{{Short description|Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore}} {{Good article}} {{Infobox station | background = | name = {{SMRT Infobox Colour |enname = Yew Tee |zhname = 油池<ref>{{Cite web |title=System Map |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network/pdf/SM_CH_(Ver101224)_PC.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210065634/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network/pdf/SM_CH_(Ver101224)_PC.pdf |archive-date=10 December 2024 |access-date=20 December 2024 |website=LTA |language=zh }}</ref> |taname = இயூ டீ<ref>{{Cite web |title=System Map |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network/pdf/SM_TM_(Ver101224)_PC.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213015756/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network/pdf/SM_TM_(Ver101224)_PC.pdf |archive-date=13 December 2024 |access-date=20 December 2024 |website=LTA |language=ta }}</ref> |msname = Yew Tee |line = North–South |line2 = |line3 = |code = {{SMRT code|NS|5}} |terminicode = }} | type = [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit]] (MRT) station | image = NS5 Yew Tee MRT Station Platform 202412.jpg | image_caption = Platform level of the station | address = 61 Choa Chu Kang Drive<br />Singapore 689715<ref name="Onemap"/> | coordinates = E{{Coord|1|23|51|N|103|44|51|E|type:railwaystation_region:SG|display=inline,title}}<ref name="Onemap">{{cite web |title=Teck Lee LRT station |website=Onemap |publisher=SLA |url=https://www.onemap.gov.sg/?lat=1.3975351&lng=103.7474052 |access-date=11 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920143823/https://www.onemap.gov.sg/?lat=1.3975351&lng=103.7474052 |archive-date=20 September 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref> | line = {{rail color box|system=SMRT|line=North–South}} | other = Bus, Taxi | structure = Elevated | platform = 2 ([[1 island platform]]) | levels = 1 | tracks = 2 | bicycle = Yes | baggage_check = | passengers = 27,473 per day<ref>{{cite web |title=Land Transport DataMall |website=Datamall |publisher=[[Land Transport Authority]] |url=https://www.mytransport.sg/content/mytransport/home/dataMall.html |access-date=14 August 2024 |archive-date=14 August 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240814080443/https://datamall.lta.gov.sg/content/datamall/en.html |url-status=live |url-access=registration }}</ref> | pass_year = June 2024 | pass_percent = | pass_system = | opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|1996|02|10}} | closed = | rebuilt = | accessible = Yes | owned = | operator = [[SMRT Trains|SMRT Trains Ltd]] ([[SMRT Corporation]]) | zone = | former = Choa Chu Kang North | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=SMRT|line=North–South|left=Choa Chu Kang|right=Kranji|line2=North–South|left2=Choa Chu Kang|right2=Sungei Kadut|note-mid2=Future service}} | mpassengers = | map_type = Singapore Rail | map_caption = Yew Tee station in Singapore | map_dot_label = Yew Tee | map_alt = Singapore MRT/LRT system map | map_size = 300px | map_state = collapsed | route_map = {{Routemap | inline = 1 | title = Track layout | legend = track | map = numN345 uSTR!~MFADEg-\uSTR!~MFADEg- uSTR!~NULg@f\uSTR!~NULf@f~~ ~~ ~~to {{mrts|Kranji}} uKRWgl\uKRWg+r uSTR\uSTR uPSTR(L)!~numBl\uPSTR(R) uPSTR(L)\uPSTR(R) uPSTR(L)\uPSTR(R)!~numAr uSTR\uSTR uSTR!~NULg@g!~MFADEf\uSTR!~NULf@g!~MFADEf~~ ~~ ~~to {{mrts|Choa Chu Kang}} }} }}
'''Yew Tee MRT station''' is an above-ground [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit]] (MRT) station on the [[North–South Line (Singapore)|North–South Line]] (NSL) in [[Yew Tee]], Singapore. Operated by [[SMRT Corporation]], the station serves various nearby landmarks such as [[Yew Tee Point]] and [[Unity Secondary School]]. Like most stations on the extension, it features a [[kampong]]-styled roof and a colour scheme designed to blend in with its surroundings.
The station was first announced as '''Choa Chu Kang North''' in February 1991, where it would be built as part of the [[History of the MRT (Singapore)#Woodlands Extension|Woodlands extension]] of the NSL. It was renamed Yew Tee in November 1991. Construction for Yew Tee began by July 1993 and was completed in October 1994. Yew Tee station opened on 10 February 1996. Half-height [[platform screen doors]] and [[high-volume low-speed fan]]s were installed by August 2011 and the first quarter of 2013, respectively.
