Damai 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 E ...

East Loop in Punggol, Singapore, located at Punggol Drive near the junction of Punggol Road. It was once not opened for passenger service as there was little development around the area. The station was finally opened on 20 June 2011, together with Woodleigh to celebrate the eighth anniversary of the

North East line The North East MRT line (NEL) is a high-capacity Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Singapore. Operated by SBS Transit, it is the shortest MRT line at . The line runs from HarbourFront station in southern Singapore to Punggol station in the no ...

at that time and was the last station along the Punggol LRT line East Loop to be opened.

Etymology

The name means "peaceful" in Malay. It was recommended for reason of cultural diversity in the selection of names. It should not be confused with Jalan Damai, a road which is located off Bedok Reservoir Road in the eastern part of

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 ...

. The station also took its name of Punggol Damai Residents' Committee (RC) near the station.

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