Lentor MRT and Transport from Lentor Gardens Residences

Lentor station on the Thomson-East Coast Line is the home station of Lentor Gardens Residences, with the North-South Line and three expressways close by. This guide sets out where each line goes, how long the walk is and how the roads serve the estate.

Lentor Station and Lentor Gardens Residences

Lentor station (TE5) is about 440 metres from the site to Exit 1 in a straight line on OneMap, and about 480 metres to the station point. The developer puts the walk along the paths of Hillock Park at about six minutes, and the architect’s answers to agents put the walk from the side gate at the Green Finger, across the park, to the station entrance at five to eight minutes. The brochure gives the drive to the station as two minutes.

From Lentor, the Thomson-East Coast Line runs north to Woodlands in three stops and south through Upper Thomson to Caldecott on the Circle Line in four, Stevens on the Downtown Line in five and Orchard in eight, according to the brochure’s stop counts. Further on, it continues through Outram Park and Marina Bay to Gardens by the Bay and the east coast.

Yio Chu Kang, Mayflower and Springleaf near Lentor Gardens Residences

Yio Chu Kang station (NS15) on the North-South Line is about 1.5 kilometres from the site, on Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8, with direct trains to Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Toa Payoh and the city and north to Woodlands. Mayflower station (TE6), one stop south of Lentor, is about 1.6 kilometres away, and Bright Hill, the stop after it, is shown in the brochure as a future interchange with the Cross Island Line, which is under construction. Springleaf station (TE4), one stop north, is about 2.1 kilometres away.

Measured on OneMap (SLA) from the site; walking routes are longer.

Expressways and the North-South Corridor near Lentor Gardens Residences

The Central Expressway and the Seletar Expressway pass close to the estate; the brochure gives about seven minutes’ drive to each. The North-South Corridor, an integrated transport corridor that the developer’s briefing gives as 21.5 kilometres long, is being built between the northern towns and the city along the Ang Mo Kio side, and the brochure gives about two minutes’ drive to it. The developer’s brochure highlights the dedicated cycling and pedestrian routes planned along it.

Shuttle Bus, Parking and Cycling at Lentor Gardens Residences

For the first year after TOP, the developer will run a shuttle bus from the development to Lentor and Ang Mo Kio MRT stations, according to the architect’s answers to agents. Lentor Gardens Residences has 402 car park lots over two basement levels, with five electric-vehicle charging points from completion, and 84 bicycle lots for the park connectors around the estate. The location page maps the stations.