Bugis MRT Station

EW12  DT14  Bugis MRT Station 武吉士地铁站 பூகிஸ் Stesen MRT Bugis Rapid transit
Platform of Bugis MRT station.
Station statistics
Address	320 Victoria Street 191 Rochor Road Singapore 188045 / 188476
Coordinates	1°18′01″N 103°51′22″E / 1.300194°N 103.85615°E / 1.300194; 103.85615
Line(s)	East West Line   Downtown Line
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure type	Underground
Levels	6
Platforms	Island
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	4 November 1989 (East West Line) 22 December 2013 (Downtown Line)
Accessible
Station code	EW12  DT14
Operator	SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation) (East West Line) SBS Transit DTL (Downtown Line)
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Lavender towards Pasir Ris East West Line City Hall towards Joo Koon Rochor towards Bukit Panjang Downtown Line Stage 1 Promenade towards Expo
Location

Bugis Station exit.

Bugis MRT Station (EW12/DT14) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station located on the East West Line. It is located next to Bugis Junction, which has a direct link to the mall. It has almost the same design as the neighbouring Lavender, save for the different colours of lights used. The Downtown Line station is built on the site of the demolished The New 7th Storey Hotel.

Bugis serves Bugis+, Sim Lim Square, Bugis Village, Bugis Junction and many housing retail and food outlets. The station is also nearby to National Library and the Kampong Glam as well as many private educational schools in the area like Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LASALLE College of the Arts which also situated nearby.

On 22 December 2013, this station became an interchange with the Downtown Line and serves as the northern terminus until 2016, when it would be replaced by Bukit Panjang as the second phase of the line opens. As the distance between the platforms is relatively long, it will have travelators, the third station after Dhoby Ghaut and Serangoon to have travelators within the paid area.

History

Casualty incident

On 18 July 2012, two Chinese workers died after a temporary scaffolding, about 4 metres (13 ft) high, used for the construction of the new Downtown Line Bugis station subway link roof slab gave way. The incident happened at about 6.50 am. The eight other injured workers who were working on top of the structure, were sent to the nearby Raffles Hospital before rescuers arrived. They had minor injuries and five of them have since been discharged. Of the remaining three workers who were warded, one suffered from abdominal and chest injuries, while another suffered a back injury and the last had a finger injury. Seven of the injured are from Bangladesh while the eighth is from China. The Ministry of Manpower(MOM) has ordered all construction work to stop, while the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) has revoked the construction permit for the site while investigations are underway. MOM said that based on preliminary information gathered, workers were pouring concrete, also known as the casting process, into the formwork when the structure supporting the formwork collapsed. The formwork, located between the new and old sections of the station, was part of the structure being built to form the underground linkway, which is about three to four metres deep. The area affected is localised, measuring about five metres by 10 metres and the entire station is about 7,500 square metres. The Land Transport Authority said the station structure is substantially complete and structurally sound, and that the incident posed no risk to surrounding developments and the public.^[1][2][3]

QR code shopping wall

Similar to the shopping wall at Seolleung Station in the Seoul Metropolitan Subway in South Korea, this is an interactive media launched on 7 December 2011 by SMRT in partnership with Cold Storage to enhance the commuters' travelling experience. Using a camera phone with QR code reader installed, one can purchase the items displayed on the media by simply flashing their camera phones on the items and the items would be delivered to them upon payment through the various credit cards.^[4][5] Bugis, alongside Boon Lay, was the first to have such media installed.

Art in Transit

Named as "Ephemeral" by Patrick Chua is an artwork attempting to make different experiences of commuters passing by the artwork in their daily journey.^[6]

Station layout

Exits

• Exit A – Open space opposite Bugis Village
• Exit B – Raffles Hospital, Golden Landmark
• Exit C – Bugis Junction, opposite Bugis Village

Transport connections

Rail

References

External links

• SBS Transit's Bugis MRT station official website
• SMRT's Bugis MRT station official website