==History== [[File:Yew Tee MRT station in 1996.jpg|thumb|left|Yew Tee station shortly after opening in 1996|269x269px]]
Whilst the [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit]] (MRT) system was halfway through construction, plans for an extension of the [[North–South Line (Singapore)|North–South Line]] (NSL) from [[Yishun]] to [[Woodlands, Singapore|Woodlands]] were conceptualised by the [[SMRT Corporation|Mass Rapid Transit Corporation]] (MRTC) in March 1988, with a study carried out two months earlier to assess the viability of the extension.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dhaliwal |first=Rav |date=11 March 1988 |title=MRTC considering extending line to Woodlands |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19880311-1.2.5 |access-date=24 August 2025 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=1 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=19 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919041253/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19880311-1.2.5 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lim |first=Soon Neo |date=11 March 1988 |title=MRT extension to Woodlands under study |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19880311-1.2.39?qt=woodlands,%20line,%20mrt&q=%22woodlands%22%20%22line%22%20%22mrt%22 |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[The Business Times (Singapore)|The Business Times]] |pages=18 }}</ref> In February 1991, the MRTC announced that the extension, called the [[History of the MRT (Singapore)#Woodlands Extension|Woodlands extension]], would start construction by the end of the year, as well as connect [[Yishun MRT station|Yishun]] and [[Choa Chu Kang MRT/LRT station|Choa Chu Kang]] stations together through Woodlands. Six stations were planned, with Choa Chu Kang North among them.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leong |first=Chan Teik |date=26 February 1991 |title=Work on Woodlands MRT line to begin later this year |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19910226-1.2.7.6?qt=woodlands,%20line,%20mrt&q=%22woodlands%22%20%22line%22%20%22mrt%22 |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=3 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=24 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824004630/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19910226-1.2.7.6?qt=woodlands%2C%20line%2C%20mrt&q=%22woodlands%22%20%22line%22%20%22mrt%22 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Elias |first=Rahita |date=26 February 1991 |title=Planned MRT link via Woodlands to cost $1b |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19910226-1.2.67?qt=woodlands,%20line,%20mrt&q=%22woodlands%22%20%22line%22%20%22mrt%22 |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[The Business Times (Singapore)|The Business Times]] |pages=26 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] }}</ref>
Eight consultants, which consisted of joint ventures, were considered for the extension's architectural and engineering works by April 1991.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 April 1991 |title=Eight firms picked to tender for work on Woodlands line |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19910409-1.2.29.11?qt=woodlands,%20line,%20mrt&q=%22woodlands%22%20%22line%22%20%22mrt%22 |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=19 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=24 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824005655/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19910409-1.2.29.11?qt=woodlands,%20line,%20mrt&q=%22woodlands%22%20%22line%22%20%22mrt%22 |url-status=live }}</ref> By July 1991, the MRTC appointed Parson Brinckerhoff, SAA partnership and KPK Quantity Surveyors as the design consultants.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 July 1991 |title=Design consultant for MRT extension named |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19910708-1.2.11.1.1?qt=woodlands,%20line,%20mrt&q=%22woodlands%22%20%22line%22%20%22mrt%22 |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[The Business Times (Singapore)|The Business Times]] |pages=2 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=24 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824010224/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19910708-1.2.11.1.1?qt=woodlands,%20line,%20mrt&q=%22woodlands%22%20%22line%22%20%22mrt%22 |url-status=live }}</ref> After consulting various groups, Choa Chu Kang North was renamed Yew Tee in November 1991.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Kwan |first=Chooi Tow |date=20 November 1991 |title=Station names for Woodlands line have ties to surroundings |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19911120-1.2.7.4?qt=%22yew%20tee%22,%20station,%20mrt&q=%22yew%20tee%22%20%22station%22%20%22mrt%22 |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=3 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=24 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824001807/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19911120-1.2.7.4?qt=%22yew%20tee%22,%20station,%20mrt&q=%22yew%20tee%22%20%22station%22%20%22mrt%22 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=20 November 1991 |title=New MRT stations named |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19911120-1.2.14.4.3?qt=%22yew%20tee%22,%20station,%20mrt&q=%22yew%20tee%22%20%22station%22%20%22mrt%22 |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[The Business Times (Singapore)|The Business Times]] |pages=4 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=24 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824010951/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/biztimes19911120-1.2.14.4.3?qt=%22yew%20tee%22,%20station,%20mrt&q=%22yew%20tee%22%20%22station%22%20%22mrt%22 |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 1992, the contract for Yew Tee and Kranji stations' construction was awarded to [[Penta-Ocean|Penta Ocean Construction]] and Hexacon Construction for {{SGDConvert|131.5|m|year=1992}}.