Botanic Gardens station
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TRAVEL ADVISORY | !
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 East West Line: Train service between Pasir Ris and Tanah Merah stations will end at 11pm. Shuttle bus service is available. Several bus services will be extended to coincide with the last bus timing. Please refer here for more information.
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| CC19DT9 Botanic Gardens 植物园 பூ மலை   | |
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| Address | 100 Cluny Park Road 491 Cluny Park Road Singapore 257494 |
| Line(s) | Circle Line Downtown Line |
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| Abbreviation | BTN |
Botanic Gardens (CC19/DT9) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle Line and the Downtown Line.
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.
Contents
History
| Date | Event |
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| B3 | Platform A |
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Exits
| Exit | Disabled-Access | Location/Nearby |
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| A |  |
Singapore Botanic Gardens, French Embassy, Cluny Park Road |
| B | |
Singapore Botanic Gardens, Bukit Timah Road |
Transport Services
First/Last Train Timing
| Destination | First Train | Last Train | ||
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| Mon − Fri | Sat | Sun & P.H. | Daily | |
 Circle Line
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| CC1 Dhoby Ghaut | 05:45 | 05:45 | 06:06 | 23:25 |
| CC7 Mountbatten | – | – | – | 00:02 |
| CC12 Bartley | – | – | – | 00:26 |
| CC29 HarbourFront | 05:32 | 05:32 | 05:57 | 23:27 |
| CC26 Pasir Panjang | – | – | – | 23:57 |
| CC23 one-north | – | – | – | 00:13 |
 Downtown Line
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| DT1 Bukit Panjang | 06:00 | 06:00 | 06:21 | 00:31 |
| DT35 Expo | 05:46 | 05:46 | 06:06 | 23:51 |
Bus
| Bus Stop | Exit | Bus Service |
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| (41021) Botanic Gdns Stn | A/B | 48 66 67 151 153 154 156 170 170A 171 186
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| (41029) Opp Botanic Gdns Stn | A/B | 48 66 67 151 153 154 156 170 171 186
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References
- ↑ "Bangladeshi worker killed after concrete slab falls on him". Paul Lim (AsiaOne, 11 March 2012). Retrived 18 April 2012.
- ↑ "Annex B: Summary of CCL Art-in-Transit Concepts". Land Transport Authority. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
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[ V • T • E ] | |
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| Stations | Dhoby Ghaut • Bras Basah • Esplanade • Promenade • Nicoll Highway • Stadium • Mountbatten • Dakota • Paya Lebar • MacPherson • Tai Seng • Bartley • Serangoon • Lorong Chuan • Bishan • Marymount • Caldecott • Bukit Brown • Botanic Gardens • Farrer Road • Holland Village • Buona Vista • one-north • Kent Ridge • Haw Par Villa • Pasir Panjang • Labrador Park • Telok Blangah • HarbourFront CCL Stage 6: Keppel • Cantonment • Prince Edward Road Circle Line Extension: Promenade • Bayfront • Marina Bay | |
| Rolling Stock | C830 • C830C • C851E | |
| Depots | Kim Chuan | |
| Downtown Line
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[ V • T • E ] | |
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| Stations | Bukit Panjang • Cashew • Hillview • Hume • Beauty World • King Albert Park • Sixth Avenue • Tan Kah Kee • Botanic Gardens • Stevens • Newton • Little India • Rochor • Bugis • Promenade • Bayfront • Downtown • Telok Ayer • Chinatown • Fort Canning • Bencoolen • Jalan Besar • Bendemeer • Geylang Bahru • Mattar • MacPherson • Ubi • Kaki Bukit • Bedok North • Bedok Reservoir • Tampines West • Tampines • Tampines East • Upper Changi • Expo Downtown Line 3 Extension: Xilin • Sungei Bedok | |
| Rolling Stock | C951 | |
| Depots | Gali Batu • Kim Chuan • East Coast | |
