Hougang station

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NE14CR8 Hougang 后港 ஹவ்காங் *Graphic From SGTrains/Wikipedia/LTA
Statistics
Address	80 Hougang Central Singapore 538758
Line(s)	North East Line Cross Island Line (Future)
Structure	Underground
Connections
Abbreviation	HGN

Hougang (NE14/CR8) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North East Line and the future Cross Island Line.

History

Date	Event
20 June 2003	Station officially opened

2005 bomb hoax

On 12 August 2005, train services were disrupted for hours as Liu Tze Yuen created a bomb treat at the station which turns out to be false. He was also accused of putting boxes in public buses on 7 July and 12 August – the latter on the same day he was accused of carrying out the hoax at Hougang. Liu allegedly intended the passengers on the two buses and the train station to believe that the packages contained explosive devices; he was later sentenced to 3½ years in jail.

2017 security incident

On 2 April 2017, an unattended bag caused a temporary shutdown of the station. At 2.55pm, SBS Transit announced that all trains will skip this station due to a "security incident". Police who were called in subsequently confirmed the contents of the unattended bag were "non-dangerous". Train services resumed at 4.05pm after police gave the all-clear. A 39-year-old man was arrested for causing public nuisance after preliminary investigations show he intentionally left the bag inside the station while running an errand.

Artworks

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  North East Line: Hands Up for Hougang by Seck Yok Ying
  Hougang station showcases a community art made from the hand prints of 3,000 people from babies and grandmothers to foreign workers and community leaders. Originally imprinted in wet clay, these hand prints were later transferred onto the concrete wall and arranged in a seamless sequence.

Layout

L1	Street Level	Hougang Central Bus Interchange, Hougang Mall
B1	Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre, Transitlink Ticket Office
B2	Template:Route/1
	Platform A/B
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Exits

Exit	Disabled-Access	Location/Nearby
A		Hougang Central Bus Interchange
B		Hougang Mall
C		Hougang Avenue 10

Transport Services

First/Last Train Timing

Destination	First Train			Last Train
	Mon − Fri	Sat	Sun & P.H.	Daily
North East Line
NE1HarbourFront	05:48	05:48	06:08	23:34
NE17Punggol	06:11	06:12	06:32	00:23

Bus

Bus Stop	Exit	Bus Service
64009	Hougang Ctrl Int	27 51 74 89 89e 102 107 107M 112 113 116 132 147 151 153 161 165 324 325 329
64541	Hougang Ctrl Int	72 80 87 101
64549	Opp Hougang Ctrl Int	6N 72 80 87 101