Woodlands MRT Station

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Woodlands MRT Station
兀兰地铁站
உட்லண்ட்ஸ்
Rapid transit
Ns9woodlands.jpg
Woodlands MRT station Platform Level
Station statistics
Address 30 Woodlands Avenue 2
Singapore 738343
Coordinates 1°26′13.54″N 103°47′11.34″E / 1.4370944°N 103.7864833°E / 1.4370944; 103.7864833
Lines North South
Connections Bus, Taxi
Structure Elevated
Levels 3
Platforms Island
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 10 February 1996
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Code NS9
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station
towards Jurong East
North South Line
towards Marina Bay
Location
Woodlands MRT Station

Woodlands MRT Station (NS9) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit train station on the North South Line in Singapore. It is integrated together with the Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange located beneath the station and also Causeway Point Shopping Centre, which serves as a major shopping centre for residents living in Woodlands New Town. Woodlands Civic Centre, the new Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Sports School and Innova Junior College are within the vicinity of the station. Skyscrapers from Johor Bahru are visible from the station.

In the centre of the station, a 15 m high sculpture called Faces II weighing 4,000 kg is placed. This sculpture, is designed by Singapore artist Min Chen but the art piece is not under the Art in Transit scheme. This is one of the 4 MRT stations to appear in the original Singapore Edition of Monopoly and one of the stations along the Woodlands Extension when it was built.

The station is expected to be an interchange station with the future Thomson MRT Line

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Contents

[edit] Thomson Line

The Line will be fully underground and completed by 2018, with the Woodlands MRT Station expected to serve as an interchange to the line.

[edit] Train Service

Destination First Train Last Train
Mon - Sat Sunday &
Public Holiday
Daily
North South Line
to NS1 Jurong East 5.35am 5.59am 12.26am
to NS27 Marina Bay 5.26am 5.43am 11.12pm
to NS19 Toa Payoh - - 11.48pm
to NS16 Ang Mo Kio - - 12.37am
to NS7 Kranji - - 12.45am

[edit] Current Station Layout

L2
Platforms
Platform A North South Line towards  NS1  EW24  Jurong East (→)
Island platform, Doors open on the right
Platform B North South Line towards  NS27  Marina Bay (←)
L1 NSL Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Causeway Point
B1 Basement Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange

[edit] Bus services

The station is located directly above the underground Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange, the hub for bus services in the northern region of Singapore. The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Woodlands Ave 2:

Service Between And Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
161 Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Hougang Central Bus Interchange
168 Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Bedok Bus Interchange
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
962 Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Sembawang Drive (loop)
SMRT Buses Feeder/Intratown Services
901 Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Avenue 6 (loop)
912/912E Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Avenue 7/Woodlands Centre Road (loop)

The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Woodlands Ave 5:

Service Between And Notes
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
178 Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Boon Lay Bus Interchange
SMRT Buses Intratown Services
912/912E Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Avenue 7/Woodlands Centre Road (loop)
913/913E Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange Woodlands Circle/Woodlands Centre Road (loop)

[edit] Shops & facilities

  • Video rental shop
  • 1 Lift
  • Ticket office
  • 1 Add Value Machine
  • Food and accessories shop
  • Newspaper/ Magazine stand

[edit] Shops & facilities nearby

[edit] 2007 Accidents

A lady had her legs injured when she got knocked down by a SMRT Train that was travelling towards Jurong East MRT Station and trains from Admiralty MRT Station to Kranji MRT Station were affected on 2 March 2007. It was reported that 2900 passengers were affected by the accident and buses were utilized to ferry the affected passengers. The time of incident was at 3:20pm.[citation needed]

About 38 days from the first accident, an office worker was injured after being hit on the head while on the platform by an oncoming train heading towards Jurong East MRT Station on 9 April 2007. Apparently, he was engrossed in reading his newspapers that he walked over the yellow line even before the train stopped. Service from Woodlands to Jurong East stations was affected that morning for 20 minutes and the service resumed operations right after the victim was sent to a hospital by paramedics. The time of incident was at 7:35am.[citation needed]

[edit] References