page_title: Yishun MRT station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Yishun MRT station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Station platforms of Yishun MRT Station
context_page_description: Yishun MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station on the North South line in Yishun, Singapore. The station is located at the junction of Yishun Avenue 2 and Yishun Avenue 5, and is currently one of the two MRT stations that serve Yishun New Town; the other being Khatib station.
  Yishun station was the terminus of the NSL upon its completion on 20 December 1988, until the Woodlands Extension of the NSL was completed and opened on 10 February 1996.
context_section_description: Yishun opened on 20 December 1988, two years earlier than planned. During the start of construction in December 1984, Nee Soon North― the original name of the station― was renamed to Yishun and Nee Soon South was renamed to Khatib.
  Yishun station was one of the first three stations to undergo testing as to whether the platform screen doors were viable for elevated stations. Eventually, installation of the half-height platform screen doors started on 26 August 2009 and operations commenced on 2 December that year. Half-height screen doors have been installed in all elevated stations since. Yishun station also have high-volume low-speed fans installed, which started operations since 27 June 2012.
  Yishun station was also the first batch of ten stations to have additional bicycle parking facilities under a National Cycling Plan announced in 2010.
caption: Platform level of Yishun station.
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