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{{Infobox/Station
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|Name=Bishan<br>碧山<br>பீஷான்
|Name=Bishan<br>碧山<br>பீஷான்
|Img=[[File:Bishan-NSL.png|centre|300px]][[File:Bishan-CCL.png|centre|300px]]
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|Info=
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  {{Infoline|Address|200 Bishan Road<br>17 Bishan Place<br>Singapore 579827/579842}}
  {{Infoline|Address (NSL)|200 Bishan Road<br>Singapore 579827}}
{{Infoline|Address (CCL)|17 Bishan Place<br>Singapore 579842}}
  {{Infoline|Line(s)|{{NSL}}<br>{{CCL}}}}
  {{Infoline|Line(s)|{{NSL}}<br>{{CCL}}}}
  {{Infoline|Connections|[[File:Bus Logo.png|25px|link=|alt=Bus]] [[File:Taxi Logo.png|25px|link=|alt=Taxi]]}}
{{Infoline|Structure|Underground}}
  {{Infoline|Connections|{{Icon|Bus|B|25px|o={{CSS/BUS|s=|f=}}|a=Bus|d=inline}} {{Icon|Taxi|W|25px|o={{CSS/LTA|s=|f=}}|a=Taxi|d=inline}}}}
  {{Infoline|Abbreviation|BSH}}
  {{Infoline|Abbreviation|BSH}}
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'''Bishan (NS17/CC15)''' is an underground [[Mass Rapid Transit]] (MRT) station on the {{NSL}} and the {{CCL}}. Before peak period, some trains from [[Bishan Depot]] will arrive at platform B of the {{NSL|b=}} station to travel southbound towards Marina South Pier.
'''Bishan (NS17/CC15)''' is a [[Mass Rapid Transit]] (MRT) station on the {{NSL}} and the {{CCL}}. Before peak period, some trains from [[Bishan Depot]] will arrive at platform B of the {{NSL|b=}} station to travel southbound towards Marina South Pier.


==History==
==History==
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!width=150|Date!!Event
!width=150|Date!!Event
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|7 November 1987||Station officially opens
|7 November 1987||Station officially opened
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|4 April 2009||Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) Shelter Open House
|28 May 2009||Station interchanged with {{CCL}}
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|28 May 2009||Station interchanges with {{CCL}}
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===Modification of Station for {{CCL|b=}} linkage===
===2004 incidents===
Major alterations were performed on the original {{NSL|b=}} station to be linked to the {{CCL|b=}}. A new air-conditioned southbound platform to serve the southbound trains (heading towards {{Stn|Marina South Pier}}) was officially opened by the then Minister for Transport, Mr Raymond Lim on 27 July 2008. The original platform is now dedicated to only northbound train services (heading towards {{Stn|Jurong East}}). A wall now separates the southbound tracks and the northbound platform, and southbound train doors no longer open on the right towards the old platform. The northbound platform was also upgraded with air conditioning and full height platform screen doors where train doors open on the right, and was officially completed on 22 May 2009. It was formerly the only MRT station on the network that was sub-surface between 1987 and 2008, and has since got its {{NSL|b=}} platforms separated to make space for the linkage to {{CCL|b=}}.
On 28 July 2004, a 31 year old accountant died after falling on the track in front of an oncoming train at this station, disrupting northbound train services for an hour.<ref>"Bishan MRT Death". The New Paper (29 July 2004).</ref><ref>"Death at Bishan Station disrupt services". Wee Teck Hian (TODAY, 29 July 1994)</ref> Another such incident happened to an elderly man on 15 September that year.<ref>[//eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/today20040916-1.2.9.1 "MRT incident hits services"]. TODAY (16 September 2004).</ref>
 
===Modification of station for {{CCL|b=}} linkage===
Major alterations were performed on the original {{NSL|b=}} station to be linked to the {{CCL|b=}}. A new air-conditioned southbound platform to serve the southbound trains (heading towards {{Stn|Marina Bay}}) was officially opened on 27 July 2008.<ref>"New Platform at Bishan Station ready". Starits Times (26 July 2008)</ref> The original platform is now dedicated to only northbound train services (heading towards {{Stn|Jurong East}}). A wall now separates the southbound tracks and the northbound platform, and southbound train doors no longer open on the right towards the old platform.
 
