Line(s) Circle Line Structure type Underground Address Singapore Depth 35 m Tracks 2 | Platforms Island Platform levels 5 Opened 17 April 2010 Level 5 Connections Bus, Taxicab | |
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Location 65 Bras Basah Road
Singapore 189561 Operated by SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) Similar Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station, Esplanade MRT Station, City Hall MRT Station, Bugis MRT Station, Promenade MRT Station | ||
Bras Basah MRT Station (CC2) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Circle Line in the Museum planning area, Singapore, surrounded by the Singapore Management University. This station opened on 17 April 2010.
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Bras basah mrt station
History
The station's construction required the realignment of Bras Basah Road for 2 years before re-cladding of the Singapore Management University for another 2 years. This station was completed in April 2007 mainly due to the presence of Singapore Management University.
The station was commissioned through the Marina Line Architectural Design Competition jointly organized by the Land Transport Authority and the Singapore Institute of Architects. The competition required no track record and is acknowledged by the industry as one of the best run competitions held in Singapore to date.
In 2009, "Best Transport Building" was awarded to the designers at WOHA Architects at the World Architecture Festival.
During the opening of the station on 17 April 2010, Transport Minister Raymond Lim, who officiated the opening, said : "The Circle Line will enhance the quality of commute for the public – connecting homes, workplaces and social and recreational destinations more quickly and seamlessly." He also added that the stations will connect commuters to the "doorsteps of major cultural destinations" like the Esplanade and Fort Canning.
In addition, it won the Chicago Athenaeum and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and International Architecture Awards in 2011. This station was 'featured' in Hellgate: London video game, when Windows Vista came out together.
Nearby buildings
The station is located near Singapore Art Museum, nearby to Waterloo Street and a few minutes walk to Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. It is also linked to the Singapore Management University and Plaza by the Park tower at concourse level, below Bras Basah Road.
Architecture
The station is 35 metres below ground and its island platform is located at basement 5. It was the deepest station from its opening until 22 December 2013 when the Downtown Line at Promenade MRT Station was completed. It is also the station with the longest escalator, at 41 metres which stretches from the ticket concourse to the transfer level and takes approximately one minute to travel.
To let light into the station, a reflective pool of water with glass panels outside the Singapore Management University was created.
A video work was commissioned for the Art in Transit for this station. It is presented in 29 units of sound and images, forming a narrative of an action figure caught in a Chain of Wonderful Underwater Adventures. It is displayed in the evening at the concourse level of the station.