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'''Bras Basah (CC2)''' is an underground [[Mass Rapid Transit]] (MRT) station on the {{CCL}}. It is the second deepest MRT station with the deepest point at 35m below ground level. It also houses the longest escalator, at 41 m which stretches from the ticket concourse to the transfer level and takes approximately one minute to travel.<ref>[//www.lta.gov.sg/data/apps/news/press/2010/Bras%2520Basah%2520Station%2520Factsheet.pdf "Factsheet Bras Basah Station"]. Land Transport Authority (16 April 2010). Retrieved 30 March 2016.</ref> To let light into the station, a reflective pool of water with glass panels outside Singapore Management University was created.
'''Bras Basah (CC2)''' is an underground [[Mass Rapid Transit]] (MRT) station on the {{CCL}}. It is the second deepest MRT station with the deepest point at 35m below ground level. It also houses the longest escalator, at 41 m which stretches from the ticket concourse to the transfer level and takes approximately one minute to travel.<ref>[//www.lta.gov.sg/data/apps/news/press/2010/Bras%2520Basah%2520Station%2520Factsheet.pdf "Factsheet Bras Basah Station"]. Land Transport Authority (16 April 2010). Retrieved 30 March 2016.</ref> To let light into the station, a reflective pool of water with glass panels outside Singapore Management University was created.


The station was commissioned through the Marina Line Architectural Design Competition jointly organized by Land Transport Authority and Singapore Institute of Architects. The competition required no track record and is acknowledged by the industry as one of the best run competitions held in Singapore to date. In 2009, "Best Transport Building" was awarded to the designers at WOHA Architects at the World Architecture Festival.<ref>[//www.worldbuildingsdirectory.com/project.cfm?id=1780 "Bras Basah Mass Rapid Transit Station"] World Buildings Director. Retrieved 11 October 2013.</ref>
The station was commissioned through the Marina Line Architectural Design Competition jointly organized by Land Transport Authority and Singapore Institute of Architects. In 2009, "Best Transport Building" was awarded to the designers at WOHA Architects at the World Architecture Festival.<ref>[//www.worldbuildingsdirectory.com/project.cfm?id=1780 "Bras Basah Mass Rapid Transit Station"] World Buildings Director. Retrieved 11 October 2013.</ref>


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 09:28, 24 July 2020

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Station Information
Address 65 Bras Basah Road
Singapore 189561
Line(s) Circle Line
Connections File:Bus Logo.png File:Taxi Logo.png
Abbreviation BBS

Bras Basah (CC2) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle Line. It is the second deepest MRT station with the deepest point at 35m below ground level. It also houses the longest escalator, at 41 m which stretches from the ticket concourse to the transfer level and takes approximately one minute to travel.[1] To let light into the station, a reflective pool of water with glass panels outside Singapore Management University was created.

The station was commissioned through the Marina Line Architectural Design Competition jointly organized by Land Transport Authority and Singapore Institute of Architects. In 2009, "Best Transport Building" was awarded to the designers at WOHA Architects at the World Architecture Festival.[2]

History

Date CollapseEvent
17 April 2010 Station officially opens

Artworks

  • Circle Line: The Amazing Neverending Underwater Adventures! by Tan Kai Syng
    The artist plays the protagonist, Desyphus, a “Perpetual Commuter” on an adventure on the Circle Line. The videos projected on the wall below the station’s water-filled glass skylight takes commuters through themes of travel, time, memory and the train line.[3]

Layout

L1 Street Level Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Management University,
B1 Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre
B2 Service Level Restricted access
B3 Service Level Restricted access
B4 Transfer Hall between Concourse and Platforms
B5
BPlatform
NS24
NE6
CC1
NS24
NE6
CC1
Platform A/B
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Exits

Exit Disabled-Access Location/Nearby
A Singapore Art Museum, NTUC Trade Union House
B Handicapped/disabled access Singapore Management University
C Handicapped/disabled access Singapore Management University
D Manulife Centre
E Singapore Art Museum, Manulife Centre

Transport Services

First/Last Train Timing

Destination First Train Last Train
Mon − Fri Sat Sun & P.H. Daily
File:MRT000.png Circle Line
NS24
NE6
CC1
NS24
NE6
CC1
05:54 05:54 06:21 00:03
NE1
CC29
NE1
CC29
05:39 05:39 06:06 22:50
CC26
Pasir Panjang
23:20
CC23
one-north
23:36
CC17
TE9
CC17
TE9
00:03
00:11

Bus

Bus Stop Exit Bus Service
01012
Hotel Grand Pacific
2 7 12 12e 32 33 51 61 63 80 175
04179
Aft Bras Basah Stn Exit A
7 14 14e 16 16M 36 77 106 111 131 162 162M 167 167e 171 175 502 502A 518 518A 652 656 660 663 665 700 700A 850E 857 951E
04121
SMU
7 7A 14 14e 16 16M 36 77 106 111 124 131 147 162 162M 166 167 167e 171 174 174e 175 190 652 656 660 663 665 700 700A 850E 857 951E 971E
04151
Cath of The Good Shepherd
130 133 145 197 851 851e 960 960e
04019
Opp Bencoolen Stn Exit B
131 147 166 857

References

  1. "Factsheet Bras Basah Station". Land Transport Authority (16 April 2010). Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  2. "Bras Basah Mass Rapid Transit Station" World Buildings Director. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  3. "Art in Transit". Land Transport Authority. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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