Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station

NS24  NE6  CC1  Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station Stesen MRT Dhoby Ghaut  (Malay) 多美歌地铁站 (Chinese) டோபி காட் (Tamil)
Rapid transit
Circle Line platform of Dhoby Ghaut MRT station.
Location	11 Orchard Road 60 Orchard Road 13 Orchard Road Singapore 238826 / 238889 / 238893
Coordinates	1°17′57″N 103°50′45″E / 1.299156°N 103.845736°E
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
Platforms	Island
Tracks	6
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	28 metres
Platform levels	5
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	NS24  NE6  CC1
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	12 December 1987 (North South Line) 20 June 2003 (North East Line) 17 April 2010 (Circle Line)
Previous names	The Istana
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Somerset towards Jurong East North South Line City Hall towards Marina South Pier Clarke Quay towards HarbourFront North East Line Little India towards Punggol Terminus Circle Line Bras Basah towards HarbourFront
Location

The North South Line North-bound platform of Dhoby Ghaut Station

Dhoby Xchange

Busy North East Line platforms of the station

Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station (NS24/NE6/CC1) is a Mass Rapid Transit station in 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.

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.

The station is also one of the 4 MRT stations to appear in the original Singapore edition of the board game Monopoly.

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'.

Station layout

L1	Street Level	Plaza Singapura
B1		Dhoby Xchange, Stamford Canal
B2	NSL Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Transitlink Counter
	Transfer Linkway	Linkbridges from North South Line concourse to Circle Line concourse and transfer hall
	NEL Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Transitlink Counter
B3	Platform A	North South Line towards  NS1  EW24  Jurong East via  NS23  Somerset (→)
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform B	North South Line towards  NS28  Marina South Pier via  NS25  EW13  City Hall (←)
	Transfer Hall	Escalators and lift access to North East Line concourse and platforms, transfer linkway to North South Line, and Circle Line platforms
	CCL Concourse	Station Control, Transitlink Counter
B4	Platform A	Circle Line towards  CC29  NE1  HarbourFront via  CC2  Bras Basah (→)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Platform B	Circle Line towards  CC29  NE1  HarbourFront via  CC2  Bras Basah (→)
B5	Platform A	North East Line towards  NE1  CC29  HarbourFront via  NE5  Clarke Quay (→)
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform B	North East Line towards  NE17  PTC   Punggol via  NE7  DT12  Little India (←)

Exits

• Exit A – Orchard Road (East)
• Exit B – Orchard Road (West)
• Exit C – Istana Park
• Exit D – Plaza Singapura Basement 2
• Exit E – Plaza Singapura New Wing (Level 1)
• Exit F – Plaza Singapura New Wing (Level 2)

Transport connections

Rail

Destination	First train						Last train
	Mon – Fri		Sat		Sunday & Public Holiday		Daily
North South Line
to NS1 Jurong East	6.07am		6.07am		6.32am		11.57pm
to NS28 Marina South Pier	5.52am		5.52am		6.25am		11.54pm
to NS27 Marina Bay	–		–		–		11.54pm
to NS7 Kranji	–		–		–		12.13am
North East Line
to NE1 HarbourFront	6.06am		6.05am		6.26am		11.51pm
to NE17 Punggol	6.07am		6.09am		6.29am		12.04am
Circle Line
to CC29 HarbourFront	5.37am		5.37am		6.05am		10.48pm
to CC26 Pasir Panjang	–		–		–		11.18pm
to CC23 one-north	–		–		–		11.34pm
to CC17 Caldecott	–		–		–		12.02am
to CC11 Tai Seng	–		–		–		12.10am

References

External links

• SBS Transit's Dhoby Ghaut MRT station official website
• SMRT's Dhoby Ghaut MRT station official website