Chinatown station

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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. Punggol LRT: Train service for all stations will end at 10.15pm. Shuttle bus service is available. Please refer here for more information.

NE4DT19 Chinatown 牛车水 சைனாடவுன்
Statistics
Address	151 New Bridge Road 91 Upper Cross Street Singapore 059443/058362
Line(s)	North East Line Downtown Line
Connections
Abbreviation	CNT

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

History

Date	Event
15-16 February 2003	Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) Shelter Open House
20 June 2003	Station officially opens
22 December 2013	Station interchanges 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. The tidal Eu Tong Sen canal was also diverted into four two-meter diameter steel pipes slung under the temporary traffic decks (two on each side). Rigorous safety precautions ensured there were no fatal accidents during the construction.

Art in Transit

The Phoenix’s-Eye Domain by Tan Swie Hian, can be found in the North East Line part of the station. The artwork depicts the significance of Chinatown using Chinese calligraphy paintings.

Flying Colours by Cheo Chai Hiang, can be found in the Downtown Line part of the station. The artwork depicts hanging clothes on poles outside windows, delivering the illusion towards commuters passing by that the clothes are flying in the wind.

Layout

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
	Platform C	DT19NE4 Chinatown DT18 Telok Ayer DT16CE1 Bayfront DT1BP6 Bukit Panjang
	Platform D	DT35CG1 Expo DT20 Fort Canning DT19NE4 Chinatown
	Platform D
B3	Platform A	NE4DT19 Chinatown NE3EW16 Outram Park NE1CC29 HarbourFront
	Platform A/B
	Platform B	NE17PTC Punggol NE5 Clarke Quay NE4DT19 Chinatown
	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
NE1 HarbourFront	06:10	06:09	06:30	23:56
NE17 Punggol	05:50	06:05	06:25	00:00
Downtown Line
DT1 Bukit Panjang	06:10	06:10	06:28	00:14
DT35 Expo	06:08	06:08	06:28	00:09

Bus

Bus Stop	Exit	Bus Service
(05013) People's Pk Cplx	C	2 12 12e 33 61 63 80 143 197 961 961M 970 CT8 CT18
(05022) People's Pk Ctr	D	54 124 145 147 147e 166 190 851 851e
(05049) Chinatown Pt	E	2 12 12e 33 54 143 147 147e 190 CT8 CT18
(05131) Opp Hong Lim Cplx	F	51 63 124 174 174e 186 851 851e 961 961M 970
(05199) Opp Hong Lim Cplx	F	61 80 145 166 197