The North East Line (NEL) is the third Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore and the world's second longest fully underground, automated and driverless, rapid transit line after the Circle Line.The line is 20 km long with 16 stations. Travelling from one end of this line to the other end takes 33 minutes.This line is coloured purple in the rail map.
As the name implies, the line connects central Singapore to the north-eastern part of the island. Transfer to the North South Line is provided at Dhoby Ghaut, to the East West Line at Outram Park and to the Circle Line at Serangoon, Dhoby Ghaut and HarbourFront. The North East Line interchanges with the Downtown Line at Chinatown and Little India. The North East Line will interchange with the future Thomson-East Coast Line at Outram Park. It passes through the busy areas such as Chinatown, Clarke Quay and Dhoby Ghaut of which it is home to the historical and cultural value, and through the mature and new residential estates at Potong Pasir, Serangoon, Hougang, Sengkang and Punggol. The North East Line passes through the Eu Tong Sen Street, Serangoon Road, Bendemeer Underpass, Upper Serangoon Road and the Upper Serangoon Viaduct. This line is the first in Singapore to be entirely underground and the first line to be operated by SBS Transit.
The North East Line is the first line in Singapore to have artwork integrated into all its 16 stations under the Art in Transit programme. Other than the Art in Transit programme, the interior architecture for the stations are typical of the design of the early 2000s with lots of white, glass and steel. This kind of design can be seen in other subway stations built during this period like the Shenzhen Metro and Hong Kong MTR's Tseung Kwan O line.
As of 2015, trains operate at two-minute intervals during peak hours, five-minute intervals during mid-day service and six-minute intervals in the early morning and night times.
These are the stations in the North East Line and places nearby them:
HarbourFront :
Telok Blangah Road, Seah Im Road, HarbourFront Bus Interchange, Seah Im Food Center, Henderson Wave & Marang Trail, HarbourFront Centre, Singapore Cruise Centre, Singapore Port Institute Building, Harbourfront Tower 1 & 2, Keppel Bay Tower, Merrill Lynch HarbourFront, Caribbean at Keppel Bay, Reflections at Keppel Bay, Singapore Cable Car, St James Power Station, Prima Tower, Sentosa Boardwalk, Sentosa Bridge, Temenggong Road, Telok Blangah House, Bay Hotel, Temenggong Mosque, Mount Faber Park, Marang Trail, VivoCity, Sentosa Express (monorail To Sentosa)
Future Station (reserved station for future use)
Outram Park :
Pearl's Center, Singapore General Hospital, Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Police Cantonment Complex (PCC) (Central Police Division Headquarters, Bukit Merah East Neighbourhood Police Centre, Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Commercial Affairs Department (CAD)), The Pinnacle@Duxton, Tai Sun Building
Chinatown :
Chinatown Complex (Market & Food Centre), People's Park Complex, People's Park Centre, Hong Lim Park, Fook Hai Building, Chinatown Point
Clarke Quay :
Hong Lim Park, Merchant Road, Boat Quay, Clarke Quay, The Central
Dhoby Ghaut :
Orchard Road, Bras Basah Road, MacDonald House, National Museum of Singapore, Orchard Presbyterian Church , Orchard Presbyterian Church , Orchard Road, Parklane Shopping Mall, Peace Centre, Plaza by the Park, POMO (Formerly Paradiz), Registry of Marriage, Rendezvous Hotel, School Of The Arts , SMU, The Cathay, Wesley Methodist Church, Wilkie Edge, YMCA, Penang Road, Church of Sacred Heart, Concorde Hotel, Dhandayutha Pani Murugan Temple, Fort Canning Centre, Hotel Grand Central, Hotel Innotel, Istana , Macdonald House, Orchard Road, Plaza Singapura, Red Cross House, Supreme Hotel, Teochew Chew Building, The Atrium @ Orchard, The Glass House, University of Chicago, Dhoby Xchange, Singapore Shopping Centre, Park Mall, Plaza Singapura, Concorde Hotel, Istana, Hotel Rendezvous, Macdonald House, Orchard Road, School Of The Arts, SMU, The Cathay
Little India :
Mackenzie Regency, Mackenzie Road, KK Woman's Children's Hospital, Tekka Market, Tekka Centre, Tekka Market, Foochow Methodist Church, Cholia's Village, Shree Lakshminarayan Temple, Farrer Park Swimming Complex
Farrer Park :
City Square Mall (U/C), Race Course Road, Tessensohn Road, Race Course Road, Birch Road, Gloucester Road
Northumberland Road, Roberts Lane, Serangoon Road, Perumal Road, City Green, City Square Mall [Basement 2], City Green, City Square Mall
Boon Keng :
All exits leads to their respective sides of Boon Keng Road.