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 December 1992 |title=MRT awards 4 contracts worth $365m |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19921223-1.2.53.40?qt=%22woodlands%20extension%22,%20construction&q=%22woodlands%20extension%22%20%22construction%22 |access-date=25 October 2025 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=39 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] }}</ref> By July 1993, piling works for Yew Tee began,<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 July 1993 |title=Marsiling Station: Piling works in progress. |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper19930713-1.2.24?qt=%22yew%20tee%22,%20station,%20mrt&q=%22yew%20tee%22%20%22station%22%20%22mrt%22 |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[The New Paper]] |pages=18 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=24 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824011216/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper19930713-1.2.24?qt=%22yew%20tee%22,%20station,%20mrt&q=%22yew%20tee%22%20%22station%22%20%22mrt%22 |url-status=live }}</ref> with structural works completed in October 1994.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 October 1994 |title=Woodlands MRT closer |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19941004-1.2.34.8.4?qt=%22yew%20tee%22,%20station,%20mrt&q=%22yew%20tee%22%20%22station%22%20%22mrt%22 |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=22 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] }}</ref> As announced in January 1996 by then-Communications Minister [[Mah Bow Tan]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leong |first=Chan Teik |date=14 January 1996 |title=Woodlands MRT line to open next month |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19960114-1.1.1 |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=1 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=20 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920145853/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19960114-1.1.1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Yew Tee, along with other stations on the Woodlands extension, were opened on 10 February 1996.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 February 1996 |title=Crowds came from as far as Hougang and Jurong |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19960211-1.1.19 |access-date=21 September 2025 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=19 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=16 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250916133015/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19960211-1.1.19 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Leong |first=Chan Teik |date=11 February 1996 |title=Bukit Panjang to get S'pore's first light rail train |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19960211-1.1.1 |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=1 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=16 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250916135315/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19960211-1.1.1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Prior to the opening, an open house for the Woodlands extension station was held on 4 February.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 January 1996 |title=Feb 4 open house for six new MRT stations |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19960119-1.2.37.4?qt=%22yew%20tee%22,%20station,%20mrt&q=%22yew%20tee%22%20%22station%22%20%22mrt%22 |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=25 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=24 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824013508/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19960119-1.2.37.4?qt=%22yew%20tee%22,%20station,%20mrt&q=%22yew%20tee%22%20%22station%22%20%22mrt%22 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Yeow |first=Pei Lin |date=5 February 1996 |title=Woodlands line 'a good option' when weather turns bad |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19960205-1.1.26 |access-date=21 September 2025 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=26 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=17 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250917093921/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19960205-1.1.26 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Following a rise in track intrusions as well as commuters slipping when rushing for the train, the [[Land Transport Authority]] (LTA) and [[SMRT Trains|SMRT]] decided to install half-height [[platform screen doors]] (PSD), where it was expected for the works to be completed by 2012.<ref>{{cite web |author=Wong, Siew Ying |date=26 January 2008 |title=Above-ground MRT stations to have platform screen doors by 2012 |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/324989/1/.