Yio Chu Kang MRT Station 4.43

Yio Chu Kang MRT Station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the North South Line in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore.The station's architecture design theme is similar to Ang Mo Kio station, with brown granite walls and floors. This station serves students of adjacent educational institutions such as Anderson Junior College and Nanyang Polytechnic, Ang Mo Kio New Town residents as well as workers at neighbouring industrial estates.HistoryYio Chu Kang station was the northern terminus of the North South Line when it first opened on 7 November 1987. Trains terminated at Platform A before reversing and crossing over to the adjacent track.Installations of the half-height screen doors started on 15 August 2011, and began operation on 18 October 2011. The station is installed with MJ Air Tech High Volume, Low Speed (HVLS) Pro-Jet fans and in operations since 24 August 2012.Track incursionOn 3 March 2003, a 23-year-old drove his car onto an MRT track off Lentor Avenue, in the sector between Yio Chu Kang and Khatib, the first accident of its kind in the 15 years of MRT operations in Singapore. The accident occurred when the car, which was travelling at along Lentor Avenue – the speed limit was – mounted an kerb, crossed of grass verge (inclusive of a wide pavement), jumped over a drain, went through a fence away from the track, and went uphill onto a steep stone embankment before landing on the track. Witnesses tried to remove the car from the tracks to prevent a possible collision, however an oncoming train from Yio Chu Kang stopped their efforts. One of the witnesses signalled the train driver to stop. Although the train driver was not able to stop in time, he was able to slow the train down enough to prevent derailment.