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Little India
小印度
லிட்டில் இந்தியா

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*Graphic From SGTrains/Wikipedia/LTA
Station Information
Address 60 Bukit Timah Road
62 Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 229900/229902
Line(s) North East Line
Downtown Line
Connections File:Bus Logo.png File:Taxi Logo.png
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 851e 960 980
40011
Opp Little India Stn
1N 3N 5N 6N 48 56 57 66 67 166 170 851 851e 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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