Ang Mo Kio MRT Station

**NS16**
Ang Mo Kio MRT Station
宏茂桥地铁站
அங் மோ கியோ
Stesen MRT Ang Mo Kio
Rapid transit
NS16 ; Ang Mo Kio MRT Station; 宏茂桥地铁站; அங் மோ கியோ; Stesen MRT Ang Mo Kio; Rapid transit
	; Ang Mo Kio MRT Station Platform with PSD.
Station statistics
Address	2450 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8; Singapore 569811
Coordinates	1°22′12.06″N 103°50′58.02″E / 1.3700167°N 103.84945°E
Lines	North South Line;
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure	Elevated
Levels	2
Platforms	Double Island
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	7 November 1987
Accessible
Code	NS16
Services
Location
	Ang Mo Kio MRT Station

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Top view of the station, which has 3 tracks passing through it.

The Ang Mo Kio MRT Station (NS16) is located on the North South Line in Singapore, and is adjacent to Ang Mo Kio Town Centre at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and 8.

[edit] Station layout

L2	Platform A	North South Line towards NS1 EW24 Jurong East via NS9 Woodlands (→)
	Island platform
	Platform C Platform D	North South Line Platform used during special events
	Island platform
	Platform B	North South Line towards NS27 CE2 Marina Bay (←)
L1	Concourse Level	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control
B1	Underpass to	AMK Hub, Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange

[edit] Station vicinity

AMK Hub (can be accessed via the underpass in the station)
Jubliee Cineplex
Cheng San Community Club
Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange
Ang Mo Kio Community Library

[edit] Platform Screen Doors

As with most of the stations along the North South MRT Line, it was initially built without Platform Screen Doors to prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. After several successful test at Jurong East, Yishun and Pasir Ris and eventually, installation of the half-height screen doors started and operations commenced on 2 December 2011.^[1]

[edit] Incidents

[edit] 2003 accident

A 25-year-old Chinese lady Ms Neo Shiea Chee, a teacher at Holy Innocents' High School, was run over by a southbound train at Ang Mo Kio MRT station shortly before 7pm on 11 Jan 2003 when she fell into the tracks and was crushed by an oncoming train. She was too engrossed in reading her book and was unaware that the train was already approaching the station. Trains were not disrupted as Ang Mo Kio Station's northbound trains used the centre platform.^[2]

[edit] 2009 accident

Trains were disrupted for twenty minutes at around 10.35 am on 20 Aug 2009 after a passenger went down the track just as the train was approaching the station. SMRT said that the passenger was later assisted out of the track and taken to the hospital for medical examination. Commuters who were affected were guided to the next available train. ^[3]

[edit] 2011 accident

Nitcharee Peneakchansak, a 14 year old Thai teenager, was seriously injured and lost both her legs after she fell onto the track and was hit by a train (possibly 327/328) at Ang Mo Kio MRT Station on April 3 2011. ^[4] Peneakchansak left Singapore on June 13 2011 after recuperating in hospital. SMRT had reportedly offered the family S$5000 as compensation. The victim's father, rejected the compensation as her prosthetic legs will cost around S$100,000 and must be changed every three to five years. ^[5]

After the news broke out, anonymous Singaporean donors donated S$250,000 for her medical rehabilitation expenses. At the same time, a Singaporean living in Hong Kong wanted to settle Peneakchansak's hospital bills in full, which amounted to about S$50,000. ^[6] Her father decided to sue SMRT for S$3.4 million on June 17 2011, the amount equivalent to the price for the 20 pairs of prosthetic legs that Peneakchansak will need in her lifetime. ^[7]

On June 20 2011, SMRT clarified that the money offered to Peneakchansak was a gesture of goodwill and not compensation. The transport company said compensation would only be made after investigations had concluded. SMRT also said that the S$10,000 offered to her family to travel to Singapore when she was still in hospital was also a gesture of goodwill. ^[8] In its defence papers on 1 Sep 2011, the SMRT reiterates that all the safety warnings and precautions - such as the yellow lines - were in place and that the distance which the train travelled after the driver slammed on the brakes were within "safety specifications" and argues that 15-year-old Peneakchansak's "negligence" contributed to her falling "onto the tracks at the MRT station on her own accord".

It also claimed that the girl was "aware of the danger of the oncoming trains and that by standing behind the yellow safety line until the train had stopped", she would have been reasonably safe from falling onto the tracks and pointed out that the girl had failed to keep a proper lookout for the oncoming train and take reasonable care of her own well-being despite knowing the risks of falling. It adds that she had failed to stand behind the yellow safety line until the train had stopped despite clear warning signs displayed at the MRT station. ^[9]

Because of this accident, Mr Ang Hin Kee, MP for Ang Mo Kio GRC announced that Ang Mo Kio MRT Station will be installed with the Half-Height Platform Screen Doors on the platform by June, earlier than scheduled. Although it was announced to be completed by June, it was delayed till 2 Dec 2011 before operations began. ^[10]

[edit] 2011 train disruption

5570 commuters were inconvenienced by a delay along the North South Line on Oct 17 2011, which happened on the same day as a separate breakdown along the Circle Line's Labrador Park station.

At 10.27am on Oct 17, a southbound train experienced a train fault between Ang Mo Kio and Bishan MRT stations. Passengers were detrained at Bishan MRT Station so that the train can be withdrawn from service. To maintain southbound train service, some northbound trains were turned around at Toa Payoh MRT Station.

A northbound train travelling towards Ang Mo Kio MRT Station was also delayed by about an hour, by the faulty train in front of it that was being hauled back to Bishan Depot via Ang Mo Kio MRT Station.

SMRT said that about 1,800 passengers were affected on the northbound train. Train service resumed at 12.05pm after the faulty train had cleared the northbound track and entered Ang Mo Kio MRT Station's middle platform.

The southbound train services to Marina Bay were restored by 11.10am, according to an SMRT official. ^[11]