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730183552/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/324989/1/.html |archive-date=30 July 2012 |access-date=1 February 2012 |publisher=Channel NewsAsia }}</ref> After several tests at different stations,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lim |first=Helen |date=12 November 2012 |title=Pasir Ris chosen to represent terminal station for safety doors |url=http://app.lta.gov.sg/forum_replies_content.asp?start=22efpm4rfpssiujqbccw80gq4899zx4vr4y5n4rx315wj8667c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/webarchives/2009-11-30%2003:43:35.000/wp/details/http%3A%2F%2Fapp.lta.gov.sg%2Fforum_replies_content.asp%3Fstart%3D22efpm4rfpssiujqbccw80gq4899zx4vr4y5n4rx315wj8667c |archive-date=30 November 2009 |access-date=30 November 2009 |website=LTA |type=response to letter }}</ref> the PSDs were expected to be installed in Yew Tee by 2012,<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2009 |title=Installation of Half Height Platform Screen Doors Pasir Ris Station |url=http://app.lta.gov.sg/corp_press_content.asp?start=2167 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/webarchives/2009-11-30%2003:51:25.000/wp/details/http%3A%2F%2Fapp.lta.gov.sg%2Fcorp_press_content.asp%3Fstart%3D2167 |archive-date=30 November 2009 |access-date=30 November 2009 |website=LTA |type=press release }}</ref> with works starting by August 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 August 2011 |title=Completion of Half Height Platform Screen Doors on East–West Line |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=9y6t63252ecdq43t2gwza070tsqkm1zf372ydxjgnd9sa4xiz8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726103905/https://www.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=9y6t63252ecdq43t2gwza070tsqkm1zf372ydxjgnd9sa4xiz8 |archive-date=26 July 2018 |access-date=4 October 2024 |website=LTA |type=press release }}</ref> The works were completed in March 2012.<ref name=":22">{{Cite news |title=LTA completes installing elevated MRT station screen doors early |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/lta-completes-installing-elevated-mrt-station-screen-doors-early-8443586 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924001503/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/lta-completes-installing-elevated-mrt-station-screen-doors-early-8443586 |archive-date=24 September 2017 |access-date=23 September 2017 |work=Channel NewsAsia |language=en-US }}</ref> [[High-volume low-speed fan|High-volume low-speed fans]] were also installed in the station by the first quarter of 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 October 2011 |title=Enhancing Connectivity and Comfort for Commuters |url=http://app.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=764a0kf76om2osu186igm3tbeku96px4ysg006n6qv5hoiq8ep |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121225102501/http://app.lta.gov.sg/apps/news/page.aspx?c=2&id=764a0kf76om2osu186igm3tbeku96px4ysg006n6qv5hoiq8ep |archive-date=25 December 2012 |access-date=14 September 2024 |website=LTA |type=press release }}</ref>
== Details == Yew Tee station is on the NSL with the [[Station numbering|station number]] of NS5, situated between [[Choa Chu Kang MRT/LRT station|Choa Chu Kang]] and [[Kranji MRT station|Kranji]] stations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=System Map |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network/pdf/SM_TEL4_Eng.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625100255/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/dam/ltagov/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network/pdf/SM_TEL4_Eng.pdf |archive-date=25 June 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024 |website= |publisher=Land Transport Authority }}</ref> When it opened, it had the station number of N20<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 February 1996 |title=CASE OF TWO MISSING TRAIN STATIONS |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newpaper19960206-1.2.34.2?qt=%22yew%20tee%22,%20station,%20mrt&q=%22yew%20tee%22%20%22station%22%20%22mrt%22 |access-date=19 November 2024 |work=[[The New Paper]] |pages=26 |via=[[NewspaperSG]]}}{{Cbignore }}</ref> before being changed to its current station number in August 2001 as a part of a [[History of the MRT (Singapore)#31 July 2001 to 30 January 2020|system-wide campaign]] to cater to the expanding MRT System.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Salim |first=Shazalina |date=3 August 2001 |title=Red, green and grey |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/today20010803-1.2.16.1 |access-date=15 December 2024 |work=[[Today (Singapore newspaper)|Today]] |pages=9 |via=NewspaperSG}}{{Cbignore }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New Signage System For MRT And LRT Network |url=http://app.internet.gov.sg/scripts/lta/3_press_content.asp?start=294 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030801124949/http://app.internet.gov.sg/scripts/lta/3_press_content.asp?start=294 |archive-date=1 August 2003 |access-date=15 December 2024 |website=LTA }}</ref> As a part of the NSL, the station is operated by [[SMRT Trains|SMRT Corporation]].<ref name="Rail network">{{Cite web |title=Getting Around – Public Transport – Rail Network |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101093543/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/getting_around/public_transport/rail_network.html |archive-date=1 November 2019 |access-date=27 April 2021 |publisher=[[Land Transport Authority]] }}</ref> Like other stations on the Woodlands extension, Yew Tee is [[Elevated railway|elevated]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 January 1994 |title=Fares to be based on shortest route |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19940108-1.2.36.6?qt=%22woodlands%20extension%22,%20elevated&q=%22woodlands%20extension%22%20%22elevated%22 |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=28 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=20 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920152621/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19940108-1.2.36.6?qt=%22woodlands%20extension%22,%20elevated&q=%22woodlands%20extension%22%20%22elevated%22 |url-status=live }}</ref> The station operates between 5:30{{spaces}}am and 12:50{{spaces}}am from Monday to Saturday, and until 1:20 am on Sundays and public holidays.