Little India station

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  • Train services between Tanjong Rhu and Bayshore stations (Thomson–East Coast Line Stage 4) will begin on Sunday, 23 June 2024. Free rides are available between those stations on Friday, 21 June 2024. Please refer here for more information.

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  • To facilitate testing on new trains, from 22 March 2024 to 30 June 2024, train service on the Bukit Panjang LRT will end earlier at 10.30pm on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Please refer here for more information.

SBS Transit Tower Transit
  • Due to upgrading works at Boon Lay Interchange, from Sunday, 26 May 2024,
    • Bus service
      79
      will be amended to start from Jurong Town Hall Int and loop at Boon Lay Int via Jurong West St 64.
    • Bus service
      252
      will be amended to enter Boon Lay Int via Jurong West St 64.
  • Please refer to the following for more information.

SBS Transit
  • From Monday, 27 May 2024, City Direct services
    671
    &
    672
    will operate additional morning & evening trips. Please refer here for more information.

SBS Transit
  • From Monday, 27 May 2024, The first bus timing for service
    27
    from the following bus stops will be brought forward on Weekdays to the following timings:
    • The first bus timing from Hougang Central Interchange will be brought forward to 0510hrs on Weekdays.
    • The first bus timing from Sengkang East Ave (B/S 67261 (Blk 203B)) will be brought forwards to 0500hrs on Weekdays.
  • Please refer here for more information.

Go-Ahead
  • From Monday, 27 May 2024, Express service
    43e
    will call at additional bus stops along Buangkok Drive and Airport Road to better serve commuters’ travel needs. The first bus during both morning and evening peak periods will be brought forward by 10 minutes, and frequency will be improved from 20 – 30 minutes to 15 – 20 minutes. Please refer here for more information

SBS Transit
  • From Monday, 27 May 2024, short trip services
    20A
    ,
    39A
    &
    39B
    will be introduced.
    • Short Trip
      20A
      will start from Simei St 1 (B/S 96139 (Blk 148)) and will terminate at Changi Sth Ave 1 (B/S 96301 (Expo Stn Exit B)). It only operates on Weekdays (except Public Holidays) during morning peak hours.
    • Short Trip
      39A
      will start from Pasir Ris Ctrl (B/S 77031 (Opp Pasir Ris Stn Exit B)) and will terminate at Jln Kayu (B/S 68119 (Aft Seletar Camp G)). It only operates on Weekdays (except Public Holidays) during morning & evening peak hours.
    • Short Trip
      39B
      will start from Punggol Way (B/S 65439 (Blk 220C)) and will terminate at Pasir Ris Ctrl (B/S 77039 (Pasir Ris Stn Exit B)). It only operates on Weekdays (except Public Holidays) during morning peak hours.
  • Please refer here for more information.

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Little India
小印度
லிட்டில் இந்தியா
Little India-NEL.png
Little India-DTL.png
*Graphic From SGTrains/Wikipedia/LTA
Statistics
Address 60 Bukit Timah Road
62 Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 229900/229902
Line(s) North East Line
Downtown Line
Connections Bus, Taxi
Abbreviation LTI

Little India (NE7/DT12) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North East Line and the Downtown Line, and serves as an interchange station between the two lines.

History

Date Event
20 June 2003 Station officially opens
27 December 2015 Station interchanges with Downtown Line

Train disruptions

On 20 December 2012, train services on the North East Line was delayed due to a train fault. A statement from SBS Transit said there was no train service between Punggol and Little India due to a train fault. At about 5.18 pm, all train services resumed.[1][2]

Fire at Downtown MRT Line construction site

No one was injured in a fire that broke out at a Downtown Line worksite along Race Course Road on the evening of 26 March 2014. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) told that a “small fire” had broken out at a “localised area” within the worksite of the Downtown Line Little India MRT station and had been put out by 10pm, after it first broke out about half an hour earlier.[3]

Art in Transit

North East Line: Memoirs of the Past by S. Chandrasekaran, depicts the past of Little India when buffalo stables were seen.
Downtown Line: Woven Field by Grace Tan, features a landscape of tessellated triangular configurations inspired by the singhaulia woven patterns commonly seen in the traditional sari.

Layout

L1 Street Level
B1 NEL Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre
B2 DTL Concourse Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre
Transfer Linkway between North East Line Concourse and Downtown Line Concourse
Platform A North East Line
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Platform A/B
Platform B North East 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 Bukit Timah Road, Mackenzie Road
B Handicapped/disabled access Bukit Timah Road
C Handicapped/disabled access Tekka Market
D Handicapped/disabled access Race Course Road, Land Transport Authority Building
E Buffalo Road
F Handicapped/disabled access Bukit Timah Road, Land Transport Authority Building

Transport Services

Rail

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Bus

Bus Stop Exit Bus Service
40019 Little India Stn
48
56
57
66
67
131
166
170
851
960
980
40011 Opp Little India Stn
1N
3N
5N
6N
48
56
57
66
67
166
170
851
960
980

References

  1. "Train service disrupted on NEL due to train fault". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  2. "Train service on NEL resumes after disruption". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  3. "No injuries in fire at Downtown Line worksite in Little India". Yahoo. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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