Upper Serangoon :
All leads to whatever side of Upper Serangoon Road.
Woodleigh :
Upper Serangoon Road, Upper Aljunied Road
Serangoon :
Serangoon Central, NEX, The Yardley, Vaughan Garden, Wolskel Road, Fortune View Mansion, Mondo Building, Seran Court, Upper Serangoon Road, Crestar Building, La Bella, Braddell Heights Fire Post, NKF Dialysis Centre, Recreation Road, Paya Lebar Methodist Church, Summer Grove, Upper Paya Lebar Road, Lorong Ah Soo, Lew Lian Gardens, St Gabriel Sec Sch, Gabriel Villas, Ardisia Gardens, Marine Parade Town Council, Serangoon Central Post Office, Serangoon Stadium / Swimming Complex, Serangoon Community Park, NEX, Serangoon Ave 1, The Sunshine, Serangoon Central, Marine Parade Town Council, NEX, Serangoon Bus Interchange via nex, Serangoon Ave 2 & 3, Serangoon Bus Interchange, Braddell Heights Community Club, Serangoon NPC, Sunglade , Yangzheng Primary Sch, Zhonghua Sec Sch, NEX, Serangoon Bus Interchange via NEX, Serangoon Bus Interchange
Kovan :
Upper Serangoon Road, Heartland Mall, Kovan Market & Food Centre
Hougang :
Hougang Central Bus Interchange, Hougang Mall, Hougang Avenue 10
Buangkok :
Buangkok Bus Interchange, Compassvale Bow, Palm View Primary School
Sengkang :
Compass Point, Sengkang Polyclinc, Sengkang Swimming Complex
Punggol :
Punggol Bus Interchange, Waterway Point
As the name implies, the line connects central Singapore to the north-eastern part of the island. Transfer to the North South Line is provided at Dhoby Ghaut, to the East West Line at Outram Park and to the Circle Line at Serangoon, Dhoby Ghaut and HarbourFront. The North East Line interchanges with the Downtown Line at Chinatown and Little India. The North East Line will interchange with the future Thomson-East Coast Line at Outram Park. It passes through the busy areas such as Chinatown, Clarke Quay and Dhoby Ghaut of which it is home to the historical and cultural value, and through the mature and new residential estates at Potong Pasir, Serangoon, Hougang, Sengkang and Punggol. The North East Line passes through the Eu Tong Sen Street, Serangoon Road, Bendemeer Underpass, Upper Serangoon Road and the Upper Serangoon Viaduct. This line is the first in Singapore to be entirely underground and the first line to be operated by SBS Transit.
The North East Line is the first line in Singapore to have artwork integrated into all its 16 stations under the Art in Transit programme. Other than the Art in Transit programme, the interior architecture for the stations are typical of the design of the early 2000s with lots of white, glass and steel. This kind of design can be seen in other subway stations built during this period like the Shenzhen Metro and Hong Kong MTR's Tseung Kwan O line.
As of 2015, trains operate at two-minute intervals during peak hours, five-minute intervals during mid-day service and six-minute intervals in the early morning and night times.
