Botanic Gardens MRT station
Botanic Gardens MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the Circle line (CCL) and the Downtown line (DTL). Situated in Tanglin, Singapore, the station is located northwest of the Singapore Botanic Gardens at the junction of Bukit Timah Road and Cluny Park Road. Other nearby developments of the station include Crown Centre, Serene Centre, Cluny Court, Adam Road Food Centre and the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law.
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Botanic Gardens 植物园 பூ மலை Kebun Bunga | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange | ||||||||||||||||||||
Exit A of the station near the entrance to the Botanic Gardens. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 100 Cluny Park Road Singapore 257494 (CCL) 491 Bukit Timah Road Singapore 259777 (DTL) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 1°19′21″N 103°48′55″E | |||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | SMRT Trains Ltd (SMRT Corporation) (Circle line) SBS Transit DTL Pte Ltd (ComfortDelGro Corporation) (Downtown line) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 4 (2 island platforms) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 8 October 2011 (CCL) 27 December 2015 (DTL) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Adam, Old University, Cluny Road | |||||||||||||||||||
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Botanic Gardens Botanic Gardens station in Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||
First announced as Adam MRT station in 2003 as part of Stages 4 and 5 of the CCL, the station was renamed through a public poll in 2005. In 2007, it was announced that the station would interchange with the DTL. The CCL station opened on 8 October 2011, while the DTL station opened on 27 December 2015 as part of DTL Stage 2. Botanic Gardens station displays two public artworks as part of the MRT network's Art-in-Transit programme. The CCL station features Aquatic Fauna No. 1 by Lam Hoi Lit and Chua Chye Teck, and the DTL station features What is a Tree? by Shirley Soh.