Chinatown station

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NE4DT19 Chinatown 牛车水 சைனாடவுன் *Graphic From SGTrains/Wikipedia/LTA
Statistics
Address (NEL)	151 New Bridge Road Singapore 059443
Address (DTL)	91 Upper Cross Street Singapore 058362
Line(s)	North East Line Downtown Line
Structure	Underground
Connections
Abbreviation	CNT

Chinatown (NE4/DT19) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North East Line and the Downtown Line.

History

Date	Event
20 June 2003	Station officially opened
22 December 2013	Station interchanged with Downtown Line

Construction

This station is said to be the most challenging station to build on the North East Line, due to the large number of buildings above ground, most with reinforced concrete or timber piles and all in marine clay. Another feat was that they had to preserve Garden Bridge, a large overhead bridge on bore piles, while building the station below.

Artworks

• 
  North East Line: The Phoenix's-Eye Domain by Tan Swie Hian
  This work captures the journey, nobilty and strength of Singapore’s Chinese forefathers. A richly-coloured phoenix mural adorns the concourse wall, while an accompanying poem written by the artist in three sets of rhyming couplets is presented in granite tiles.
• 
  Downtown Line: Flying Colours by Cheo Chai-Hiang
  The everyday scene of laundry on a clothesline is given a creative twist with plenty of colour and an illusion of movement, as if the clothes are reacting to the flow of commuter traffic around the station.

Layout

L2	Garden Bridge
L1	Street Level
B1	DTL Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre
B2	NEL Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre, Transitlink Ticket Office
	Platform C
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	Platform D
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	Platform A/B
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	Transfer Linkway	between Downtown Line Platforms and North East Line Platforms

Exits

Exit	Disabled-Access	Location/Nearby
A		Pagoda Street, Lucky Chinatown
C		People’s Park Complex, The Majestic, Yue Hwa Building
D		People’s Park Centre
E		Chinatown Point, New Bridge Road
F		Hong Lim Complex, Chinatown Point
G		Chinatown Point

Transport Services

First/Last Train Timing

Destination	First Train			Last Train
	Mon − Fri	Sat	Sun & P.H.	Daily
North East Line
NE1HarbourFront	06:10	06:11	06:31	23:56
NE17Punggol	05:50	05:50	06:10	00:01
Downtown Line
DT1Bukit Panjang	06:10	06:10	06:28	00:14
DT35Expo	06:08	06:08	06:28	00:09

Bus

Bus Stop	Exit	Bus Service
Chinatown Stn Exit C 05013 Eu Tong Sen St	C	2 12 12e 33 61 63 80 143 197 961 961M 970 Template:Bus/CT8 Template:Bus/CT18
Aft Chinatown Stn Exit D 05022 Eu Tong Sen St	D	54 124 145 147 166 190 851 851e
Chinatown Stn Exit E 05049 New Bridge Rd	E	2 12 12e 33 54 143 147 190 Template:Bus/CT8 Template:Bus/CT18
Opp Hong Lim Cplx 05131 Upp Cross St	F	51 63 124 174 174e 186 851 851e 961 961M 970
Opp Hong Lim Cplx 05199 Sth Bridge Rd	F	61 80 145 166 197