From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia City Hall MRT Station
City Hall MRT Station
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station
Dhoby Ghaut North South Line Raffles Place
towards Jurong East towards Marina Bay
Bugis East West Line Raffles Place
towards Pasir Ris towards Joo Koon
Bras Basah Circle Line Promenade
towards Dhoby Ghaut Transfer at: Esplanade towards HarbourFront
NS25 EW13 Services
City Hall MRT Station
政府大厦地铁站
Location
நகர மண்டபம்
Stesen MRT City Hall
Rapid transit
City Hall MRT Station
Platform of City Hall Station
Station statistics
Address 150 North Bridge Road
Singapore 179100
Coordinates 1°17′35.66″N 103°51′7.99″E / 1.2932389°N
103.8522194°E / 1.2932389; 103.8522194
Lines North South Line
East West Line
Connections Bus, Taxi, Esplanade MRT Station
Structure Underground Concourse level of City Hall Station
Levels 3 (NS25/EW13)
City Hall MRT Station (NS25/EW13) is an under-
Platforms Stacked Island ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station in Singapore,
that is part of the North South Line and the East West
Tracks 4
Line in Singapore, and serves as an interchange station
Other information between the two lines.
It is located in the Civic District in the Downtown
Opened 12 December 1987
Core, which is within the Central Area, the central busi-
Accessible ness district of Singapore. It is situated underground, be-
neath the junction of Stamford Road and North Bridge
Code NS25 / EW13
Road, and is thus east of the Singapore River. The com-
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mercial district of Raffles Place and the respective Raffles to EW1 Pasir Ris 5.59am 6.27am 12.09am
Place MRT Station is located across the River. City Hall
to EW29 Joo Koon 5.54am 6.20am 11.49pm
MRT Station is one of the more prominent and busier
stations within Singapore’s transport system, especially
being an interchange station located within the Central Current Station Layout
Area. The national monument of City Hall is within walk-
ing distance from the MRT station. L1 Street Exit/ Entrance
On the ticket level of the station, it leads directly up Level
to street level, with access by escalator, and has two ex- B1 Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines,
its, one leading up to North Bridge Road, and one lead- Station Control, Transitlink
ing to the Raffles City and to the adjacent Stamford Road. Counter
The underground CityLink Mall is also linked to the sta- Linkway CityLink Mall, One Raffles Link,
tion, providing access to Suntec City, Marina Square, Es- to CC3 Esplanade
planade Theatres and, along with Raffles City, the Es- B2 Platform North South Line towards
planade MRT Station on the Circle Line. Upper A NS1 EW24 Jurong East via
The crowd at this station during the peak hour is ri- Platforms NS9 Woodlands (→)
valled by only Orchard and possibly Dhoby Ghaut, Jurong Island platform, Jurong East-bound and Joo Koon-
East, Tampines, Yishun, Tanjong Pagar and Outram Park. bound trains doors will open on the right
There is a mural along the wall of the station called
Platform East West Line towards EW29
Vitreous Enamelled Mural by Simon Wong. However, this
B Joo Koon (←)
art piece is not under the Art in Transit scheme.
B3 Platform North South Line towards
Additionally, it is one of the 4 MRT stations to appear
Lower C NS27 CE2 Marina Bay (←)
in the Uniquely Singapore Edition of Monopoly. It was al-
Platforms Island platform, Marina Bay-bound and Pasir Ris-
so mentioned in the 2009 film Whiteout
bound trains doors will open on the left
Platform East West Line towards EW1
Exits D Pasir Ris (→)
• A – Raffles City, Swissôtel The Stamford, Fairmont
Singapore, SMRT Headquarters and Singapore
Management University (SMU).
