Somerset MRT Station

Infobox Station
name=Somerset MRT Station
索美塞地铁站
சாமர்செட்
type=Rapid transit


image_size=300
image_caption=Platform of NS23 Somerset MRT station
address=1 Somerset Road
Singapore 238162
coordinates= coord|1.180185|103.502050
line=SMRT color|North South">North South
other=Bus, Taxi
structure=Underground
platform=Island
depth=
levels=2
tracks=2
parking=
bicycle=
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passengers=
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pass_percent=
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opened=12 December 1987
closed=
rebuilt=
electrified=
ADA=Yes
code=NS23
owned=
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services=s-rail|title=SMRT
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map_locator=MRT locator map|Somerset|px=300

Somerset MRT Station (NS23) is an underground station on the North South Line of the Mass Rapid Transit in Singapore, located at Somerset Road and Orchard Road. It was upgraded in 2002, the first phase of station upgrading works on the system.

Exits

* A – Comcentre, Singapore Power Building and Skate Park
* B – Cathay Cineleisure Orchard, Centrepoint Shopping Centre, Specialist's Shopping Centre, Orchard Emerald, Meritus Mandarin Singapore, The Heeren Shops, Faber House, Midpoint Orchard, Orchard Point, Peranakan Place, Emerald Hill and Orchard Plaza

Current Station Layout

Bomb hoax

A call was made from a public telephone at the concourse of the station at about 5pm on Sep 26 2007 about a bomb at the station. The police have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the incident two days later on the morning of Sep 28 2007 after finding no bomb. [ cite news | title = Police arrest 21-year-old man in connection with bomb hoax call | publisher = Channel News Asia | date = 28 September 2007 | url = http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/302669/1/.html ]

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