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{{Infobox/Station
|Code={{Code|1|NEL|NE15}}
|Name=Buangkok<br>万国<br>புவாங்கோக்
|Img=[[File:Buangkok-NEL.png|centre|300px]]
|Info=
 {{Infoline|Address|10 Sengkang Central<br>Singapore 545061}}
 {{Infoline|Line(s)|{{NEL}}}}
 {{Infoline|Connections|Bus, Taxi}}
 {{Infoline|Abbreviation|BGK}}
}}

'''Buangkok (NE15)''' is an underground [[Mass Rapid Transit]] (MRT) station on the {{NEL}}.

==History==
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!width=150|Date!!Event
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|15 January 2006||Station officially opens
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===First White Elephant Incident===
On 27 August 2005, during Minister Vivian Balakrishnan's visit to Punggol South, a resident, displeased with Buangkok's disuse, erected a series of white paper cut-outs of elephants, which were drawn in a cartoon-like style, symbolically calling the unopened Buangkok station a 'white elephant'. Soon after, police started an investigation on it as a case of a public display without permit, on the grounds that a complaint was received and that they may have been in violation of the Public Entertainment and Meetings Act, for which the maximum penalty is a fine not exceeding $10,000. It raised controversy because many people saw it as a harmless, trivial case not worthy of investigation. It also highlighted the general displeasure over the non-operation of the MRT station after it was built with public funds. It also raised questions on how much freedom of expression the government is willing to tolerate.

A month later, police closed the investigation without pressing charges but issued a stern warning to the offender.<ref>[http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/165384/1/.html "Residents bring up 'white elephant' Buangkok MRT during minister's visit"]. Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 28 August 2005.</ref> This led Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng to comment to the media, "We cannot apply the law to some and turn a blind eye to others. If we do, then the law becomes the real white elephant."

===Second White Elephant Incident===
On 13 January 2006, during a carnival celebrating the opening of the MRT Station, 27 students from Raffles Girls' School were preparing to sell T-shirts bearing "Save the White Elephants" to raise funds for a charity Youth Guidance. This prompted a warning from the police that they needed a fund-raising permit and that "wearing of T-shirts en masse may be misconstrued by some as an offence under the Miscellaneous Offences (Public & Order & Nuisance) (Assemblies & Processions) Rules."<ref>[http://www.todayonline.com/articles/95206.asp "Teens' white elephant T-shirt venture gets police attention"]. Today Online. Retrieved 14 January 2006.</ref>

The girls said that they had always taken a strong interest in current affairs and Buangkok incident inspired them to start what they called "Project White Elephant" aiming to "galvanise the youth of today to rise up from the apathy they are stereotyped with and take an active role in airing their views". Punggol South grassroots leaders were impressed by their "entrepreneurial spirit and derring-do", and invited them to set up a stall at the opening ceremony of the station to sell the T-shirts.

On 21 January 2006, Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng apologised for the way the police had overreacted to the group of school girls' plan to sell and wear white elephant T-shirts at the opening of Buangkok Station.<ref>[http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/189327/1/.html "Police overreacted to white elephant T-shirt incident: DPM Wong"]. Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 21 January 2006.</ref>

==Art in Transit==
''Water, Nature and the Contemporary'' by Vincent Leow features images and archival photos of life in Singapore which embellished with dots, graphic motifs and bands, all in bold primary colours.<ref>[http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/nel/trpt_nel_systemdetail.asp?statcode=NE15 "NE15 - Buangkok"]. SBS Transit. Retrieved 14 March 2013</ref>

==Layout==
{| style="border-collapse:collapse;border-top:1px solid #888;border-bottom:1px solid #888;"
|- valign=top
!L1
|Street Level
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|- style="border-top:1px solid #888;" valign=top
!width=25|B1
|width=125|Concourse
|width=500|Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre
|- style="border-top:1px solid #888;"
!rowspan=3 valign=top|B2
|Platform A||{{NEL}}<br>{{Terminus|NEL|1|→}}
|-
|colspan=2 style="border:2px solid;text-align:center;"|Platform A/B
|-
|Platform B||{{NEL}}<br>{{Terminus|NEL|2|←}}
|}

==Exits==
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!width=50|Exit!!width=50|Disabled-Access!!Location/Nearby
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|A||{{WAB}}||style="text-align:left;"|Sengkang Central, Palm View Primary School, Compassvale Ancilla Park
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|B||{{WAB}}||style="text-align:left;"|Sengkang Central, North Vista Primary School
|}

==Transport Services==
===Rail===
{{Rail Head}}
{{Rail Line|NEL|M|North East Line}}
{{Rail Service|2|NEL|NE1|CCL|CC29|C2= |Name=HarbourFront |T1=05:46|T2=05:46|T3=06:07|T4=23:32}}
{{Rail Service|2|NEL|NE17|PGLRT|PTC |Name=Punggol |T1=06:13|T2=06:28|T3=06:48|T4=00:24}}
|}

===Bus===
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|- valign=top
!width=240|Bus Stop!!width=30|Exit!!width=300|Bus Service
{{BusGuide|67609|Buangkok Stn Exit A|A}}{{Bus|27|808}} {{Bus|43|EC0|D22}} {{Bus|43M|EC0|D22}} {{Bus|102|808}}
{{BusGuide|67601|Buangkok Stn Exit B|B}}{{Bus|27|808}} {{Bus|43|EC0|D22}} {{Bus|43M|EC0|D22}} {{Bus|102|808}}
|}

==References==
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{{Singapore MRT stations}}
{{North East Line}}