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LittleIndiaMRTStation
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LittleIndiaMRTStation(NE7/DT12)isan
undergroundMassRapidTransitstationon
theNorthEastLineandalsothefuture
DowntownLineinSingapore.Asthename
implies,itservestheethnicneighbourhoodof
LittleIndia.[1]

NE7DT12
LittleIndiaMRTStation

StesenMRTLittleIndia
Rapidtransit

ThisstationwasbuiltintheheartofLittle
India,withTekkaCentreandTheVerge
withinwalkingdistanceofthestation.

Contents
1History
1.1Traindisruptions
1.2FireatDowntownMRT
Lineconstructionsite
2ArtinTransit
3Stationlayout
4Exits
5Transportconnections
5.1Rail
6References
7Externallinks

History
Traindisruptions
On20December2012,trainservicesonthe
NorthEastLinewasdelayedduetoatrain
fault.AstatementfromSBSTransitsaidthere
wasnotrainservicebetweenPunggoland
LittleIndiaduetoatrainfault.Freebusrides
weremadeavailableatdesignatedbusstops
nearaffectedNELstations.Atabout5.18pm,
alltrainservicesresumed.SBSTransithas
apologisedfortheinconveniencecaused.[2][3]
Acommuter'sleggottrappedinthegap
betweentheMRTtrainandthestation
platformon24April2013.Shesaysshewas
pushed.MadamOngtoldTheStraitsTimes
aboutherordealatLittleIndiastation,during
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PlatformofLittleIndiaMRTstation.
Location

60BukitTimahRoad
Singapore229900
62BukitTimahRoad
Singapore229902

Coordinates

11824N1035057E

Operatedby SBSTransit(ComfortDelGro)(NorthEast
Line)
SBSTransitDTL(DowntownLine)
Line(s)

NorthEastLine
DowntownLine

Platforms

Island

Tracks

4(2U/C)

Connections Bus,Taxi
Construction
Structure
type

Underground

Platform
levels

3(1U/C)

Disabled
access

Yes

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themorningrushhour.Shehadbeenstanding
bythedoorswhiletakingacrowdedtrainon
theNorthEastLinefromFarrerParkto
HarbourFrontwhenshewas"pushed".The
secretaryinher40ssaid,"Aboutthreepeople
exitingthetrainpushedmefromtheback,
eventhoughIwastryingtogivewayby
steppingoutofthetrainfirstsotheycouldget
out."Itwasthenthatherleftlegslippedinto
the10cmplatformgapandgottrapped.[4]

FireatDowntownMRTLine
constructionsite
Noonewasinjuredinafirethatbrokeoutata
DowntownLineworksitealongRaceCourse
Roadontheeveningof26March2014.The
LandTransportAuthority(LTA)toldYahoo
Singaporethatasmallfirehadbrokenoutat
alocalisedareawithintheworksiteofthe
DowntownLineLittleIndiaMRTstation.
ThereisalsonoimpacttoDTL2construction
progress,addedaspokespersonfortheLTA,
whoaddedthatthefirewasputoutby10pm,
afteritfirstbrokeoutabouthalfanhour
earlier.[5]

Otherinformation
Stationcode NE7DT12
History
Opened

20June2003(NorthEastLine)
27December2015(DowntownLine)
Services

Precedingstation
DhobyGhaut
towardsHarbourFront

Newton
towardsBukitPanjang

MassRapid
Transit
NorthEastLine
DowntownLine

Following
station
FarrerPark
towardsPunggol

Rochor
towardsExpo

Location

ArtinTransit
TheartworkfeaturedundertheArtinTransitprogrammeis
MemoirsofthePastbyS.Chandrasekaran.Theanimalpaintings
echosthepastofLittleIndiawhenbuffalostableswereseen.

Stationlayout
L1

StreetLevel

B1

NEL
Concourse

Faregates,TicketingMachines,Passenger
ServiceCentre,TransferLinkway

Mezzanine

TransferLinkwaybetweenNorthEastand
DowntownLineConcourses

DTL
Concourse

Faregates,TicketingMachines,Station
Control,TransferLinkway

B2

LittleIndiaMRTstationexits

NorthEastLinetowardsNE1CC29
PlatformA

HarbourFrontviaNE6NS24CC1DhobyGhaut
()

Islandplatform,doorswillopenontheright

NorthEastLinetowardsNE17PTCPunggol
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PlatformB
B3

viaNE8FarrerPark()

DowntownLine(underconstruction)towards
PlatformA

DT35CG1ExpoviaDT13Rochor()
DowntownLine(underconstruction)towards
DT19NE4ChinatownviaDT13Rochor()
Islandplatform,underconstruction

DowntownLine(underconstruction)towards
PlatformB

DT1BP6BukitPanjangviaDT11NS21
Newton()

InteriorofNE7LittleIndiaStation

Exits
A BukitTimahRoad[Escalators]
MackenzieRoad
B TekkaMarket
C TekkaMarket
E BuffaloRoad
ExteriorviewofLittleIndiaStation

Transportconnections
Rail
Destination

FirstTrain
MonFri

Sat

LastTrain

Sunday&
PublicHoliday

Daily

NorthEastLine
toNE1HarbourFront 6.04am 6.03am
toNE17Punggol
6.09am 6.11am

6.24am
6.31am

11.49pm
12.06am

DowntownLine
toDT1BukitPanjang
toDT19Chinatown

References
1. "LittleIndiaMRTStation"(http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/nel/trpt_nel_systemdetail.asp?statcode=NE7).SBS
Transit.Retrieved12November2011.
2. "TrainservicedisruptedonNELduetotrainfault"
(http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1243747/1/.html).ChannelNewsAsia.
December20,2012.
3. "TrainserviceonNELresumesafterdisruption"
(http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1243751/1/.html).ChannelNewsAsia.
December20,2012.
4. "WomansufferspalmsizedbruiseafterherleggetscaughtinMRTplatformgap"
(http://static.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/1771058/woman_gets_leg_caught_in_mrt_gap.ht
ml).STOMP.May1,2013.
5. "NoinjuriesinfireatDowntownLineworksiteinLittleIndia"(https://sg.news.yahoo.com/noinjuriesin
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fireatdowntownlineworksiteinlittleindia160351202.html).Yahoo.Mar27,2014.

Externallinks
Officialwebsite(http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/nel/trpt_nel_systemdetail.asp?statcode=NE7)
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