===2017 tunnel flooding===
On 7 October 2017, water got into a section of the tunnel between Bishan and {{Stn|Braddell}} stations during a heavy downpour in the afternoon, which disrupted train services between {{Stn|Ang Mo Kio}} and {{Stn|Marina South Pier}} for several hours. This case of water entering MRT tunnels is believed to be the first time it has affected train service. Separately, at about 5.55pm, a small fire was spotted trackside in the tunnel between the {{Stn|Raffles Place}} and {{Stn|Marina Bay}} stations, but it had died down by itself. It is not clear if it is linked to the flood, although electrical short circuits caused by water had sparked tunnel fires before.<ref>[//web.archive.org/web/20171007164559/www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nsl-disruption-smrt-water-in-the-tunnel-trackside-fire-caused-9289414 "Water in the tunnel, trackside fire caused train disruption on NSL: SMRT"]. Channel NewsAsia (8 October 2017). Archived on 7 October 2017.</ref> Train services between {{Stn|Newton}} and {{Stn|Marina South Pier}} were restored on the day itself at about 9.20pm while full train service resumed at 1.36pm the following day after overnight efforts to clear the water in the tunnel.<ref>[//web.archive.org/web/20171008044136/www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nsl-disruption-flooded-mrt-tunnel-sunday-9290220 "NSL disruption: No train services between Ang Mo Kio, Newton 'till further notice', says SMRT"]. Channel NewsAsia. Archived on 8 October 2017.</ref> It was revealed that the overflowing in the tunnel was caused by a malfunction in the water pumping system, which has since been repaired.<ref>[//web.archive.org/web/20171008181159/www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/lta-on-flooded-mrt-tunnel-9290804 "NSL disruption: Malfunctioning water pumping system resulted in flooded MRT tunnel, says LTA"]. Channel NewsAsia. Archived on 8 October 2017.</ref>


==Artworks==
==Artworks==
*{{CCL}}: ''Move!'' by Soh Ee Shaun<br>The densely packed murals depict the artist’s feelings about the mindless rush of commuters in a train station. The three murals depicting daily life, family and the heartlands with a whimsical twist – students fly to school on rockets and animal-headed executives are rushing to work in a surreal world.<ref>[//www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/getting_around/public_transport/a_better_public_transport_experience/art_in_transit.html "Art in Transit"]. Land Transport Authority. Retrieved 22 June 2020.</ref>
*[[File:CC15-Move.png|300px]]<br>{{CCL}}: ''Move!'' by Soh Ee Shaun<br>The densely packed murals depict the artist’s feelings about the mindless rush of commuters in a train station. The three murals depicting daily life, family and the heartlands with a whimsical twist – students fly to school on rockets and animal-headed executives are rushing to work in a surreal world.<ref>[//www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/getting_around/public_transport/a_better_public_transport_experience/art_in_transit.html "Art in Transit"]. Land Transport Authority.</ref>


==Cultural impact==
==Cultural impact==
Being located on the site of the Peck San Theng cemetery, the station is rumoured to be haunted, and has been the subject of several Singaporean urban legends, as well as the site for alleged ghost encounters. A 1988 article in The New Paper mentioned rumoured sightings of headless ghosts at the station.<ref>[//eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/newpaper19881017-1.1.3.aspx "Where are the ghosts?"]. Abdul Hadhi (The New Paper pg3, 17 October 1988). Retrieved 13 May 2016.</ref>  
Being located on the former site of the Peck San Theng cemetery, the station is rumoured to be haunted, and has been the subject of several urban legends, as well as the site for alleged ghost encounters. A 1988 article in ''The New Paper'' mentioned rumoured sightings of headless ghosts at the station.<ref>[//eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/newpaper19881017-1.1.3.aspx "Where are the ghosts?"]. Abdul Hadhi (The New Paper, 17 October 1988).</ref>


