Hougang MRT Station

Infobox Station
name=Hougang MRT Station
后港地铁站
ஹவ்காங்
type=Rapid transit

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image_caption=An Alstom Metropolis Train at the platform in NE14 Hougang MRT Station
address=80 Hougang Central
Singapore 538758
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line=North East
other=Bus, Taxi
structure=Underground
platform=Island
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levels=2
tracks=2
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opened=20 June 2003
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ADA=Yes
code=NE14
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Hougang MRT Station (NE14) is an underground station on the North East MRT Line, Singapore. It is located in the central part of Hougang New Town which is connected to the bus interchange and surrounding HDB flats and shopping centres.

This station has distinctive artwork titled "Hands Up for Hougang" by Seck Yok Ying, featuring handprints of 3000 people, from babies to grandmothers, foreign workers to community leaders.

Bus Services Nearby

The following bus services is available at Hougang Central Bus Interchange and some bus services passes by the bus stops along Hougang Central:

Bomb hoax

There was a bomb hoax at this station on August 12, 2005. Liu Tze Yuen, 42, a Chinese man was behind the Hougang bomb hoax which disrupted train services for hours on August 12, 2005. He was also accused of putting boxes in public buses on July 7 and August 12 - the latter on the same day he is accused of carrying out the hoax at the Hougang MRT station.

On July 7, he was said to have placed a white package in a bus that he was travelling in. He did it at about noon on route 151 as he was travelling along Hougang Avenue 3. Tacked on the package was a note which said: 'If you see it, please don't touch and leave this bus.'

More than a month later, on August 12, he allegedly left another package wrapped heavily with scotch tape on route 143 while he was travelling along Eu Tong Sen Street in Chinatown. He was said to have done it at about 1:30 pm - an hour after he allegedly left a similar package at the Hougang MRT station. The package was found to have only empty food cans and empty packets of instant noodles.

Liu allegedly intended the passengers on the two buses and the train station to believe that the packages contained explosive devices and was later sentenced to 3 1/2 years in jail. [ cite news | title = Jobless man jailed for masterminding a series of bomb hoaxes | publisher = Channel NewsAsia | date = 18 October 2005 | url = http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/174106/1/.html ]

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