Little India MRT Station
NE7 DT12 Little India 小印度 லிட்டில் இந்தியா Little India | ||||||||||||||||
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 Interior of Downtown Line's Little India MRT station | ||||||||||||||||
| Location |
60 Bukit Timah Road Singapore 229900 62 Bukit Timah Road Singapore 229902 | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°18′24″N 103°50′57″E / 1.306725°N 103.849175°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by |
SBS Transit (ComfortDelGro) (North East Line) SBS Transit DTL (Downtown Line) | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | Island | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | NE7 DT12 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened |
20 June 2003 (North East Line) 27 December 2015 (Downtown Line) | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Kandang Kerbau | |||||||||||||||
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Little India MRT Station (NE7/DT12) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit interchange station on the North East Line and the Downtown Line located at the boundary of the planning areas of Kallang and Rochor, Singapore. The station derives its name from the ethnic district of Little India.[1]
This station was built in the heart of Little India, with Tekka Centre and The Verge within walking distance of the station.
History
Before the station was built, it was called Kandang Kerbau. It was renamed to Little India to reflect the station's heritage since 2001.
On 20 December 2012, train services on the North East Line was delayed due to a train fault. A statement from SBS Transit said there was no train service between Punggol and Little India due to a train fault. Free bus rides were made available at designated bus stops near affected NEL stations. At about 5.18 pm, all train services resumed. SBS Transit has apologised for the inconvenience caused.[2][3]
A commuter's leg got trapped in the gap between the MRT train and the station platform on 24 April 2013. She says she was pushed. Madam Ong told The Straits Times about her ordeal at Little India station, during the morning rush-hour. She had been standing by the doors while taking a crowded train on the North-East Line from Farrer Park to HarbourFront when she was "pushed". The secretary in her 40s said, "About three people exiting the train pushed me from the back, even though I was trying to give way by stepping out of the train first so they could get out." It was then that her left leg slipped into the 10 cm platform gap and got trapped.[4]
No one was injured in a fire that broke out at a Downtown Line worksite along Race Course Road on the evening of 26 March 2014. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) told Yahoo Singapore that a “small fire” had broken out at a “localised area” within the worksite of the Downtown Line Little India MRT station. “There is also no impact to DTL2 construction progress,” added a spokesperson for the LTA, who added that the fire was put out by 10pm, after it first broke out about half an hour earlier.[5]
Art in Transit
The artwork featured in the North East Line section features Memoirs of the Past by S. Chandrasekaran. The animal paintings echos the past of Little India when buffalo stables were seen.
The Downtown Line section features "Woven Field" by Grace Tan. It features a landscape of tessellated triangular configurations inspired by the singhaulia woven patterns commonly seen in the traditional sari.
Station layout
| L1 | Street Level | |
| B1 | NEL Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre, Transfer Linkway |
| B2 | Mezzanine | Transfer Linkway between North East and Downtown Line Concourses |
| DTL Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Transfer Linkway | |
| Platform A | North East Line  towards NE1 CC29 HarbourFront via NE6 NS24 CC1 Dhoby Ghaut → | |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform B | North East Line  towards NE17 PTC Punggol via NE8 Farrer Park ← | |
| B3 | Platform B | Downtown Line  towards DT19 NE4 Chinatown via DT13 Rochor → |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform A | Downtown Line  towards DT1 BP6 Bukit Panjang via DT11 NS21 Newton ← | |
Exits
- A: Mackenzie Regency, Mackenzie Road
- B: KK Woman's Children's Hospital, Tekka Market
- C: Tekka Centre, Tekka Market
- D: KK Woman's Children's Hospital
- E: Cholia's Village, Shree Lakshminarayan Temple, Foochow Methodist Church
- F: Farrer Park Swimming Complex
Transport connections
Rail
| Destination | First Train | Last Train | |||||
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| Mon – Fri | Sat | Sunday & Public Holiday | Daily | ||||
| North East Line | |||||||
| to NE1 HarbourFront | 6.04am | 6.03am | 6.24am | 11.49pm | |||
| to NE17 Punggol | 5.56am | 6.11am | 6.31am | 12.06am | |||
| Downtown Line | |||||||
| to DT1 Bukit Panjang | 6.07am | 6.07am | 6.30am | 12.24am | |||
| to DT19 Chinatown | 5.53am | 5.53am | 6.13am | 11.59pm | |||
References
- ↑ "Little India MRT Station". SBS Transit. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ↑ "Train service disrupted on NEL due to train fault". Channel NewsAsia. December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Train service on NEL resumes after disruption". Channel NewsAsia. December 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Woman suffers palm-sized bruise after her leg gets caught in MRT platform gap". STOMP. May 1, 2013.
- ↑ "No injuries in fire at Downtown Line worksite in Little India". Yahoo. Mar 27, 2014.