Khatib MRT Station
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| NS14 Khatib MRT Station 卡迪地铁站 காதிப் Stesen MRT Khatib Rapid transit |
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 Exterior view of Khatib MRT Station. |
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| Address | 201 Yishun Avenue 2 Singapore 769092 |
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| Coordinates | 1°25′01.80″N 103°49′58.44″E / 1.417167°N 103.8329°E | ||||||||||
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| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 December 1988 | ||||||||||
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| Code | NS14 | ||||||||||
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Khatib MRT Station (NS14) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the North South Line in Singapore. It is the southernmost of 2 stations serving Yishun New Town. The station is located at the junction of Yishun Ring Road and Yishun Avenue 2.
The most distinctive feature of this station is a pair of tomato replicas located within the paid area of the Concourse Level beneath the escalators.
The section of track between this station and Yio Chu Kang Station is the longest between any two SMRT stations in Singapore. The time to travel from Khatib to Yio Chu Kang is about 5 mins.
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[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 30 September 2011.[1]
[edit] Station Layout
| L2 | Platform A | North South Line towards NS1 EW24 Jurong East via NS9 Woodlands (→) |
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| Platform B | North South Line towards NS27 CE2 Marina Bay (←) |
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| L1 | NSL Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control |
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[edit] 2010 Train Disruption
On 19 September 2010 which was also the same day (First day) of the train disruption in JEMP, a Burmese passenger in his 30s who was drunk and fell on the track by accident was hit by a train on around 12:45am. The victim had then suffered multiple fractures followed by his left leg was antipulated by the train on the scene. That has resulted the last 4 Southbound trains were unable to complete the journey while the passenger was pronounced dead on 1:38am in Khoo Teck Puat Hospital located nearby.[2] [3]
[edit] References
- ^ Wong, Siew Ying (January 26, 2008). "Above-ground MRT stations to have platform screen doors by 2012". Channel NewsAsia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/324989/1/.html. Retrieved February 01, 2012.
- ^ "MRT service disrupted after train hit passenger on track". Channel NewsAsia. 2010-09-19. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1082148/1/.html.
- ^ "疑酒后坠轨道 男子遭列车撞死 (Alleged drunk and fell on to the tracks, Man was killed by a train)". omy. 2010-09-19. http://news.omy.sg/News/Local%2BNews/Story/OMYStory201009191553-185953.html.
