Serangoon

Serangoon
Serangoon
Planning Area and HDB Town
Other transcription(s)
• Malay	Serangoon (Rumi); سرڠݢون‎ (Jawi)
• Chinese	实龙岗 (Simplified); 實龍崗 (Traditional); Shílónggǎng (Pinyin); Si̍t-lêng-kong (Hokkien POJ)
• Tamil	சிராங்கூன்; Cirāṅkūṉ (Transliteration)
	From top left to right: Terraced housing in Serangoon, HDB flats in Serangoon North, Serangoon Viaduct, Lorong Chuan MRT station, Nex
	Location of Serangoon in Singapore
	Serangoon Location of Serangoon within Singapore
	Coordinates: 01°21′49″N 103°52′03″E / 1.36361°N 103.86750°E
Country	Singapore
Region	North-East Region
CDCs	Central Singapore CDC; North East CDC; South East CDC;
Town councils	Ang Mo Kio Town Council; Aljunied-Hougang Town Council; Marine Parade Town Council;
Constituencies	Aljunied GRC; Ang Mo Kio GRC; Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC;
Government
• Mayors	Central Singapore CDC Denise Phua; North East Singapore CDC Baey Yam Keng; South East CDC Dinesh Vasu Dash;
• Members of Parliament	Aljunied GRC Kenneth Tiong; Ang Mo Kio GRC Jasmin Lau; Marine Parade–Braddell Heights GRC Seah Kian Peng;
Area
• Total	10.1 km2 (3.9 sq mi)
• Residential	1.63 km2 (0.63 sq mi)
Population (2025)
• Total	116,630
• Density	11,500/km2 (29,900/sq mi)
Postal districts	19, 28
Dwelling units	21,293
Projected ultimate	30,000

Serangoon (IPA: /səˈræŋɡuːn/ sə-RANG-goon) is a planning area and residential town located in the North-East Region of Singapore.

Serangoon is bordered by these planning areas – Sengkang to the north, Hougang to the east, Ang Mo Kio and Bishan to the west, as well as Toa Payoh to the south. Serangoon planning area has a total of seven subzones: Serangoon Central, Lorong Chuan, Upper Paya Lebar, Serangoon Garden, Serangoon North, Seletar Hills and Serangoon North Industrial Estate.^[4]

Transportation

The original Serangoon bus interchange was opened on 13 March 1988 along Serangoon Central.^[5] It later relocated to nex on 3 September 2011.^[6]

Rail network

A large part of the North East Line on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system runs parallel to Serangoon and Upper Serangoon Road, specifically the line between Little India and Kovan stations. Stations located in Serangoon include:

CC12 Bartley
NE12 CC13 Serangoon
CC14 Lorong Chuan

Two stations on the Cross Island Line are also under construction, slated to be completed by 2030. The stations are:

CR09 Serangoon North
CR10 Tavistock

In addition, the under planning Seletar Line will serve the Serangoon North area, slated to open from the 2040s.^[7]

Road network

Upper Serangoon Road runs northeast from the junction with the Pan Island Expressway (PIE), MacPherson Road and Bendemeer Road. As part of the North East Line construction works, a road viaduct over Upper Serangoon Road was built from the junction with Braddell Road and Bartley Road, to just after the junction with Yio Chu Kang Road.^[8]

The Central Expressway (CTE) to the west provides a link to Seletar Airport, Toa Payoh and the Central Area.

Education

As of 2017^[update], this area has a total of 5 primary schools, 4 secondary schools and Nanyang Junior College.^[9]

Politics

Serangoon Neighbourhood 1, some parts of Neighbourhood 2 and Serangoon Garden fall under the Aljunied GRC (Serangoon division), served by the Workers' Party, while the area surrounding Upper Paya Lebar Road lies within the Paya Lebar division. Prior to 2006, the Serangoon division belonged to the Marine Parade GRC, which administers Serangoon Neighbourhoods 2, 3 and 4 in the Braddell Heights division till this day. Neighbourhood 5 in Serangoon North falls under the Ang Mo Kio GRC (Seletar–Serangoon division).

Gallery

Panoramic view of the Serangoon and Bishan area, as seen from Ang Mo Kio

References

1 2 "City Population – statistics, maps and charts | Serangoon". Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
↑ HDB Key Statistics FY 2014/2015 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Geographic Distribution Dashboard". Department of Statistics Singapore. June 2025. Archived from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Interchange in new town opens on Sunday". The Straits Times. 8 March 1988. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2017 – via NewspaperSG.
↑ "Bus Services Operating From The New Serangoon Bus Interchange". SBS Transit. 25 August 2017. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
↑ Chelvan, Vanessa Paige (4 March 2026). "New Jurong Region Line station added in Tengah; opening of line delayed to mid-2028: Jeffrey Siow". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2026. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
↑ Leong, Chan Teik (2003). Getting there : The story of the North East Line. Singapore: Land Transport Authority. ISBN 981-04-5886-X. OCLC 53383062.
↑ "School Information Service". Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

Sources

Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics – A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 981-210-205-1

External links

Masterplan 2003 Archived 16 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine – Urban Redevelopment Authority
Serangoon Planning Report 1995 Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[citypopulation-1] 1 2 "City Population – statistics, maps and charts | Serangoon". Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

[HDBstatistics-2] HDB Key Statistics FY 2014/2015 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

[singstats-3] "Geographic Distribution Dashboard". Department of Statistics Singapore. June 2025. Archived from the original on 29 September 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.

[4] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] "Interchange in new town opens on Sunday". The Straits Times. 8 March 1988. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2017 – via NewspaperSG.

[sbs-sgoon-6] "Bus Services Operating From The New Serangoon Bus Interchange". SBS Transit. 25 August 2017. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[7] Chelvan, Vanessa Paige (4 March 2026). "New Jurong Region Line station added in Tengah; opening of line delayed to mid-2028: Jeffrey Siow". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2026. Retrieved 4 March 2026.

[8] Leong, Chan Teik (2003). Getting there : The story of the North East Line. Singapore: Land Transport Authority. ISBN 981-04-5886-X. OCLC 53383062.

[9] "School Information Service". Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

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