bishan versus bidadari - the straits times...lorong 1 toa payoh lorong 6 toa payoh l ornie r o ad...

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MacRitchie Reservoir Raffles Institution Marymount station ANG MO KIO AVENUE 1 Lower Peirce Reservoir Peirce Secondary School Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park Catholic High School BRADDELL ROAD Kallang River Whitley Secondary School Thomson Plaza Bishan station Junction 8 MARYMOUNT ROAD SIN MING AVENUE Bishan Stadium Bishan Swimming Complex EXPRESSWAY UPPER THOMSON ROAD Boundary of Bishan BARTLEY ROAD Boundary of Bidadari Cedar Primary School Cedar Girls’ Secondary School PAN ISLAND EXPRESSWAY Potong Pasir station Woodleigh station BRADDELL ROAD Maris Stella High School Bartley station UPPER SERANGOON ROAD 8@Woodleigh UPPER ALJUNIED ROAD Bus interchange and food centre Mount Vernon Funeral Parlour Mixed development Alkaff Lake Bidadari Park Bishan versus Bidadari PHOTOS: KUA CHEE SIONG, HDB STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS BISHAN BIDADARI Mature housing estate Bishan New Town built from 1980s 6.95 km² Bishan station (North South, Circle lines), Marymount station (Circle Line) Five stations from Orchard, nine stations from Raffles Place Raffles Institution, Catholic High, St Joseph’s Institution, Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary, Guangyang Primary, Guangyang Secondary, Whitley Secondary, MOE Language Centre, etc. Junction 8 shopping mall, Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, public library, stadium and swimming complex, Upper Thomson eateries, bus and MRT interchange Formerly housed the Peck San Theng cemetery District in mature estate of Toa Payoh First batch of housing launched in November 2015 0.93 km² Bartley station (Circle Line), Woodleigh station (North East Line). Also nearby: Potong Pasir station (North East Line) Seven stations from Orchard and from Raffles Place Maris Stella High, Cedar Girls’ Secondary, Cedar Primary Bidadari Park with lake, green corridor for cycling and walking, underground bus interchange and food centre Formerly housed the Bidadari cemetery Type Age Size Train access Distance to city centre Schools Key facilities History Bidadari Bishan HDB blocks in Bishan Artist’s impression of Alkaff LakeView, a project in Bidadari

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Page 1: Bishan versus Bidadari - The Straits Times...LORONG 1 TOA PAYOH LORONG 6 TOA PAYOH L ORNIE R O AD Braddell station Toa Payoh station Caldecott station Novena station Bukit Brown station

LORONG 1TOA PAYOH

LORONG 6 TOA PAYOH

LORNIE ROAD Braddell station

Toa Payohstation

Caldecottstation

Novenastation

Bukit Brown station(not in use)

CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY

PAN-ISLAND EXPRESSWAY

BALESTIER ROAD

THOMSONROAD

JALAN AMPAS

Pei ChunPublicSchool

THO

MSON RO

LORONG 6TOA PAYOH

MOUN

T PLEASANT ROAD

MacRitchie Reservoir

Raf�es Institution

Marymount station

ANG MO KIO AVENUE 1

Lower PeirceReservoir

Peirce Secondary School

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

Catholic High School

BRADDELL ROAD

Kallang River

Whitley Secondary School

Thomson Plaza

Bishan station

Junction 8

MARYMOUNT ROAD

SIN MING AVENUE

Bishan Stadium

Bishan Swimming Complex

CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY

UPPER THOMSON ROAD

Boundaryof Bishan

BARTLEY ROAD

Boundaryof Bidadari

Cedar Primary School

Cedar Girls’ Secondary School

PAN ISLAND EXPRESSWAY

Potong Pasir station

Woodleigh station

BRADDELL ROAD

Maris Stella High School

Bartley station

UPPER SERANGOON ROAD

8@Woodleigh

UPPER ALJUNIED

ROADBus interchange and food centre

Mount Vernon Funeral Parlour

Mixed development

Alkaff Lake

Bidadari Park

Bishan versus Bidadari

PHOTOS: KUA CHEE SIONG, HDB STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS

BISHAN BIDADARIMature housing estate

Bishan New Town built from 1980s

6.95 km²

Bishan station (North South, Circle lines), Marymount station (Circle Line)

Five stations from Orchard, nine stations from Raf�es Place

Raf�es Institution, Catholic High, St Joseph’s Institution, Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Primary, Guangyang Primary, Guangyang Secondary, Whitley Secondary, MOE Language Centre, etc.

Junction 8 shopping mall, Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, public library, stadium and swimming complex, Upper Thomson eateries, bus and MRT interchange

Formerly housed the Peck San Theng cemetery

District in mature estate of Toa Payoh

First batch of housing launched in November 2015

0.93 km²

Bartley station (Circle Line), Woodleigh station (North East Line). Also nearby: Potong Pasir station (North East Line)

Seven stations from Orchard and from Raf�es Place

Maris Stella High, Cedar Girls’ Secondary, Cedar Primary

Bidadari Park with lake, green corridor for cycling and walking, underground bus interchange and food centre

Formerly housed the Bidadari cemetery

Type

Age

Size

Train access

Distance to city centre

Schools

Key facilities

History

Bidadari

Bishan

HDB blocks in Bishan Artist’s impression of Alkaff LakeView, a project in Bidadari