Choa Chu Kang

date_opened:=10 March 1990Choa Chu Kang is an elevated station on the North South Line as well as the Bukit Panjang LRT. It's located around the Choa Chu Kang town area.

History
Originally at first, the name for this station would be Bukit Panjang (not to be confused with the Bukit Panjang station). Construction began on 15 February 1986. The MRT station was opened on 10 March 1990 and was the terminus of the Branch line. With the opening of the North South line Woodlands Extension on 10 February 1996, the branch line was incorporated into the North South line. The LRT station opened on 6 November 1999, alongside the rest of the Bukit Panjang LRT. The station was third one to have an Xchange after those in the underground stations like Dhoby Ghaut and Raffles Place, making the station the first to have an Xchange above-ground.

Since 26 August 2011, automatic platform gates were installed on the North South line platforms and commenced operation on 21 October that year. HVLS fans in the MRT platform commenced operations on 10 October 2012. The LRT platform also features fans as of 27 September 2015.

Jurong Region Line
On 9 May 2018, LTA announced that Choa Chu Kang station would become a terminus for the Jurong Region line. The station will be constructed as part of Phase 1, JRL (West), consisting of 10 stations between Choa Chu Kang, Boon Lay and Tawas, and is expected to be completed in 2026.

Incidents
On 7 April 2008, a man was hit by a train at Choa Chu Kang station at 8am. this resulted in the disruption of northbound train services from Yew Tee to Bukit Gombak for about 50 minutes. He was subsequently pronounced dead by paramedics. A bus-bridging service was deployed between Yew Tee and Bukit Gombak stations as trains were made to turn around at Yew Tee, Bukit Gombak and Choa Chu Kang stations. As a precaution, automatic platform gates were subsequently installed on the North South line platforms.