The newspaper ''The Sunday Times'' ran an article debunking an urban legend associated with the station, along with an article featuring an account by a passenger who claimed that, while riding on a train passing through the station one morning in the early 1990s, she was groped by several unseen hands before passing out. She was later revived by fellow passengers.<ref>[//eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes20050417-1.2.51.2.3.aspx "Is Bishan MRT 'unclean'?"]. Mark Mun Sun (The Straits Times pg5, 17 April 2005). Retrieved 14 May 2016.</ref> There are also other alleged encounters of ghosts and other entities by several passengers in and around the station, such as headless figures, footsteps coming from the roof of the train, and phantom passengers who do not cast reflections on the train windows.
''Straits Times'' ran an article debunking an urban legend associated with the station, along with an article featuring an account by a passenger who claimed that, while riding on a train passing through the station one morning in the early 1990s, she was groped by several unseen hands before passing out. She was later revived by fellow passengers.<ref>[//eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes20050417-1.2.51.2.3.aspx "Is Bishan MRT 'unclean'?"]. Mak Mun San (Straits Times, 17 April 2005).</ref> There are also other alleged encounters of ghosts and other entities by several passengers in and around the station, such as headless figures, footsteps coming from the roof of the train, and phantom passengers who do not cast reflections on the train windows.


==Layout==
==Layout==
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{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%;"
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|style='padding-right:.5em;'|{{Layout/Arrow|CCL|0}} {{Layout/Station|CC29}}
|style='padding-left:.5em;border-left:1px solid;width:200px'|'''Service Map'''
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{{Layout/Map|CC15|#000|#fff|c=CCL}} {{Layout/Map|CC16|c=CCL}} {{Layout/Map|CC17|c=CCL}} {{Layout/Map|CC19|c=CCL}} {{Layout/Map|CC20|c=CCL}} {{Layout/Map|CC21|c=CCL}} {{Layout/Map|CC22|c=CCL}} {{Layout/Map|CC23|c=CCL}} {{Layout/Map|CC24|c=CCL}} {{Layout/Map|CC25|c=CCL}} {{Layout/Map|CC26|c=CCL}} {{Layout/Map|CC27|c=CCL}} {{Layout/Map|CC28|c=CCL}} {{Layout/Map|CC29|c=CCL|r=}}
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|style='padding-left:.5em;border-left:1px solid;width:200px'|'''Service Map'''
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===Bus===
===Bus===
:''More travel information: [[Alternative Travel Method/Bishan|Alternative Travel Method]]''
{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
!width=240|Bus Stop!!width=30|Exit!!width=300|Bus Service
!width=240|Bus Stop!!width=30|Exit!!width=300|Bus Service
{{BusGuide|53009|Bishan Int|A/D}}{{Bus|50|SBST}} {{Bus|52|SBST}} {{Bus|53|SBST}} {{Bus|54|SBST}} {{Bus|55|SBST}} {{Bus|56|SBST}} {{Bus|57|SBST}} {{Bus|58|SBST}} {{Bus|59|SBST}} {{Bus|410G|SBST}} {{Bus|410W|SBST}}
{{BusGuide|{{BS53009}}| {{Exit/Cell|A}} {{Exit/Cell|D}} }}{{Bus/50}} {{Bus/52}} {{Bus/53}} {{Bus/54}} {{Bus/55}} {{Bus/56}} {{Bus/57}} {{Bus/58}} {{Bus/59}} {{Bus/410|a=G}} {{Bus/410|a=W}}
{{BusGuide|53231|Bishan Stn|A/B/C}}{{Bus|13|SBST}} {{Bus|50|SBST}} {{Bus|52|SBST}} {{Bus|54|SBST}} {{Bus|55|SBST}} {{Bus|58|SBST}} {{Bus|71|SBST}} {{Bus|88|SBST}} {{Bus|156|SBST}}
{{BusGuide|{{BS53231}}| {{Exit/Cell|A}} {{Exit/Cell|B}} {{Exit/Cell|C}} }}{{Bus/13}} {{Bus/50}} {{Bus/52}} {{Bus/54}} {{Bus/55}} {{Bus/58}} {{Bus/71}} {{Bus/88}} {{Bus/156}}
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{{North South Line}}
{{North–South Line}}
{{Circle Line}}
{{Circle Line}}

