Punggol MRT Station

Punggol MRT/LRT station (NE17/PTC) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) interchange station in Punggol, Singapore. It is an interchange between the North East Line and Punggol LRT. It is currently the only MRT station located within Punggol planning area.

Punggol station is the current northern terminus on the North East Line. In 2023, Punggol Coast MRT station will replace it as the new northern terminus.

The LRT section of the station is given the station code "PTC", which stands for "Punggol Town Centre". It is one of the three stations on the MRT/LRT network with a station code that does not have any number; the other stations are Sengkang MRT/LRT station and Tanah Merah MRT station with station codes "STC" and "CG" respectively.

History

Punggol MRT station was built as part of the contract 712, when it was supposed to be a reserved station. The government gave the green light to construct the North East Line in 1996. The Punggol New Town was announced in 1997, and construction of the flats began in October 1999, together with the Punggol LRT. In 2002, both of the LRT station and the MRT station were completed. Access roads of Punggol Central from Punggol Road were built at the same time. The station opened with the rest of the line in 20 June 2003. After finishing the construction of underground platforms at Punggol (at basement 2), construction began on the Punggol LRT in 2000, which had a middle platform on the LRT side (at level 2). The Punggol LRT station was opened on 29 January 2005 and served only the East Loop before the opening of the West Loop on 29 June 2014.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "LRT station" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.