Raffles Place MRT station
Raffles Place MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North South Line (NSL) and East West Line (EWL) in Singapore. Located in the Downtown Core, the station is underneath Raffles Place south of the Singapore River. The station serves various landmarks including The Fullerton Hotel, Merlion Park and the Asian Civilisations Museum and various commercial buildings such as One Raffles Place and OCBC Centre.
Exit A of Raffles Place station
Aw Tee Hong's Struggle for Survival displayed outside of the station
Platforms A and B (upper platform level) of the station serving the NSL northbound and EWL eastbound services
Platforms C and D (lower platform level) of the station serving the NSL southbound and EWL westbound services
The North–South Line (NSL) is a high-capacity Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line in Singapore, operated by SMRT Corporation. Coloured red on the Singapore rail map, the line is 45 kilometres (28 mi) long and serves 27 stations, 11 of which, between the Bishan and Marina South Pier stations, are underground. It runs from Jurong East station, located in Western Singapore, to Marina South Pier station in the Central Area, via Woodlands station in northern Singapore. The line operates for almost 20 hours a day, with headways of up to 1 to 2 minutes during peak hours and 5 to 8 minutes during off-peak hours. All the trains on the North–South Line run with a six-car formation.
Woodlands station, which is one of the most heavily utilised stations of the line.
A plaque at Toa Payoh station commemorating the opening of the first phase of the Singapore MRT
Canberra MRT station.
Image: NS1 Jurong East MRT Platform D 20200918 142800
