Woodleigh MRT Station
| NE11 Woodleigh MRT Station 兀里地铁站 உட்லீ Stesen MRT Woodleigh Rapid transit |
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 Platform area of Woodleigh MRT station |
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| Address | 400 Upper Serangoon Road Singapore 347695 |
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| Coordinates | 1°20′21″N 103°52′15″E / 1.339181°N 103.870744°E | ||||||||||
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| Connections | Bus, Taxi | ||||||||||
| Structure | Underground | ||||||||||
| Levels | 2 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 June 2011 | ||||||||||
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| Code | NE11 | ||||||||||
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Woodleigh MRT Station (NE11) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station of the North East Line, located on part of the former Bidadari Cemetery. When the North-East Line opened, it was one of the fully completed MRT stations in the entire system that was non-operational. The Art In Transit artwork in this station is Slow Motion by April Ng Kiow Ngor. Part of the station's interior was shown on an episode of Building the Biggest on Discovery Channel.[1]
It was estimated that if the station was opened, its daily ridership would still be under the 2,000 general benchmark deemed necessary for a station to make economic sense to operate. However, on March 8, 2011, SBS Transit announced the opening of the station on June 20, 2011.[2]
After maintenance on the lifts, escalators and fare gates was conducted and the platform polished on the eve of the grand opening, the station finally became operational to celebrate the 8th anniversary of the opening of the North-East Line in 2003.[3]
Published information in the Singapore Master Plan as well as several reports in the newspapers have mentioned a planned major housing project where the former Bidadari Cemetery sat.
Currently, existing nearby condominiums include Avon Park, Euro-Asia Park and Blossoms at Woodleigh. There are also several new condominium projects under development in the area including, Parc Mondrian on Woodleigh Close and 8@Woodleigh. Other buildings around it include a Salvation Army stockhouse, and a few shophouses.
The station enjoys close proximity to several reputable schools such as Stamford American International School permanent campus, Cedar Primary School and Cedar Girls' Secondary School. The CTE/PIE and Potong Pasir MRT station are just minutes away, allowing quick and easy access to the city and CBD. Mount Vernon, which is nearby, houses the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Mount Vernon Camp.
[edit] Station Layout
| L1 | Street Level | |
| B1 | Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre |
| B2 | Platform A | North East Line towards NE1 CC29 HarbourFront (→) |
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| Platform B | North East Line towards NE17 Punggol (←) |
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[edit] References
- ^ "Underground Singapore - Part 5 (Discovery Channel)". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRE0xKDWhGQ.
- ^ Mustafa Shafawi (2011-03-08). "Woodleigh MRT Station to open on June 20". Channel News Asia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1115097/1/.html.
- ^ Evelyn Choo (2011-06-19). "Getting ready for opening of Woodleigh MRT station". Channel News Asia. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1135993/1/.html.
