City Hall MRT Station

Not to be confused with City Hall Station (Seoul).

NS25  EW13  City Hall MRT Station 政府大厦地铁站 நகர மண்டபம் Stesen MRT City Hall Rapid transit
Platform of City Hall Station
Station statistics
Address	150 North Bridge Road Singapore 179100
Coordinates	1°17′35.66″N 103°51′7.99″E / 1.2932389°N 103.8522194°E / 1.2932389; 103.8522194
Lines	North South Line   East West Line
Connections	Bus, Taxi, Esplanade MRT Station
Structure	Underground
Levels	3
Platforms	Stacked Island
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	12 December 1987
Accessible
Code	NS25 / EW13
Services
Preceding station   Mass Rapid Transit   Following station Dhoby Ghaut towards Jurong East North South Line Raffles Place towards Marina Bay Bugis towards Pasir Ris East West Line Raffles Place towards Joo Koon Bras Basah towards Dhoby Ghaut Circle Line Transfer at: Esplanade Promenade towards HarbourFront
Location
City Hall MRT Station

Concourse level of City Hall Station

City Hall MRT Station (NS25/EW13) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station in Singapore, that is part of the North South Line and the East West Line in Singapore, and serves as an interchange station between the two lines.

It is located in the Civic District in the Downtown Core, which is within the Central Area, the central business district of Singapore. It is situated underground, beneath the junction of Stamford Road and North Bridge Road, and is thus east of the Singapore River. The commercial district of Raffles Place and the respective Raffles Place MRT Station is located across the River. City Hall MRT Station is one of the more prominent and busier stations within Singapore's transport system, especially being an interchange station located within the Central Area. The national monument of City Hall is within walking distance from the MRT station.

On the ticket level of the station, it leads directly up to street level, with access by escalator, and has two exits, one leading up to North Bridge Road, and one leading to the Raffles City and to the adjacent Stamford Road. The underground CityLink Mall is also linked to the station, providing access to Suntec City, Marina Square, Esplanade Theatres and, along with Raffles City, the Esplanade MRT Station on the Circle Line.

The crowd at this station during the peak hour is rivalled by only Orchard and possibly Dhoby Ghaut, Jurong East, Tampines, Yishun, Tanjong Pagar and Outram Park.

There is a mural along the wall of the station called Vitreous Enamelled Mural by Simon Wong. However, this art piece is not under the Art in Transit scheme.

Additionally, it is one of the 4 MRT stations to appear in the Uniquely Singapore Edition of Monopoly. It was also mentioned in the 2009 film Whiteout

Exits

• A – Raffles City, Swissôtel The Stamford, Fairmont Singapore, SMRT Headquarters and Singapore Management University (SMU).
• B – St. Andrew's Cathedral, Funan DigitaLife Mall, City Hall, Padang, Supreme Court, Asian Civilisations Museum (Empress Place), Esplanade MRT Station/Xchange
• C – CityLink Mall, Suntec City, Raffles Hotel, CHIJMES, One Raffles Link, Marina Square, Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, Millenia Walk, Esplanade MRT Station/Xchange

Train service

Destination	First Train				Last Train
	Mon - Sat		Sunday & Public Holiday		Daily
North South Line
to NS1 Jurong East	6.05am		6.30am		11.51pm
to NS7 Kranji	-		-		12.10am
to NS27 Marina Bay	5.53am		6.19am		11.49pm
East West Line
to EW1 Pasir Ris	5.59am		6.27am		12.09am
to EW29 Joo Koon	5.54am		6.20am		11.49pm

Current Station Layout

L1	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
B1	Concourse	Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control, Transitlink Counter
	Linkway to	CityLink Mall, One Raffles Link,  CC3  Esplanade
B2 Upper Platforms	Platform A	North South Line towards  NS1  EW24  Jurong East via  NS9  Woodlands (→)
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform B	East West Line towards  EW29  Joo Koon (←)
B3 Lower Platforms	Platform C	North South Line towards  NS27  Marina Bay (←)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform D	East West Line towards  EW1  Pasir Ris (→)

Bus services

The following bus services pass by the bus stops along North Bridge Road:

Bus Stop Code: 04167 (Saint Andrew's Cathedral)
Service	Destination	Note
SBS Transit Trunk Services
124	Telok Blangah Drive (loop)
145	Buona Vista Bus Terminal
166	Clementi Bus Interchange
174	New Bridge Road Bus Terminal
197	Jurong East Bus Interchange
SBS Transit Fast Forward Service
174e	New Bridge Road Bus Terminal
SBS Transit NiteOwl Services
1N	Yishun Ring Road
2N	Tampines Ave 3
3N	Choa Chu Kang North 5
4N	Pasir Ris Drive 1
5N	Jurong West Street 92
6N	Punggol Field
SMRT Buses Trunk Service
61	Bukit Batok Bus Interchange
SMRT Buses NightRider Services
NR1	Yishun Ring Road (loop)
NR2	Sembawang Drive (loop)
NR5	Jurong West Street 75 (loop)
NR6	Anchorvale Drive (loop)
NR7	Pasir Ris Drive 3 (loop)
NR8	Bukit Batok West Avenue 8 (loop)

Incidents

Escalator Accident

On May 13, 2003, an upward escalator at the MRT station suddenly reversed, flinging some 20 people on it backwards including a woman who was pregnant.

Emergency Exercise

On June 5, 2008, 280 youths spent the night under City Hall MRT station, learning how to deal with an emergency in a train tunnel.

At around midnight, the young campers boarded a train and as the train departed, there was a simulated bomb explosion. They activated the detrainment ramps at both ends of the train, and evacuated to safety via an escape shaft. The students also used the items from their Ready Bags to "survive" the attack.^[1]

MRT Malfunction

On December 30, 2008, trains from City Hall MRT Station to Tiong Bahru MRT Station were disrupted at Tanjong Pagar MRT Station because an error on the train was found. So, passengers had to wait for another train to arrive.

2011 MRT Disruption

About 2,800 commuters were affected by a 8.5 minute delay on the East-West Line towards Pasir Ris at 7.25 pm on Sep 23 2011.

An SMRT spokesman said passengers on an east-bound train were asked to alight at City Hall MRT Station due to a train fault.

To minimize the impact to other passengers and to maintain east-bound train service, passengers on a west-bound train were asked to alight at Bugis MRT Station and serve east-bound passengers, the spokesman said. ^[2]

References

1. ^ "280 youths take part in emergency exercise in MRT tunnel". Channel NewsAsia. 2008-06-06. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/352356/1/.html. 
2. ^ "8.5-min delay on East-West Line at Peak hour". The Straits Times. 2011-09-24. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_716212.html.