Somerset MRT Station

Somerset MRT Station is an underground station on the North South Line of the Mass Rapid Transit in Singapore, located under 313@Somerset Shopping Centre between Orchard Road and Somerset Road. It was upgraded in 2002, the first phase of station upgrading works on the system. Somerset MRT Station was named in reference to an English playwright, novelist and short story writer, William Somerset Maugham, who wrote a series of stories on Malaya, Borneo and Singapore while staying at Raffles Hotel during his stay in Singapore in the 1930s

To commemorate Total Defence Day in 2000, the Singapore Civil Defence Force conducted the first ever Shelter Open House at this station on 15 and 16 February.

The section of tracks between this station and Dhoby Ghaut is the shortest between any two MRT Stations on the North South Line, taking 1 minute for a train to travel between these two stations. Unlike most other underground stations, the toilets in this station are located on the street level rather than the concourse level.

Opening in 2020, Somerset station will be an interchange station with a new line, Thomson Line.

Bomb hoax
A call was made from a public telephone at the station concourse at about 5 p.m. on 26 September 2007 about a bomb at the station. The police arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the incident two days later on the morning of September 28, 2007 after finding no bomb.

Exits

 * A – Comcentre, Singapore Power Building and Skate Park
 * B – 313@Somerset, Cathay Cineleisure Orchard, Centrepoint Shopping Centre, Meritus Mandarin Singapore, The Heeren Shops, Faber House, Orchard Central, Orchard Point, Peranakan Place, Emerald Hill and Orchard Plaza