Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station

Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station is a Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore, located at the eastern end of Orchard Road. Originally a station on the North South Line, it became an interchange station after the opening of the North East Line on 20 June 2003. On 17 April 2010, it became the only station to be an interchange between three lines when the Circle Line wing of the station was opened to public. It is the largest MRT station in Singapore and is equipped with travellators due to its size. The North South Line section of the station was upgraded in 2002 in the first phase of the station upgrading programme, which was completed in 2006.

It is the third deepest MRT station (after Bras Basah then Promenade) in Singapore, with the deepest point at 28 metres below ground level. The section of track between this station and Somerset is the shortest between any two stations on the North South Line; it takes 1 minute for a train to travel between these two stations.

The station is also one of the 4 MRT stations to appear in the original Singapore edition of the board game Monopoly.

Etymology
Dhoby Ghaut, literally "washerman's place", means washing place in Hindi.

History
Before the construction of the North East Line, the Circle Line and The Atrium at Orchard, an original underpass opened on 8 December 1990 helped ease congestion at the traffic light across Orchard Road.

Dhoby Ghaut was one of four stations which participated in Exercise Northstar V, a mock terrorist exercise held on January 8, 2006. In addition, this station had also, damaged third rail between Dhoby Ghaut and City Hall on December 15, which caused the emergency evacuation and causing 3 injuries.

Public art
The artwork Interchange by Milenko and Delia Prvacki can be found on the walls of the linkway between the North South Line and North East Line. Singaporean artist Baet Yoke Kuan created a three dimensional relief work on the large columns that support the Circle Line sector of the station, inspired by the concept 'man and the environment'.

Exits

 * Exit A – Orchard Road (East)
 * Exit B – Orchard Road (West)
 * Exit C – Istana Park
 * Exit D – Plaza Singapura Basement 2
 * Exit E – Plaza Singapura New Wing (Level 1)
 * Exit F – Plaza Singapura New Wing (Level 2)