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Botanic Gardens
植物园
பூ மலை
Taman Kebun Bunga
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Botanic Gardens-DTL.png
*Graphic From SGTrains/Wikipedia/LTA
Statistics
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.[1]

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.[2] 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
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Platform A/B
Platform A Circle Line
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B3 Platform A Downtown Line
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Platform A/B
Platform B Downtown Line
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Exits

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

Transport Services

Rail

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Bus

Bus Stop Exit Bus Service
41021 Botanic Gdns Stn
41029 Opp Botanic Gdns Stn

References

  1. "Bangladeshi worker killed after concrete slab falls on him". Paul Lim (AsiaOne, 11 March 2012). Retrived 18 April 2012.
  2. "Annex B: Summary of CCL Art-in-Transit Concepts". Land Transport Authority. Retrieved 11 October 2011.

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