Kranji MRT station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North–South Line (NSL). Situated in Sungei Kadut, Singapore, along Woodlands Road, it serves the Singapore Turf Club and the Woodlands Wafer Fabrication Park. The station is operated by SMRT Trains.
Originally not part of the Woodlands MRT extension plans, Kranji station was later included in November 1992. Completed along with the other Woodlands extension stations on 10 February 1996, it is the largest among the stations, designed to handle a large volume of visitors to the Singapore Turf Club. Designed with a kampung-style roof, the station is integrated with other transportation modes, with bus bays serving cross-border services to Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
History
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The Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRTC) first oulined plans for the Woodlands MRT line in March 1988, which was envisioned to connect Yishun and Choa Chu Kang stations via Woodlands. Initially not part of the first four stations announced for the extension, the station was later included on 19 November 1992 to serve future housing estates in the area and the Singapore Turf Club, which was to be relocated near the station to free up land at its original site in Bukit Timah.
Prior to the construction, eight plots of land owned by the Jurong Town Corporation were acquired by the government in September 1991 to construct the segment between Yew Tee and Kranji. In July 1992, part of a hill along Woodlands Avenue 3 had to be removed using explosives to make way for a viaduct connecting between Marsiling and Kranji. The removal of the hill slope took six months and cost . The contract for the construction of Kranji station, along with the adjacent Yew Tee station, of track and two substations, was awarded to a joint venture between Penta Ocean Construction and Hexagon Construction Pte Ltd at in December 1992.
In May 1993, then-Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan made his first visit to the station site, along with Marsiling and Sembawang stations. Mah revisited the site on 28 April 1995 along with the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRTC) chairman Wesley D'aranjo and Minister of State for Communications Goh Chee Wee. The station opened on 10 February 1996 along with the other stations on the Woodlands Extension.
Kranji station was the last station to have half-height platform screen doors installed on 14 March 2012 as part of the Land Transport Authority's (LTA) programme to improve safety in MRT stations. Between 2012 and 2013, high-volume low-speed fans were installed at this station as part of a network-wide programme to improve ventilation at the platforms of elevated stations. As part of efforts to improve the overall accessibility of public transport, the overhead pedestrian bridge near Kranji and other stations