Botanic Gardens MRT station

Botanic Gardens MRT Station (CC19/DT9) is an interchange MRT station in Singapore. It is one of four stations where commuters can transfer from the Circle MRT Line to Downtown MRT Line,

CC19  DT9  Botanic Gardens 植物园 பூ மலை Kebun Bunga Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange
Exit A of the station near the entrance to the Botanic Gardens.
Station statistics
Address	100 Cluny Park Road Singapore 257494 (CCL) 491 Bukit Timah Road Singapore 259777 (DTL)
Coordinates	1°19′21″N 103°48′55″E
Lines	Circle Line      Downtown Line (under construction/planning)
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	8 October 2011 (2011-10-08) (Circle line) 27 December 2015 (2015-12-27) (Downtown line)
Electrified	Yes
Accessible
Formerly	Adam, Old University, Cluny Road
Services

This station is located near the Singapore Botanic Gardens at the intersection of Bukit Timah Road and Cluny Park Road, hence its name. It is also near the National University of Singapore Bukit Timah campus and is behind Serene Centre.

As Bukit Brown Station will only be operational after the Bukit Brown area has been developed enough, the section of track between Botanic Gardens and Caldecott is the longest on the Circle Line.

As the distance between the Circle Line and Downtown Line platforms is relatively long, it has travelators, the fourth station after Dhoby Ghaut, Serangoon and Bugis to have travelators within the paid area.

History

The Downtown Line station (DT09) was designed by AEP Consultants and Geoconsult Asia and was constructed by Sembawang Engineers & Constructors. Botanic Gardens station is one of only two MRT stations in Singapore to have an official Malay name. The other station will be the future Gardens by the Bay MRT Station.

Prior to the opening of the station, it was named Adam. Public consultation of the station began in January 2006 and only two names were selected - Botanic Gardens and Cluny Road. Botanic Gardens was eventually selected because this station also goes to the popular UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cluny Road was also selected because it was served by the railway station "Cluny Road" that was closed down in 1930s. On 12 September 2006, the final name is renamed to Botanic Gardens.

Botanic Gardens MRT Station Media

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  Botanic Gardens DTL platform

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  Aquatic Fauna No. 1 is displayed along one side of the CCL platform, complementing the water feature at the end of the platform.

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  The metal engraving along the DTL concourse

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  The Tembusu Tree in the Singapore Botanic Gardens inspired the artwork