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 August 2025 |title=Yew Tee – First & Last Train |url=https://journey.smrt.com.sg/journey/station_info/yew-tee/first-and-last-train/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824015155/https://journey.smrt.com.sg/journey/station_info/yew-tee/first-and-last-train/ |archive-date=24 August 2025 |access-date=24 August 2025 |website=SMRT Journeys }}</ref> Train frequencies range from 2–5 minutes during peak hours to average 5 minutes during off-peak hours.<ref name="LTA transport tool">{{Cite web |title=LTA {{!}} Transport Tools {{!}} MRT/LRT |url=https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/map/train.html# |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101093932/https://www.lta.gov.sg/content/ltagov/en/map/train.html |archive-date=1 November 2019 |access-date=11 May 2020 |website=<!--lta.gov.sg |publisher=-->[[Land Transport Authority]] }}</ref> The station is wheelchair accessible and provides bicycle facilities.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 September 2025 |title=Yew Tee — Amentities |url=https://journey.smrt.com.sg/journey/station_info/yew-tee/amenities/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920144458/https://journey.smrt.com.sg/journey/station_info/yew-tee/amenities/ |archive-date=20 September 2025 |access-date=20 September 2025 |website=SMRT Journeys }}</ref>
Yew Tee station was named after [[Yew Tee]] village, formerly located off Woodlands Road. According to one resident, the village's name originated from oil stored there during the [[Japanese occupation of Singapore]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Savage |first=Victor R. |title=Singapore Street Names: A Study of Toponymics |last2=Yeoh |first2=Brenda S. A. |date=15 June 2013 |publisher=[[Marshall Cavendish]] |isbn=9789814928809 |edition=4th |location=Singapore |pages=333 |language=en }}</ref> The station runs alongside Choa Chu Kang Drive and has four exits serving surrounding amenities such as [[Yew Tee Point]], Yew Tee Square, [[Unity Secondary School]], and [[List of primary schools in Singapore|Yew Tee Primary School]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=24 August 2025 |title=Yew Tee – Map |url=https://journey.smrt.com.sg/journey/station_info/yew-tee/map/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824015516/https://journey.smrt.com.sg/journey/station_info/yew-tee/map/ |archive-date=24 August 2025 |access-date=24 August 2025 |website=SMRT Journeys }}</ref><ref name="Simei Map">{{Cite web |date=24 August 2025 |title=Yew Tee – Exits |url=https://journey.smrt.com.sg/journey/station_info/yew-tee/exits/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824020031/https://journey.smrt.com.sg/journey/station_info/yew-tee/exits/ |archive-date=24 August 2025 |access-date=24 August 2025 |website=SMRT Journeys }}</ref>
Like most other stations on the Woodlands extension, Yew Tee features a [[kampong]]-styled roof and a colour scheme designed to blend in with its surroundings. Its platform is also larger than those of previous stations as its electrical maintenance room was relocated to the concourse.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nadarajah |first=Indrani |last2=Kee |first2=Julie |date=21 January 1996 |title=Residents prepare for easier life with Woodlands MRT line |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19960121-1.1.24 |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=24 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=20 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920155530/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19960121-1.1.24 |url-status=live }}</ref> The station's bus bays, measuring {{Convert|36|m|ft}} long, are longer than those at previous stations.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 1996 |title=Step off the bus and into the MRT station |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19960131-1.1.19 |access-date=21 September 2025 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=19 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=20 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920155119/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19960131-1.1.19 |url-status=live }}</ref> Similarly, its commercial space is larger than at previous stations, with the MRTC believing that businesses would move in due to the station's location, existing commercial space already occupied in other stations, and the expected influx of people moving to [[Woodlands, Singapore|Woodlands]] and [[Sembawang]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tan |first=Cephah |date=10 December 1992 |title=More retail space for Woodlands MRT stops |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19921210.2.32.13 |access-date=21 September 2025 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=26 |via=[[NewspaperSG]] |archive-date=20 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920155244/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19921210.2.32.13 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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