Esplanade MRT Station - Unused lift shaft
Esplanade MRT Station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Circle Line in Singapore. The station was opened on 17 April 2010 along with the rest of Stage 1 & 2 of the Circle Line. It is located next to the War Memorial Park, the Suntec City Mall and the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The station also has a link to Raffles City, CityLink Mall, Suntec City Mall and Marina Square.
There is a link from Circle Line's Esplanade station to City Hall via the underground shopping centre CityLink Mall or the basement of Raffles City shopping mall.
Esplanade MRT Station
History[]
The station was first announced as Convention Centre in November 1999 as part of the Marina Line (MRL). The MRL consisted of six stations from Dhoby Ghaut to Stadium. In 2001, the station became part of the Circle Line (CCL) Stage 1 when the MRL was incorporated into the CCL. On 7 August 2001, the LTA has awarded Contract 825 for the design and construction of the Convention Centre station and the associated tunnels to a joint venture under Shanghai Tunnel Engineering, Woh Hup Pte Ltd and NCC International AB. The $343 million contract included the construction of Dhoby Ghaut, Bras Basah and Promenade stations.
During the station's construction, the arterial roads along Bras Basah Road and Nicoll Highway were diverted across 10 phases. Road diversions began from 4 August 2002 with the realignment of the Bras Basah Road and the shifting of Nicoll Highway to War Memorial Park. A pedestrian underpass linking CityLink Mall and Suntec City was closed from 20 January 2003, and was replaced by a temporary covered pedestrian bridge to facilitate movement between Suntec City and CityLink Mall. The underpass from One Raffles Link to War Memorial Park was closed on 24 April 2002.
To minimise the impact of the noise and dust pollution from surrounding developments, the station was constructed using the top-down method. Diaphragm walls was being built to minimise ground movement. With the roof constructed first, construction can proceed under all weather conditions while allowing the early reinstatement of Bras Basah Road and War Memorial Park in preparation for the IMF World Bank Meeting in 2006. From the end of 2007, the diverted roads have been reinstated into the original alignments.
On 30 April 2008, the underpass was reopened to the public. It is the first of the Circle Line stations where the public can have a glimpse of the interior. Commuters heading from Marina Square, will no longer be able to cross the overhead bridge as it is dismantled on 12 May 2008. Instead, underpasses were built so that they do not need to see the traffic.
Station details[]
Esplanade is under the Circle Line and also between Bras Basah and Promenade stations. Esplanade is within the walking distance to City Hall on the North South and East West lines, linked by the CityLink Mall.
As the name suggests, the station is located near to Esplanade Theatres. It was originally named Convention Centre, Esplanade garnered more votes as 49% against War Memorial or Suntec at 41%. It was renamed to Esplanade after public poll in 2005.
In addition to Esplanade, the three-level station is connected to various developments within the Bras Basah Road, Raffles Boulevard and Nicoll Highway. Surrounding cultural landmarks such as War Memorial Park, Raffles Hotel and Padang, while the station serves retail and commercial buildings such as Marina Square, Raffles City, Suntec City and South Beach.
Architecture[]
An artwork by the late Lim Mu Hue, titled A Piece of Ice-Clear Heart, is located on a large wall within the walkway within the station between Raffles City and Marina Square. This black and white artwork features shadow puppetry and other performances enjoyed by the early settlers of Singapore. Consisting of a set of seven pieces of wood block prints depicting various aspects of theatre, the artwork is a collage of early and later works by Lim Mu Hue who died soon after completing this commission.[1]
Concourse[]
There are two separate ticket concourses at Basement 2, each at either end of the station. Both feature faregates for automatic fare collection and provides access between paid and unpaid areas of the station, with at least one bidirectional wide-swinging gate for the benefit of passengers-in-wheelchairs and those carrying bulky items or travelling with prams.
One floor above the concourse, the Transfer Level (B1) is occupied by Esplanade Xchange, which contains retail shops spanning the length of the station. All exits span out from this floor, and underground exits connect this floor with surrounding developments, such as Raffles City, Marina Square and South Beach (under construction as of March 2016).
Esplanade has an abandoned platform but with a small western concourse that is linked to the future Holland Line, which passes through South Beach area, but because the Holland Line was not built so it was abandoned.
iExperience Gallery[]
iExperience Gallery is a gallery that showcases infocomm experience in Singapore, where it evolves with the OpenNet. Its location is at Esplanade MRT Station. It also encompasses Smart Nation as Smart Mobility, Timothy Mok had went on 21 January 2014.
