Dhoby Ghaut MRT station

Dhoby Ghaut Station (NS24/NE6/CC1) is a Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore. It is an interchange station along North South Line, North East Line and Circle Line.

File:MRT Singapore Destination 8.svg  NS24  NE6  CC1  Dhoby Ghaut 多美歌code: zh is deprecated தோபி காட்code: zh is deprecated Dhoby Ghaut Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange and terminus
300px Exit E of Dhoby Ghaut MRT station
Station statistics
Address	11 Orchard Road, Singapore 238826 (NSL) 13 Orchard Road, Singapore 238893 (CCL) 60 Orchard Road, Singapore 238889 (NEL)
Coordinates	1°17′58″N 103°50′42″E
Lines	North South Line      North East Line      Circle Line
Connections	Bus, taxi
Structure	Underground
Depth	28 metres (92 ft)
Levels	3
Platforms	6 (3 island platforms)
Tracks	6
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Opened	12 December 1987 (1987-12-12) (North South line) 20 June 2003 (2003-06-20) (North East line) 17 April 2010 (2010-04-17) (Circle line)
Electrified	Yes
Accessible	Handicapped/disabled access
Services

Dhoby Ghaut is the first triple-line interchange station in Singapore. It is the fourth deepest MRT station (after Bras Basah, Promenade and Bencoolen) in Singapore. The deepest point is at 28 metres below ground level.

The station was named after the Indian laundrymen that worked around the area in the early 20th century. 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. It is one of the station that receives heavy passenger numbers during peak hours.

History

The North South Line section of Dhoby Ghaut (Code: N1) was the first to open, doing so on 12 December 1987. It was formerly named The Istana, where the president's palace is located. The platforms were built under the former Stamford canal. It became an interchange station with the opening of the North East Line on 20 June 2003 (Code: H5), while the North South Line part of the station underwent upgrading which was completed in 2006. It to date remains the only interchange station serving the North South and North East Lines.

The Circle Line station opened on 17 April 2010, at which point Dhoby Ghaut became the first station in Singapore to be an interchange between three MRT lines. It is currently the only triple-line interchange station on the MRT network; however, with the opening of Stage 3 of the Thomson-East Coast MRT Line in 2021, two other stations, Outram Park and Marina Bay, will also become triple-line interchanges.

Dhoby Ghaut is the fourth deepest MRT station (after Bras Basah, Promenade and Bencoolen) in Singapore, with the deepest point at 28 metres below ground level. It is one of only four stations on the MRT network to have travelators with the other three being Bugis, Serangoon and Botanic Gardens stations.

Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station Media

• NS24 Dhoby Ghaut MRT plaforms 20210331 150425.jpg

  NSL platforms of the station

• NE6 Dhoby Ghaut MRT Platforms 20200717 155235.jpg

  NE6 Dhoby Ghaut MRT Platforms

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  Map of the planned Marina Line

• NS24 NE6 CC1 Dhoby Ghaut MRT linkway 20210925 125210.jpg

  The linkway between the NEL and NSL platforms with the travelator

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  Milenko's mosaics on the walls of the linkway between the North South and North East lines as part of his and his wife Delia's artwork Interchange

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  Man and Environment by Baet Yeok Kuan sculpted on the pillars at the CCL concourse of the station.

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  Matrix at the CCL platform