Kent Ridge MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle line in Queenstown,

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. The station is named after the geographical feature,

Kent Ridge Kent Ridge is the name of a ridge and a neighbourhood located in Pasir Panjang, in the Queenstown Planning Area of Singapore. The area is notable for housing two parks within the Southern Ridges, Kent Ridge Park and HortPark. The main campus of ...

and is near the junction of South Buona Vista Road and Lower Kent Ridge Road. Kent Ridge station is located at the eastern part of the

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main campus, right underneath the

National University Hospital The National University Hospital (NUH) is a tertiary referral hospital and academic medical centre in Singapore, located in Kent Ridge. It is a 1,160-bed tertiary hospital serving more than 670,000 outpatients and 49,000 inpatients and serves ...

History

Kent Ridge MRT station construction began in January 2005. This station was named 'National University Hospital', later was renamed to 'Kent Ridge' on 19 January 2006 to follow the geographical feature,

. After the completion of the MRT station on 23 September 2010, construction of One@Kent Ridge began with completion on 1 July 2012. The station takes its name from the surrounding area, formerly known as Pasir Panjang Ridge but renamed Kent Ridge to commemorate a visit by the

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and Duchess of Kent. Apart from the hospital complex, Kent Ridge station serves the sprawling National University of Singapore campus, along with

Singapore Science Park Singapore Science Park; ta, முன்னேறட்டும் சிங்கப்பூர் is a research, development and technologies hub in Queenstown, Singapore. Managed by Ascendas, a subsidiary of Capitaland, it was set up unde ...

1 and

Kent Ridge Park Kent Ridge Park is a 47-hectare public park located in Kent Ridge, Singapore, between the National University of Singapore and the Singapore Science Park. Due to its undisturbed habitat and abundant plant life, it is a popular venue for bi ...

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is located on the other side of the campus, at

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, therefore it is not physically connected with the station.

Art in Transit

Under the Art in Transit programme, a multimedia work entitled ''Poetry Mix-Up'' was commissioned for the station. Created b
Mixed Reality Lab
from the National University of Singapore, this interactive piece allows members of the public to SMS a line of up to 60 characters to the program, and it will generate a short poem based on the submission to be shown on a digital display on the lift shaft at the platform level. These TV screens are however deactivated, and is only usable during the

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and

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Services and connections

Kent Ridge MRT station is served directly by local bus routes 92, 95 and 200. It is also a short walk from two bus stops on the

Ayer Rajah Expressway The Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE) extends from the western end of the Marina Coastal Expressway in the south of Singapore to Tuas in the west near the Tuas Second Link to Malaysia. Together with the Marina Coastal Expressway and the East Coast ...

serving the PSB Science Park building. NUS Routes A1, A2, D2, K and BTC also serve the station.NUS Shuttle Buses
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References

External links

* * Queenstown, Singapore Railway stations opened in 2011 2011 establishments in Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) stations {{Singapore-MRT-stub