Yio Chu Kang MRT Station

NS15  Yio Chu Kang MRT Station 杨厝港地铁站 இயோ சூ காங் Stesen MRT Yio Chu Kang Rapid transit
Platform level of NS15 Yio Chu Kang station
Station statistics
Address	3000 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 Singapore 569813
Coordinates	1°22′54.86″N 103°50′41.34″E
Lines	North South Line
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure	Elevated
Levels	2
Platforms	Island
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	7 November 1987
Accessible
Code	NS15
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Khatib towards Jurong East North South Line Ang Mo Kio towards Marina Bay
Location
Yio Chu Kang MRT Station

Yio Chu Kang MRT Station (NS15) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the North South Line in Singapore.

The station's architecture design theme is similar to Ang Mo Kio station, with brown granite walls and floors, except for the middle platform in Ang Mo Kio station, which this station does not have. This station serves students of neighbouring educational institutions, residents as well as workers at neighbouring industrial estates.

Yio Chu Kang used to be the northern terminus of the North South Line when it first opened in 7 November 1987. Trains terminated at Platform A before reversing and crossing over to the adjacent track.

Station vicinity

• Nanyang Polytechnic
• ITE College Central
• Presbyterian High School
• Anderson Primary School
• Yio Chu Kang Grassroots Club
• Yio Chu Kang Swimming Complex
• Ang Mo Kio Police Division and Neighbourhood Police Centre
• Ang Mo Kio Fire Station
• Nuovo Executive Condominium
• Castle Green Condominium
• Anderson Junior College
• Mayflower Primary School
• Yio Chu Kang Secondary School
• Anderson Secondary School

Train service

Destination	First Train				Last Train
	Mon - Sat		Sunday & Public Holiday		Daily
North South Line
to NS13 Yishun	5.13am		-		-
to NS1 Jurong East	5.19am		5.42am		12.10am
to NS7 Kranji	-		-		12.28am
to NS27 Marina Bay	5.33am		6.00am		11.29pm
to NS19 Toa Payoh	-		-		12.05am
to NS16 Ang Mo Kio	-		-		12.54am

Station Layout

L2	Platform A	North South Line towards  NS1  EW24  Jurong East via  NS9  Woodlands (→)
	Island platform, Doors open on the right
	Platform B	North South Line towards  NS27  CE2  Marina Bay (←)
L1	NSL Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control
	Street Level	Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal, Yio Chu Kang Sports Complex

Bus services

Bus services are available at the Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal located beside the station or at the bus stops along Ang Mo Kio Ave 6:

Bus Stop Code: 55181 (Opposite Yio Chu Kang Station)
Service	Destination	Note
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
851	Yishun Bus Interchange
852	Yishun Bus Interchange
853	Yishun Bus Interchange
853*	Yishun Bus Interchange
SMRT Buses NightRider Service
NR1	Yishun Ring Road (loop)
SBS Transit Trunk Services
45	Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot
86	Sengkang Bus Interchange
128	Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot	Alighting only

Bus Stop Code: 55189 (Yio Chu Kang Station)
Service	Destination	Note
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
825	Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal
851	Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
852	Bukit Batok Bus Interchange
853	Geylang Lorong 1 Bus Terminal
853*	Upper East Coast Bus Terminal
SMRT Buses Premium Service
529	Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal
SMRT Buses NightRider Service
NR1	Resorts World Sentosa
SBS Transit Trunk Services
45	Upper East Coast Bus Terminal
70	Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal
70M	Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal
76	Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal
86	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange
128	Shenton Way Bus Terminal

Interior level of Yio Chu Kang station

Lentor MRT Station

In the early 1990s, Disney offered to build a theme park in the Lentor area, beside the Lower Seletar Reservoir. The station was to be between Khatib MRT Station and Yio Chu Kang MRT Station. SMRT was willing to build a station for the proposed theme park. Talks between the Singapore government and the corporation fell through and the idea was shelved.

Platform Screen Doors

As with most of the above-ground stations built in the past along the North South Line, it was initially built without Platform Screen Doors that prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. Installations of the half-height screen doors eventually started on 15 August 2011. On 18 October 2011, all of the screen doors have been installed and began operating.

Incidents

Track incursion

On 3 March 2003, a 23-year old drove his Mercedes onto an MRT track off Lentor Avenue, in the sector between Yio Chu Kang and Khatib MRT Stations, the first of its kind in the 15 years of MRT operations in Singapore. The freak accident occurred when the car, which was travelling at a speed of 87 kilometres an hour along Lentor Avenue (the maximum speed limit was 70 kilometres an hour there), mounted an 18 cm kerb, crossed 6 metres of grass verge (inclusive of a 1.5 metres wide pavement), jumped over a 1.5 metres drain, went through a fence 2 metres away from the track, and went uphill onto a steep stone embankment before landing on the MRT track.

Witnesses tried to remove the car from the tracks to prevent a possible collision, however an oncoming train from Yio Chu Kang stopped their efforts. One of the witnesses signaled the train driver to stop. Although the train driver was not able to stop in time, he was able to slow the train down enough to prevent derailment.

2011 Accident

About 680 passengers were affected by train service disruptions after an elderly woman in her 60s was hit by a south-bound train at Yio Chu Kang MRT Station at about 11.20 pm on June 15 2011. She was pronounced dead by paramedics at about 11.50pm.

The police have classified the case as unnatural death and are investigating. The SMRT said that south-bound train services resumed at about 12.40am.

Free bus-bridging services were deployed to ferry affected passengers from Yishun to Toa Payoh MRT stations, and the SMRT said this continued until the end of passenger service hours. To facilitate passengers making connections, Circle Line train service also continued beyond usual operation hours.