Bus services
• B – St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Funan DigitaLife Mall, The following bus services pass by the bus stops along
City Hall, Padang, Supreme Court, Asian Civilisations North Bridge Road:
Museum (Empress Place), Esplanade MRT Station/ Bus Stop Code: 04167 (Saint Andrew’s Cathedral)
Xchange
Service Destination Note
• C – CityLink Mall, Suntec City, Raffles Hotel,
CHIJMES, One Raffles Link, Marina Square, Esplanade SBS Transit Trunk Services
- Theatres on the Bay, Millenia Walk, Esplanade MRT 124 Telok Blangah Drive (loop)
Station/Xchange 145 Buona Vista Bus Terminal
166 Clementi Bus Interchange
Train service 174 New Bridge Road Bus Terminal
Destination First Train Last
197 Jurong East Bus Interchange
Train
SBS Transit Fast Forward Service
Mon - Sunday & Daily
Sat Public Holi-
174e New Bridge Road Bus Terminal
day SBS Transit NiteOwl Services
North South Line 1N Yishun Ring Road
to NS1 Jurong 6.05am 6.30am 11.51pm 2N Tampines Ave 3
East 3N Choa Chu Kang North 5
to NS7 Kranji - - 12.10am 4N Pasir Ris Drive 1
to NS27 Marina 5.53am 6.19am 11.49pm 5N Jurong West Street 92
Bay
6N Punggol Field
East West Line
SMRT Buses Trunk Service
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61 Bukit Batok Bus Interchange ruption along both directions. Southbound services were
turned around at Ang Mo Kio and passengers have to
SMRT Buses NightRider Services take a bus bridging service to continue their journey to
NR1 Yishun Ring Road (loop) Marina Bay. Southbound services resumed as per nor-
mal from 9pm, but northbound services between Marina
NR2 Sembawang Drive (loop)
Bay and Bishan stations were closed for the night. SMRT
NR5 Jurong West Street 75 (loop) staff are working around the clock to repair the damage
NR6 Anchorvale Drive (loop) and northbound trains were resumed at 11.40pm. [3] A
NR7 Pasir Ris Drive 3 (loop) 25-year-old woman was conveyed to the hospital from
Orchard MRT station as she suffered breathing difficul-
NR8 Bukit Batok West Avenue 7 (loop)
ties around 8pm. About two hours later, a 41-year-old
woman was also sent to SGH in a semi-conscious state
Incidents from Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station.
The SMRT CEO apologised for the incident and SMRT
Escalator Accident will be reviewing its standard operating procedures and
will be working to improve its communication strategies.
On May 13, 2003, an upward escalator at the station sud-
127,000 people were affected by this disruption, de-
denly reversed, flinging some 20 people on it backwards,
scribed as the largest disruption since MRT services be-
including a woman who was pregnant.
gan in 1987. [4] It was believed that this was the second
consecutive train disruption in two days, the other was
Emergency Exercise on the Circle Line on the morning of December 14, 2011
On June 5, 2008, 280 youths spent the night under City when services from Marymount to one-north stations
Hall MRT station, learning how to deal with an emer- were disrupted.
gency in a train tunnel. The disruption was made significant due to the fol-
At around midnight, the young campers boarded a lowing reasons -
train and as the train departed, there was a simulated 1. A 25-year-old woman was conveyed to the hospital
bomb explosion. They activated the detrainment ramps from Orchard MRT station for breathing difficulties
at both ends of the train, and evacuated to safety via an around 8pm. About two hours later, a 41-year-old
escape shaft. The students also used the items from their woman was also sent to SGH in a semi-conscious
Ready Bags to "survive" the attack.[1] state from Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station.
2. The faulty third rail damaged the collector shoes of
MRT Malfunction four trains, causing them to stall - one train at
On December 30, 2008, trains from City Hall to Tiong Braddell station, one before Orchard station and two
Bahru MRT Stations were disrupted at Tanjong Pagar trains at Dhoby Ghaut station. 1000 passengers were
MRT Station because an error on the train was found. So, trapped in the 4 trains.
passengers had to wait for another train to arrive. 3. One of the four trains trapped in the tunnel saw its
glass door smashed as passengers complained of a
2011 MRT Disruptions lack of ventilation. There was also no lighting at
some of the stations and trains due to the power trip.
Disruption 1 4. A message sent out to SMRT cab drivers, as "Income
About 2,800 commuters were affected by a 8.5 minute de- opportunity. Dear partners, there is a breakdown in
lay on the East-West Line towards Pasir Ris at 7.25 pm on our MRT train services from Bishan MRT to Marina
Sep 23 2011. Bay MRT stretch of stations.", was photographed and
An SMRT spokesman said passengers on an east- uploaded on Twitter. SMRT apologised for the
bound train were asked to alight at City Hall MRT Station message the next day.
due to a train fault. Two days after this disruption, another disruption took
To minimize the impact to other passengers and to place along the North South Line on December 17, 2011
maintain eastbound train service, passengers on a west- from 7.09am to 1.48pm, which happened after a third rail
bound train were asked to alight at Bugis MRT Station cover dislodged between Novena and Newton stations,
and serve eastbound passengers, the spokesman said. [2] causing services to be disrupted between Marina Bay and
Newton stations.
Disruption 2
Main article: 2011 MRT train disruptions
The most recent disruption was on December 15, 2011. A
References
train service heading northbound had been stuck up by [1] "280 youths take part in emergency exercise in
a damaged power rail at about 7pm, causing a train dis- MRT tunnel". Channel NewsAsia. 2008-06-06.
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singaporelocalnews/view/352356/1/.html. singaporelocalnews/view/1171573/1/.html.
[2] "8.5-min delay on East-West Line at Peak hour". [4] "SMRT CEO apologises for train disruption".
The Straits Times. 2011-09-24. Channel NewsAsia. 2011-12-16.
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[3] "North-South MRT Line breakdown affects
thousands". Channel NewsAsia. 2011-12-15.
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