White Eleplant Station finally opens

At least 10,000 residents of Punggol South on 15 Jan 2006 celebrated the opening of Buangkok MRT station amidst much fanfare. Residents of the area had to wait about two and a half years after the launch of the North East Line for the station to start operations. On the first day alone, 1,700 people took the trains from the Buangkok Station. According to the nearby residents it was a moment they had been waiting for, having lobbied for the station to open. Even those who did not live in the immediate vicinity came to lend support and test out the first train chuga chuga choo choo out of Buangkok.

Updated On: 15.02.10