Yishun MRT Station

NS13  Yishun MRT Station 义顺地铁站 யீஷூன் Stesen MRT Yishun Rapid transit
Yishun Station with Half Height Platform Screen Doors
Station statistics
Address	301 Yishun Avenue 2 Singapore 769093
Coordinates	1°25′46.07″N 103°50′6.86″E
Lines	North South Line
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure	Elevated
Levels	2
Platforms	Island
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	20 December 1988
Accessible
Code	NS13
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Sembawang towards Jurong East North South Line Khatib towards Marina Bay
Location
Yishun MRT Station

Half height PSDs being installed at Yishun Station. (5 Sept 2009)

Yishun Station before half height PSDs were installed.

Yishun MRT Station (NS13) is a Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore, built above ground level. It is the northernmost of 2 stations serving Yishun New Town and is part of the North South Line. This used to be the terminus of the line until the Woodlands extension was completed which connects the station to Choa Chu Kang. During peak periods on weekdays, and sometimes for special timetables, northbound trains will terminate at platform A of the station, to perform a turnaround at the middle track located between Sembawang and Yishun MRT Station, and then arrive at platform B to travel towards Marina Bay. Such turnaround train service provides a higher train frequency for passengers travelling towards Marina Bay from Yishun as the passenger loading along this stretch of line is higher than that of between Yishun and Jurong East. Off-service trains terminating at this station perform the same manoeuvre to return to Bishan Depot.

Yishun MRT Station opened in December 1988, 2 years earlier than planned. Its former station code was N12. Before the underpass link to Northpoint was completed in 1993, there was a pedestrian crossing that linked the station and bus interchange.

Bomb plot

In December 2001, the Singapore embassies attack plot was discovered, and had included plans to bomb Yishun MRT Station at several points, including the sewers near the station. This was brought up in a debate during a session of the parliament, during which new security measures were proposed, especially on the MRT system itself.

Platform Screen Doors

As with most of the stations along the North South Line, it was initially built without Platform Screen Doors to prevent commuters from falling onto the train tracks. Yishun, along with Pasir Ris and Jurong East were the first stations to undergo testing as to whether the PSDs were possible for elevated stations. Eventually, installation of the half-height screen doors started on 26, August 2009 and operations commenced on 2, December 2009. It was the 2nd above-ground station to have Half-Height Platform Screen Doors installed and in operational. The tests were successful and all elevated MRT stations will have them in a few years.

Train service

Destination	First Train				Last Train
	Mon – Sat		Sunday & Public Holiday		Daily
North South Line
to NS1 Jurong East	5.26 am		5.49 am		12.17 am
to NS27 Marina Bay	5.26 am		5.53 am		11.22 pm
to NS19 Toa Payoh	–		–		11.58 pm
to NS7 Kranji	–		–		12.36 am
to NS16 Ang Mo Kio	–		–		12.46 am

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
B1	Underpass to	Yishun Bus Interchange, Northpoint Shopping Centre

Other incidents

2006 accident

On the early morning of 5 December 2006, a foreign worker in his early twenties, was hit by a southbound train at the station and caused trains from Sembawang to Yio Chu Kang stations to be disrupted for more than an hour. He was later pronounced dead. In February 2007 a leaked CCTV footage of the incident along with another at Admiralty MRT Station began circulating on the Internet, with the man in question crawling from under the platform and onto the track as the train approaches, leading to suggestions that it was a case of suicide.[1]

2008 accident

At 11.45 am on 11 October 2008, a man was found on the tracks of the station and was sent to hospital. Train service was disrupted in between Sembawang and Yio Chu Kang stations, affecting 2900 people. Regular service was resumed at 12.16 pm.

Train disruption

On 16 April 2003, power supply to trackside equipment between Yio Chu Kang and Sembawang stations was disrupted at 8.02 am due to a lightning strike which affected eight point machines along the track. After the SMRT staff manually secured the points and fixed the positions, northbound train services were restored at 8.30 am while southbound services were restored at 8.48 am.

Bomb hoax

On 19 January 2008 at about 1530 hours (SST), a call was made from a public telephone at the MRT Station alleging that there was a bomb at the station. Police arrested a 31-year old Chinese man believed to be linked to the crime on 23 February 2008 at 1600 hours. The man was charged on 25 February 2008 for transmitting a false message that makes reference to a bomb.