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3 unusual facts about Bishan MRT Station


Bishan MRT Station

The original platform is now dedicated to only northbound train services (heading towards Jurong East).

A new air-conditioned southbound platform to serve the southbound trains (heading towards Marina Bay) was officially opened by the then Minister for Transport, Mr Raymond Lim on 27 July 2008, a few days before National Day.

The newspaper The Sunday Times ran an article debunking an urban legend associated with the station, along with an article featuring an account by a passenger who claimed that, while riding on a train passing through the station one morning in the early 1990s, she was groped by several unseen hands before passing out.


Bartley MRT Station

Before the station opened, Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the third Shelter Open House at this station on 4 April 2009, together with Bishan and Lorong Chuan stations.

Lorong Chuan MRT Station

Before the station opened, Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the third Shelter Open House at this station on April 4, 2009, together with Bartley and Bishan stations.


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