Bukit Gombak MRT station

Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore

NS3
Bukit Gombak
武吉甘柏
புக்கிட் கோம்பாக்

Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station

Platform B of Bukit Gombak MRT station

General informationLocation802 Bukit Batok West Avenue 5
Singapore 659083Coordinates

Preceding station	Mass Rapid Transit			Following station
Bukit Batok towards Jurong East		North–South Line		Choa Chu Kang towards Marina South Pier
Bukit Batok towards Jurong East		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.^[1] 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.^[2] and during the late openings of the MRT on Sundays from June to November 2016.^[3]

References

^ 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.
^ "LTA and SMRT gear up for disruption over the weekend". Archived from the original on 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
^ "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.