Kent Ridge MRT station
Kent Ridge
CC24 JE 肯特岗
கெண்ட் ரிஜ் | ||||||||||||||||
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| Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station | ||||||||||||||||
Platform level of the station | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 301 South Buona Vista Road Singapore 118177 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°17′36″N 103°47′04″E / 1.293383°N 103.784394°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island platform) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes (National University Hospital) | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 8 October 2011 (Circle Line) | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | National University Hospital | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| June 2024 | 15,993 per day | |||||||||||||||
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Kent Ridge MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle Line (CCL). Located in the eponymous Kent Ridge of Queenstown, Singapore, the station is near the junction of South Buona Vista Road and Lower Kent Ridge Road. The station serves the National University Hospital and the National University of Singapore, and also the nearby commercial and residential buildings such as Ascent, Geneo and Lyndenwoods.
Initially announced as National University Hospital MRT station in 2003, the station was renamed through a public poll in 2005. Kent Ridge station opened on 8 October 2011 when Stages 4 and 5 of the CCL commenced operations. The station features Poetry Mix-Up by Mixed Reality Lab as part of the MRT network's Art-in-Transit programme. In March 2025, it was announced that the Jurong Region line would be extended to this station as part of the second phase of the West Coast extension.