Lift at Entrance B of Serangoon Station

disappear SG

What happen to it, how come it take so long for maintenance? i dont really like that entrance because hav to go down 2 flights of escalators. so the lift there is quite useful.

105090 SG

NEL stations are ridiculous.. have to go down so many flights of escalator to reach platform from street level.. like need ppl to walk and see / explore the station more.. now if stations are on street level.. (HK’s KCR) or like those NSL / EWL undergroynd stns, which are much shallower than NEL ones, esp the resource-wasting dhoby gaut.

iveco SG

It is technically possible for underground stations to be at street level. The ticketing and passenger service facilities can be built next to the street, with escalators leading down to platforms. However, I have yet to find any in Singapore. Teh closest is Bishan.

Anyway, I don't remember having to take many flights of escalators at Chinatown. It seems to have the same number of escalators from street to platform as Bugis.

ditzy SG

They're built deeper mah. You prefer an escalator that decends 4 storeys and is is 65m on an incline of 35 degrees? Laughing

disappear SG

4 storeys is too much and would look/be dangerous.......but generally, i dont mind one v long escalator go straight down to the concourse level...for e.g. the one u see at entrance A of Serangoon MRT.. having to go down 2 escalator give the feel that it is less convenient to get down, even though this may be just psychologically only.

i suppose entrance B(red) of Serangoon has 2 flight of escalator because of the direction the entrance is facing............

the lift there is finally working

sbst275 SG

100+... Anyway, NEL stn are dug quite deep...