Yio Chu Kang MRT Station

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

The station's architecture design theme is about the same as 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.

Contents 1 Bus services 2 Station vicinity 3 History 4 Lentor MRT Station

[edit] 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.

Service	Between	And	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
45	Ang Mo Kio Bus Depot	Upper East Coast Bus Terminal
85	Yishun Bus Interchange	Punggol Bus Interchange
86	Sengkang Bus Interchange	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
851	Yishun Bus Interchange	Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
852	Yishun Bus Interchange	Bukit Batok Bus Interchange
853	Yishun Bus Interchange	Lorong 1 Geylang Bus Terminal	Route extends to Upper East Coast on Sundays and public holidays.
SMRT Night Rider Services
NR1	Yishun Bus Interchange	Temasek Ave (loop)

[edit] Station vicinity

• Nanyang Polytechnic
• 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

[edit] History

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

[edit] 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 but unfortunately, talks between the Singapore government and the corporation fell through and the idea was shelved.

Preceding station	Mass Rapid Transit Lines			Following station
Khatib		North South MRT Line		Ang Mo Kio

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