Line(s) North South Line Structure type Underground Address Singapore Level 2 Connections Bus, Taxicab | Platforms Island Platform levels 2 Opened 12 December 1987 Tracks 2 | |
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Location 1 Somerset Road
Singapore 238162 Operated by SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) Similar Orchard MRT Station, Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station, Orchard Central, City Hall MRT Station, Newton MRT Station | ||
Somerset mrt station singapore
Somerset MRT Station (NS23) is an underground station on the North South Line of the Mass Rapid Transit in Orchard planning area, Singapore. The station is located under 313@Somerset Shopping Centre between Orchard Road and Somerset Road. It was upgraded in 2002, the first phase of station upgrading works on the system. At 313 @ Somerset, there is a 24-hour linkway involved.
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To commemorate Total Defence Day in 2000, the Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the first ever Shelter Open House at this station on 15 and 16 February.
The section of tracks between this station and Dhoby Ghaut is the shortest between any two MRT Stations on the North South Line, taking 1 minute for a train to travel between these two stations. Unlike most other underground stations, the toilets in this station are located on the street level rather than the concourse level.
Bomb hoax
A call was made from a public telephone at the station concourse at about 5 p.m. on 26 September 2007 about a bomb at the station. The police arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the incident two days later on the morning of September 28, 2007 after finding no bomb.