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2 unusual facts about Woodlands Road


Choa Chu Kang

An expansion of the existing Teck Whye Estate at the junction of Choa Chu Kang Road and Woodlands Road, it currently comprises seven neighbourhoods and incorporating Teck Whye Estate as part of neighbourhood one.

When the new town of Choa Chu Kang was built by expanding Teck Whye Estate near the other end of Choa Chu Kang Road at its junction with Upper Bukit Timah Road and Woodlands Road to the north, the place name began to be applied to a much larger area, especially when political divisions like the Choa Chu Kang ward applied to the entire northwest sector of the country during some editions of the Parliamentary elections.



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Crumpsall

Abraham Moss Metrolink station was opened in spring 2011 and Woodlands Road station has since been reduced to weekday daytime hours only whilst consultation continues about its closure.