Somerset MRT Station

NS23  Somerset MRT Station 索美塞地铁站 சாமர்செட் Stesen MRT Somerset Rapid transit
Platform of Somerset MRT station.
Station statistics
Address	1 Somerset Road Singapore 238162
Coordinates	1°18′1.85″N 103°50′20.50″E / 1.3005139°N 103.8390278°E / 1.3005139; 103.8390278
Line(s)	North South Line
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Structure type	Underground
Levels	2
Platforms	Island
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	12 December 1987
Accessible
Station code	NS23
Operator	SMRT Trains (SMRT Corporation)
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Orchard towards Jurong East North South Line Dhoby Ghaut towards Marina Bay
Location

Entrance to Somerset station before the construction of 313@Somerset.

Somerset MRT Station (NS23) is an underground station on the North South Line of the Mass Rapid Transit in Singapore, located under 313@Somerset Shopping Centre between Orchard Road and Somerset Road. It was upgraded in 2002, the first phase of station upgrading works on the system. Somerset MRT Station was named in reference to an English playwright, novelist and short story writer, William Somerset Maugham^{[citation needed]}, who wrote a series of stories on Malaya, Borneo and Singapore while staying at Raffles Hotel during his stay in Singapore in the 1930s

To commemorate Total Defence Day in 2000, the Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the first ever Shelter Open House at this station on 15 and 16 February.^{[citation needed]}

The section of tracks between this station and Dhoby Ghaut is the shortest between any two MRT Stations on the North South Line, taking 1 minute for a train to travel between these two stations. Unlike most other underground stations, the toilets in this station are located on the street level rather than the concourse level.

History

Bomb hoax

A call was made from a public telephone at the station concourse at about 5 p.m. on 26 September 2007 about a bomb at the station. The police arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the incident two days later on the morning of September 28, 2007 after finding no bomb.^[1]

Station layout

Exits

• A – Comcentre, Singapore Power Building and Skate Park
• B – 313@Somerset, Cathay Cineleisure Orchard, Centrepoint Shopping Centre, Meritus Mandarin Singapore, The Heeren Shops, Faber House, Orchard Central, Orchard Point, Peranakan Place, Emerald Hill and Orchard Plaza

Transport connections

Rail

References

External links

• Official website