page_title: Yio Chu Kang MRT station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Yio Chu Kang MRT station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Platform A of Yio Chu Kang MRT
context_page_description: Yio Chu Kang MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the North South Line in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore.
  Tracks between this station and Khatib MRT station is the longest between any two stations on the North South Line. Opened on 7 November 1987, Yio Chu Kang station is one of Singapore's oldest MRT station.
context_section_description: Yio Chu Kang station was the terminus of the North South Line when it first opened on 7 November 1987 along with the first five stations of the MRT. Trains stopped at Platform A before reversing and crossing over to the opposite track.
  On 3 March 2003, a 23-year-old drove his car onto an MRT track near Lentor Avenue, the section between Yio Chu Kang and Khatib. The accident occurred when the car, travelling 17 kmh over the speed limit, went up an 18 centimetres (7.1 in) kerb, crossed a total distance of 9.5 metres (31 ft) before going up a steep slope before landing on the track. Witnesses tried to push the car off the tracks to prevent a possible accident from an approaching train. Although the train driver was not able to stop in time, he was able to slow the train down enough to prevent the train from [[de.
  On 12 February 2015, a 29-year-old motorcyclist died after he was flung onto the MRT tracks between Khatib and Yio Chu Kang stations early on Thursday morning following a traffic accident on the Lentor flyover, similar to the 2003 accident.
caption: Another view of the MRT platform
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