Downtown MRT station

Downtown MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Downtown line, located in Downtown Core, Singapore. The situation is situated underneath Central Boulevard between the junctions of Straits View and Marina View, it primarily serves the Marina Bay Financial Centre as well as Asia Square, Central Boulevard Towers and Marina One.

Not to be confused with Downtown MRT line, the line this station is on.

 DT17 
Downtown
市中心
டௌன்டவுன்
Downtown
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station
Exit A of the station
General information
Location15 Central Boulevard
Singapore 018969
Coordinates1°16′46″N 103°51′11″E
Operated bySBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation)
Line(s)
  Downtown Line
Platforms2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks2
Connections TE19  Shenton Way
 NS26  EW14  Raffles Place
 NS27  CE2  TE20  Marina Bay
Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
ParkingYes (Marina Bay Link Mall)
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened22 December 2013 (2013-12-22)
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesLandmark, Downtown / Central Boulevard
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station
Bayfront
towards Bukit Panjang
 Downtown Line Telok Ayer
towards Expo
Location
Downtown
Downtown station in Singapore

It is within walking distance to Raffles Place station on the North South and East West lines as well as Marina Bay station of the North South and Circle lines. It is also expected to be directly connected to Shenton Way station on the Thomson–East Coast line via Marina One when the station opens later in 2022.

History
Art in Transit of the station.

During the Circle line Stage One planning, the Circle line Extension was planned to terminate at Chinatown, and was used by both Circle line and Eastern Region line all the way until 2007. Now, the section between Bayfront and Chinatown is used by the current Downtown line Stage One. The station was renamed from Landmark to Downtown on 11 January 2011.

Although there is a station name called Downtown, it is not to be confused as the Downtown MRT Line, which is the line running through the station.

Downtown MRT station remains the only MRT station where the name of the MRT line belongs to an actual MRT station.

Art in Transit

Illustrations on the walls of the station titled, "Leaves" by Jason Lim shows a connection of dense cell network of bamboo leaves and the business and financial services in the vicinity.[1]

References
  1. "Downtown Line 1: Art-In-Transit" (PDF). Land Transport Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.


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