These are the stations in the North East Line and places nearby them:
HarbourFront :
Telok Blangah Road, Seah Im Road, HarbourFront Bus Interchange, Seah Im Food Center, Henderson Wave & Marang Trail, HarbourFront Centre, Singapore Cruise Centre, Singapore Port Institute Building, Harbourfront Tower 1 & 2, Keppel Bay Tower, Merrill Lynch HarbourFront, Caribbean at Keppel Bay, Reflections at Keppel Bay, Singapore Cable Car, St James Power Station, Prima Tower, Sentosa Boardwalk, Sentosa Bridge, Temenggong Road, Telok Blangah House, Bay Hotel, Temenggong Mosque, Mount Faber Park, Marang Trail, VivoCity, Sentosa Express (monorail To Sentosa)
Future Station (reserved station for future use)
Outram Park :
Pearl's Center, Singapore General Hospital, Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Police Cantonment Complex (PCC) (Central Police Division Headquarters, Bukit Merah East Neighbourhood Police Centre, Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Commercial Affairs Department (CAD)), The Pinnacle@Duxton, Tai Sun Building
Chinatown :
Chinatown Complex (Market & Food Centre), People's Park Complex, People's Park Centre, Hong Lim Park, Fook Hai Building, Chinatown Point
Clarke Quay :
Hong Lim Park, Merchant Road, Boat Quay, Clarke Quay, The Central
Dhoby Ghaut :
Orchard Road, Bras Basah Road, MacDonald House, National Museum of Singapore, Orchard Presbyterian Church , Orchard Presbyterian Church , Orchard Road, Parklane Shopping Mall, Peace Centre, Plaza by the Park, POMO (Formerly Paradiz), Registry of Marriage, Rendezvous Hotel, School Of The Arts , SMU, The Cathay, Wesley Methodist Church, Wilkie Edge, YMCA, Penang Road, Church of Sacred Heart, Concorde Hotel, Dhandayutha Pani Murugan Temple, Fort Canning Centre, Hotel Grand Central, Hotel Innotel, Istana , Macdonald House, Orchard Road, Plaza Singapura, Red Cross House, Supreme Hotel, Teochew Chew Building, The Atrium @ Orchard, The Glass House, University of Chicago, Dhoby Xchange, Singapore Shopping Centre, Park Mall, Plaza Singapura, Concorde Hotel, Istana, Hotel Rendezvous, Macdonald House, Orchard Road, School Of The Arts, SMU, The Cathay
Little India :
Mackenzie Regency, Mackenzie Road, KK Woman's Children's Hospital, Tekka Market, Tekka Centre, Tekka Market, Foochow Methodist Church, Cholia's Village, Shree Lakshminarayan Temple, Farrer Park Swimming Complex
Farrer Park :
City Square Mall (U/C), Race Course Road, Tessensohn Road, Race Course Road, Birch Road, Gloucester Road
Northumberland Road, Roberts Lane, Serangoon Road, Perumal Road, City Green, City Square Mall [Basement 2], City Green, City Square Mall
Boon Keng :
All exits leads to their respective sides of Boon Keng Road.
Upper Serangoon :
All leads to whatever side of Upper Serangoon Road.
Woodleigh :
Upper Serangoon Road, Upper Aljunied Road
Serangoon :
Serangoon Central, NEX, The Yardley, Vaughan Garden, Wolskel Road, Fortune View Mansion, Mondo Building, Seran Court, Upper Serangoon Road, Crestar Building, La Bella, Braddell Heights Fire Post, NKF Dialysis Centre, Recreation Road, Paya Lebar Methodist Church, Summer Grove, Upper Paya Lebar Road, Lorong Ah Soo, Lew Lian Gardens, St Gabriel Sec Sch, Gabriel Villas, Ardisia Gardens, Marine Parade Town Council, Serangoon Central Post Office, Serangoon Stadium / Swimming Complex, Serangoon Community Park, NEX, Serangoon Ave 1, The Sunshine, Serangoon Central, Marine Parade Town Council, NEX, Serangoon Bus Interchange via nex, Serangoon Ave 2 & 3, Serangoon Bus Interchange, Braddell Heights Community Club, Serangoon NPC, Sunglade , Yangzheng Primary Sch, Zhonghua Sec Sch, NEX, Serangoon Bus Interchange via NEX, Serangoon Bus Interchange
Kovan :
Upper Serangoon Road, Heartland Mall, Kovan Market & Food Centre
Hougang :
Hougang Central Bus Interchange, Hougang Mall, Hougang Avenue 10
Buangkok :
Buangkok Bus Interchange, Compassvale Bow, Palm View Primary School
Sengkang :
Compass Point, Sengkang Polyclinc, Sengkang Swimming Complex
Punggol :
Punggol Bus Interchange, Waterway Point
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