Yishun MRT Station

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Yishun MRT Station
义顺地铁站
யீஷூன்
Rapid transit

Yishun station at night
Station statistics
Address 301 Yishun Avenue 2
Singapore 769093
Coordinates 1°15′17″N 103°30′03″E / 1.254607, 103.500686
Lines North South
Connections Bus, Taxi
Structure Elevated
Levels 2
Platforms Island
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 20 December 1988
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Code NS13
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station
towards Jurong East
 North South Line
towards Marina Bay
Location
Yishun MRT Station
Yishun MRT Station

Yishun MRT Station (NS13) is a Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore, built above ground level. It is the northernmost of 2 stations serving Yishun New Town and is part of the North South Line. This used to be the terminus of the line until the Woodlands extension was built. 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 Bay. 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 Yishun and Jurong East. Off-service trains terminating at this station perform the same manoeuvre to return to Bishan Depot.

Yishun MRT Station opened in March 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.

Contents

[edit] Platform screen doors

As with most of the stations along the North South Line, it was built above ground with no platform screen doors to prevent commuters from falling into the train tracks. It is announced that Yishun MRT Station will be retrofitted with platform screen door in 2009. [1]

[edit] Bomb plot

In December 2001, the Singapore embassies attack plot 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 debate during a session of the parliament, during which new security measures were proposed, especially on the MRT system itself.

[edit] Shops & facilities

  • NTUC FairPrice
  • News Stand
  • This Fashion
  • 2 DBS Automated teller machines
  • 1 DBS Cash Deposit Machine
  • 1 UOB Bank Automated Teller Machine
  • 1 AXS Machine
  • 1 Citibank ATM
  • 8 General Ticketing Machines
  • 1 Add Value Machine
  • Ticketing Office

[edit] Station vicinity

[edit] Bus services

Links within Yishun New Town and to other parts of Singapore are available at the nearby Yishun Bus Interchange. The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Yishun Ave 2:

Service Between And
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
169 Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange
858 Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Changi Airport PTB 1, 2 & 3 Bus Terminal (loop)
965 Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Sengkang Bus Interchange
969 Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Tampines Bus Interchange

The following bus services can be found at Yishun Bus Interchange and the following pass by the bus stops along Yishun Ave 2:

Service Between And
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
171 Yishun Bus Interchange Marina Centre Bus Terminal
SMRT Buses Feeder Services
800 Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Ring Road (loop)
SMRT Buses Intratown Services
811/811E Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Avenue 2 & 1 (loop)
812/812E Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Avenue 4 & 3 (loop)

The following bus services can be found at Yishun Bus Interchange and the following pass by the bus stops along Yishun Ave 2:

Service Between And
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
169 Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange
856 Yishun Bus Interchange Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange
858 Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Changi Airport PTB 1, 2 & 3 Bus Terminal (loop)
859 Yishun Bus Interchange Sembawang Bus Interchange
965 Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Sengkang Bus Interchange
969 Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Tampines Bus Interchange
SMRT Buses Feeder Services
804 Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Avenue 1 & 11 (loop)
806 Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Avenue 11/6/Ring Road (loop)

The following bus services are available at Yishun Bus Interchange and some bus services pass by the bus stop along Yishun Ave 5:

Service Between And
SMRT Buses Intratown Services
811/811E Yishun Bus Interchange Yishun Avenue 2 & 1 (loop)

[edit] Other incidents

[edit] 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 Sembawang to Yio Chu Kang stations to be disrupted for more than an hour. He was later pronounced dead. This was the fourth time a person has died on MRT tracks within 2 months, and 3 days after an accident in Admiralty MRT Station. [2] In February 2007 a leaked CCTV footage of the incident along with another at Admiralty MRT Station began circulating on the Internet, with the man in question crawling from under the platform and onto the track as the train approaches[3], leading to suggestions that it was a case of suicide.[1]

[edit] 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. [4] 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. [5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ SPEECH BY MR RAYMOND LIM,MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT, AT THE VISIT TO KIM CHUAN DEPOT, 25 JANUARY 2008, 9.00 AM. Singapore Government Media Release (2008-01-25).
  2. ^ "Normal service resumes between Sembawang and Yio Chu Kang MRT stations", Channel News Asia, 05 December 2006. 
  3. ^ "Leaked footage of man hit by train sets Net abuzz", Melissa Sim, The Straits Times, 26 February 2007
  4. ^ "Police are looking for man to help in bomb hoax investigations", Channel News Asia, 23 February 2008. 
  5. ^ "31-year-old man arrested in connection with bomb hoax call", Channel News Asia, 23 February 2008. 


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