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NS17CC15
Bishan
碧山
பீஷான்
Bishan-NSL.png
Bishan-CCL.png
*Graphic From SGTrains/Wikipedia/LTA
Statistics
Address (NSL) 200 Bishan Road
Singapore 579827
Address (CCL) 17 Bishan Place
Singapore 579842
Line(s) North–South Line
Circle Line
Structure Underground
Connections Bus Taxi
Abbreviation BSH

Bishan (NS17/CC15) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North–South Line and the Circle Line. Before peak period, some trains from Bishan Depot will arrive at platform B of the North–South Line station to travel southbound towards Marina South Pier.

History[edit]

Date Event
7 November 1987 Station officially opened
28 May 2009 Station interchanged with Circle Line

2004 incidents[edit]

On 28 July 2004, a 31 year old accountant died after falling on the track in front of an oncoming train at this station, disrupting northbound train services for an hour.[1][2] Another such incident happened to an elderly man on 15 September that year.[3]

Modification of station for Circle Line linkage[edit]

Major alterations were performed on the original North–South Line station to be linked to the Circle Line. A new air-conditioned southbound platform to serve the southbound trains (heading towards Marina Bay) was officially opened on 27 July 2008.[4] The original platform is now dedicated to only northbound train services (heading towards Jurong East). A wall now separates the southbound tracks and the northbound platform, and southbound train doors no longer open on the right towards the old platform.

2017 tunnel flooding[edit]

On 7 October 2017, water got into a section of the tunnel between Bishan and Braddell stations during a heavy downpour in the afternoon, which disrupted train services between Ang Mo Kio and Marina South Pier for several hours. This case of water entering MRT tunnels is believed to be the first time it has affected train service. Separately, at about 5.55pm, a small fire was spotted trackside in the tunnel between the Raffles Place and Marina Bay stations, but it had died down by itself. It is not clear if it is linked to the flood, although electrical short circuits caused by water had sparked tunnel fires before.[5] Train services between Newton and Marina South Pier were restored on the day itself at about 9.20pm while full train service resumed at 1.36pm the following day after overnight efforts to clear the water in the tunnel.[6] It was revealed that the overflowing in the tunnel was caused by a malfunction in the water pumping system, which has since been repaired.[7]

Artworks[edit]

  • CC15-Move.png
    Circle Line: Move! by Soh Ee Shaun
    The densely packed murals depict the artist’s feelings about the mindless rush of commuters in a train station. The three murals depicting daily life, family and the heartlands with a whimsical twist – students fly to school on rockets and animal-headed executives are rushing to work in a surreal world.[8]

Cultural impact[edit]

Being located on the former site of the Peck San Theng cemetery, the station is rumoured to be haunted, and has been the subject of several urban legends, as well as the site for alleged ghost encounters. A 1988 article in The New Paper mentioned rumoured sightings of headless ghosts at the station.[9]

Straits Times ran an article debunking an urban legend associated with the station, along with an article featuring an account by a passenger who claimed that, while riding on a train passing through the station one morning in the early 1990s, she was groped by several unseen hands before passing out. She was later revived by fellow passengers.[10] There are also other alleged encounters of ghosts and other entities by several passengers in and around the station, such as headless figures, footsteps coming from the roof of the train, and phantom passengers who do not cast reflections on the train windows.

