Braddell

date_opened:=7 November 1987

Braddell is an underground station on the North South Line. It serves the Toa Payoh area along with Toa Payoh. It's among the first five stations on the MRT.

History
This station had construction issues at first. The HDBs (Housing Development Board) were mostly in the area. The station then had to be built under Lorong 2 Toa Payoh on the bent of the road. Due to this, two out of six lanes on Toa Payoh Lorong 1 & 2 had to be closed temporarily. This station was then opened as the first five on the MRT.

Incidents

 * 1) On 7 May 2008, a robber tried to rob from the 7-Eleven convenience store within the station at 3:10 pm, but was instead locked in the shop by the cashier who dashed out of the shop. The robber could not escape and the Police arrived shortly but the robber threatened to commit suicide. The robber was finally apprehended by the police's taser gun and arrested.
 * 2) On 7 October 2017, water got into a section of the tunnel between Bishan and Braddell during a heavy downpour in the afternoon, which disrupted train services along 13 stations on the North South line for several hours. This case of water entering MRT tunnels is believed to be the first time it has affected train service along the NSL. Separately, at about 5.55 pm, a small fire was spotted trackside in the tunnel between Marina Bay and Raffles Place but it had died down by itself. It is not clear if it is linked to the flood, although electrical short circuits caused by water had sparked tunnel fires before. Train services between Marina South Pier and Newton were restored on the day itself at about 9.20 pm. Train services between Newton and Ang Mo Kio were fully resumed at 1.36 pm the following day after overnight efforts to clear the water in the tunnel, after nearly 21 hours of service disruption, being one of the worst disruptions in SMRT Trains LTD history. It was revealed that the overflowing in the tunnel was caused by a malfunction in the water pumping system, which has since been repaired.