Platforms Island Platform levels 5 Depth 28 m Tracks 6 | Structure type Underground Level 5 Connections Bus, Taxicab | |
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Location 11 Orchard Road60 Orchard Road13 Orchard RoadSingapore 238826 / 238889 / 238893 Operated by SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) (North South & Circle Lines)SBS Transit (ComfortDelGro) (North East Line) Line(s) North South Line North East Line Circle Line Similar Somerset MRT Station, City Hall MRT Station, Plaza Singapura, HarbourFront MRT Station, Bras Basah MRT Station | ||
The interchange at ns24 ne6 cc1 dhoby ghaut mrt station
Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station (NS24/NE6/CC1) is a Mass Rapid Transit station in the Museum planning area, Singapore, located at the eastern end of Orchard Road. Originally a station on the North South Line, it became an interchange station after the opening of the North East Line on 20 June 2003. On 17 April 2010, it became the only station to be an interchange between three lines when the Circle Line wing of the station was opened to public. It is the largest MRT station in Singapore and is equipped with travellators due to its size. The North South Line section of the station was upgraded in 2002 in the first phase of the station upgrading programme, which was completed in 2006.
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- The interchange at ns24 ne6 cc1 dhoby ghaut mrt station
- Etymology
- History
- Public art
- Exits
- Popular culture
- References
It is the third deepest MRT station (after Bras Basah then Promenade) in Singapore, with the deepest point at 28 metres below ground level. The section of track between this station and Somerset is the shortest between any two stations on the North South Line; it takes 1 minute for a train to travel between these two stations.
Etymology
Dhoby Ghaut (pronounced Dhobi Ghat) literally means "washerman's place" in Hindi.
History
Before the station was built, it was tentatively named Istana, after the Istana in the vicinity. Its current name, Dhoby Ghaut, was selected in order to reflect the area's heritage as a traditional Indian laundromat.
Before the construction of the North East Line, the Circle Line and The Atrium at Orchard, an underpass opened on 8 December 1990 and helped ease congestion at the traffic lights across Orchard Road.
Dhoby Ghaut was one of four stations which participated in Exercise Northstar V, a mock terrorist exercise held on January 8, 2006. In addition, damage to the third rail between Dhoby Ghaut and City Hall on December 15, 2011 caused the emergency evacuation and 3 injuries.
Public art
The artwork Interchange by Milenko and Delia Prvacki can be found on the walls of the linkway between the North South Line and North East Line. Singaporean artist Baet Yoke Kuan created a three-dimensional relief work on the large columns that support the Circle Line sector of the station, inspired by the concept 'man and the environment'.
Exits
Popular culture
The station is also one of the 4 MRT stations to appear in the original Singapore edition of the board game Monopoly.