Station layout[]
| L1 | Street Level | Suntec City |
| B | CityLink Mall, City Hall | |
| B1 | Transfer Level | Esplanade Xchange, Underpass to Suntec City, One Raffles Link, City Hall |
| B2 | Concourse | Faregates, Ticketing Machines, Station Control |
| B3 Platforms |
Platform 1 | Circle Line towards HarbourFront via Promenade (→) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 2 | Circle Line towards Dhoby Ghaut via Bras Basah (←) | |
Exits[]
- A: Suntec City, Suntec Convention Centre, Conrad Centennial Singapore, Millenia Walk, Centennial Tower, The Pan Pacific Hotel Singapore
- B: Raffles Boulevard, Marina Mandarin Singapore, Marina Square, Mandarin Oriental Singapore
- C: Marina Mandarin Singapore, Marina Square, Mandarin Oriental Singapore, One Raffles Link
- D: CityLink Mall
- E: Civilian War Memorial, Padang
- F: CHIJMES, Bras Basah Complex, Carlton Hotel, CHIJMES, Raffles Hotel, South Beach
- G: Raffles City (B2)
Passenger Usage Patterns[]
| East West Line | |
| EW33 Tuas Link | Take bus service 868 to Tuas West Drive (Raffles Marina). |
| EW32 Tuas West Road | Take bus service 868 to Pioneer Road (opp Sinar Mas Building). |
| EW31 Tuas Crescent | Take bus service 868 to Pioneer Road (Fabri-Tech). |
| EW24 Jurong East | Take bus service 97 to Jurong East Bus Interchange. |
| EW13 City Hall | Walk along the CityLink Mall. |
| EW3 Simei | Take Circle Line to Paya Lebar Station, then change to East West Line to Simei Station. |
| EW1 Pasir Ris | Take Circle Line to Paya Lebar Station, then change to East West Line to Pasir Ris Station. |
| CG1 Expo | Take Circle Line to Paya Lebar Station, then change to East West Line to Tanah Merah, and change to East West Line to Expo Station. |
| North South Line | |
| NS13 Yishun | Take bus service 857 to Yishun Bus Interchange. |
| NS14 Khatib | Take bus service 857 to Yishun Avenue 2 (Khatib Station). |
| NS25 City Hall | Walk along the CityLink Mall. |
| North East Line | |
| NE1 HarbourFront | Take bus service 97 / 868 to Telok Blangah Road (VivoCity). |
| NE17 Punggol | Take Circle Line to Serangoon Station, then change to North East Line to Punggol Station. |
| Circle Line | |
| CC12 Bartley | Take Circle Line to Bartley Station. |
| CC13 Serangoon | Take Circle Line to Serangoon Station. |
| CE1 Bayfront | Take bus service 97 / 106 / 133 to Bayfront Avenue (Marina Bay Sands Hotel). |
| CE2 Marina Bay | Take bus service 97 / 106 / 133 to Central Boulevard (Marina Bay Station). |
Transport connections[]
Rail[]
| Destination | First train | Last train | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon – Sat | Sundays and Public holiday |
Daily | ||||
| Circle Line | ||||||
| to Dhoby Ghaut | 5.52am | 6.19am | 12.01am | |||
| to HarbourFront | 5.41am | 6.08am | 10.51pm | |||
| to Pasir Panjang | – | – | 11.22pm | |||
| to one-north | – | – | 11.38pm | |||
| to Caldecott | – | – | 12.05am | |||
| to Tai Seng | – | – | 12.13am | |||
Alternative Routes[]
| Going to | Method |
|---|---|
| Dhoby Ghaut | Suntec Convention Ctr (Temasek Blvd) 02151  111 Dhoby Ghaut Stn Exit B (Penang Rd) 08031
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| Bras Basah | Suntec Convention Ctr (Temasek Blvd) 02151 111 SMU (Stamford Rd) 04121
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| Promenade | Suntec Convention Ctr (Temasek Blvd) 02151 106 / 111 / 133 / 518 Promenade Stn (Temasek Ave) 02161
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| Nicoll Highway | Raffles Hotel (Bras Basah Rd) 02049 14 / 16 opp Nicoll Highway Stn (Nicoll Highway) 80161
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| Stadium | Raffles Hotel (Bras Basah Rd) 02049 14 / 16 opp Nicoll Highway Stn (Nicoll Highway) 80161 10 Stadium Stn (Nicoll Highway) 80211
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| Mountbatten | Raffles Hotel (Bras Basah Rd) 02049 14 / 16 opp Nicoll Highway Stn (Nicoll Highway) 80161 10 Blk 39 (Old Airport Rd) 81171
