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Potong Pasir MRT Station (NE10) is located on the North East Line, Singapore. The station is located in the Potong Pasir area and on the southern end of Upper Serangoon Road and Potong Pasir Avenue 1. The station is also located near the Saint Andrew's Village, a mega cluster of schools from the Saint Andrew's family of schools.

Art in Transit in this station is Point of View by Matthew Ngui.

As Potong Pasir Station was located in the Potong Pasir SMC, an opposition ward managed by the Singapore Democratic Alliance, it was one of the stations most involved in the political scenerio of Singapore.

The intended name for the station was actually Sennett, mainly because of such political reasons. It seemed that the route planners did not want the station to sound synomous with the estate. It was also rumoured to continue staying closed, together with Woodleigh when the North East line opened in 2003.

During the Singapore general elections in 2001, Chiam See Tong and Sitoh Yih Pin of the Singapore Democratic Alliance and the People's Action Party respectively, both dangled the station as a carrot, and promised the residents that they would appeal for the station to be opened should they be voted into office, as part of their publicity campaigns.

However, even though the SDA won the seat, the station eventually opened, and the station was renamed Potong Pasir, partly due to complaints from Chiam and residents. It was also claimed "the name made more sense".

There is another Sennett Estate in the eastern part of Singapore and is located along Upper East Coast Road.

• Exit A - Block 101
• Exit B - Southbound bus stop along Upper Serangoon Road.
• Exit C - Northbound bus stop along Upper Serangoon Road.

The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Upper Serangoon Road:

Service	Between	And	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
13	Yio Chu Kang Bus Terminal	Upper East Coast Bus Terminal
107	Hougang Central Bus Interchange	Shenton Way Bus Terminal
107x	Hougang Central Bus Interchange	Marina Centre (loop)
133	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange	Marina Centre (loop)
142	Toa Payoh Bus Interchange	Potong Pasir (loop)
147	Hougang Central Bus Interchange	Clementi Bus Interchange
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
853	Yishun Bus Interchange	Geylang Lorong 1 Bus Terminal	Weekdays only
853C	Yishun Bus Interchange	Upper East Coast Bus Terminal	Weekends and Public Holidays only
SMRT Buses NightRider Services
NR6	Marina Centre Bus Terminal	Anchorvale Drive (loop)

Preceding station	Mass Rapid Transit Lines			Following station
Boon Keng		North East MRT Line		Woodleigh

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