Bras Basah station

Bras Basah 百胜 பிராஸ் பாசா CC2
Station Information
Address	65 Bras Basah Road Singapore 189561
Line(s)	Circle Line
Structure	Underground
Connections
Abbreviation	BBS

Bras Basah (CC2) is a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle Line. It is the second deepest station with a depth of 35m below ground level. It also houses the longest escalator, at 41 m which stretches from the ticket concourse to the transfer level and takes approximately one minute to travel.

History

Date	CollapseEvent
17 April 2010	Station officially opened

Artworks

• 
  Circle Line: The Amazing Neverending Underwater Adventures! by Tan Kai Syng
  The artist plays the protagonist, Desyphus, a “Perpetual Commuter” on an adventure on the Circle Line. The videos projected on the wall below the station’s water-filled glass skylight takes commuters through themes of travel, time, memory and the train line.
• 
  Circle Line: Sea Port of Singapore by Jaafar Latiff
• 
  Circle Line: Vibrant Singapore by Thang Kiang How

Architecture

The station design by WOHA resolves two conditions needed for the station: allowing a visual connection to the exterior to enhance the travel experience for the commuters, and enabling the station to blend into the landscape in the historic district and park location. A reflection pool, which also acts as the station roof, allows skylight to enter the station, and functions as a landscape element on the surface. With skylight entering the station, minimal artificial light is required for the station during the day. The natural light allows improvement in way-finding and safety for the commuters. The ventilation shafts of the station also blended into the landscape, avoiding any blocking of view lines across the site to the surrounding civic buildings.

The station design was commissioned through the Marina Line Architectural Design Competition jointly organised by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA). At the 2001 SIA Awards, the SIA awarded LTA the prize for ‘Excellence in Architectural Design Competitions’. In 2009, the station was awarded the "Best Transport Building" at the World Architecture Festival, on the basis that the design gives "precedence to the surrounding, historically important, colonial structures, creating a piazza-like urban space to the station underneath" and noted the design's functionality to allow natural light into the station. The station later won the Award for International Architecture at the AIA's 2010 National Architecture Awards. In addition, it won the Chicago Athenaeum and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and International Architecture Awards in 2011.

Layout

L1	Street Level	Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Management University, DT21 Bencoolen
B1	Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Passenger Service Centre
B2	Service Level	Restricted access
B3	Service Level	Restricted access
B4	Transfer Hall	between Concourse and Platforms
B5	APlatform ➔ NE1 CC29 NE1 CC29 HarbourFront NS27 CE2 TE20 NS27 CE2 TE20 Marina Bay via CC4 Promenade ExpandService Map CC2 Bras Basah CC3 Esplanade NS27 CE2 TE20 NS27 CE2 TE20 Marina Bay CE1 Bayfront CC4 Promenade CC5 Nicoll Highway CC6 Stadium CC7 Mountbatten CC8 Dakota CC9 Paya Lebar CC10 MacPherson CC11 Tai Seng CC12 Bartley NE12 CC13 Serangoon CC14 Lorong Chuan NS17 CC15 NS17 CC15 Bishan CC16 Marymount CC17 TE9 CC17 TE9 Caldecott CC19 Botanic Gardens CC20 Farrer Road CC21 Holland Village EW21 CC22 EW21 CC22 Buona Vista CC23 one-north CC24 Kent Ridge CC25 Haw Par Villa CC26 Pasir Panjang CC27 Labrador Park CC28 Telok Blangah NE1 CC29 NE1 CC29 HarbourFront
	Platform A/B
	BPlatform ➔ NS24 NE6 CC1 NS24 NE6 CC1 Dhoby Ghaut ExpandService Map NS24 NE6 CC1 NS24 NE6 CC1 Dhoby Ghaut CC2 Bras Basah

Exits

Exit	Disabled-Access	Location/Nearby
A		Singapore Art Museum, NTUC Trade Union House
B		Singapore Management University
C		Singapore Management University
D		Manulife Centre
E		Singapore Art Museum, Manulife Centre

Transport Services

First/Last Train Timing

Destination	First Train			Last Train
	Mon − Fri	Sat	Sun & P.H.	Daily
Circle Line
NS24 NE6 CC1 NS24 NE6 CC1 Dhoby Ghaut	05:54	05:54	06:21	00:03
NE1 CC29 NE1 CC29 HarbourFront	05:39	05:39	06:06	22:50
CC26 Pasir Panjang	–	–	–	23:20
CC23 one-north	–	–	–	23:36
CC17 TE9 CC17 TE9 Caldecott	–	–	–	00:03
CC11 Tai Seng	–	–	–	00:11

Bus

More travel information: Alternative Travel Method

Bus Stop	Exit	Bus Service
01012 Hotel Grand Pacific Victoria St	A	2 7 12 12e 32 33 51 61 63 80 175
04179 Aft Bras Basah Stn Exit A Bras Basah Rd	A	7 14 14e 16 16M 36 77 106 111 131 167 175 502 502A 518 518A 652 656 660 660M 663 665 850E 857 951E
04121 SMU Stamford Rd	B	7 14 14e 16 16M 36 77 106 111 124 131 147 166 167 174 174e 175 190 652 656 660 660M 663 665 850E 857 951E
04151 Cath of The Good Shepherd Victoria St	B	130 133 145 197 851 851e 960 960e
04019 Opp Bencoolen Stn Exit B Bencoolen St	D	131 147 166 857