Kadaloor LRT station is an elevated
Light Rail Transit (LRT) station on the
Punggol LRT line
The Punggol LRT line is an automated guideway transit line in Singapore. The line, which initially opened on 29 January 2005, connects the residential districts and suburbs of Punggol to Punggol Town Centre, where it connects with the North ...
East Loop in
Punggol
Punggol, alternatively spelled as Ponggol, is a planning area and new town situated on the Tanjong Punggol peninsula in the North-East Region of Singapore. The town directly borders Sengkang to the south and shares riverine boundaries with the ...
,
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
, located at Punggol Drive between the junctions of Punggol East and Edgedale Plains. It was opened on 29 January 2005 together with the
Sengkang LRT West Loop.
Kadaloor was named after
Cuddalore
Cuddalore, also spelt as Kadalur (), is the city and headquarters of the Cuddalore District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Situated south of Chennai, Cuddalore was an important port during the British Raj.
While the early history of Cudda ...
, an ancient town in the Indian state of
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...
.
Etymology
The name "கடலூர்"(Sea town) was recommended for reason of the cultural diversity in the selection of names, as well as the station's proximity to
Sungei Serangoon (Serangoon River).
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2005 establishments in Singapore
Punggol
LRT stations in Punggol
Railway stations in Punggol
Railway stations opened in 2005
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