Bukit Gombak MRT station

Bukit Gombak  NS3  武吉甘柏 புக்கிட் கோம்பாக்
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
Bukit Gombak Station Platform B
General information
Location	802 Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 Singapore 659083
Coordinates	1°21′31″N 103°45′06″E
Operated by	SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation)
Line(s)	North–South Line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	10 March 1990; 34 years ago (1990-03-10)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Bukit Batok North
Passengers
June 2024	18,519 per day[1]
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station Bukit Batok towards Jurong East North–South Line Choa Chu Kang towards Marina South Pier North–South Line Future service Brickland towards Marina South Pier
Location Bukit Gombak Bukit Gombak station in Singapore

Bukit Gombak MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South line in Bukit Batok, Singapore. Located at the junction of Bukit Batok West Avenue 5 and Bukit Batok East Avenue 5, it is the nearest MRT station to the Bukit Batok Town Park, a scenic parkland otherwise known as "Little Guilin".

Opened on 10 March 1990, Bukit Gombak station was part of the Branch line before the opening of the North South line Woodlands Extension on 10 February 1996.

History

Installation of half-height screen doors at the station started on 30 April 2010 and operations commenced on 16 August 2010 with Clementi.[2] Then, this station was installed with high-volume low-speed fans, which commenced operations on 31 October 2012.

Bukit Gombak was a temporary terminus for the North South line from 18 to 19 September 2010 during the Jurong East Modification Project upgrade.[3] and during the late openings of the MRT on Sundays from June to November 2016.[4]

References

1. "Land Transport DataMall". mytransport.sg. Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
2. Wong, Siew Ying (January 26, 2008). "Above-ground MRT stations to have platform screen doors by 2012". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
3. "LTA and SMRT gear up for disruption over the weekend". Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
4. "Late Opening of the East West and North South Line for maintenance works". Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-08-10.

External links

• Official website