Landmark MRT Station
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Downtown MRT Station is the name for an underground Mass Rapid Transit
Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)
The Mass Rapid Transit or MRT is a rapid transit system that forms the backbone of the railway system in Singapore, spanning the entire city-state. The initial section of the MRT, between Yio Chu Kang Station and Toa Payoh Station, opened in 1987 establishing itself as the second-oldest metro...

 station on the Downtown Line
Downtown MRT Line
The Downtown Line will be the fifth Mass Rapid Transit line in Singapore. When completed, the line will be about 42-km long with 34 stations and serve about half a million commuters daily, making it the longest underground and driverless MRT line in Singapore. Travelling from one end to the other...

 Stage 1 in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, formerly known as the Downtown Extension. It will connect the southern part of Marina Bay where developments such as The Sail @ Marina Bay
The Sail @ Marina Bay
The Sail @ Marina Bay is a waterfront lifestyle condominium located in the Marina Bay area in Singapore. It was completed in 2008. The first tenants have moved into Central Park Tower in July 2008. Residents moved into Marina Bay Tower a few weeks later. The structure of The Sail is and 70...

 & the Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC)
Marina Bay Financial Centre
The Marina Bay Financial Centre , located along Marina Boulevard at Marina Bay, Singapore stands on a 3.55 hectare site, consisting of three office towers, two residential towers and retail space at Marina Bay Link Mall....

 lie to the current Central Business District
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

 (CBD). The station will serve future commercial developments within the Marina Bay vicinity, and will be located under Central Boulevard. Like Changi Airport station
Changi Airport MRT Station
Changi Airport MRT Station was opened on 8 February 2002 as one of the terminal Mass Rapid Transit stations for the East West Line, and located in between Singapore Changi Airport's Terminal 2 and Terminal 3. This is one of the four MRT stations that have fare gates on the same level as the...

, fare gates will be on the same level as the train platform.

Train service

Destination | First Train Last Train
Mon - Sat Sunday &
Public Holiday
Daily
to DT14 Bugis - - -
to DT19 Chinatown - - -

Current Station Layout

L1 Street Level
B1 Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Transitlink Counter
B2
Side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

, doors will open on the left
Platform A
Platform B
Side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

, doors will open on the left

Bus services

The following bus services are found at the bus stops along Raffles Quay:
Bus Stop Code: 03059 (One Raffles Quay)
Service Destination Notes
SBS Transit Trunk Services
10 Kent Ridge Bus Terminal
Kent Ridge Bus Terminal
Kent Ridge Bus Terminal is a bus station located at Kent Ridge, in the west of Singapore. Despite the name, it is not near the Kent Ridge MRT Station...

57 Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
The Bukit Merah Bus Interchange serves the and the interchange is located at Jalan Bukit Merah.-Routes:Bus Routes in Singapore-Berths:...

 
70 Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal is a bus station located in southern Singapore. It was opened on 20 June 1987. It is very near to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Commuters have to disembark/board buses at two bus stops along Palmer Road due to restriction of alighting and aboarding of buses within the...

 
100 Ghim Moh Bus Terminal
Ghim Moh Bus Terminal
Ghim Moh Bus Terminal is a bus station located in Ghim Moh along Ghim Moh Road with a small bus park behind the terminal.The terminal is now one of the few surviving terminals of the 1970s era in which it was common for terminals to built along the road side with only a small booth for drivers to...

 
107 Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal is a bus station located in southern Singapore. It was opened on 20 June 1987. It is very near to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Commuters have to disembark/board buses at two bus stops along Palmer Road due to restriction of alighting and aboarding of buses within the...

 
128 Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal is a bus station located in southern Singapore. It was opened on 20 June 1987. It is very near to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Commuters have to disembark/board buses at two bus stops along Palmer Road due to restriction of alighting and aboarding of buses within the...

