Buangkok MRT station

NE15  Buangkok 万国 புவாங்கோக்
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
Exit A of Buangkok station
General information
Location	10 Sengkang Central Singapore 545061[1]
Coordinates	01°22′59″N 103°53′35″E / 1.38306°N 103.89306°E / 1.38306; 103.89306
Operated by	SBS Transit Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Line(s)	North East Line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, taxi
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	15 January 2006; 18 years ago (2006-01-15)
Electrified	Yes
Passengers
June 2024	19,010 per day[2]
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station Hougang towards HarbourFront North East Line Sengkang towards Punggol
Location Buangkok Buangkok station in Singapore

Buangkok MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North East Line (NEL) in Singapore. The station is near the intersection of Sengkang Central with Compassvale Bow, and serves the residential neighbourhood of Buangkok. It is also planned to serve a future bus interchange and Sengkang Grand Residencies, an integrated commercial-and-residential development. The station is operated by SBS Transit.

The station was first announced in March 1996 and construction began the following April. Buangkok was one of two stations on the NEL that remained closed when the line began operations on 20 June 2003, upsetting the area's residents. Despite lobbying by grass-roots leaders, the Government of Singapore supported SBS Transit's decision and said the station would have been a white elephant if it had opened.

In August 2005, during a visit by youth minister Vivian Balakrishnan visit to Punggol South, eight white cardboard elephants were put up in protest, and a grass-roots leader was sternly warned after a police investigation into the incident. After the Land Transport Authority re-evaluated the station's feasibility, Buangkok station opened on 15 January 2006.

Buangkok station is a designated Civil Defence shelter and is wheelchair accessible. White Teflon sheets cover the station's two entrances. Water, Nature & Contemporary – an Art-in-Transit artwork by Vincent Leow – is displayed at the station.