When did Northeast line start?
20 June 2003
| North East line | |
|---|---|
| Daily ridership | 230,852 (July 2021) |
| History | |
| Planned opening | 2024 (Punggol Coast) |
| Opened | 20 June 2003 15 January 2006 (Buangkok) 20 June 2011 (Woodleigh) |
What does buangkok mean?
united countries
Etymology. The namesake road Lorong Buangkok was named Buangkok, meaning “united countries”, after the rubber plantation company Singapore United Rubber Plantations Limited’s Chinese name “Multi Nations” (万国) in Teochew.
In which year did the first MRT mass rapid transit line open to the public?
November 1987
The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system began operations on 7 November 1987 when the six-kilometre Yio Chu Kang-to-Toa Payoh stretch of the North-South Line was opened to commuters.
Which line is Kovan MRT?
North East line
Kovan MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North East line (NEL) in Hougang, Singapore. Located underneath Upper Serangoon Road, the station serves the retail development of Heartland Mall and surrounding public and private residences.
Who lives in Kampong Lorong Buangkok?
Present day residents consist of make-up artists, workers and mostly elderly residents. Currently it houses 28 families (18 Chinese and 10 Malay).
What is the English of kampung?
A Kampung (Indonesian spelling), Kampoeng (in older spelling), or Kampong (Malay spelling) is a village in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and a “port” in Cambodia. The English word “compound”, when referring to a development in a town, is derived from the Indonesian-Malay word of kampung.
Where is the Buangkok MRT station in Singapore?
Buangkok MRT station (NE15) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North East Line in Sengkang, Singapore. Located along Sengkang Central, Buangkok station is one of the two MRT stations located within the Sengkang planning area.
When did Sengkang Central MRT station open?
The station sits underneath Sengkang Central, near the junction with Compassvale Bow. The station is one of two completed MRT stations that remained closed when the NEL opened on 20th June 2003, the other being Woodleigh.
Why was Buangkok MRT station called white elephant?
First white elephant incident. On 27 August 2005, during Minister Vivian Balakrishnan ‘s visit to Punggol South, a resident, displeased with Buangkok’s disuse, erected a series of white paper cut-outs of elephants, which were drawn in a cartoon-like style, symbolically calling the unopened Buangkok station a ‘ white elephant ‘.
Where is Buangkok on the north east line?
Buangkok station is near housing estates and Palm View Primary School. When the North East line opened, it was one of the 2 completed MRT stations in the entire system that was non-operational, the other being Woodleigh which opened on 20 June 2011. Buangkok was originally planned to be opened with 15 other stations on the North East line.