130 Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal is a bus station located in southern Singapore. It was opened on 20 June 1987. It is very near to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Commuters have to disembark/board buses at two bus stops along Palmer Road due to restriction of alighting and aboarding of buses within the...

 
131 Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
The Bukit Merah Bus Interchange serves the and the interchange is located at Jalan Bukit Merah.-Routes:Bus Routes in Singapore-Berths:...

 
162 Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal is a bus station located in southern Singapore. It was opened on 20 June 1987. It is very near to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Commuters have to disembark/board buses at two bus stops along Palmer Road due to restriction of alighting and aboarding of buses within the...

 
186 Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal is a bus station located in southern Singapore. It was opened on 20 June 1987. It is very near to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Commuters have to disembark/board buses at two bus stops along Palmer Road due to restriction of alighting and aboarding of buses within the...

 
196 Clementi Bus Interchange
Clementi Bus Interchange
The Clementi Bus Interchange is an air-conditioned bus interchange in Clementi New Town, on the opposite of the Clementi MRT Station. It is located at the junction of Clementi Avenue 3 and Commonwealth Avenue West, situated within the Clementi Mall and integrated with the nearby Clementi MRT Station...

 
SBS Transit Fast Forward Services
10e Shenton Way AM Peak
196e Shenton Way AM Peak
SMRT Buses Trunk Services
75 Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange
Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange
The Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange is a bus interchange serving Bukit Panjang New Town, Singapore. It is opposite Bukit Panjang Plaza. The nearest station is the Bukit Panjang LRT Station....

 
167 Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
Bukit Merah Bus Interchange
The Bukit Merah Bus Interchange serves the and the interchange is located at Jalan Bukit Merah.-Routes:Bus Routes in Singapore-Berths:...

 
700 Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal is a bus station located in southern Singapore. It was opened on 20 June 1987. It is very near to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Commuters have to disembark/board buses at two bus stops along Palmer Road due to restriction of alighting and aboarding of buses within the...

 
970 Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal
Shenton Way Bus Terminal is a bus station located in southern Singapore. It was opened on 20 June 1987. It is very near to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Commuters have to disembark/board buses at two bus stops along Palmer Road due to restriction of alighting and aboarding of buses within the...

 
SMRT Buses Express Services
971E Cecil Street
Cecil Street
Cecil John Charles Street, MC, OBE, , known as CJC Street and John Street, began his military career as an artillery officer in the British army. During the course of World War I, he became a propagandist for MI7, in which role he held the rank of Major...

 
AM Peak
SMRT Buses NightRider Services
NR1 Resorts World Sentosa
NR6 Resorts World Sentosa

Soil near station sinks

Nearby Marina Boulevard
Marina Boulevard
Marina Boulevard is a road in Singapore running along the western side of Marina Bay. Starting at Raffles Place intersecting with Collyer Quay and running south, there are a number of landmark buildings along the length of it. One Marina Boulevard and One Raffles Quay form bookends of its...

 had to be temporarily closed and traffic was diverted on the morning of June 18, 2008 after soil on a construction site next to the road sank. No one was injured. Vehicles coming from Collyer Quay and Finlayson Green were diverted to Raffles Quay.

Urban Redevelopment Authority
Urban Redevelopment Authority
The Urban Redevelopment Authority is the national urban planning authority of Singapore, and a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Singapore Government.-Mission:The authority was established on 1 April 1974, and is of especially critical importance to the city-state,...

 said the hole measured 5 metres wide and was 2.5 metres deep. It sank at about 9.10am. This caused a hole next to the Marina Boulevard slip road leading towards East Coast Parkway
East Coast Parkway
The East Coast Parkway is an expressway that runs along the southeastern coast of Singapore. The expressway is approximately in length, and connects Singapore Changi Airport in the east to the Benjamin Sheares Bridge in the south of the main island before it links with the Ayer Rajah Expressway...

.

URA said the soil subsidence is located within the construction site where construction works for the common services tunnel is being carried out.
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