North East LineCircle Line

Serangoon MRT · NE12 / CC13 · Singapore

Crowd & interchange forecast

A live heuristic model for foot traffic at the North East Line and Circle Line interchange. Set the day, hour and conditions to estimate how packed the station gets and how long the platform-to-platform transfer takes.

Inputs

Conditions

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8:00 AM
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Prediction

Crowd index

MON 8:00 AM
95/ 100
Extreme crowding

Crush-level morning crowds at the interchange

  • Weekday peak hour · Commuter rush concentrates transfers between lines.

Profile

Crowd through the day

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Interchange

NEL → CCL transfer

6.5min
NE12North East Line
CC13Circle Line

Serangoon splits the two lines across separate levels joined by a long paid-area linkway with escalators. The transfer is short when clear, but the corridor and escalator throats are the first thing to clog when a train arrives or a line backs up.

~3.5 minWalk + travel
+3 minQueue / bunching
59%Linkway load

Guidance

What to do

  • Allow a buffer on the transfer

    The linkway between the North East and Circle Line platforms is moving but tight. Budget the extra minutes if you have a connection to catch.

  • Wait out the peak wave

    Crowds arrive in train-by-train waves. Step aside for one or two trains (about 6-10 minutes) and the platform noticeably empties.

Estimates from a heuristic simulation, not live operational data. Crowd index blends a typical hourly demand curve with day-of-week, weather, train status and NEX event effects. Treat as guidance for planning a trip.