Little India MRT Station

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Little India MRT Station (NE7) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North East Line in Singapore and as the name implies, serves the ethnic neighbourhood of Little India. On the North East line, it is between the Dhoby Ghaut Interchange and Farrer Park MRT stations.

Because it is an underground MRT station and has a ventilation system complete with air-conditioning, it is deep enough to shield those inside. Hence, it has the peripheral role of being a bomb shelter. This explains why the station consists of two levels.

This station was built in the heart of Little India, with Tekka Centre and Tekka Mall within walking distance of the station.

This station is proposed to be an interchange station to the future Downtown MRT Line.

The artwork featured under the Art in Transit programme is Memoirs of the Past by S. Chandrasekaran. The animal paintings echos the past of Little India when buffalo stables were seen.

[edit] Station exits

Exit	Location	Facilities
A	Located along Bukit Timah Road	Bus Stop B01, Taxi Stand & a Car Park
B	Located at the junction of Bukit Timah Road & Race Course Road	Bus Stop B02, nearest exit to KK Hospital
C	Located at the junction of Bukit Timah Road & Race Course Road	Taxi Stand, Tekka Centre
D	Located at the junction of Buffalo Road & Race Course Road	opposite of Tekka Centre

[edit] Bus services

The following bus services pass by the bus stops along Bukit Timah Road:

Service	Between	And	Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
48	Buona Vista Bus Terminal	Upper East Coast Bus Terminal
56	Bishan Bus Interchange	Marina Centre Bus Terminal
57	Bishan Bus Interchange	Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
66	Jurong East Bus Interchange	Bedok Bus Interchange
166	Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange	Clementi Bus Interchange
170	Queen Street Bus Terminal	Larkin Bus Terminal, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
170	Queen Street Bus Terminal	Kota Raya II Bus Terminal, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
SBS Transit NiteOwl Services
1N	Marina Centre Bus Terminal	Yishun
3N	Marina Centre Bus Terminal	Choa Chu Kang
5N	Marina Centre Bus Terminal	Jurong West
6N	Marina Centre Bus Terminal	Punggol
8N	Marina Centre Bus Terminal	Jurong East
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
67	Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange	Tampines Bus Interchange
67W	Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange	Little India MRT Station	Peak hours short trip service
851	Yishun Bus Interchange	Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
960	Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange	Marina Centre Bus Terminal
980	Sembawang Bus Interchange	Geylang Lorong 1 Bus Terminal

Preceding station	Mass Rapid Transit Lines			Following station
Dhoby Ghaut		North East MRT Line		Farrer Park

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