page_title: Serangoon MRT station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Serangoon MRT station / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Exit C of Serangoon MRT
context_page_description: Serangoon MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit interchange station on the North East line and Circle line in Serangoon, Singapore. Located at the intersection of Upper Serangoon Road and Serangoon Central, this station is directly linked to Nex and Serangoon Bus Interchange.
context_section_description: Construction of the station began in July 1997, for the Contract 704 for the design and construction of Woodleigh and Serangoon stations and associated tunnels was awarded to Wayss & Freytag – Econ Piling – Chew Eu Hock Construction Joint-Venture on 23 June that year for S$316.7 million.
  Before the station opened, the Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the second ever Shelter Open House on 15–16 February 2003, together with Chinatown, Farrer Park and Hougang stations.
  The artwork in the North East line side of the station under the Art in Transit programme is Memories of Childhood by Eng Joo Heng. The artwork featured in the Circle line side is called View of Life by Sarkasi Said. The author used 18 original batik paintings on cloth which were photographed and printed onto a sheet of glass.
caption: Exit E of Serangoon station.
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