Ang Mo Kio MRT Station
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| Ang Mo Kio MRT Station 宏茂桥地铁站 அங் மோ கியோ Rapid transit |
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 Middle Platform of Ang Mo Kio MRT Station |
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| Address | 2450 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 Singapore 569811 |
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| Coordinates | 1°22′12.06″N 103°50′58.02″E / 1.3700167°N 103.84945°E | ||||||||||
| Lines | North South | ||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Double Island | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 7 November 1987 | ||||||||||
| Accessible |  |
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| Code | NS16 | ||||||||||
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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.
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[edit] Train services
During peak periods, trains departing from Bishan Depot arrive at platform A. During the morning and evening peak period, northbound trains will terminate at Yishun or travel towards Jurong East. Some will cross over to travel eastbound when arrive at Jurong East to travel towards Pasir Ris during the early morning weekdays. On certain special days, such as New Year's Eve, Christmas Eve, Chinese New Year's Eve, Chingay parade day, Chingay preview day, National Day Parade and National Day Preview, there will be a special timetable for northbound trains to terminate at this station. Northbound trains terminating at this station utilise the middle platform to execute a turnaround first before travelling back to Marina Bay. Also, when services are about to cease for the day, southbound trains travelling from Jurong East will terminate at platform B of the station for withdrawal. This is the only station where both northbound and southbound trains can terminate.
On lunch time hours from 12pm to 2pm on weekdays except public holidays, there would be special lunch time services that start from Marina Bay MRT Station and end at this station. This service started on May 20, 2008. [1]
[edit] Train Service
| Destination | First Train | Last Train | ||||
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| Mon - Sat | Sunday & Public Holiday |
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| to NS13 Yishun | 5.11am | - | - | |||
| to NS1 Jurong East | 5.17am | 5.40am | 12.08am | |||
| to NS27 Marina Bay | 5.35am | 6.02am | 11.31pm | |||
| to NS19 Toa Payoh | - | - | 12.07am | |||
| to NS7 Kranji | - | - | 12.26am | |||
[edit] Current Station Layout
| P Platforms |
Platform A | North South Line towards NS1 EW24 Jurong East via NS9 Woodlands (→) |
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Platform C: Jurong East-bound trains: Doors will open on the left |
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| Platform C Platform D |
North South Line towards NS1 EW24 Jurong East via NS9 Woodlands (→) North South Line towards NS27 Marina Bay (←) |
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Platform B: Marina Bay-bound trains: Doors will open on the right |
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| Platform B | North South Line towards NS27 Marina Bay (←) | |
| L1 | NSL Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control |
| B1 | Underpass to | AMK Hub, Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange |
[edit] Bus services
Bus services are available at the Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange and the following bus services available at Ang Mo Kio Ave 3:
Bus services are available at the Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange and the following bus services available at Ang Mo Kio Ave 8:
| Service | Between | And | Notes |
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| SBS Transit Trunk Services | |||
| 128 | Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot | Shenton Way Bus Terminal | Operates On Weekdays Peak Hours Only  |
| 159 | Sengkang Bus Interchange | Toa Payoh Bus Interchange | |
| SBS Transit Short Trip Services | |||
| 159A | Sengkang Bus Interchange | Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 | Alighting only |
| SBS Transit Townlink Services | |||
| 265 | Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot | Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 (Loop) | |
[edit] Station vicinity
- AMK Hub (can be accessed via the underpass in the station)
- Jubliee Cineplex
- Deyi Secondary School
- Anderson Secondary School
- Cheng San Community Club
- Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange
- Jing Shan Primary School
- Teck Ghee Primary School
- ITE College West (Ang Mo Kio)
- Ang Mo Kio Community Library
[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] References
- ^ "Commuters to enjoy shorter waiting time and more comfortable train rides" (PDF). SMRT. 2008-05-16. http://www.smrt.com.sg/Upload/200851616414859171.pdf.
- ^ "MRT track patrol against death by MRT track". Virtual Tourist. 2006-09-17. http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/5f284/16d323/8/.
- ^ "Train service disrupted at Ang Mo Kio MRT station". Channel News Asia. 2009-08-20. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/450032/1/.html.
