
| 80 | Sengkang Bus Interchange | HarbourFront Bus Interchange | Wheelchair Accessible Bus service (WAB) Euro III |
| 82 | Serangoon Bus Interchange | Punggol Road End (Loop) | |
| 87 | Sengkang Bus Interchange | Bedok Bus Interchange | |
| 89 | Hougang Central Bus Interchange | Changi Airport Cargo Complex (Loop) | |
| 113 | Hougang Central Bus Interchange | Lor Ah Soo (Loop) | |
| 161 | Hougang Central Bus Interchange | Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange | Euro III |
| SBS Transit Freeder Services | |||
| 325 | Hougang Central Bus Interchange | Hougang Street 91 (Loop) | |
| SBS Transit Fast Forward Services | |||
| 89e | Hougang Central Bus Interchange | Changi Airport Cargo Complex | One-Directional Peak Hour Service |
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| 6N | Marina Centre Bus Terminal | Punggol Central | |
[edit] Bomb hoax
There was a bomb hoax at this station on August 12, 2005. Liu Tze Yuen, 42, a Chinese man was behind the Hougang bomb hoax which disrupted train services for hours on August 12, 2005. He was also accused of putting boxes in public buses on July 7 and August 12 - the latter on the same day he is accused of carrying out the hoax at the Hougang MRT station.
On July 7, he was said to have placed a white package in a bus that he was travelling in. He did it at about noon on route 151 as he was travelling along Hougang Avenue 3. Tacked on the package was a note which said: 'If you see it, please don't touch and leave this bus.'
More than a month later, on August 12, he allegedly left another package wrapped heavily with scotch tape on route 143 while he was travelling along Eu Tong Sen Street in Chinatown. He was said to have done it at about 1:30 pm - an hour after he allegedly left a similar package at the Hougang MRT station. The package was found to have only empty food cans and empty packets of instant noodles.
Liu allegedly intended the passengers on the two buses and the train station to believe that the packages contained explosive devices and was later sentenced to 3 1/2 years in jail. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Jobless man jailed for masterminding a series of bomb hoaxes", Channel NewsAsia, 18 October 2005.
