Botanic Gardens station

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2 Botanic Gardens 植物园 பூ மலை *Graphic From SGTrains/Wikipedia/LTA
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Address	100 Cluny Park Road 491 Cluny Park Road Singapore 257494
Line(s)	Circle Line Downtown Line
Connections	Bus, Taxi
Abbreviation	BTN

Botanic Gardens (CC19/DT9) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle Line and the Downtown Line, and serves as an interchange station between the two lines.

This station is the fourth station to have travelators within the paid area as the distance between the Circle Line and Downtown Line platforms is relatively long.

History

Date	Event
8 October 2011	Station officially opens
27 December 2015	Station interchanges with Downtown Line

Casualty incident

On 11 March 2012, a worker was killed at a site near the Botanic Gardens, beside the contractor's site office after a concrete slab fell on him. Masud al-Mamun, 35, was operating an excavator deep in the ground when the slab fell on him. Rescuers had to use a breaking tool kit to break a portion of the concrete slab. It took nearly five hours to reach the man lying motionless on the ground. This is the first casualty related case in the construction of the Downtown Line.

2017 Train Disruption

Train service on the Downtown Line were delayed on 3 May 2017, 5.45am due to Platform Screen Doors malfunctioned and could not be automatically open. Staff had to manually operate the doors whenever a train arrived at the station and this took some time which caused a delay to train services. To minimise inconvenience to commuters and enable the engineers to resolve the problem as soon as possible, a decision was subsequently taken to close the city-bound platform (towards Chinatown). With the closure of the platform, train services continue without delay along the Line.

The fault was rectified at 12.54pm later the day and the platform reopened for passenger service. The faulty doors however was remained closed for more in-depth repairs to be conducted after the last train departed.

Art in Transit

Circle Line: Aquatic Fauna No. 1 by Kai Lam and Chua Chye Teck was displayed above the platform doors, contains symbolic imageries of water and aquatic animals using the Chinese paper cutting technique. The "fauna" mural not only highlights the station's proximity to the Botanic Gardens, but also complements the 2-storey high water-cascading wall in the station, the first to have such a feature within the station.
Downtown Line: What is a Tree? by Shirley. Various vistas of the Tembusu on the front lawn of the Botanic Gardens are created to pose the ontological questions.

Layout

L2	Overhead Bridge
L1	Street Level	Singapore Botanic Gardens
B1	Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre
	Transfer Linkway	between Circle Line Concourse and Downtown Line Concourse
B2	Platform B	Circle Line Template:Terminus Template:Terminus
	Platform A/B
	Platform A	Circle Line Template:Terminus
B3	Platform A	Downtown Line Template:Terminus
	Platform A/B
	Platform B	Downtown Line Template:Terminus

Exits

Exit	Disabled-Access	Location/Nearby
A		Singapore Botanic Gardens, French Embassy, Cluny Park Road
B		Singapore Botanic Gardens, Bukit Timah Road

Transport Services

Rail

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Bus

Bus Stop	Exit	Bus Service
41021	Botanic Gdns Stn	48 66 67 151 153 154 156 170 171 186
41029	Opp Botanic Gdns Stn	48 66 67 151 153 154 156 170 171 186