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| Dakota | Raffles Hotel (Bras Basah Rd) 02049 14 / 16 opp Nicoll Highway Stn (Nicoll Highway) 80161 10 Dakota Stn Exit A (Old Airport Rd) 81181
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| Paya Lebar | Esplanade Walk City Hall East West Line Paya Lebar |
| MacPherson | Esplanade Walk City Hall East West Line Paya Lebar Walk Paya Lebar Stn Exit C (Paya Lebar Rd) 81119 28 MacPherson Stn Exit C (Paya Lebar Rd) 70251
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| Tai Seng | Esplanade Walk City Hall East West Line Paya Lebar Walk Paya Lebar Stn Exit C (Paya Lebar Rd) 81119 28 aft Tai Seng Stn (Upp Paya Lebar Rd) 70281
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| Bartley | Esplanade Walk City Hall North South Line Braddell Walk Braddell Stn/Blk 107 (Lor 1 Toa Payoh) 52171 129 aft Bartley Stn Exit B (Bartley Rd) 62079
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| Serangoon | Esplanade Walk City Hall North South Line Dhoby Ghaut North East Line Serangoon |
| Lorong Chuan | Esplanade Walk City Hall North South Line Ang Mo Kio Walk bef Ang Mo Kio Stn Exit B (Ang Mo Kio Ave 8) 54399 50 opp Christ The King Ch (Ang Mo Kio Ave 8) 54319 159 St Gabriel's Pri Sch (Lor Chuan) 66029
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| Bishan | Esplanade Walk City Hall North South Line Bishan |
| Marymount | Esplanade Walk City Hall North South Line Novena Walk opp Novena Ch (Thomson Rd) 50031 851 Blk 306 (Marymount Rd) 53121
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| Caldecott | Esplanade Walk City Hall North South Line Novena Walk opp Novena Ch (Thomson Rd) 50031 851 aft Andrew Rd (Thomson Rd) 51051
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| Botanic Gardens | Esplanade Walk City Hall North South Line Newton Downtown Line Botanic Gardens |
| Farrer Road | Esplanade Walk City Hall North South Line Ang Mo Kio Walk opp Ang Mo Kio Stn (Ang Mo Kio Ave 3) 54269 165 Farrer Rd Stn Exit A (Farrer Rd) 11119
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| Holland Village | Esplanade Walk City Hall North South Line Newton Downtown Line Sixth Avenue Walk Sixth Avenue Ville (Sixth Ave) 42129 77 opp Holland Village (Holland Rd) 11269
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| Buona Vista | Esplanade Walk City Hall East West Line Buona Vista |
| one-north | Esplanade Walk City Hall East West Line Buona Vista Walk Buona Vista Stn Exit D (North Buona Vista Rd) 11369 91 one-north Stn (Ayer Rajah Cres) 18051
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| Haw Par Villa | Esplanade Walk City Hall East West Line Jurong East Walk Blk 131 (Jurong Gateway Rd) 28301 51 Haw Par Villa Stn (West Coast Rd) 16019
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| Pasir Panjang | Esplanade Walk City Hall East West Line Jurong East Walk Blk 131 (Jurong Gateway Rd) 28301 51 bef Pasir Panjang Stn (Pasir Panjang Rd) 15209
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| Labrador Park | Esplanade Walk City Hall East West Line Jurong East Walk Blk 131 (Jurong Gateway Rd) 28301 51 Labrador Park Stn (Pasir Panjang Rd) 15209
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| Telok Blangah | Esplanade Walk City Hall East West Line Jurong East Walk Jurong East Lib (Jurong Town Hall Rd) 28249 97 Blk 44 (Telok Blangah Rd) 14169
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| HarbourFront | aft Esplanade Stn Exit D (Esplanade Drive) 02029 131 VivoCity (Telok Blangah Rd) 14141
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| Bayfront | Suntec Convention Ctr (Temasek Blvd) 02151 106 / 133 / 518 Bayfront Stn Exit B/MBS (Bayfront Ave) 03509
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| Marina Bay | Suntec Convention Ctr (Temasek Blvd) 02151 106 Marina Bay Stn (Central Blvd) 03539
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References[]
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External links[]
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