Bukit Batok MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South line in

Bukit Batok Bukit Batok, often abbreviated as Bt Batok, is a planning area and matured residential town located along the eastern boundary of the West Region of Singapore. Bukit Batok statistically ranks in as the 25th largest, the 12th most populous and ...

, Singapore. Until the opening of the Woodlands Extension, the station was part of the

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. Bukit Batok station is situated within the town centre of Bukit Batok New Town, next to

Bukit Batok Bus Interchange Bukit Batok Bus Interchange is an interchange bus station located at Block 631 Bukit Batok Central, Singapore, near West Mall Shopping Centre and Bukit Batok MRT station. The sheltered concourse is built underneath a multi-storey carpark simi ...

Etymology

Bukit Batok MRT station is located within the planning area of

, hence its name. The word "''bukit''" means "hill" in

Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...

; "''batok''" could be the Javanese term for coconut, or a corruption of "''batu''" which means "granite" in Malay, or it could be derived from the Malay word for cough "''batok''". During planning stages, the station was called "Bukit Batok South".

History

NS2 Bukit Batok Concourse and Passenger Service

The station was opened on 10 March 1990 as part of the

, and was given the station number B1. When the Woodlands Extension opened in 1996, the station number was changed to N23, and continued to use it until it adopted its current station number ''NS2'' in 2001. Installation of half-height screen doors at the station started on 29 June 2010 and operations commenced on 31 August 2010 with

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. The last North South line station installed with

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s. With the beginning of operations on 30 November 2012 with Lakeside, this marked the completion of all high-volume low-speed fan installations along the North South line.

References

External links

* * 1990 establishments in Singapore Bukit Batok Railway stations opened in 1990 Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) stations {{Singapore-MRT-stub