Botanic Gardens MRT station

Botanic Gardens MRT Station (CC19/DT9) is an interchange MRT station in Singapore. It is one of four stations where commuters can transfer from the Circle MRT Line to Downtown MRT Line,

CC19  DT9  Botanic Gardens 植物园 பூ மலை Kebun Bunga
Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange
Exit A of the station near the entrance to the Botanic Gardens.
General information
Location	100 Cluny Park Road Singapore 257494 (CCL) 491 Bukit Timah Road Singapore 259777 (DTL)
Coordinates	1°19′21″N 103°48′55″E
Operated by	SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) (Circle line) SBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) (Downtown line)
Line(s)	Circle Line   Downtown Line
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	8 October 2011 (2011-10-08) (Circle line) 27 December 2015 (2015-12-27) (Downtown line)
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Adam, Old University, Cluny Road
Services
Preceding station Mass Rapid Transit Following station Farrer Road towards HarbourFront Circle Line Caldecott towards Dhoby Ghaut or Marina Bay Circle Line Future service Bukit Brown towards Dhoby Ghaut or Marina Bay Tan Kah Kee towards Bukit Panjang Downtown Line Stevens towards Expo
Location
Botanic Gardens Botanic Gardens station in Singapore

This station is located near the Singapore Botanic Gardens at the intersection of Bukit Timah Road and Cluny Park Road, hence its name. It is also near the National University of Singapore Bukit Timah campus and is behind Serene Centre.

As Bukit Brown Station will only be operational after the Bukit Brown area has been developed enough, the section of track between Botanic Gardens and Caldecott is the longest on the Circle Line.

As the distance between the Circle Line and Downtown Line platforms is relatively long, it has travelators, the fourth station after Dhoby Ghaut, Serangoon and Bugis to have travelators within the paid area.

History

The Downtown Line station (DT09) was designed by AEP Consultants and Geoconsult Asia and was constructed by Sembawang Engineers & Constructors. Botanic Gardens station is one of only two MRT stations in Singapore to have an official Malay name. The other station will be the future Gardens by the Bay MRT Station.

Prior to the opening of the station, it was named Adam. Public consultation of the station began in January 2006 and only two names were selected - Botanic Gardens and Cluny Road. Botanic Gardens was eventually selected because this station also goes to the popular UNESCO World Heritage Site. Cluny Road was also selected because it was served by the railway station "Cluny Road" that was closed down in 1930s. On 12 September 2006, the final name is renamed to Botanic Gardens.