Layout[edit]

L1 Street Level Junction 8, Bishan Bus Interchange
NSL Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre, Transitlink Ticket Office
B1
APlatform ➔ NS1Jurong East Service Map
Platform A
BPlatform ➔ NS28Marina South Pier Service Map
Platform B
B2 Transfer Linkway between North–South Line Platforms and Circle Line Concourse
CCL Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre
B3
APlatform ➔ CC29HarbourFront Service Map
Platform A/B
BPlatform ➔ CC1Dhoby GhautCE2Marina Bay via CC4Promenade Service Map

Exits[edit]

Exit Disabled-Access Location/Nearby
A Handicapped/disabled access Junction 8, Bishan Bus Interchange, Bishan Public Library
B Handicapped/disabled access Bishan Road, Bishan Street 14
C Handicapped/disabled access Bishan Road, Bishan Street 11
D Handicapped/disabled access Bishan Bus Interchange, Bishan Community Centre, Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council (Branch Office)
E Handicapped/disabled access Junction 8 Basement

Transport Services[edit]

First/Last Train Timing[edit]

Destination First Train Last Train
Mon − Fri Sat Sun & P.H. Daily
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NS1Jurong East 06:08 06:23 06:29 00:14
NS7Kranji – – – 00:30
NS28Marina South Pier 05:37 05:37 06:02 23:34
NS19Toa Payoh – – – 00:16
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CC1Dhoby Ghaut 05:40 05:40 06:07 23:35
CC7Mountbatten – – – 00:12
CC12Bartley – – – 00:36
CC29HarbourFront 05:23 05:23 05:47 23:18
CC26Pasir Panjang – – – 23:48
CC23one-north – – – 00:04
CC17Caldecott – – – 00:32

Bus[edit]

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Bus Stop Exit Bus Service
Bishan Int icon53009
Bishan St 13
A D
Bishan Stn icon53231
Bishan Rd
A B C
Opp Bishan Stn icon53239
Bishan Rd
A B C

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Bishan MRT Death". The New Paper (29 July 2004).
  2. ↑ "Death at Bishan Station disrupt services". Wee Teck Hian (TODAY, 29 July 1994)
  3. ↑ "MRT incident hits services". TODAY (16 September 2004).
  4. ↑ "New Platform at Bishan Station ready". Starits Times (26 July 2008)
  5. ↑ "Water in the tunnel, trackside fire caused train disruption on NSL: SMRT". Channel NewsAsia (8 October 2017). Archived on 7 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "NSL disruption: No train services between Ang Mo Kio, Newton 'till further notice', says SMRT". Channel NewsAsia. Archived on 8 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "NSL disruption: Malfunctioning water pumping system resulted in flooded MRT tunnel, says LTA". Channel NewsAsia. Archived on 8 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Art in Transit". Land Transport Authority.
  9. ↑ "Where are the ghosts?". Abdul Hadhi (The New Paper, 17 October 1988).
  10. ↑ "Is Bishan MRT 'unclean'?". Mak Mun San (Straits Times, 17 April 2005).
icon North–South Line [ V • T • E ]
Stations Jurong East • Bukit Batok • Bukit Gombak • Choa Chu Kang • Yew Tee • Kranji • Marsiling • Woodlands • Admiralty • Sembawang • Canberra • Yishun • Khatib • Yio Chu Kang • Ang Mo Kio • Bishan • Braddell • Toa Payoh • Novena • Newton • Orchard • Somerset • Dhoby Ghaut • City Hall • Raffles Place • Marina Bay • Marina South Pier
Rolling Stock 151 • 751B • 151A • 151B • 151C • R151

Former651

Depots Bishan • Ulu Pandan
Others Bridging Service
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Stations Dhoby Ghaut • Bras Basah • Esplanade • Promenade • Nicoll Highway • Stadium • Mountbatten • Dakota • Paya Lebar • MacPherson • Tai Seng • Bartley • Serangoon • Lorong Chuan • Bishan • Marymount • Caldecott • Bukit Brown • Botanic Gardens • Farrer Road • Holland Village • Buona Vista • one-north • Kent Ridge • Haw Par Villa • Pasir Panjang • Labrador Park • Telok Blangah • HarbourFront
CCL6Keppel • Cantonment • Prince Edward Road
Circle Line ExtensionPromenade • Bayfront • Marina Bay
Rolling Stock 830 • 830C • 851E
Depots Kim Chuan
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