Bugis MRT station
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Bugis MRT Station (EW12/DT14) is an underground MRT interchange station on the East West Line and the Downtown Line located at the boundary of Downtown Core and Rochor planning areas, Singapore.
EW12 DT14
Bugis 武吉士 பூகிஸ் Bugis | ||||||||||||||||
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| Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange | ||||||||||||||||
 Exit B of Bugis MRT station. | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | 220 Victoria Street Singapore 188022 (EWL) 191 Rochor Road Singapore 188476 (DTL) | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°18′01″N 103°51′22″E / 1.300194°N 103.85615°E | |||||||||||||||
| Operated by | SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) (East West line) SBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) (Downtown line) | |||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 4 (2 island platforms) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections | Queen Street Bus Terminal, Taxi | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes (Bugis Junction, Bugis+) | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 4 November 1989 (East West line) 22 December 2013 (Downtown line) | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Rochore, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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This station serves Bugis+, Sim Lim Square, Bugis Village, Bugis Junction and many housing retail and food outlets. The station is also nearby to National Library and the Kampong Glam as well as many private educational schools in the area like Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and LASALLE College of the Arts which also situated nearby. The station is within five minutes walk of Jalan Besar Station on the Downtown Line. It is one of the stations that serves the huge demand when transferring from East West Line to Downtown Line.
History
changeThe East West Line portion of Bugis station is located next to Bugis Junction, which has a direct link to the mall. It has almost the same design as the neighbouring Lavender station. The Downtown Line section is built on the site of the demolished The New 7th Storey Hotel, and opened on 22 December 2013. This station served as the northern terminus of the Downtown Line until 27 December 2015, when it was replaced by Bukit Panjang as the second phase of the line opens. As the distance between the platforms is relatively long, it is one of four stations to have travelators, with the others being Dhoby Ghaut Botanic Gardens and Serangoon.