LRT station in Punggol opens, nearly 20 years after being built

Teck Lee station’s opening was held off until the surrounding area was developed

- Therese Soh

Armed with a video camera, 18-year-old Mark Raphael Divina arrived at Teck Lee LRT station in Punggol at around 8.30am on Aug 15, the day of the station's opening.

"I want to document this moment so that I can share it on social media," said the ITE College Central aerospace technology student, a train enthusiast who had been eagerly awaiting the occasion.

"If I ever study at the SIT Punggol campus, I may be using this station," he added, referring to the Singapore Institute of Technology's (SIT) new campus.

Teck Lee LRT station's shutters rolled up just after 5am, almost 20 years after the station was completed, as the authorities held off its opening until the surrounding area was developed.

It is the last stop to start operations on the west loop of the Punggol LRT line, which opened progressively from 2005.

It takes about four minutes to walk via covered linkways to the business park in Punggol Digital District.

The new SIT campus is located in the district, and the school will move there in phases, from the current half of 2024 to early 2025.